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  2. Swert
    So, I fell down on the sidewalk (rainy day, slipped and fell), scraped up my right knee, possibly hit my head and gained a concussion (major headache all day), and still got up and put in a six-hour work day.
     
    With a bleeding knee, and a concussion.
     
    And then I went in today as well.
     
    That's dedication right there, folks. The Swert WILL NOT DIE.
  4. Swert

    So now I'm sick

    By Swert,

    I've been saying it for years, the only way I would get sick is if it had to drag me into a bed and find a way to keep me there.
     
    Well played, stomach bug. Making me so dizzy I can't even stand is indeed one way to keep me here. But by midnight tonight I will defeat you. I must.
  5. Swert

    So that was a thing.

    By Swert,

    Maybe next year, when I say "I'm tired from working six weeks on a project under a strict deadline" someone will listen when they remember back to when I used both Toa V and Derpy Hooves to basically do absolutely nothing all day with.
     
    That is all. Thank you and have a nice April 2nd.
  6. Swert
    Haven't even hit morning of the 15th, and already got a few gifts:
     
    2 new Polos + Floyd T-Shirt
     
    $70 total from relatives
     
    $75 Amazon Gift Card from brother
     
    Three new DC-related movies/DVD collections: Batman Mask of the Phantasm, Green Lantern Emerald Knights, and Green Lantern The Animated Series Season 1.0 (13 episodes already debuted, with the other half coming out next week or so on CN) (I bought myself this one)
     
    Black Mesa Source
     
    Not expecting too much else, but you never know. I'm still waiting on my brother and his Amazon Gift Card idea
  7. Swert
    Considering making this a Sounders Blog until I run out of premiership and can't update.
     
    And why not? Nobody reads it anyway
     
    Also, 2-1 against a team from Mexico in the CONCACAF Champions League, Quarterfinal first leg. Second leg to be in Mexico.
     
    And no, I don't expect any more Sounders fans here. Sigh.
  10. Swert
    Alright, so if you were part of the randomness that was MakutaFest 2014, you would recall I mentioned something about a grand prize. That grand prize was, of course, a Vahi that was practically life-sized, based on the movie-edition, and made of Lego.
     
    It took me ~1 hour to build from scratch in the studio I work at, and took me all of 30 minutes in LDD to build and pose. I then took it into another program to make instructions of it, so others can build it at home. The only difference between the winner (Voxumo, if you didn't catch that at the show) and yourself is he gets it for free. Sadly you will have to locate parts yourself to build it, but at least I used common enough parts. I didn't price this out on BrickLink and/or PAB yet, so I don't know what the overall cost will be, so if it turns out to be too expensive I am sorry.
     
    Once I mail the prize to Voxumo and receive confirmation that it arrived safely, I will be releasing the Vahi instructions and parts list for all to use. I had fun designing and building it, and I look forward to 2015 where I probably won't be building a Vahi again
  11. Swert
    One guess.
     
    So given Microsoft just lowered the price of the Xbox One back on Saturday, I decided to pick up an Assassin's Creed Unity Kinect-less bundle, $350. It didn't occur to me when I got it they also planned to give me AC4 as a bonus, which given I already had it on the 360 was a nice plus.
     
    I then proceeded to buy Fibbage for $6 and Minecraft XBO edition for $5.
     
    ... So basically, I spent almost $400 (with tax) on a brand new console, 4 games, and basically a multipurpose controller (I found I could use my phone charging cable to connect it to my laptop, so YAY BORDERLANDS CONTROLLER <3) and I still have Lego Batman 3 coming in next week.
     
    ... Aaand an almost booked solid two months of work, of which I won't see much time in any of these games much before the weekends anyway. Sigh.
  12. Swert
    Hey everyone,
     
    So, I finally looked around and realized, given how busy I've been, I haven't done anything on BS01 lately in terms of changing out the main page's feature content. Granted, a certain podcast interview miiiiight have been an influence on that front. Anywho.
     
    So, because we've had Core War, The Coming of Botar and Gali's quote featured for what feels like months now, I'm open to suggestions. Please feel free to post your suggestions in a reply, and I'll get right on it... Friday. I'm working Thursdays :|
     
    Thanks!
  13. Swert

    Sumiki!

    By Swert,

    I-I'm sorry I just had to
     
    ... Also I just woke up, hence why I'm so far behind. But I am at least original! (Also apparantly the most geeky, if nobody else thought of this one.)
  14. Swert

    Super Bowl

    By Swert,

    Go Seahawks!
     
    "But Swert, Seattle didn't make it to the playoffs!"
     
    Who cares?
     
    "We do."
     
    Fine... GO 2012 SEASON!
     
    "*facepalm*"
  15. Swert
    Life is too crazy, everyone.
     
    So I now have about one month to immediately blitzkrieg build 8 new tall buildings, some Patent models, fix up our Monticello we have, plus some other minor things, then pack them all up and ship them freight to Florida and Michigan.
     
