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Kite Runner, eh? I've read that - of my own accord. I got it for my 15th birthday. It's good, but... graphic. You'll get my approval as soon as I de-Mudkippify it.

Thanks. Eh.... Yeah, it's good if you have no prior grounding in the series, and just enjoy it as a film. Which I did. B)

I would've given regular updates about these past few days, but that downtime got in the way... Anyway, as to the past few days with my grandparents... Tuesday: Went to a cinema, but missed out on Get Smart. Lai and I bought Brawl instead. Wednesday: Went to a different cinema, and actually saw Get Smart. It was pretty good. Thursday: Took a train to Sydney. There's not much as amazing as the New South Wales countryside; I loved the scenery of those tree-filled mountains and valleys, and the occasional river. More on that later. Friday: After a walk up to a nearby cliffside (which I took at a run ), my parents arrived. Saturday: Two of our cousins turned up for the day. The youngest one took to attacking me, while Lai traded stuff on my copy of Emerald to the elder one without my permission. I lost a Togepi that day. Sunday: Today; I'll be headed home in a few hours. There ya go. Comment away!

*ignores blatant off-topicness* *taps Favourite BIONICLE Character portion of Bio box* So do I, but his orange scheme is downright offensive to old fans like myself. Now, anyone agree with me on the Lyn front?

Gah, Ike (The single most powerful character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl) flattens them both without even trying. The Great Aether destroys universes, explaining how he'd get there to flatten those two.

USB-powered Flux Capacitor? Shweet. I've always wanted a time-travelling computer... with an iPhone! Okay, so I didn't really mean that, but still!

When I started reading stuff about Brawl, I got mildly excited by one thing. Lyndis, the first main character of the first Fire Emblem game I played (and potentially Roy's mother, I might add), was going to appear as an Assist Trophy. Because of this, I was slightly more inclined to buy the game. Then, I actually played. Sure, Lyndis is okay by Assist Trophy standards (she's better than the Nintendog), but she's still pretty bad. Just one relatively weak attack? I'd certainly prefer getting Waluigi (WAA WAA WAA) or Kat and Ana (the ninja girls). I'd even prefer to use some Poké Balls. Then, most offensively, is her voice. Given that she was from a GameBoy Advance game, they had nothing to go on, but they've well and truly fouled it up. Seriously, she is supposed to be 15 (or 17, if you're playing the English version), and they made her sound like an evil 40-year-old. They made her sound like the Goddess Ashera, the last boss in Radiant Dawn! Don't believe me? Summon Lyndis, then listen very carefully. You'll hear, in a malevolent female voice that clearly doesn't belong to anyone else in the field, "Prepare yourself". Then, find someone who's finished Radiant Dawn, and have them play the introductory film for Part Four of the game. You'll hear Ashera, in the exact same tone as Lyndis, say: See? Horrifyingly Ashera-like. Yes, there's nothing to be done about it now. But it still offends, more than Pohatu's orange colour scheme.

But at least I got a shiny Exo-Toa out of it.

I think it was the boomlift catapault one. That's because I've had to delete a large number of comments consisting of "so i herd u liek mudkipz". STUPID MEME!!! They really focus on Japanese and French here. I've been studying Japanese for eight years or so, and I'm only in Year 10! Thanks; I'll put that up now!

Been there, almost done that, moaned about it in my blog. Really, they're not that bad. Now I barely notice them. But you just need to be careful of breaking the brackets, and try not to swallow the bands. On the other hand, the first week or so (as well as just after major alterations) are really annoying. When they were first applied for me, I couldn't eat much at all, drinking felt weird, and coherent speech was an impossibility. I clearly remember spending my 14th birthday last year (two days after the initial application) incapable of talking, effectively spending the time rebuilding my old AT-AT. Don't take the bad stuff too hard; it's worth it in the end to have nice-looking teeth and not have any neck or jaw pains in later life. That's a disturbing coincidence... I'm dealing with bands now as well! Interestingly, such adjustments have never really caused me pain.

Yeah. Mostly it involves schoolwork.

Wait... you really know Kotahn? In real life? Whoa. B) That does explain a lot, especially as to how you two co-operate on the comic front.

