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  1. Avohkah Tamer
    *comes out of hibernation/lurk mode*
     
    Almost exactly five years ago, I started watching Episode 1 of MLP:FiM. It's been a long time since then and lots of things have changed, but I'm glad to still be a fan.
     
    In the past five years, I've put together numerous song covers, was a part of multiple voice-acted projects (which were unfortunately scrapped D:), made a lot of friends in the fandom (and still regularly do so), and even attended two conventions (and after this weekend, three!). It's not the biggest part of my life, but it's a lot of positivity and friendship that I'm thankful to have.
     
    I was going to try to do something special for my annual song cover this year, but unfortunately the flu kind of wiped me out all month, so I haven't had enough time to record anything. I know only a handful of you ever hear my
    , but I still plan to hopefully maybe possibly put something new together within the next month or two. Nothing concrete's been decided, so if you have a song you'd like me to do, I welcome ideas! 
    For now though, I'm especially looking forward to Whinny City Ponycon this weekend, the first brony convention in the Chicago area since (the extremely fantastic and memorable) Midwestria in 2012! You can expect an entry on that soon.
  2. Avohkah Tamer
    As some of you may be aware, I had 4 consecutive weekend vacations this summer, due to BrickFair VA and Bronycon being a weekend apart, and my family planning two camping trips for before and after my convention trips. I'm on my way home from the final camping trip now, so I figure this gives me a good chance to recap.
     
    Four vacations in a row sounds really nice and relaxing on paper, but to be perfectly honest, I'd say they make things more stressful than if they were spaced out. Imagine the stress of planning and packing for a trip, times four. And the whiplash of going back to work for several days between the vacations (and having to make up for the missed work each time) just served to make things even more hectic. Even still, the trips were fun.
     
    Vacation 1: Camping with family (July 24 - 26)
    My family typically has made plans to go camping once or twice a year for the last 10 years we've had our pop-out camper. Nowhere too remote, the farthest we've camped is in the Smoky Mountains (that was a really fun trip), but usually we just go somewhere more nearby, like Wisconsin. Plenty of campground areas there. Anyways, camping trip went fine, weather was excellent, swam in the lake and did typical camp things, nothing really stands out as worth mentioning. Oh yeah, and I got an awful sunburn while out on the lake. Like really awful. Even though I used sunscreen. And re-applied it hourly. Why.
     
    Vacation 2: BrickFair VA (July 29 - August 3)
    So I'm not gonna lie, this year's BrickFair was not quite as great as past years, for various reasons others have already touched on in their recap entries. Still great overall, just not... as great. Personally-speaking, though, the first few days were somewhat ruined for me by a really bad mood and a lot on my mind stemming from stress from home (so for those of you who may have noticed I wasn't quite myself for a lot of the con, that's why). Thankfully though, the good outweighed the bad, and I still had a whole lot of fun. It's always great hanging out at the BZP table each year, whether I'm participating in shenanigans with Team Farm Animals, hanging with the BZP staff, getting to chat with old friends, or meeting new people. BrickFair is easily the highlight of my year every year, and I'm really glad to call all of you my friends. All in all, I didn't get to do as much as I'd have liked to do this year (those 6 days went by way too fast), but you can be sure I'll be back next year.
     
    Vacation 3: BronyCon 2015 (August 7-9)
    Going into this convention, I had no idea what to expect. The largest event I've really been to is BrickFair, and that's a completely different sort of con that has a much smaller number of attendees outside of public hours. As soon as I stepped off the light rail from the airport, seeing dozens and dozens of fans and cosplayers walking the streets of Baltimore was really surreal and made me start to realize the scope of this event. The convention center itself was absolutely massive too, with the vendor hall alone being roughly the same size as BrickFair's expo hall. I eventually met up with Aanchir and Lyichir to hang out and get my stuff into the room, worked out a schedule for the panels I wanted to see, and just enjoyed the con. Overall, the atmosphere was just so incredibly positive and friendly, and the panels and music performances at Bronypalooza I got to see were phenomenal. I'm told the convention ran without a hitch, and hit a new record with over 10,000 attendees this year! If at all possible, I'm planning to go back next year (since it doesn't conflict with BrickFair again!).
     
    Vacation 4: Camping with family (August 14-16)
    For whatever reason, my family picked the exact same campground as the last trip. I mean, it's a decent one, so it's not all bad. Anyways, not a whole lot to say here that hasn't already been said above since it's largely the same experience. I did manage to avoid a sunburn this time, so that's a plus.
     
