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  1. Sisen

    Kamehame-nohi

    By Sisen,

    I've been toying around with some ideas in my brain about this project involving Kanohi masks. It is by no means going to be a complete mask collection, but more of a personal memento I want to create. Initially I wanted to include the great and noble masks together, however that is a larger aspiration that can be reviewed down the road. For now I just want to gather each of the original great Kanohi masks (this entry is partially going to serve as reference for myself).
     
    All things considered though, if you have Kanohi you are willing to part with, know someone looking to get rid of them, etc. let me know!
     
    This is organized by the amount of masks I currently possess, so I'm trying to gather the few I need first just to get an idea about how this might turn out.
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
     
    Akaku
    Hau
    Kakama
    Kaukau
    Miru
    Pakari
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    Post

    By Sisen,

    Apocalyptic. What makes something post apocalyptic? Why the wardrobe for a dystopian setting? Where do you get the ensemble? How exactly do you make something fit into the theme?
     
    I'm just curious as to what other people thing should go into a post apocalyptic setting outfit wise. There are a lot of resources out there but some of it is just general and vague.
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    Live long and prosper.

    By Sisen,

    WHELP.
    Someone. Just had to keep talking about Star Trek Online, and I spent the day downloading/playing it... Now I'm hooked.
     
    Playing as a fairly handsome blue skinned andorian named K'ous.
     
    I've never watched Star Trek completely, but I know enough to follow along. I'm really enjoying everything so far though.
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    Familia

    By Sisen,

    Finally let my family know I have a great job opportunity this fall, and that it means moving out on my own.
     
    The reaction I got was the complete opposite of what I expected. I was hoping they'd take it in a good way, but their response was less than stellar.
     

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    I'm a Dad!

    By Sisen,

    I haven't been active on BZPower a lot recently, and there have been some pretty big life reasons as to why. None of it has been blasted publicly or shared on social media, and only a few close people knew. Today at 7:43pm my best friend Olena (Disky) welcomed our little beloved Agnes into the world.
     
    We had a small ceremony early this month to celebrate our nuptials as well. Excuse me while I resume my inactive status.
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    Life!

    By Sisen,

    Went on a totally amazing date with my nerd counterpart today. We visited the zoo, rode a train, and went for a hike. Somehow the hike was the best part because we came across this little secluded area with a waterfall we got to sit atop.
     
    We sat, talked, and eventually held hands for what seemed like forever. Afterwards, we had some pizza and hung out some more.
     
    Life is good.
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    I've got a Pokemon related cosplay coming up, and I decided I wanted an egg to carry around with me. While I can minimally use a needle and thread, I haven't really made anything like this before. I found a seller online dealing in DIY Yoshi Eggs, so I purchased one and assembled it. It turned out pretty nice. It is nice and soft and fluffy and fluffy and cuddly soft. Now of course at this point you are realizing "but sisen that isn't a Pokmeon egg... that's a Yoshi egg"

     
    I present to you my very own Eevee egg. It turned out pretty nice. It isn't as soft or fluffy or cuddly or fluffy as the Yoshi egg, but it still is pretty nice. Besides a few snags with sewing on the pattern it looks pretty good if I do say so myself.
     

     
    Now I just need to finish the remainder construction of the cosplay, which involves even more advanced sewing. It probably took me at least 4+ hours on each egg because I sewed everything by hand, and I have no sewing machine. The Eevee egg took even longer since I had to do the template myself, make the pattern, and cut it all up and hope it worked.
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    Hnnn.

    By Sisen,

    What do you do when one of your Tumblr followers you know, you know knows who you are, but doesn't know that they know who you are actually figures out who you are and asks you if you are actually you who they know and wants to know if it is you who they know, you know?
     
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    Conprocon

    By Sisen,

    I have plenty of funding and time off to do whatever I'd like for a vacation this year. I have been tossing around the idea of going to Dragon*Con or NYCC. There are pros and cons to both, and the planning for either is somewhat short notice being the events are forty-five and eighty-eight days away. There are people I know going to NYCC, but there is at least one person I know going to be at D*C. I need to try and decide so I can make a decision by the end of this week.
     
    Random reasons to attend:
    Atlanta has WHALE SHARKS at their aquarium.
    New York is apparently one big apple?
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    Intimidation

    By Sisen,

    My bosses boss, the guy who sees over all the stores in the district area is intimidated by me. If you know me or have ever met me, I'm pretty much the least intimidating person most people know. My manager had to have his store review performed, and that involves the district manager coming in talking to the employees. The guy came in and completely avoided me and never asked me a thing. He asked my coworkers stuff to try and see if they would slip up but not me. When he left my manager talked to me, and the review overall was great considering we passed. However, at one point during his one-on-one session the district guy asked him a question about some of the tasks that get done. I pretty much handle all the non-essential sales tasks for the department. My manager told to the guy that I was the one he would need to ask the question to, and the district manager was just like "Well, I'll just go and assume that it is done." Apparently I know too much or something?
     