You're getting really good at confusing me... Lai likes Kirby as well, though he's playing a lot of Sheik and Meta Knight. I like Ike for three crucial reasons: He's a Fire Emblem character. That's enough to swing it for me already.His SHEER INSANE POWER!!!Great Aether looks and sounds better than Marth's Critical Hit, much to my amusement. GREAT.....AETHERRRRRRRRR!!! Thanks, Tahuri! Now let's drag Kotahn here! I've got to get approvals somehow!

Uh... no. Marth owns Snake, no questions asked. And if Marth can own something, Ike most certainly can. Really. I've heard negative reviews of Snake's Brawl performance from friends at school.

So it's not just me... If you're talking design-wise, then Brawl Ike is actually 1st tier Path of Radiance Ike. Ironically, 1st tier (Ranger) Ike can't use the Ragnell like he does in Brawl. That's left to 2nd-tier Ike, the Lord form. I certainly prefer 3rd tier Ike to RD 2nd tier as well. But in both forms, they really overdid the muscles. Really, do they want us to think that Ike takes steroids? (On that front, his voice is a dead giveaway. ) Now, anyone here with experience in Marth's games? Anyone?

Water fights? I envy you for that! No, really. Australian water restrictions mean no water fights. Why splash each other when you can collect water to pour down storm drains? ...Not really. But still, water fights?

Not that you needed telling or anything. All control references listed here for Brawl refer to usage of the sideways Wii Remote configuration. But while I'm at it, I might as well say that Ike is uber win in Brawl. True, he is in Radiant Dawn, but that's not the point. Ike's sheer strength is downright disturbing. Just one attack with 2, and BAM!!! The enemy goes flying with minimal effort! And it's nice to know they did that for a Fire Emblem character! For some reason, I still prefer Marth. True, he's nowhere near as strong as Ike, but I still prefer to play as him. As for the music, they made excellent choices on the Fire Emblem front. It was because of the song "Strike" that I started playing, so that was a huge benefit. "Against the Black Knight" is also a classic, and "Combat Preparation" is my favourite song of its kind. To round it off, they really could've used King Zephiel's battle theme from Fuuin No Tsurugi (the game that Roy is from). Now, as soon as Friends is over (everyone's watching it), I'll be playing more, no questions asked.

Clearly you and Tahuri have a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thing going. That's the thing I always wanted to do, but forgot to get the pictures for. You'll have an approval from me eventually. I just need to change the Mudkip theme.

Great, more competition. On the other hand, I like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy theme.

And that's the term over. Just for a change, I might as well explain what happened today. First was English. We didn't really do anything in the class, other than watch Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which, coincidentally, I had done an assignment on last year). It was good, but it just doesn't compare to the books. Next came Japanese. We still didn't do anything (not that it mattered; there were only three of us). We were taught some Japanese card game, using a deck of playing cards with holes punched in them. During recess, in response to a plan from earlier, I had a Pokémon battle against my friend. As usual, he won, mostly because I made a few errors with my preparations. That Gengar of his is INSANE. After that was Maths. Some of us did a test regarding Microsoft Excel, while others of us bludged and did nearly nothing. Having done the test already, I resorted to searching the Internet for decent Photoshop tutorials, some of which I found. Meanwhile, one of my friends browsed the LEGO website, discussing the topic with the teacher and a number of my friends. Given that I've sworn never to mention my LEGO interest at school (a wise move, given the trouble I get about my Pokémon interest), I sort of struggled not to join in. From what I saw of the site, Shop @ Home has the Toa Mahri cheap. In Science, we watched Mythbusters after doing some desk-cleaning which made me feel a bit ill. I took the opportunity, during the film, to alter my party to improve them, teaching the Earthquake TM to my Heracross. Then came lunch. I rematched my friend to a battle, and he won again. To make things easier, the third battle was a 3-on-3, and I actually won! Then as a finale, in SOSE, we watched a film. It was okay, but I was too concerned with what came next... At the end of the day, we got our mid-year reports. I think I did really well, though as usual, my father won't be happy. He is too obsessed with my maths results for his own good. :angry: Well, that was long. Don't expect that ever again!