    So that's how I spent my vacation days this year. It's been quite a ride, but I don't think I'm gonna plan consecutive vacations again if I can help it. It's just too much! D:
  4. Avohkah Tamer
    As I've mentioned elsewhere in posts and comments, I'm hoping to attend both BrickFair and Bronycon this year due to their relatively close proximity to each other and being on consecutive weekends.
     
    (For reference, BrickFair is July 29 - August 2, Bronycon is August 7-9).
     
    Here's the problem. Should I fly home after BrickFair and then fly back for Bronycon, or do I try to stay somewhere in the DC/Baltimore area all week until the end of Bronycon, and then fly back home?
     
    If I stay the whole 2 weeks, I don't know what to do or where I should stay in the days between BrickFair and Bronycon. Should I reserve extra days at the Holiday Inn post-BrickFair and just chill at a hotel the whole time, or should I get to the Baltimore Hilton early and stay for a few days prior to Bronycon?
     
    Or, heck, is there anyone who lives in the area who's attending both cons who I might be able to stay with for a couple days and then hitch a ride to the Baltimore Hilton? That would save me so much hassle (and money o_o).
     
    As of right now I haven't actually purchased any reservations or plane tickets because I'm not sure how this will all pan out, but reservations for both cons are running out and plane ticket prices are going up, so I need to figure this out pretty dang quick. If I have to make a decision to only attend one, I'll pick BrickFair.
     
    Sorry for the rambling. Any help or advice would be immensely appreciated.
     
    Edit: I should also mention, regarding BrickFair: Please PM me if anyone's looking to save some money and either has space available or would like to share a 2-bed hotel room at the con. I should have space available.
  5. Avohkah Tamer
    Or specifically, the fourth anniversary of the night I started the show and became a fan!
     
    I know I made and posted my annual song cover a few weeks early, but I'm really glad I did, because two days later I came down with an awful and persistent cold that's even still affecting my voice.
     
    Anyways, not a whole lot of new stuff to talk about this year, since season 4 ended shortly after my last anniversary entry, and the fandom has seemingly gone into a bit of a hibernation during this insane 329-day break (not counting EqG: RR) before Season 5 starts this Saturday. Even still, meetups have been awesome, fan-created creative works are higher quality than ever, I've definitely made some good new friends in the past year, and I'm really looking forward to what this this next year will bring. I'm even hoping to attend Bronycon this year if possible, since for once it doesn't conflict with the Brickfair VA weekend!
     
    Oh, also, if you haven't already seen my song cover mentioned above (of "You'll Play Your Part"),
    It's only gotten a handful of views so far, and I'm really proud of it. 
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  6. Avohkah Tamer
    Jeez, it's been ages since I last blogged.
     
    So although it's not my 4th brony anniversary until the end of the month, I've already got my new song cover ready ahead of time, so why don't I just go ahead and post it early:
     




     
    I know, I know, I said before that my next cover would be The Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic. I still fully intend to record that song to bookend my first cover, but this amazing song from the season 4 finale really just resonated with me and I had to record it first. Also, it's finally an excuse to record a song starring best pony. (I'll leave the question of "which one?" up to your personal interpretation)
     
    What do you think?
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  8. Avohkah Tamer
    Gonna keep this Day 1 recap entry short because I'm super tired:

    Got ~2 hours of sleep
    Woke up and got to flight with an hour to spare
    Flight went swell, trekked across airport to meet up with Bfahome
    Arrived at hotel and met up with Takuma
    EXPO CENTER
    Basically wandered around saying hi to people and setting up MOCs
    Slapstick comedy shenanigans with Sumiki, Xaeraz, Zatth, and co.
    Got breadsticks at the COMBINATION PIZZA HUT AND TACO BELL
    Word Crimes
    Played bingo and didn't win
    Played door prizes and didn't win
    BZP VINE SHENANIGANS
    Walmart for FOODSTUFFS

    Tomorrow should be a lot more action-packed since more exhibitors and vendors will finally be set up, and more event things will happen. I'll try to get lots of photos as well.
     
    OFF TO BED
  9. Avohkah Tamer
    I've got something I hate to admit, but I'm at my wit's end and need help, so here goes...
     
