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    Brickfair

    By Noxryn,

    BrickFair was amazing this year, special thanks to Janus for the orange Vahi and Arpy for the metallic blue Toa Mata feet! (You guys are amazing)
     
    There's probably nothing more I can possibly say that hasn't been said elsewhere, but the entire event was just spectacular. Even for a while after BrickFair ended things were amazing.
     
    Everyone was just so fantastic, and with my memory I'll never be able to name everyone there of BZP, but Nuju Metru posted quite a good list of everyone!
     
    I'd have done a huge thank-you thing like what Nuju did, but man am I tired. The plane got delayed on the way back, so I went to bed at like... 3:00 AM and had to wake up 3 hours from then to go to school. But, somehow, I was awake for the day and learned something awesome -- my school has a free period at the start of Thursdays, so technically, I don't need to get in until like, 8:30 AM instead of 7:00 AM. ^__^
     
     
  2. Noxryn

    Finally!

    By Noxryn,

    I figured out how Microsoft Word 2007 works~
     
    Well, how it works to the point where I can meet all the schoolwork guidelines and not have to do it the painfully hard way.
     
    Only took me a few years...
     
    (I also stuck a pic of Alucard in this blog because he's cool)
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    Mishaps, They Happen.

    By Noxryn,

    I don't know why I feel like blogging this, but I am.
     
    So I learned that walking around, upstairs and in the dark, is a very, very, very bad idea for me. I'm not a very graceful person on my feet, and I tend to smack my foot into things like walls and doors a -lot-. Basically, I was walking near the stairs that lead downstairs, made a turn to go down them and smacked my foot on the side of the staircase. I ended up falling down the stairs, very noisily, and wound up on my back on the floor.
     
    I am very happy we still have carpeting, or that would've hurt a lot more than it did (My mom wants to put in wood floors, wood stairs).
     
     
     
    Secondly;
     
    I have this deathly fear of spiders. As in, I am absolutely terrified of them to the point where I will scream like a little girl and go hide. (When one was in my bed, I chose to sleep on the floor of the guest room for three months instead of going back to my room).
     
    So, seeing two spiders, the size of my face, in our garage and on the floor as I exit the car puts that whole series of events in action. First the girlish scream, then the slamming shut of the car door as I go hide inside. Having your mother run out of the house, asking "Did your sister fall?" kinda puts what I sound like in perspective.
     
     
    This weekend has just been a series of scares. ._.
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    An Owl

    By Noxryn,

    So, on Tuesday when I was conveniently not home and was busy at a location 30 minutes away, there was an owl outside that was looking around. However, my sister took some pictures of it (lots of them being very blurry), but I hunted down one of the pictures that is really clear (To me at least).
     
    So yeah, here's the picture of the owl.
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    I am amazingly excited for BFair (Last year was a blast, and I didn't even do that much), I just hope I can get everything I need to get done before the event. Lot of it is physical paperwork and notifying some people (Need to notify the head of the School Newspaper Staff Administrator that I can't make the staff meeting on the Seventh...). Some of the paperwork is just me needing to finish my school reading projects (Need to get some things drawn out and the blasted printer working ><), while some of it is more BZP related (Though, in electronic form) and some is stories I have laying around I want to finish before BFair (Right after BFair is school).
     
    I also reaaaallly want to get my driving stuff done before the event, so that next year, I'll have an actual license and can utilize my rental car discount (A benefit my mother will be using this year, probably, which I get through CAP). If not, oh well.
     
    Some other things involve packing and making some MOC's. One of the MOC's I made was... well, it collapsed and kinda... dissolved. (Yes, I am a terrible MOCist), Plus I need to make some crabs... probably one or two.
     
    I alllllllssssoooo need to pack up a gift for someone who will be attending~ (wrapping paper fun~)
     
    This'll be a busy week, busy, busy, busy. (And next week will be busy too... though, I have my 3-minute impromptu speech in mind, which will likely be about being prepared 'cuz I can go on forever about it... even though it'll become rambling)
     
    (I also need to stop by the ATM sometime... so I can pull out eighteen dollars for some awesome things)
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    Bfair.