    I've also started doing all the scheduling for the department too, and apparently they were impressed with that. The district manager complemented the schedule. They give us this ridiculous goal of spending only so much labor. You're not supposed to be at 100% scheduled and I was just making the schedule aiming to not use all our hours. I apparently put us at 90% and got a call out because I did an awesome job. The goals they set are crazy because we don't have enough people to work as it is, and we don't get to use all of the labor, but hey! Recognition is recognition.
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    A Survivor IS Born

    By Sisen,

    I finally played through Batman Arkham Asylum, ripped through Tomb Raider, and now it is time to start my third(?) play-through of Mass Effect.
     
    Say hello to Frenn Shepard, colonist, infiltrator, and a sole survivor.
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    Induction

    By Sisen,

    Woo. I successfully passed my mind numbingly boring sales induction course. To summarize: four back to back twelve hour days of sitting in a classroom learning stuff I already know. It was a redundant course but in order to keep my job I had to go through it. I managed to get a 34.5 out of a possible 36 on the test. The average score was 34 (the highest average the instructor has ever had as a group). Personally I wanted to get a perfect score. There were three people out of the class that did. However, I had my manager telling me to get a perfect score, and then I had my district manager telling me to get a perfect score... so the added pressure did not help at all. I am happy that I got an above average score and passed. I spent more time helping other people study to ensure they passed.
     
    I was also happy with the fact that I didn't actually miss an entire question. The questions I missed had multiple parts to answer, so I missed half of three multiple answer questions. I'm just glad it is done and over with and I can move on with work. I averaged about forty-six hours of work this week and it was insane.
     
    I even procured some LEGO on the last day of training.
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    Lara Croft for the Win

    By Sisen,

    So I purchased Tomb Raider due to the fact it was on sale from Amazon. I’m a prime member and get the super fast two-day shipping or whatever it is. I came home to the package and was sorta surprised because it was thicker than what a regular game case should be. Amazon didn’t just send the game. They sent the game that comes packaged with the collective art book you got for pre-orders. I didn’t even pre-order the game…
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    Work Life

    By Sisen,

    Life is pretty much school, school, school, work, work, work, and try not to be sick right now. I have less than a year before I am finally done with college. Work is really great though. My health might not be the best right now, and I'm on multitudes of medications... yet I am still able to keep up my full-time work schedule. I haven't had to call off or go into work sick. *knock on wood*
     
    This upcoming April marks my second year work with Best Buy, and I just had my annual review. I pretty much do everything above and beyond my job, and know I'll be getting another raise beyond the slight increase you typically get. My manager sat down and talked to me, and wanted to discusses further development options for my future career. Right now out of all the Best Buy stores, the store I work at and my department is in the top ten. That's the top ten of all the Best Buy stores. We currently rank at fourth. That's pretty darn amazing.
     
    While we were doing my review, he talked about how the other store managers had to contact him to find out what we do differently to perform so well. He continuously talked about me and talked me up to them. He ranted and raved so much, that the other stores were asking him to send me to their stores to help train staff. Like whaaaaaat, seriously? He then went on to say that he could easily see me being a supervisor or manager. Not in the future. Not down the road. Right now. I could go into another store and easily do the job.
     
    I have been pretty sick lately... taking two different kinds of immunosuppressants really wrecks your system. This week has been pretty good though! Finding out how highly we rank in the company out of all the stores, having my annual review and getting such high praise (I scored a 4 out of 5, 4 is considered the high mark because 5 is like just flawless perfection and most people get a 3 if that). You get a 2 just for doing your basic job duties. Today was the best day though. Tomorrow is payday and because of the performance... we got a huge bonus. Typically I might see an extra $50-100 on a check if we bonus. I am not going to post the exact bonus amount, but I'm safely able to pay off all my monthly bills, buy my cosplay materials, and put aside money for vacation.
     
    Such is life. It might not be the best at the moment, but there are some pretty good things going.
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    GI Woes

    By Sisen,

    The gastroenterologist put me on an immunosuppressant, Mercaptopurine... that's a mouthful to say. I had completely forgot about him running the blood tests to see if I could handle the drug the last time I had a flare up. I've got a taper of prednisone until May. Plus I have to go and have blood work weekly now. Hopefully this works and keeps me better. I dislike going on new meds especially when all the side effects are pretty much things you already experience... Hopefully the 6mp doesn't affect me too much. I am just more concerned about work. My white count stays pretty good and I have never had any trouble, but who knows now with another drug. Plus, I work in retail and I'm just nervous and worried.
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