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  2. Xinlo

    wow... hi

    By Xinlo,

    well... hey BZP. It's been almost two months since I used this blog. jeez.
     
    so uh, what's happening? A lot of the familiar faces around here seem to be gone as of late, so I'm not even sure anyone I know is still blogging here.
     
    Not a whole lot's up with me except that I finally downloaded LDD and made an awesome (IMO) lego Excelsior Class starship which I intended to buy before realizing that service is no longer offered.
     
    aside from that been playing Star Trek Online and just been all-around Trek obsessed recently. Rewatched some of DS9, all of Enterprise, and some of Voyager. and yeah nothing else really is new.
     
    oh no wait I got into college for music too. lol I legitimately forgot about that. Gonna be starting in september as a bass player (switched from guitar two weeks before my audition).
     
    so yeah, just figured I should update this thing a bit after two months.
     
     


  3. Xinlo

    Star Trek Online

    By Xinlo,

    Just finally got it after all these years. Made a male science officer (named Tom Nathan Xin ) for a captain and got a Centaur class ship (could've been worse I suppose) which I named the USS Nelson. I have no idea what I'm doing, been so long since I played games with a keyboard. Also the graphics are nowhere near as good as I had thought, but that's probably due to my computer's lack of a video card.
     
    Still, I think it'll be really fun once I get into it and get myself a better ship.
     
     



  4. Xinlo

    Sup

    By Xinlo,

    So here's my new bass in person, just in case there was any doubt of its existence.
     
    Plays like a dream.
     
    Anyway, it's been awhile so I just thought I'd spew my recent doings and goings on. First off I have my music college audition tomorrow morning (for bass instead of guitar as I had originally planned), so that's exciting/terrifying.
     
    I also got a phone though seeing as I have only two contacts and have received a single phone call (from myself; testing my ringtone ) I'm not sure how necessary it was. Bought some records, my collection's up to about 110 now I think, and I've been watching Castle still, alongside DS9 and I've started on Stargate: SG-1. Have to get my wisdom teeth pulled this month... that makes three scheduled dentist appointments (and here I thought I took care of my teeth )
     
    uuuuh looking forward to the new Star Trek and Iron man movies, as well as a bunch of albums scheduled for this year...
     
    That's all, I think. It's not much but it's something I suppose.
  6. Xinlo

    5 Best 20-Minute Songs

    By Xinlo,

    In no particular order due to indecision:
     
    Octavarium by Dream Theater (24:00)
    2112 by Rush (20:33)
    Supper's Ready by Genesis (23:05)
    Gates Of Delirium by Yes (21:49)
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd (26:11)
     
    Honourable mentions:
     
    The Ivory Gate Of Dreams by Fates Warning (21:21)
    The Revealing Science Of God/Dance Of The Dawn by Yes (22:22)


     

  7. Xinlo
    It really surprises me how few of them/us like Star Trek. I mean, it's the show that, while not quite pioneering the genre, really opened up the possibilities. It even planted the seeds for a lot of the technology we actually use today, like sliding doors, cellphones and even the bridge schematics for navy vessels.
     
    Yet when I talk to other science fiction fans, and go through the list "Do you like Doctor Who? How about Star Wars? Firefly? Stargate?" They're pretty much all a resounding "yeah!". And then you ask about Star Trek and everyone's like "eh... It's okay but kinda' boring." or worse.
     
    Why is that? It's got everything the other shows have (cool ships, deep plots, likeable characters) except for a ton of explosions, but then you watch DS9 or Voyager and the entirety of the last 3 seasons are explosions.
     
    I just don't get what makes people so wary of such a classic and genre-defining show.
     
     



  8. Xinlo

    Opera Metal

    By Xinlo,

    ...is what I've been listening to lately. Technically it's Symphonic Power metal, but I simplified it for you non-metal-nerds.
     
    Thing is, I've been enjoying the slow, calm ballads most. So Opera Metal minus the Metal equals... opera.
     
    SO yeah I'm enjoying opera now.
     
     
    The metalhead in me feels I should burn my metal card now.


     

  9. Xinlo

    Firefly

    By Xinlo,

    Why have I not watched this show ages ago?
     
    Of course now I'll have to deal with withdrawal symptoms once it's criminally short time is over, but still. This show is one of the best I've ever seen.


     

  11. Xinlo
    After all this time saying it looks boring/dumb, I kinda' think I should maybe try it first. However buying it is a pain so I dunno', I'll have to look into it.
     
    Might be fun though, even if I dislike the game, to roam around with friends and stuff. I dunno'.
     
     



  13. Xinlo
    So for a few months now me and my good friend Iro (Swindle atm on BZP) have been planning a get-together IRL. He was taking a bus up to Canada to my town and we'd chill and do fun stuff and throw snowballs and yeah.
     
    Everything's going good until the night he's supposed to get on the bus; his wallet got stolen with all of his ID, money, and the bus ticket.
     
    So now I have two weeks off work that I have nothing to do with and he's lost all his stuff.
     