    I will be at BrickFair VA this year, as several of you already probably know/assumed, and I've already got travel and hotel arrangements taken care of, but there's one thing that I haven't done yet.
     
    I, uh... I haven't actually registered for the con yet.
     
    YES I KNOW, I need to register/pay by the 14th, and I will, but I've been stuck on one minor detail: deciding what to put on my Brickbadge bricks.
     
    For the past couple years, I put my real name on one brick, and my username on another. This was dumb, because now I have two completely identical badges aside from the year number. This time around, I want to put custom text (not my name) on both bricks.
     
    Since I've been drawing a blank for the past month straight, anyone have any brick text suggestions? (max. 24 chars/brick)
     
    I'd be eternally grateful for any help. :C
     
    Update: Thanks for all the suggestions so far! I've got one brick figured out, but I'm thinking I want a Bionicle-specific reference on my other one. I could do something like "UNITY ▪ DUTY ▪ DESTINY", but that seems like it might be too simple/obvious. Anyone have any better ideas (Or think I should go with UDD)?
     
    Update 2: Bricks chosen and registration complete! Thanks, everyone!
  10. Avohkah Tamer

    11 Years!

    By Avohkah Tamer,

    And I think this is the first time I actually remembered the date!
     
    But yeah, NEW SPINNY CELEBRATION TIME
     
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    (Farewell, glorious Tohu spinny :C)
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    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  11. Avohkah Tamer
    Obtained games, in order of purchase date:
    June 20, 2014 - Octodad: Dadliest Catch
    June 21, 2014 - Bioshock Infinite Season Pass (already own base game)
    June 21, 2014 - Payday: The Heist - Four Pack
    June 21, 2014 - Payday 2
    June 23, 2014 - The LEGO Movie Videogame
    June 23, 2014 - LEGO The Hobbit
    June 29, 2014 - The Wolf Among Us (Gifted by my supremely generous friend Jedi Master J.!)
    June 30, 2014 - Pajama Sam Complete Pack
    June 30, 2014 - Spy Fox Complete Pack

    Total spent: $62.67
    Total saved: $174.24
     
    And for those of you following the Summer Adventure competition, I was on Red team, crafted 2 Summer Adventure badges and one TF2 badge, netting my team 21 points and earning the following rewards:
    Team Fortress 2 - Summer Starter Kit
    Warframe: Rubedo Played Galatine Skin

     
    All in all, an excellent sale. I was able to round out my LEGO game collection (I now own all of them except LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, which isn't available on Steam), along with several other games I've been meaning to buy. Now I just need to find time to actually play all of these before the next sale...
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  13. Avohkah Tamer
    Oh hey, it's my 3-year anniversary of when I first started watching MLP!
     
    Since you guys probably know the drill by now, I'm gonna cut to the chase.
     
    As you may have expected, I've recorded another cover. I was looking for a song with a male vocalist from this season to sing, but my only choices were either one of "Weird Al" Yankovic's many songs in Pinkie Pride, or John de Lancie's fantastic "Glass of Water" song as Discord. And honestly, I'm not worthy of even attempting to cover those.
     
    So I continued looking for a different song to butcher cover, when I remembered having done these:
    Evil Blog Master
    Evil Fishmonger
    Evil Valentine Master

    "Hm, that idea couldn't possibly be applicable to an MLP song cover--
    >Filli Vanilli
    >The Ponytones
    >Flutterguy song
     
    ...Oh yeah. I can make this work."
     
    So, without further ado, here's my (pitch-shifted) Flutterguy cover of "Find The Music In You"!
     




     
    Be sure to let me know what you think!
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
     
     
  17. Avohkah Tamer

    Back In Time

    By Avohkah Tamer,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXN6tgE4g_4
     
    Back in time to my birthday, in fact!
     
    NOW EVERYBODY GIVE ME PRESENTS AGAIN.
     
    So I guess I'm kinda glad I haven't blogged or posted much in the past few months, because I lost pretty much nothing. That's not to say I haven't been up to anything interesting, I'm just lazy.
    My condolences to those of you who weren't lazy, and as a result lost a bunch of posts and stuff. (Honestly though, I'm so sorry :C)
     
    Expect blog entries about some, all, or none of the following topics in the near future:
    Pokemon
    Weird Al Yankovic
    Pumpkin (if it turns out good, I still haven't picked a design)
    Team Fortress 2
    Ponies
    Doctor Who
    Other Things
    Alternatively, if you're too impatient to wait for my blog entries here, you could just stalk me on Twitter like everyone else, because I'm actually pretty active there.
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  20. Avohkah Tamer
    Many of you already knew I wasn't gonna let BrickFair VA 2013 pass me by, I just wanted to drop by and let you guys know that as of THIS MINUTE, the last details of my trip have been finalized and paid for!
    If you're anywhere remotely near the DC area and are free on August 3rd or 4th, BE THERE (early) OR BE SQUARE.
     