    I am very proud of one of my models, which I will be posting soonish. It's a recreation of the Lego model #10124 Wright Flyer Creator Expert, built in close to 1/2 its scale. My boss was so happy with it, he immediately photographed it and plans to put it on our social media page. I'll be getting that photo later today. I have other photos as well, so I may just make a topic about it instead of a blog entry.
     
    Overall, it's hectic to say the least. At least I've had plenty of chances in the studio to use the new laptop. I'm very much adjusted to W8 now, I can't imagine why there's still holdouts for it.
  16. Swert
    So, money got tight this year for practically everybody I know, except my brother who's been promoted to manager of his department, and my grandparents who own stock in the good stuff like PepsiCo, which isn't going anywhere any time soon. Having said that, my gifts this year were modest, small, and will probably expand in time if someone goes out and does something about it.
     
    My brother bought me XCOM: Enemy Unknown and gave me a MS Touch Mouse he bought at the company store when it was on sale for $30. The mouse retails for $80 on a good day, so I'm not complaining. He also plans to buy me a copy of W8 when he can, but I told him I'm in no rush since I'd rather upgrade the RAM first.
     
    My grandparents gave me $35 in cash, which I used $20 on groceries already. I'll be holding on to that $15 for now.
     
    My parents were impacted the hardest with a delayed paycheck causing plans to fall apart at the last minute, so they ended up snagging me three series 8 minifigs, and my understanding. I'm apparently also getting shirts as soon as they get said money. The figs were the Pirate, the bat and the Lederhosen kid. I'm fortunate enough I had none of these guys, plus I ended up not having to buy them at work, where it'd be $5 each (already opened, of course).
     
    Overall, a very tight gift-giving experience, where I ended up seeing myself giving away more gifts than I received. No complaints from me, but I do wish I had at least gotten that Surface RT I asked my brother for
     
    Oh, speaking of that, I did get to muck around with his briefly, and his Lumia 920, and I'm definitely looking forward to W8 and WP7.8 on my phone given the styling of both. I'm not looking forward to upgrading my RAM and wiping my harddrive, however. Sad panda is me.
  17. Swert

    Swert's Back To Blog

    By Swert,

    Ah yes, the Blog. I remember I had a blog here once... I nuked all the entries after the week was up.
     
    So, welcome to the Swert Blog, possibly the only blog you will want to forget
     
    I'm sure nobody here has heard of me, so I won't bother with introductions.
     
    I'll be here all week to post what I really think about anything. Maybe it'll be good? Maybe not? Who knows? (Who cares? )
     
    Hope everybody enjoys my works, I don't know what to say yet, post comments if you'd like, or make suggestions. I'm pretty much unsure what to say.
     
    Oh, one thing first, please don't mention "BS01." I talk about that -all the time- these days. Give me something different -Swert
  18. Swert
    Okay, it's not a giant list of albums as impressive as Dav's (Kyn Ace) or Makaru's (Makaru), but it's my favorites.
     
    These are listed from my personal experience and is open for debate. As usual, all Top 10 lists are open to debate, except for mine 8D (sarcasm, of course). I might make this a feature for the rest of the week, and bring it over to BS01 in my blog there, it depends on feedback.
     
    #10: Pink Floyd's Animals
    #9: Metallica's Black Album (Metallica)
    #8: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
    #7: The Eagles' Hotel California
    #6: Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack
    #5: NIN's The Downward Spiral (Halo 8)
    #4: Tool's 10,000 Days
    #3: Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here
    #2: Pink Floyd's The Wall (Many would think I'd rank this #1.)
    #1: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
     
    Honorable Mentions, albums I felt had good music but not to the level I liked, consist of the following albums: Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Pink Floyd's Division Bell, Nickelback's The Long Road, Tool's Lateralus, Tool's Ænima, the Across the Universe Soundtrack, and the Paint Your Wagon Soundtrack.
     
    These are my list. I accept all criticism and praise.

    -
  19. Swert
    Since it worked so well last time, I decided to do it this time.
     
    Again, THIS LIST IS OPEN FOR DEBATE. Please do complain that I didn't add rappers. I dare ya Also again, this is based on my experience, not on any "facts." Also, these are all Rock only, if I start using more out of that genre, the list is harder, and the Honorable Mentions is longer.
     
    #10: Nirvana
    #9: Guns N' Roses
    #8: Sublime
    #7: Foo Fighters
    #6: Beatles
    #5: Beach Boys
    #4: Metallica
    #3: A Perfect Circle
    #2: Tool
    #1: Pink Floyd (DSOM-Wall)
     
    Honorable Mentions: Ozzy Osbourne, Floyd Post-Waters, Beastie Boys (pre-00's), Nickelback, Creed (They were very decent, trust me), Audioslave, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam (got all the Seattle mainstream rock out of the way...), Calling the Kettle (Shoutout to you, Dav!), Billy Joel (He's rock, nobody better correct me xD), Paul McCartney and the Wings (Rather good), Led Zeppelin (If I do a top 10 Best songs, a few of their songs might make it on the list), NIN, Godsmack, Disturbed, and many more.
     