    Thanks, universe.
     
     



  14. Xinlo
    It's official, I'm now an AFOL; I turned 18 today. Still not old enough to go to bars to see shows, but oh well. Next year. My birthday was... average, I guess, not like last year which was fantastic. But it definitely wasn't bad (just a bit too much bickering and whining for my taste; also I wasn't feeling very well most of the day).
     
    But it got better near the end, and I got some really cool gifts:
     
    -Guitar Pick punch-out thingy. Kinda' like a hole punch except it punches guitar picks out of random plastic.
    -CAA membership (for if I get stuk in our dangerous winter driving conditions - also came with $20 free gas!)
    -Lego CITY advent calendar (I opened it early for obvious reasons)
    -Master Of Puppets (Metallica, but you knew that) picture vinyl
    -Star Wars Sith robe housecoat
    -KRE-O Battleship set
    -headphones
    -$20
     
    Yeah. The last two were from my grandmother, who had wonderful intentions but did not know the ###### quality of the kre-o sets. The headphones are also garbage unfortunately. However my mom has the receipt for the kre-o, so I'll be exchanging it for some lego instead.
     
    All in all it was a pretty good birthday. The metallica vinyl and sith robe are glorious.
     
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    Now, on to the advent calendars:
     
     

     
    So on the twelfth day of the countdown we get a firelady, with very nice hair. I really like this hair mold and I've not seen it anywhere else and I don't have it. Could come in handy some day. otherwise she's mostly the same as the fireman, just with a radio instead of a megaphone (it also included two radios). Today's kit is a computer desk, which is pretty wonderful aswell. It comes with a keyboard-printed tile which is amazing, and the screen is done really well. The chair and height of the dek could've been done a bit better but not too big a complaint.
     
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    On the star wars end, we get what was predicted in the comments of the weird dish thingy, a generis rebel snow trooper. He's alright, but the face bothers me a bit for whatever reason, and the goggles look incredibly stupid while he's "wearing" them. So I'll just leave them up on his head there. Today we get a kind of silly gonk droid that has the same problem as the AT-AT: it's just a box with feet. Which, granted, that's what gonk droids are, but still. The way they used to build them for the star destroyers and stuff was much more pleasing.
     
    That's all, thank you and goodnight.
     
     
     
     



  15. Xinlo
    Day 11, a bit late because Clone Wars all day.
     

     
    So, that's what the tires were for. I really should've seen that coming. However, either way, I was pretty stoked on this one - who doesn't love little go cart things? It's deceptively simple, using less pieces than that mini Naboo starfighter a few days back. But I quite like it. (FYI the tires from yesterday go on it; it doesn't come with its own).
     
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    I have no idea what this is. It's pretty dumb, IMO. Hopefully it attaches to something? Can't really say anything else, it's a satellite thing with handlebars. Not even any wheels. yeah.
     
     
     




  16. Xinlo
    Day ten already, jeez. December's a third over already! Still have my birthday in three days though so yay. Also my BZP anniversary in six days - 8 years, I believe. Anyway, the calendars:
     

     
    ...yeah. Tires and a trolly. I'm grateful for the trolly as I don't have one yet, but... how is this christmas-y? Snow tires maybe? But for what vehicle? Some of these days have been really strange. Anyway yeah, you get four tires but the trolly can only hold three and it's red. That is all.
     
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    On the Star Wars side of things, we get (as I predicted) the mini AT-AT walker. It's... kinda' bad. I didn't like the look of it on the box, and I don't like it any more in hand. It looks like a box on tubes. I feel they definitely could have done a bit better.
     
     
     
     



  17. Xinlo
    Okay, we're up to date now, here's the seventh and eighth models for each calendar:
     

     
    So, on the seventh of december, we get what is possibly the coolest model yet: an RC fire truck with a remote. At first I was thinking it was a kind of stupid looking car, but then I realized it was a firetruck and was awed. Kind of. It's a pretty cool little thing, I think. And today we get (brace yourselves) another brick wall. But this time with skis! Now the only thing I don't get is why does a fire hall (I assume that's what the walls are) have skis? We shall never know.
     
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    For Star Wars, we get two especially cool little ships; a Naboo starfighter on the seventh and an episode one Vulture droid that can actually switch from flight to walker mode. I'm pretty thrilled with these, they're nice in terms of detail and aesthetics (for being so small). My only problem is, aside from the star destroyer, every one of the kits has been naboo-related. =/


     
     

  18. Xinlo
    Okay, days 5 and six for city:
     

     
    On day five we get... a brick wall. Better than stairs? You decide! It comes with an axe and what I assume is a fire extinguisher (though why is it yellow?). it's okay I suppose... btu what does this have to do with christmas? I mean with star wars it's hard, sure, nothing christmas-y there, but really... all this fire stuff is strange. On day six we get a much more seasonal minifig, a little kid with an abundance of snowballs. This really adds to the feel so it's not just a tree and a bunch of fire stuff. I like this little guy.
     
