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  2. Kraahlix

    Food

    By Kraahlix,

    By popular demand, the long-awaited Kraah-written blog-tastic "food" entry has been written!
     
    Food.
     
    You need it. Oftentimes, you want it.
     
    As always, too much of a good thing is a bad thing. For example: North America.
    Enough said.
     
     
  3. Kraahlix

    42

    By Kraahlix,

    With even more demand than "food," a thousand fingers just uncrossed as Kraah has posted his blog entry on "42!"
     
    42 is an absolutely fascinating number. Believe me.
    Why don't you believe me? >: (
     
    Seriously. Take 42 in Roman Numerals for example. XLII
    Now, turn your head sideways. No, the other way.
    It's a freaky emote. Kinda like =L but with an X for eyes...
     
    You know... XL
     
    ...
     
     
    And with a triple chin.
  4. Kraahlix

    Recording Problems

    By Kraahlix,

    I use Audacity and Skype to podcast, and my microphone is an HP headset with jacks. They pick up interference from my computer that records a constant buzzing sound.
     
    I was able to fix this with a converter which made my mic plug into a USB port - but I can only record myself that way. Audacity doesn't pick up other audio sources like Skype or the Internet.
     
    Solution?
     
    ...Free solution?
  5. Kraahlix

    The Reckoning

    By Kraahlix,

    IndentBefore Varian's eyes was a destroyed city.
    The buildings were aflame, smoke clouded the air, and the shouts and screams of Matoran could be heard from all around.
    A group of Ga-Matoran were frantically attempting to douse a fire, but fled before their buckets were emptied, as they saw Toa Varian approaching.
    A sharp object hit her from behind, and Varian spun to see where it came from.
    It was a De-Matoran, now scrambling backward, eyes wide.
    Varian stepped toward the Matoran slowly. She savored the moment... and then lightning flew from her fingertips. The Matoran dropped to the ground with a thud, armor burnt black. Villagers nearby cried out in shock, then ran as fast as they could.
     
    IndentReturning her attention to the city, Varian observed the broken landscape. Toa and Turaga corpses littered the land among many Matoran's bodies. The few survivors were trying to escape, but finding a safe path through the fire and crumbling buildings was difficult... and nightmarish.
    A Turaga of Air limped into Varian's peripheral vision, one of his legs badly injured.
    Varian raised her arm, and a bolt of lightning struck the Turaga from the sky.
    Varian approached the dead Turaga, staring into its lifeless eyes.
    For a moment, she almost felt pity... regret.
    Then her mind's eye was filled with visions of the past - rejection from her Toa team, the killing of her closest friend... and rage filled her up once more.
    Varian ripped the Kanohi from the Turaga's face, crushed it in her hands, and let the fragments seep through her fingers.
     
    ----
    Read more here, and make sure to tell me what you think!
  9. Kraahlix

    >:b

    By Kraahlix,

    Hanging with Swert and Kayru.
     
    Was.
     
    EPIC.
     
    Seriously, one of the most fun days ever.
     
    I would tell you all about it... but... you'll have to be a bit more patient. =)
  11. Kraahlix
    1)
    A. I am a computer programmer.
    B. I am alergic to pollen.
    C. I have eaten a hat.
     
    I may not be a "computer programmer" in the strictest sense of the word, but I do write in a few variations of code. I have made programs in the C# language before.
    The hat I ate was for my buddy Masketh-Kahn not winning the Member Spotlight on BS01.
     
    2)
    A. I like the smell of freshly printed ink.
    B. I like the smell of eggs.
    C. I like the smell of cut grass.
     
    Freshly cut grass is okay... but can be really overpowering. And by eggs here, I mean like eggs getting prepared to eat.
     
    3)
    A. I have not written into Breakaway magazine.
    B. I have not written into Nintendo Power magazine.
    C. I have not written into LEGO magazine.
     
    Heh, believe it or not, I never addressed anything to LEGO.
     
    4)
    A. I won a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament.
    B. I won a typing speed competition.
    C. I won a Santa drawing contest.
     
    Never came out 1st place in a Brawl competition, but I have made it to the finals before.
    At the typing competition, I left with both prize gift cards - for fastest typer and most improved. (Remember, always perform terribly on the first day ;D)
    Nah, I'm jut kidding. I didn't intentionally do that.
     
    5)
    A. I like dark chocolate.
    B. I like white chocolate.
    C. I like milk chocolate.
     
    Who does like dark chocolate? o_O Come on - it's healthy!
     
    6)
    A. Swert was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
    B. Kayru was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
    C. Dorek was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
     
    I remember it now. I was like "...Hello?" and the first thing Dorek did was type in the BS01 Staff chat something like "zomg madness!"
     
    7)
    A. I have set a stuffed animal on fire.
    B. I have applied a sticky note to the back of a kitten.
    C. I have never eaten a banana.
     