    Again, criticism and praise welcome.

    -
  20. Swert
    Okay, I figure a bit of a BIONICLE theme this time.
     
    Based on observations, there might be repeats, but of different sets. Here we go. Also, they have specific reasons for why I like them, so I will note with a symbol behind each one. Chart for explaination at bottom of list. EDIT: NEW LIST BELOW.
     
    #10: Jaller Mahri (G) (K)
    #9: Nuju Metru (F) (T)
    #8: Vakama Hordika (T) (G)
    #7: Kongu Mahri (F) (G/T)
    #6: Lewa Adapted #1 (F) (K)
    #5: Pohatu Mata (F) (K)
    #4: Nuparu Inika (A)
    #3: Ignika (V) (K)
    #2: Takanuva (2003) (F) (K)
    #1: Lesovikk (A)
     
    #10: Jaller Mahri (G) (K)
    #9: Nuju Metru (F) (T)
    #8: Vakama Hordika (T) (G)
    #7: Kongu Mahri (F) (G/T)
    #6: Hahli Mahri (K) (Wings)
    #5: Pohatu Mata (F) (K)
    #4: Nuparu Inika (A)
    #3: Ignika (V) (K)
    #2: Takanuva (2003) (V) (F) (K)
    #1: Lesovikk (A)
     
    Chart:
    (T) Tool's awesome
    (K) Kanohi (or similar) rocked
    (G) Gun (or similar) rocked
    (F) Actual figure was awesome
    (V) Vehicle rocked
    (A) All of the above
     
    So there we go. Criticism is welcome But I think the list is awesome.

    -
  21. Swert

    T - 4 Days

    By Swert,

    So I have everything set up LEGO-wise for BCascade. I have a grand total of 10 boxes to take:
     
    5 for the main island
    1 for the baseplate that goes around it (I have to double-check them)
    1 for the volcano crater top (IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER, TRUST ME)
    1 for the Superhero Megafigs (Green Lantern and Captain America)
    1 for the Bionicle pens and random brick I'm bringing.
    1 for the Nuva Cube (Of course I'm bringing that :3)
     
    Basically that's 10 boxes. Plenty of boxes XD I'm thinking I'll set up the island on Thursday, and then bring the rest Friday.
     
    As for random other stuff, that's still way behind. I should be okay though.
     
    In other news, I bought a headset (YOU'RE WELCOME TO THOSE WHO KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) and my dad gave me his (2 day old) Bluetooth device after buying a better one today. I also bought cardstock to make new business cards today.
     
    Oh yeah, I'm set 8D
  22. Swert
    Two days ago, I put in the longest work day I've had to put in since I started working for The TbP Group (Dan Parker's company encompassing his commission work, his educational camps and events), namely 16 hours in one huge shift. This blog entry is about that.
     
    What did we do during this lengthy 16 hours, one may wonder? During the 10:30 to 1:00 pm hours, not much. It's when we hit 2:30 up in Seattle, WA that the fun really began.
     

    The event we were at was held at CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Sounders FC. We were in a lounge area on the 5th floor, with a relaxing suite for ourselves on Level 6 (reserved for various partners of the stadium and private suites. We missed out on Vulcan, Inc's box. How sad.)
     

    Inside of our personal suite, we had the accommodations one might expect from a Seahawks game, minus the adult beverages (didn't matter, we had work to do.) Personal note, I would -love- to have that jersey configuration on my wall at home. Etched glass required. Get the newer Sounders jerseys though.
     
    So now you may wonder, "Swert, why are you linking to amazing scenery of CenturyLink Field? And how does this relate to 16 hours of work?"
     
    This.
     

    At the event, we were tasked with building up the nearly six-foot Death Star model we have. This is only the second time we even used this model for an event. It is truly amazing to see it again.
     

    My boss, Dan Parker, poses with the model on a very candid shot I took while finally taking a seat. It took us 5 hours to assemble, and the remainder of the night to midnight Friday morning to finish. After 14 hours of work, we then started taking it all down for two hours, going back the next day early Friday morning just taking the rest down.
     
    It was a truly amazing experience, and I look forward to more to come. In the meantime, feel free to comment on any aspect of the build, including the TechReady 16 logo (That was commissioned for lease, I built the main hexagon logo in less than a day. It wasn't easy, but I got it done.)
  24. Swert

    The 13th Doctor

    By Swert,

    Seriously, given the arguments I'm hearing today, it seems the 13th doctor should be a 10 year old redheaded girl.
     
    That covers -everything- the people wanted in the Doctor right there.
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