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  1. Laka

    Final Entry

    By Laka,

    Yup. My finals are over . Did I trick anyone? Oh well... Anyway, I had finals this week, but now they're done!!! Should I post my results?
     
    Algebra-98% I got an A in the class
    English- Got a B on the final, but I got an A in the class! Barely....
    Drafting- I'm not sure. I didn't really have a final, but I think I got an A in the class.
    PE/Health- Not sure, but I think I aced it. Giving me an A in the class.
    History- 96%. Pretty sure I got an A in the class.
    Italian- Not sure yet, but I think I got an A.
    Biology- 88% . I still managed to get an A in the class, though .
     
    -K-
  3. Laka

    The Language Barrier

    By Laka,

    I can't post a lot of these due to suggestive content, but I'll post the ones I can. I'm sure some of you have seen these, but they're things spoken or written by people who don't speak English well.
     
    "Members and non-members only." -- A sign outside Mexico City's Mandinga Disco in the Hotel Emporio.
     
    "SOTP" -- A sign near a road crossing in Milan.
     
    "Let's skiing." -- A sign in a ski chalet in Nagano, Japan.
     
    "Refund!" -- "Caution," as translated into Italian on a "wet floor" sign in an Italian McDonald's.
     
    "Please to bathe inside the tub." -- A sign in a Japanese hotel room.
     
    "Our staffs are always here waiting for you to patronize them." -- From an advertisement for a hotel in Tokyo.
     
    "Is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis." -- A sign in a Tokyo hotel.
     
    "Is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis." -- A sign in a Tokyo hotel.
     
    "Let's decompose and enjoy assembling!" -- Instructions for a puzzle toy made in Taiwan.
     
    "You will know radio on by enchanting green light." -- From the instructions for a Hitachi radio.
     
    "I can singing and dancing." -- On a toy gorilla.
     
    "Hey, you there! Open those windows. Let the air force come in!" -- Spoken by a teacher for whom English was a second language.
     
    "Schweppes Toilet Water." -- "Schweppes Tonic Water," as originally translated into Italian.
     
    "Micro tender rat." -- "Microsoft Mouse," as translated into Italian on the instruction sheet for a Taiwanese Microsoft-compatible mouse.
     
    "Are you lactating?" -- "Got milk?" as originally translated into Spanish for advertising in Mexico.
     
    And the longest of them all:
     
    " Learn how to use your chopsticks Tuk under thurnb and hcld firmly Add second chcostick hold it as you hold a pencil Hold tirst chopstick in originai position move the second one up and down Now you can pick up anything:" -- Instructions for using chopsticks, on the back of the same chopsticks wrapper mentioned above.
     
    "Add second chopstick hold it you hold a pencil. Hold first chopstick in onginial position move the second one up and down Now you can pick up anything:" -- A rewrite.
     
    "Hold first chopstick on orginal position move its second up and down now you can pick - up anything" -- Another rewrite.
     
    "Two little sticks
    They're made out of wood
    And they help you
    To pick up your lunch
    Your lunch
    And if you practice
    Then you'd get good
    And you'll tind you can pick up
    A bunch to munch
    Eat noodles with chopsticks
    Eat dumplings with chopsticks
    Eat sushi with chopsticks
    That's fish!
    Don't eat soup with your chopsticks
    That's no good with chopsticks
    And jello with slide off
    Your dish
    I eat with chopsticks
    Can you eat with chopsticks
    Doctor told us
    Be intell eat by using chopsticks
    Lots of people use chopsticks
    So try eat your chopsticks
    Right Now"
    -- The same brand of chopsticks, apparently giving up on prose and going for poetry instead.

    I just love "So try eat your chopsticks right now"!
     
    -K-
  5. Laka

    Pakari Project -completed-

    By Laka,

    Wow, I can't believe it's done. In my drafting class, my teacher let me work on my own project. I kinda picked a Pakari :sheepish: . Anyway, I finally finished it. I'd say I've been working on it off-and-on since October/November, but this week I got to work on it for the whole class time for maybe three-four days. I put, maybe, 3-5 hours of work on this thing. My teacher did help with a lot of thing, so some credit to him. I'm gonna post this in the Artwork forum, so go give me a post, if you want. I'll post the topic link here. Oh yeah, I used Autodesk Inventor Professional 2008.
     
    Black Pakari Front
    Black Pakari Isometric
    Black Pakari Side
    Draxon?
    Infected Pakari (Made out of cardboard? )
    Onepu
    Onua
    This one's just for kicks, but it's pretty sweet IMO
     
    I think I like the ones without eyes more.
     
    -K-
  6. Laka

    Why Roa Is Win

    By Laka,

    Yeah, so I just went to go get my Tahu canister lid. Instead, I got my Tahu Nuva canister, and when I opened the lid, there were two ball joints and a friction pic . I'm so happy right now .
     
