Blastcage

Hey, I know that not a lot of you on here know me, but enough of you do that I figured this needs to be said...on Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 PM EST, I was in my first ever auto accident, and my best friend was with me. We were headed home in my car - a black 2007 Ford Mustang GT/CS with silver stripes - on the interstate, going northbound. It had been raining lightly...I was unintentionally going a bit too fast, and was in the process of slowing down when it happened. At 75 MPH, we hydroplaned, spun twice across the other three northbound lanes, went off-road and slid on the grass into two or three small trees that got knocked down, flipped over three times, and finally landed upside down...and somehow, we were unharmed. We were both bruised and sore, he had a few cuts, and I hit my head, but that's the worst of it. Sadly, the car was totaled. I had gotten the car on May 20th, 2012, and had not had any tickets or anything until this accident...my record was clean. Because I'd owned the car for so long, I'd gotten attached to it, so losing it, especially in such a violent manner, hurts deeply. My emotions are still a bit up and down of course...and at times, it still doesn't feel real. But above all, I'm thankful to be alive, and even more thankful that my friend is alive. The fact that we walked away from something so violent is a miracle that we certainly won't ever forget. Sorry for the long post, but I figured everyone needed to know, and I kinda needed to vent a bit.

I do like the blended gold masks, but they remind me too much of the drained masks from last summer. Seeing as these versions aren't drained, what is the purpose of them fading to translucent colors? As for the standard masks blending to silver, I quite like that. Again, I like both, but feel like the blended gold is creating a bit of a continuity issue here.

How about an infected mask? By infected, I'm talking like the G1 Infected Hau. Or as someone mentioned, a poisoned Hau, with trans-green? I'd also like to see a chrome mask of some sort.

So, I got Ketar, Akida, Pohatu, and Kopaka and Melum yesterday, and built them pretty much instantly. I do love them, but there are some...questionable design choices. Kopaka's random gold kneepads stick out too much, seeing as that's the only gold on him until you put on his golden mask. Then there's that dark blue on his forearms...sticks out a bit as well, but not quite as badly. As for Pohatu, his forearms are too translucent, and his weapon is a bit awkward, as is his unity mode...that said, I do like some of the design choices on all of them. I prefer Kopaka's new mask over his old one, and I like his unity mode, even though it doesn't line up as well as I'd like. Really looking forward to getting the rest soon!

I checked over the past few days, nothing here in the Metro-Atlanta area...checked a Target, a BAM, a B&N, and 2 WalMarts. May search again tomorrow since I need to fill up my tank anyways. Probably won't check on New Year's...if I don't check tomorrow, I will on Saturday. Between Bionicle, Black Ops 3 Zombies,various films, and turning 21 in April, 2016 is looking to be something to be remembered.

Watched The Host and then went to see SPECTRE with my best friend on Thursday. He was surprised by how much he enjoyed The Host, and we both thoroughly enjoyed Spectre!

Yes, but only if I can do so tactfully. Do you like collecting steelbooks?

Avengers Assemble...song: I'm Alive, by Shinedown.

Watched The Tall Man and World War Z - Unrated Cut with my friend on Tuesday...I think I've watched horror/thriller films lately.

Yes, if prepared right. Are you Samuel James Witwicky, descendant of Archibald Witwicky?

No. Are you the keymaster?

I want a Toa with a southern accent...and a crazy, goofy villain with an over-the-top German accent.

But is it an 8-cylinder engine?

Went through all the Nazi Zombies maps again - all 4 in 3D this time - with my girlfriend on Sunday. Gonna start playing the Black Ops maps, from Kino all the way to Moon in the next few weeks! This is the road to Black Ops III Zombies, which I will hopefully have on Christmas!

Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album. Specifically the song "Critical Acclaim". One of my favorites by them.

I don't ever see people get offended over accents unless it's a poor impersonation. Like if I attempt a poor British accent while talking to someone from the UK, they will be offended. But if it sounds authentic, no need to worry.