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    For the Star Wars calendar, on day five... um. We get this little mass of brown pieces that look kind of like a mouse droid? I'm going out on a limb but I BELIEVE it's meant to be the droid carrier tank, but the instructions showed it facing the other way which makes no sense at all so yeah. It's brown. And then i think day six speaks for itself; a battle droid. I forget what the red ones are - security? or is that just Star trek?
     
    Anyway that's all. I know today's the seventh, so I'll get today's and tomorrow's up tomorrow.
     
     
     



  19. Xinlo
    Welp, day 2. Again we'll start with City, but first that picture I promised of the fireman from yesterday:
     

     
    Now, on day 2 we get a strange bit of pieces that make up a wonderful looking little chainsaw and log. It's a pretty neat design if I do say so, and the minifigures can hold it perfectly. I am a bit disappointed with the log, because as far as I know there is no tree bit to go on top, but I suppose that's not quite the point of the thing; more to be cutting for firewood. Still, though, even if they had maybe added more logs (which they might - it's only day two) it would work better.
     


     
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    Now to Star Wars, day 2 we get a nice little Gungan to go with the mini sub. The box shows him with his weapons, so I imagine they'll be in a different day, because he's just a Gungan. Looks like that captain guy whose name I forgot. Can't say I'm overly thrilled, not a fan of Gungans, bit it's a nicely detailed figure so it's cool enough.
     

     
    That's all for today.


     

  20. Xinlo
    Well, I'm gonna' kinda' rip off Chols' blog entries from last year, but with this time double the fun! I've got both the 2012 Star Wars and City lego advent calendars, and I'll be doing mini reviews on each day much as the aforementioned Cholie did for his City calendar.
     
    So, we'll start with the City one.
     

     
    So we open up the little box labelled "1", and this is what we get in a nice little baggie:
     

     
    It's a pretty spiffy little fire man with what I assume is a megaphone and a hat (of which it comes with two of each). Nothing too special about this guy but he's a nice colour at least. I had a close up of the dude but my camera's being dumb and it's nowhere to be found. Sorry 'bout that. I'll get another pic of him and show you tomorrow. Here's one of the whole thing, though:
     

     
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    So, now for the Star Wars one.
     

     
    Again, we open up the little number one box, and also in a nice little bag we find a cool assortment of blue, grey, and a tad bit of yellow pieces. What could this be?
     

     
    And here's a close-up which did not get lost of (you probably guessed it) the Gungan Sub:
     

     
    It's a nice little model that takes about 5 seconds to build with the back of the "door" to the box having 2-stp instructions. It's cool but I feel they could have done the "tail a little better. Otherwise though it's a fun little thing and decently accurate for such a small scale.
     
    See you tomorrow.
     
     



  23. Xinlo
    So I get my first paycheck from work (I got a job a week ago, BTW) for $500. It's only half a paycheck 'cause I started midway through the pay period, but I've never even had $500 to my name before.
     
    I have a plan all laid out for savings, school funds, car funds, etc. for when the proper paychecks come in, but I've decided to just recklessly blow this one on as much random stuff as possible.
     
    So basically, here's what I hope to have in 4 days:
     
    LEGO:
    -Sith Infiltrator (newest version)
    -Classic TIE Fighter (also newest version)
    -Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter
    -Skopio (with a few bonus bits courtesy of Iro)
     
    MUSIC:
    -Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (Vinyl)
    -So Far, So Good... So What! by Megadeth (Vinyl)
    -The Final Frontier by Iron Maiden (Double LP picture disc vinyl)
    -No World For Tomorrow by Coheed & Cambria (Double LP Vinyl)
    -The Afterman by Coheed & Cambria (vinyl)
    -Dead Silence by Billy Talent
     
    Also depending on how much I have left over, I may try to snag a vinyl copy of Rush's "2112".
     
    funfunfun!
     




  24. Xinlo

    So there's this girl...

    By Xinlo,

    ...at work who I've known for like 2 days. She was/is training me on a certain machine.
     
    Been awhile since I actually liked a girl, and we're getting along pretty well. I can actually talk to her, which is a definite plus. She loves doctor who, lord of the rings, goes on a blogging website, plays pokemon obsessively, dislikes partying, has a group of friends who magically became alcoholics when they turned 18 that she doesn't like going out with (like me), hates mainstream radio music, etc. Oh, and she's nice to look at.
     
    Unfortunately for me, she has a boyfriend.
     
    Still, though, it's good to finally meet someone like that; proof that they do in fact exist.



     
    Don't mention external blogs, man -TMD
  25. Xinlo

    The Afterman: Ascension

    By Xinlo,

    I have listened to this album a good six times already, and I am loving it. I don't know if I like it more than No World For Tomorrow, but it destroys Year Of The Black Rainbow brutally.
     
    Unfortunately the hard copy's not available here yet, but no matter.
     
    Also, just calling it now, Descension's gonna' be the better half. I just have a feeling.
     
     




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