    By Noxryn,

    I feel really excited for it, given, it's right around the corner at this point (And not like... four months away anymore). Still need to make some MOC's for it (A crab, and finishing that one thing I've had legless/armless for the last year).
     
    It'll be fun~
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    Toy Story 3

    By Noxryn,

    It was a great movie =)
     
    Also -- Final Fantasy XIII, I bought it and it's sooo much fun. (I spent Gamestop store credit on it, not real cash... and got five bucks in real cash back, oddly enough... even though the store here was twenty bucks more expensive than what Blockbuster was selling it for).
     
    I also just figured out what this trailer I watched back in 2007 was about... and the game's not even out yet, funnily enough. (FFXIII Versus is what the trailer was of, I thought it was just a Kingdom Hearts trailer when I saw it, though)
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    Funny Things.

    By Noxryn,

    Some people will throw a fit over the silliest things. Even though, in some cases, I can see where they are coming from, but it's just a bit extreme even then to yell/complain and call other people names over something so little. (Talking about a hobby, thus the "little" portion as I don't really view luxuries as "priorities" thus they being "small").
     
    I guess I blog this as it's a twenty year-old something or other throwing the fit and a twelve year old was able to voice his concerns in a faaaarrr more respectable manner.
     
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    Creative Writing.

    By Noxryn,

    I am this close to stabbing a pencil through my head.
     
    For the last week I had an idea, a first in a while (And not related to a currently unfinished epic, which may remain unfinished until I really get back into the swing of things), but I constantly had the issue of how to write it out. Cinematically (aka: Visual images playing out in my mind... FF says it's not a word, but I don't care) everything always looks so neat and it makes me interested.
     
    Then I write it, and it sounds dumb and ugly and I want to burn my computer for ever hosting such a series of words. I also wish to stab my brain for being able to turn something that seemed really neat visually, even story-wise, into a large ball of moth spit.
     
     
  12. Noxryn
    - Finished;
     
    Math Final (Math final averaged grade: B+ --- I'm terrible, absolutely horrible, at Math.)
    English Final (Got a 96% on it) average final: A.
    3D Animation Final, Final Grade: A+.
    French Final (Dunno any numbers) -- Received a certificate and chocolate of "Highest Average in the Class"
    PE Final (Ran a mile, walked a mile) -- Was told that I probably improved the most of everyone else present.
     
    - Tomorrow;
     
    Biology Final
    Ancient Civilizations Final (If I fail this one, or get anything less than a very high A, I think I'll lose all confidence in my brain power. It's that -easy- [We can use notes specified by the teacher, along with the fact it's 12 questions and we write them by using a rubric. All my questions will prolly be on Greece, maybe some China, and perhaps some Rome as I know them the best.)
     
    I also finished my Biology Final Review (I put it off, finished it in the time of three hours) so I'll get +15 (points, not percent) on the Final Test.
     
    After that, I'm done with Finals. Then, I get to work on knowing how to read aviation charts and understanding the inner workings of aircraft, along with the meanings of markings on runways and all that fun stuff. Also the phonetic alphabet, but eh, I know it by heart already. Aerospace is pretty interesting to me, mainly 'cuz so far, there hasn't been any super-complex math used --- so far it's basically been taught in the language of an elementary school teacher (Giving the simple stuff, not straying into the more complicated subjects; simple words used, etc).
     
    At the same time, I also need to work practice for Fencing ('Cuz, I don't quite remember everything from week to week...) along with Drills. Though, I also need to send someone an email so I'll be able to go on an orientation flight before June, hopefully. (According to him, June will be busy). The last thing is I need to work more on PT, especially now that PE is over for me (I'm not taking PE next year, 'cuz I wanted to take Creative Writing -and- Newspaper, which took up the slot).
     
     
     
    So yeah, I'm busy and prolly won't be around too frequently.
  13. Noxryn

    The One Letter.

    By Noxryn,

    I have straight A's as of today, except for one 89 average in Biology... which will hopefully turn into an A after the test~
     
    Plus, my essay apparently made it to semi-finaldom (Finalists got shirts, certificates and presented at the Spirit Assembly a while back, Semi-Finalists get certificates ).
     