    No, I really have not eaten a banana, and you cannot make me.
    The video of the stuffed animals I set on fire was raaaaaad.
     
    8)
    A. I have met Greg Farshtey once.
    B. I have met Greg Farshtey twice.
    C. I have met Greg Farshtey thrice.
     
    I really hope you got that one.
     
    9)
    A. I plan to meet Swert.
    B. I plan to meet Dorek.
    C. I plan to meet Gravitan.
     
    I should be meeting Swert this week, and Dorek later this summer.
     
    10)
    A. None of the above sets are all lies.
    B. None of the above sets are all truth.
    C. Some of the above sets are just bogus.
     
    It was a bit mean of me to thrown that one in =P
     
    Bonus:
    A. I did not type this blog entry with my iPod.
    B. I did not type this blog entry with my palm-pilot.
    C. I did not type this blog entry with my phone.
     
    iPod touches have great browsing/WiFi capabilities, just like an iPhone.
     
    So now the answers have been revealed. What are the scores?!?!?!
     

    Bioran: 0 Kiotu: 1
    Grant-Sud: 2
    Kayru: 3
    JMSOG: 4
     
    Wooow. Not that easy, huh? Makes you wonder if you really know me, huh? =P
     
    Congratulations to the winner, Jedi Master Snoopy of Galifrey.
     
    AAAAAANDDDDDDDD THE PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZEEEEEEE.
     
    JMS, you get to rename me. Just drop me a name and I will change my username to the name of your choice, as long as it is not too overboard (my discretion, and you will get to select a different one). The change will not be permanent.
     
    Congrats again! Maybe more people will be interested in playing next time. Thanks to all the contestants. =)
  12. Kraahlix
    I got a server, that's pretty awesome.
     
    Problem is, I have nooooooo...
     
    ...ooooooooooo....
     
    ...oooooooooo idea what I'm doing with it. Thanks to SK and Bioran for being willing to help out.
     
    Also, I met Kayru. That was pretty darn awesome.
     
    I'm sorry for not being active, getting back to you, editing BS01, etc. I'm trying to get some things done so I can have more free time - we will see how that goes.
     
    If you have not read my contest entry yet, please do. I could use some posts in it. Just state your honest opinion! Thanks.
  13. Kraahlix
    1)
    A. I am a computer programmer.
    B. I am alergic to pollen.
    C. I have eaten a hat.
     
    2)
    A. I like the smell of freshly printed ink.
    B. I like the smell of eggs.
    C. I like the smell of cut grass.
     
    3)
    A. I have not written into Breakaway magazine.
    B. I have not written into Nintendo Power magazine.
    C. I have not written into LEGO magazine.
     
    4)
    A. I won a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament.
    B. I won a typing speed competition.
    C. I won a Santa drawing contest.
     
    5)
    A. I like dark chocolate.
    B. I like white chocolate.
    C. I like milk chocolate.
     
    6)
    A. Swert was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
    B. Kayru was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
    C. Dorek was not the first member I spoke with on the phone.
     
    7)
    A. I have set a stuffed animal on fire.
    B. I have applied a sticky note to the back of a kitten.
    C. I have never eaten a banana.
     
    8)
    A. I have met Greg Farshtey once.
    B. I have met Greg Farshtey twice.
    C. I have met Greg Farshtey thrice.
     
    9)
    A. I plan to meet Swert.
    B. I plan to meet Dorek.
    C. I plan to meet Gravitan.
     
    10)
    A. None of the above sets are all lies.
    B. None of the above sets are all truth.
    C. Some of the above sets are just bogus. >
     
    Bonus:
    A. I did not type this blog entry with my iPod.
    B. I did not type this blog entry with my palm-pilot.
    C. I did not type this blog entry with my phone.
  14. Kraahlix
    Last time, on Kraah's Depressing pet history...


    She said I could pick from a truck-load of any cats that her friend would bring down from a farm. I could pick a blue cat, a green cat, a pink cat, a cat with wings... etc.
    Backing away from the old lady slowly, I said goodbye to another one of my pets.***
     
    At this point, I gave up on stray cats. That path did not work out.
     
    So I decided to go buy a cat, a kind I really wanted, and pay for all its shots and stuff. I got it a collar, firmly claiming the cat as my own. It was a poly-dactyl, a thumbed cat, that gave you like real, genuine hugs. Adoooooooooorable.
     
    I was also extremely allergic to this cat. But meh, I put up with it. Cat's are just irresistible.
     
    Now, I went on a trip, like ya do. 'Left the cat with plenty of food and stuff for the sort duration of my awayness. [Holy mucau, spellcheck likes the word awayness o_O]
    That was the last mistake I made with my thumbed, hugging cat. I came back to no cat, and also a missing ice-chest outside of my house. One popular theory is that someone accidental ran over it, stuck it in the nearby chest, and disposed of their mistake...
     
    Once more cat. One more series of shots and money-spending.
     