    Yeah, so I went back to my canister, and I searched through my Nuva and Bohrok canisters. I found three ball joints, three black 3+ rods, five light gray bush pieces, five light gray small gears, one black friction pin, and 15 Krana. Wow.
     
    -K-
  7. Laka

    Of Reviewing And Flaming

    By Laka,

    Oh boy, I don't know where to start. BBC reviews and reviewers are really starting to irk me. I just don't understand it. Reviewers will see a fairly bad MOC, and give it a softy review, so they avoid hurting the MOCist's feeling. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, but doing it just to avoid hurting the MOCist's feelings is what I take issue with. Telling beginner MOCists that their MOCs are great is not the way to help them get better. Also, giving a bad review isn't flaming. I was just looking at a topic, and people were being accused of flaming because they gave the MOC 0.5-1/10, and they said it didn't look like the thing it was supposed to. If you're going to accept number reviews, you can't only accept the good ones. There are certainly going to be some bad ones. However, this does not mean that you should just go around saying "Oh, this is a terrible MOC, it looks nothing like a Rahi 0/10." BBC reviewers need to find a balance. You can be truthful, without being hurtful. Tell the person what you don't like, and how they could try to improve it. Example: "Hmm... the legs look a little jumbled. If you removed *Insert here* and replaced it with something more like *Insert here*, it would look a lot better." By doing this, you tell the person gently what they could improve, but more importantly, how they could improve it.
     
    One reason why I think people give bad reviews, is just to bump their post count. I've seen a lot of people who just run through BBC saying, "Good job, maybe *Insert one-ten word critique here*. 9/10." [i may be wrong here; this is merely my personal hypothesis.] If they only posted when they felt like they actually thought they had something useful to contribute, then BBC might be a better environment.
     
    One last thought. I've been seeing an increasing amount of bad, and completely uncustom MOCs in BBC. I realise that a lot of the people are beginning MOCists, but there would be less if people offered constructive criticism. If someone make a one star MOC, but get praise for it, then they probably aren't going to try to make better MOCs. They're probably going to just keep making fifteen minute one star MOCs. Good constructive criticism is needed! Once again, good constructive criticism is telling someone what's bad about their MOCs, gently, and offering ideas on how to fix it.
     
    Okay, I'm done for now. Now's the time to offer your thoughts on what I said. If you see any inconsistencies or errors, I'd love it if you would point it out.
     
    -K-
  8. Laka

    What Am I Thankful For?

    By Laka,

    Doodledoodledoo there's a lots of stuff, but I don't think I'm gonna remember anything.
     
    Mostly peoples:
    All my friendses (especially C, and G, since they're like my bestest gal friends and stuff.)
    Families of course (Even though they drive me crazy I do love my sisteh, daddeh, and mommeh)
    BZP friendses (Especially peoples on MSN/AIM that I talks to regularly. Also Ecto/Laminator since I'm talking to him right now and I've met him irl.) (Man, that reminds me how long it's been since I talked to Darco...)
    And last, but not least, my girlyfriend. :3
     
    Umm what else.
     
    Stuffs:
    Like all my tech junk that I spend all my time with. <3
    All my LEGO Bricks. Even though I haven't been building muchly. :/
     
    House yay
     
    Clothes yay
     
    School yay
     
    That's all I can think of yay
     
     
    Happy thanksgiving, BZPower.

    -Laka

  10. Laka

    Hai Guise

    By Laka,

    So it's been like some time now. My Premier Membership expired like a week before the forums went offline, so yeh. I'll probably renew once perks week is over, and then I'll be OBZPC yay.
     
    Yeah, I dunno what to say really. I've been MOCing some, but nothing really interesting. Maybe I'll a topic in LGD later.
     
    Name change sometime in the next week so I don't have to wait. EDIT: Gah I should be able to change my name. Why isn't that one of the perks. D=. Oh well.

    -Laka
  11. Laka

    Edit

    By Laka,

    I'm gonna be going to my grandparents' house Monday through Wednesday. Soooo yeah, don't look for me on MSN or here or elsewhere, cuz I don't know how much internet access I'll have.
     
    Edit: Ummmm or not. Apparently we can't go today after all, and we might not end up going at all this week.

    -Laka
  12. Laka

    Hay Guess What

    By Laka,

    So like today I saw Star Trek with the family. Was a good moveh, and I remoccend it. =)
     
    Yeah, so other life updates?
     
    So school's out, straight As (Yay ). I've been really bored and playing a lot of video games. Want to get a job somewheres. Have not been MOCing lately due to lack of inspiration (sadface). Am going to all 4 days of BrickWorld (Meet me there =O). Going to MOC? (Hooray).

    -Laka
  14. Laka

    Yay

    By Laka,

    Yay: Life
    Boo: Finals and studying and staying up late (Like now).
     
    My current situation.