    What's funny is that I seriously just rushed that paper, like... I wrote it in less than an hour, the night before it was due... << >>
     
    But I feel smart anyways. :3
     
     
    Also, gun safety class was five hours long. I also have a take-home-test from that, which is easy, and I need to bring it in on Saturday which is gonna be a pain with the English Essay draft I need to do as well as all the Final Reviews I want to do @_@ (9 or so days 'till Final week...)
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    Books.

    By Noxryn,

    So I bought some books today, Flyboys (Currently on page 22), Forest Mage (Second book in the Soldier Son Trilogy), The Children of Hurin (Heard too many positive reviews of this book to pass it up)
     
    So far, I find Flyboys to be an interesting book. Not one that has a happy atmosphere, but then again, such a tale would hardly warrant it. I picked it up because of the title, as well as the fact that it was a story from WWII I haven't heard previously and is roughly the first I'd have read in text (Mostly, the History Channel/Military Channel's documentaries of the War have a lot of information and it's actually from these documentaries where I hear of these books). This book was apparently adapted into a film, or there was a film that depicted the story, and when I can, I have a feeling that I'll be watching this film (More likely, after I finish the book).
     
    When it comes to the book itself, I feel compelled to just say that I do not recommend it for younger readers, given the actual text is presented in a way that I doubt someone in elementary school would be able to understand easily. The content is the other factor, as some (Even in the first 22 pages) scenes depicted are quite gruesome, too grotesque for BZPower's general audience to even be iterated in an online blog.
     
    Though, when (in my Sophomore year) we touch upon WWII in U.S History, I think I'll feel fairly confident in the material (Given, I must've watched about eight documentaries on the subject this year... plus, have a plan reading of at least four other books on the subject. Extra-studies on WWII from outside-of-school classes also would assist [Classes more bent on the advancements in Aviation and Aerospace]). However, when it comes to that singular subject (The War itself and BZP) don't make comments on that in the comments -- it's a subject that doesn't quite belong on BZP in form of discussion (Myself, more discussing reading/watching things relating to it and it assisting in school next year versus actual discussion on the matter).
     
    However, from what I read in the first bit of the book, it does give a bit of a history (I recall, the farthest back date in my mind from the text, being 1840, but events from the 1700's are brought up).
     
    That's for that book, however.
     
     
    I bought the Forest Mage because I had finished the first book in the trilogy back... I believe two, three years ago. It was a great story, one of which I got the name "Spink" from and I've had this nagging voice in the back of my head that has been saying "Finish it" for the longest time, the main issue had been that the second book isn't the most common thing in my life, only this one time at Borders had I noticed it on the shelf. I'll be reading this one right after Flyboys, as when it comes to reading two books at once... I'd rather not. My mind would end up being split between two different, vastly different, story lines. One pertains to real-world history, and because of that, I view it as a place my mind should be -- undivided. The first book in the trilogy took me under half a week to finish, as I spent most of my time just reading through the text, looking up interesting words while also guessing what would happen next.
     
    Of course, I never really did predict the end correctly, actually, I was rather far from it. The ending, to some, may seem a little... off, but it's a fantasy tale and "off" parts are fairly common in the literary works I've read through. However, I'm still rather interested to see how the entire storyline ends -- from the first to the third -- and will probably also pick up the final book to the storyline when I get the chance. ($43 bucks on books today... wasn't gonna make that fifty bucks.)
     
    The third book I picked up, The Children of Hurin (Too tired to get the accent over the "u"), was a story I've heard many on this site and others bring up (Was looking for Starship Troopers as well, as it was on the Navy's recommended reading list and stood out to me) and I was interested. I've heard that it's not a happy story, the opposite, but tragedies and the like never have put me off before. In fact, the earlier stories I've done have mainly been tragedies, even a somewhat recent one was a tragedy (But only the ending brought that to light, as the rest was rather light-hearted). I'll be reading this after Forest Mage for reasons stated previously in this entry.
     
     
     
    I do need to pick up some more books. Probably some more in relation to aviation, the field, while some others regarding tales of things that have happened in military aviation (Creation of the USAF, for instance). Others will more involve some conflicts, though I do want to find a not-so-dry tale of the battle of 300 at Thermopylae, as our school text-books are just horrid at the description of it all and lack a proper sense of explaining the tactics used both at the pass, as well as with the naval forces led by Themistocles (Basically, the book more stated "this happened" but I'd like a more in-depth look into the strategy used, as well as maybe a deeper look into the Greek leadership at the time, as to get a sense of what they were all thinking at the time -- individually and collectively). There are also some fictional books I wouldn't mind getting a hold of, but I do need to read what I have first.
     