    Oh, and on an unrelated note, I just noticed the other day that my 10th anniversary here on BZPower was this past July 7th! I was planning to wax poetic about how much this site has affected me in positive ways and given me such an awesome group of lifelong friends, but I kinda did that already on my 2012 retrospective.
     
    At least I have a Tohu spinny and you don't, neener neener.
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  21. Avohkah Tamer
    I haven't outright mentioned it here yet, but I do have Animal Crossing: New Leaf! I figured I'd toss a short entry on here to let you guys know if you didn't already.
     
    I'm the mayor of a nice little town called Everfree (Here's my town flag). Nice villagers, nice building layout. I've got a big ol' orchard of every single fruit up in the corner of my town too.
     
    Mostly been working on collecting everything (furniture, clothing, fish+bugs+fossils), paying off town enhancements (I should have Brewster's Cafe funded by tonight), etc. Not so much actual design or town decoration yet, that comes later.
     
    Unfortunately, due to my firewall, I'm unable to play online multiplayer on AC:NL from my home network at the moment until I figure out the port to unblock, so I'm going to hold off on giving out my friend code for now. Unless of course you guys just want my code regardless, for when I get it working, or for one of my other games which do work over WiFi.
     
    Now, back to bell grinding, and mourning the death of Google Reader tomorrow!
     
    ~ (A VTOAHMKEARH)
  22. Avohkah Tamer
    So... Pretty late question, I know, but anyone here going to be at Brickworld Chicago tomorrow?
     
    I plan to be there (during public hours) as usual, so in the off chance a fellow attendee spots this blog entry, look out for the guy in the dark green BZPower shirt and the backpack, walking around snapping photos of every single MOC with my phone. If you see me, stop me and say hi!
     
    Sadly there are never very many BZP members I've been able to find at the smaller Brickworld convention (I only met one member last year), but that's why I also plan to be at Brickfair VA this August. So many fun shenanigans to be had at the BZPower booth. (Srsly, if you live near the D.C. area or otherwise can afford the travel, GO TO BRICKFAIR. It is so much fun.)
  23. Avohkah Tamer
    (Or if you're Pinkie Pie, my 24th Monthiversary)
     
     
    On the night of March 29th, 2011, I started watching MLP:FiM at the behest of Takuma Nuva, and I was pretty much immediately hooked. Two years worth of regular brony meetups, brony voice acting projects, and one brony convention later, it's interesting to see how simply being a part of the brony community for these two years has impacted my life in significant (and largely positive) ways.
     
    You guys might remember my 1st Brony Anniversary entry here last year, where I posted a vocal cover of Season 2's "The Flim Flam Brothers" song. Not to disappoint (I hope), I've recorded another cover for this year!
     
    "Which song?", you may ask. Well, sadly, the half-length Season 3 didn't really have any decent lengthy songs worth a cover version like last year. But then, while browsing around, I happened upon an interesting track.
     
    A 7-minute fanmade mashup/medley of virtually every MLP song from Seasons 1-3. Yeah, that'll do the trick.
     
    So here you have it, my complete vocal cover of KPAT Music's MLP:FiM Season 1-3 Medley. Enjoy, and let me know what you think!
     
     




    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/27614263/Majhost Broke/MLPS1-3Medley.mp3

  24. Avohkah Tamer
    Thiiis is your singing telegram, I hope it finds you well!



    You're invited to a party, 'cause we think you're really swell.








    Turakii's turning 21, so help us celebrate,


    The cake will be delicious, the festivities first-rate!







    There will be games and dancing, bob for apples, cut a rug,



    And when the party's over we'll gather 'round for a group hug!







    There's no need to bring a gift,
    just a post will be enough,


    Birthdays mean having fun with friends, not getting lots of stuff.







    It won't be the same without you, so we hope that you'll say yes,



    Oh please, oh please R.S.V.P., and come and be our guest!


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