    -zorz-
  16. Laka

    Pbz Hail Region

    By Laka,

    These are the official Gym Leader Listings for the Hail Region of the Pokemon Battle Zone. A new league that's been created in the Official Pokemon Topic. View THIS TOPIC for rules regarding challenging the league and making official challenges.

    Hail Region
     
    Weather Leader: Empty
    Element: Hail
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules: Must defeat the regions four gym leaders.
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: Toa Hev: Ice Warrior
    Element: Ice
    Badge: Ice Essence
    Prize:
    FC: 1461-8151-2955
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: The Batyam
    Element: Ghost
    Badge: Crest
    Prize:
    FC: 0044-2951-2819
    Special Rules:
    Record: 1-0
    Status: Ready
     
    Gym Leader: Omega Blademan
    Specialty: Psychic
    Badge:
    Prizes:
    FC: 4510-6966-7070
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     


    Gym Leader: Toa Tanma
    Element: Fighting
    Badge: Iron Knuckle
    Prize: 2 mystery eggs.
    FC: 0903-0062-0017
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status: Ready
     

    Gym Leader: Cholie
    Element: Dragon
    Badge:
    Prize: Not sure right now. I have a ton of Evolution Stones I could give away, including rarer ones. Or something valuable I can clone in Emerald.
    FC: 4811-7177-4047
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status: Unavailable. Gym Team in training.

    -K-
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    Pbz Rainy Region

    By Laka,

    These are the official Gym Leader Listings for the Rainy Region of the Pokemon Battle Zone. A new league that's been created in the Official Pokemon Topic. View THIS TOPIC for rules regarding challenging the league and making official challenges.

    Rainy Region
     
    Weather Leader: Empty
    Element: Rain Dance
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules: Must defeat the regions four gym leaders.
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: you suck but ExoM7 is cool
    Element: Water
    Badge: Shore Badge
    Prize: Undetermined
    FC: 0817-1580-8696
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status: Inactive
     

    Gym Leader: Sisen
    Element: Poison
    Badge: Positus Insigne
    Prize: Upon request.
    FC: 0172-7811-8521
    Special Rules: only available 12-5PM Eastern time.
    Record:
    Status: May or may not accept challenges.
     

    Gym Leader: The Captain
    Specialty: Dark
    Badge: Eclipse Badge
    Prizes: Any re-distributable Pokemon used during the battle of your choice
    FC: 4253-6185-9657
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status: Ready
     
    Gym Leader: Pivot Man
    Element: Electric
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC: 2792-8439-7624
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:

    -K-
  18. Laka

    Pbz Sunny Region

    By Laka,

    These are the official Gym Leader Listings for the Sunny Region of the Pokemon Battle Zone. A new league that's been created in the Official Pokemon Topic. View THIS TOPIC for rules regarding challenging the league and making official challenges.

    Sunny Region
     
    Weather Leader: Empty
    Element: Sunny Day
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: Sarracenia
    Element: Flying
    Badge: Sky Roach
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: Toa Cordak
    Element: Fire
    Badge: Fire
    Prize: Random Bidoof and Starly
    FC: 3952-8818-1970
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status: Almost ready
     

    Gym Leader: Jet Jaguar the Raptor
    Specialty: Grass
    Badge: Grass Emblem
    Prizes:
    FC:
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     
    Gym Leader: Empty
    Element: Bug
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:

    -K-
  19. Laka

    Pbz Sandstorm Region

    By Laka,

    These are the official Gym Leader Listings for the Sandstorm Region of the Pokemon Battle Zone. A new league that's been created in the Official Pokemon Topic. View THIS TOPIC for rules regarding challenging the league and making official challenges.

    Sandstorm Region
     
    Weather Leader: Arcturus Aeternale
    Element: Sandstorm
    Badge:
    Prize:
    FC:
    Special Rules: Must defeat this region's Gym Leader.
    Record:
    Status:
     

    Gym Leader: Aranos of Ardgoune
    Element: Ground
    Badge: Jewel Drill
    Prize: Nothing at the moment...
    FC: 0817-1282-2321
    Special Rules: All clauses except for item. Also, I do believe Garchomp is uber, so no go for that.
    Record:
    Status: PM if you wish to challenge me. I'll be ready...
     

    Gym Leader: Deep Purple
    Element: Normal
    Badge: Coveted Golden Persian
    Prize:
    FC: 2062-8781-2426
    Special Rules:
    Record:
    Status:
     
    Gym Leader: Death's Shadow
    Specialty: Rock
    Badge:
    Prizes: Ice Punch Elekid, Ice Punch & Dragon Dance Totodile or Pain Split Duskull
    FC: 1890-8178-7398
    Special Rules: Clauses, no legendaries, no ubers
    Record:
    Status: Ready
     
    Gym Leader: Kimmy
    Element: Steel
    Badge:
    Prize: Lucky Egg
    FC: 1375-7041-2131
    Special Rules: No legendaries
    Record:
    Status: Ready

    -K-
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