     
     
    In other news, I saw Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy sounded like Rorschach to no end (Same actor, probably the cause) and even though the movie was bloody, darker than the later (prior) ones and had far better visuals... I just found it a bit shallow. The plot was the same-old same-old in regards to that story and the actors playing the protagonists were rather dull, in my opinion. It could've been better, but for what it was, it was definitely not the worst it could've been.
     
     
     
    Soooo... yeah, that's about it. I think I was gonna add more, but I can't remember.
     
  15. Noxryn

    Fencing.

    By Noxryn,

    So I took up fencing recently, first class was today, and it's quite interesting as well as fun. The instructor stated that so far, I'm her best student.
     
    Though, I won't be able to do it next week... 'cuz I got firearm training (class) Thursday for two hours and then the actual target-shooting on Saturday (four hours).
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    Woah...

    By Noxryn,

    I have a lot to study.
     
    Also, to individuals who may or may not need me in TBRPG's: I'm really busy with school/other learning/talking to the High School Administration to see if I can push for a program/preparing and getting ready for fencing while also doing some more physically demanding things to get in better shape... so don't expect me to be fast to respond to things. If it's a problem, send me a Personal Message.
     
    On BZP, I have some time for it, but it's mostly reserved for Staff-Duties for the time being.
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    Um... Wow.

    By Noxryn,

    So I completely forgot to work on any of my Biology stuff last night, and it was all due today. But then crazy weather happened.
     
    So I go to school, like normal, but right before my Biology class... school ends early and it's a mad rush to get a spot on one of the buses.
     
    I was like "wow... I really lucked out here..."
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    This Week.

    By Noxryn,

    This week, at my High School, was "Spirit Week" so a lot of interesting things ended up happening through the course of the week. From people dressing in odd things, to the band playing all over the place;
     
    - Monday
     
    On Monday, there wasn't much new. People came to school normally, as we weren't really told what the dress-theme was for the day, besides for the teachers who all dressed up to fit the theme that I can't remember. Monday was a very uneventful day of the week, being the most normal.
     
    - Tuesday
     
    At school, Tuesday was Career Day, where people would dress up as what career they want when they grow up. Only the teachers really did anything, my English teacher having dressed up as a guy from Deadliest Catch, and with some of the Technology teachers wearing NASA get-ups for the day (AKA: Xbox 360 headset). However, that was really the only school-highlight. Other things that happened are more expounded upon in the entry before my last, though in a nutshell, I was allowed to apply a week early to the United States Civil Air Patrol (Colorado Wing), and am currently a "Semi-Official Cadet," Semi, mainly because I don't have all the things I need, but I am recognized in the Squadron as a cadet (Even though I have no way to prove that I am =P). Got a free T-Shirt, a free patch (Costs five bucks otherwise...) and will be making a visit to the Air Force Base Supply Store next week (After this Tuesday), as I should have all my official things by then. Though, while at that meeting, I learned the basic basics of map reading (Interesting class, actually), as well as some basic drills (Attention, Right/Left/About Face, Present Arms, Salute, etc -- the "Official" Cadets were learning how to march in formation and such).
     
    AFB's are interesting places, to me at least, 'cuz of all the craft that go in and out of the base, as well as the level of activity there is there. The people are also pretty interesting to talk to, and are willing to answer questions and stuff.
     
    - Wednesday
     
    At Lunch time on Wednesday (Recycle Day; Wear a green shirt or recycled products) the band was playing in the cafeteria, and everyone was singing along (You could say it was a... *puts on sunglasses* real High School Musical). My PE Coach wore a box, some of the students wore paper-crafted over-clothes on top of actual clothing, while one of the teachers wore half a milk carton on his head the entire day. We had an English sub that day, 'cuz my current English teacher is also the Golf Coach and had to run off to go do Golf stuff. My earlier English teacher is in the Marines now, though he got married first, so he's not officially commissioned until.... Probably after school ends, or a few weeks before.
     
    Oh, and apparently the school is acting as a PGA Tour hub, cuz they have all of these PGA Uniforms, hats, visors, shirts, pants, and they're mailing them all out from the school in specified stations and stuff. There were like, five hundred boxes in the Gym on Wednesday, and the number never seemed to fluctuate...
     
    - Thursday
     
    Not much on this day, but then again, we didn't do much in our classes either. In Ancient Civ, we just began to learn about Sparta and the last stand of the 300 against the Persian Empire. Interesting subject, but we only really spent two days on it, which kinda stunk, cuz the Greek City-State of Sparta is probably my favorite, and I'd have liked to spend some more learning time on that subject, than just up and leave. =/
     
    - Friday
     
    The schedule was a lot shorter (All classes were done by 1:40, so we could attend a Spirit Assembly for an hour). Teachers got pied in the face, events were held that were teacher vs. student, the four top nominees for their I Believe Essays spoke (Probably the part I liked the most, I didn't really try on the Essay... Kinda just rushed it a bit, more due to having mulled for ideas and having found a really bad one at the last possible second... and rushing to get it done in time. 'Cuz, if you don't hand in the essay, you don't advance.) I really wish things like scholarships, awards, and being published in things more resided in creative writing, or a "Pick a subject you want to write about" but oh well, I can sit and make essays on things that I really haven't a clue about (I mean, earlier in the year we had an essay on Math... my absolute worst subject, which meant that I really needed to do hours of research into something I really despise (Course, I do need to do a lot more work in the field to excel... but I just lack, really, a sense of motivation. I get that I have to learn it, but a lot of the subject matter is never explained as to "How it will help you, and why it's important" -- generally, when told that something is important and is a matter, by a teacher's words, I tend to feel more motivated to push harder in the class. Might just be me, but yeah.)
     
    Now it's a four day weekend, and I think I'm going to try and write two things;
     
    - A story on the last stand of the 300, more to get some more credit in my Ancient Civilization class (The previous teacher had me take the same test twice, and then never counted it, adopted a child and decided to vanish for a period of time to where the grade can't be updated because the passing time has passed... like a month ago.)
     
    - Another story-esque thing as to get more credit in English, even though my teacher said I really don't need any.
  21. Noxryn

    Brickfair 2010.

    By Noxryn,

    I'll be there, and I'm all signed up to go. You can easily pick out me from the attendee list, cuz like... well, it's rather obvious.
     
    But yeah, I'm rather pumped for the more space, and also 'cuz I got a room in the now booked Holiday Inn~
  22. Noxryn

    So.

    By Noxryn,

    My hand fell into a cactus, I pulled out all the obnoxious pins and needles, but my hand happens to still sting a fair bit. Nothing that's acute enough to the point where I can't close my hand or use it, it's just rather irritating.
     
    I also dislike it when I send someone a question, and once they get my question, they don't log in for the next two days.... I might copy/paste it and ask someone who's more... around.
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    So, Tomorrow.

    By Noxryn,

    It brings excitement, anxiety, and a bit of dread. (Dread more being that I have no idea what'll be assigned in school tomorrow... none of the teachers really update the calendar, so for all I know, someone could be all like "HUGE PROJECT" or "BOAT OF HOMEWORK" the latter being harder... cuz I'll have about two or three hours of free time ._.)
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    I'll start with the "Weird" part, 'cuz that falls right into the delay aspect. So, basically I ended up calling the Captain of the nearby USCAP squadron, at first the call went somewhere and to someone who said to call back later. Then, later, the line was disconnected and apparently wasn't reconnected in the next four hours. <__< Oh well, at least now I'll need to wait until Tuesday for my schedule to get mauled over to a change (Well, technically, about 15 days after Tuesday).
     
    Though, I'll be going on Tuesday (Instead of Thursday) cuz I decided that instead of going to a dull location on a weekly basis, that instead, I'll be shooting for the group at the USAF base. Cuz, that sounds a lot cooler, to me. =3
     
    Also been reading and looking into the history of the organization, and looking at some of their vids on other sites. Looks like fun, and this sort of volunteer work looks good on a resume~
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