    What happened? Worms. We found out too late. ;_;
     
    Pretty much spent on pets, I tried out a fish. It died in 3 years and I hated cleaning it's bowl.
     
    ...
     
    Nintendogs, anyone?
  18. Kraahlix
    Years, and years, and years, and days ago...
     
    I adopted three stray cats as my own.
     
    Actually, just two. The other one tagged along and went to the bathroom all over my porch. Her eyes were all gunked shut.
     
    Disgusting.
     
    Anyway, the other two cats were nice.
     
    For some reason, I got two bunnies. They always made huge messes, smelled bad, and never wanted to be petted. They would avoid me. Not the most fun idea of a pet, eh?
     
    Then I met a family that had a pet rat. The rat was actually pretty fun, it could go through mazes and be held and stuff. They're not all bad like some people think. (If you haven't given a rat a chance, why haven't you?) So of course I wanted one. In order to get the rat, I was told I had to get rid of my bunnies. Well, one of them died, so that simplified things.
    The other I gave away to some random person who said they wanted it.
     
    So I went to go pick out a rat. The worker-lady took off the rat-tank lid, put some food in, and let them eat while I watched. One rat in particular got trampled on his way to the food. I pitied the poor thing, and chose it.
     
    It was very calm and kind-looking. I picked it up, and cradled it.
    It wedged it's little nose into the crook of my elbow.
    And proceeded to try and ruin my jacket...
     
    At home with the rat, I was playing with it in my living room. Watching from outside, the 3 stray cats looked in through my window. Apparently, they were jealous that I let the rat in the house and not them.
    That was the last day I ever saw those cats.
     
    My rat lived to be 3 years old. He got fat, blind, and tried to eat my fingers as often as his food.
     
    If this story isn't depressing yet, you have no heart and only a black hole fills the void in your chest. I was left with no pets.
     
    Skipping forward a bit, an orange stray cat found my porch. I let my young nephew name it. What did he name it? Cattyjackers. >_<
     
    I left on a trip. I came back. Cattyjackers was nowhere to be found.
     
    Walking to the park one day, I saw my adopted stray cat in the window of some old ladies house. I knocked on the door, asked if she had found it recently, and she broke down and gave me (a very well thought-out) sob story about how Cattyjackers had been digging in her garbage for food when she found him on Christmas Eve. The old lady named "her" Angel...
    I tried to explain that Cattyjackers was a boy and had been left with plenty of food. I wanted my cat back.
     
    I also didn't want to take something from an old lady (even if it was mine), so I let her bribe me. She said I could pick from a truck-load of any cats that her friend would bring down from a farm. I could pick a blue cat, a green cat, a pink cat, a cat with wings... etc.
     
    Backing away from the old lady slowly, I said goodbye to another one of my pets.
     
    To be continued...
  20. Kraahlix
    Today, was an eventful day in the realm of BIONICLE podcasting.
     
    I recorded a show with the guys from iBZP as a guest-star, on their new show called "The Three Virtues." It's basically the same thing with some shifting in management and segments. And a new name. It was pretty fun, so I'll let you know when that episode goes live.
     
    On the BS01 side of things, we finally got our next show hosted - Q&A Session 1. Some other staff and I just kicked back and answered questions from our overflowing inbox and had a good time.
     
    Now it's full again. ;_;
     
    We'll record episode 8 this week.
     
    ~End podcast discussion~
     
    *Remembers one more thing*
     
    T3V and the BS01 Podcast plan to collaborate on an annual live podcasting event. Sound like a blast? Sounds like a blast! Guess where you can stay posted? Here! =D
     
    ~Really end podcast discussion for real~
     
    *Realizes that's all there is to talk about*
     
    Noooooooowait, sad news. Dorek was going to come to a concert with Kayru and I. Now he's not.
     
    SAD KRAAHLIX.
     
    But I will get to meet Kayru...
     
    Everyone meets Kayru. ;_;
     
    Just joking, Kayru. Super dooper looking forward to it! =D
  22. Kraahlix
    Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you; the one - the only -
     
    MYSELF >:B
     
    *thunderous applause ensueth*
     
    You probably either know me very well or don't recognize me. Chances are, since you're reading my blog, you know me well - and that would be from BS01. I am BS01 Staff member Kraahlix, so this blog will assuredly be plagued by the rants and whining documented experiences of... that.
     
    Enough said.
     
    On the BZP front, I'm one of those older members that was super active, then took a backseat. Lately though, I've been feeling drawn back into the community here, so I decided to become a premier member and get back into the swing of things. For starters, I plan on entering the S&T contest. I'm also a judge, and I need to go judge more entries.
     
    Sidenote; Say, there's a blog contest going on now, isn't there? Should I enter? Do I even stand one cotton-picking chance?
     
    /Sidenote; Another thing I'm going to be doing in the BZP community - guest starring on the iBZP podcast. Haven't really listened to the show, but I plan on making it awesome if it's not already. Be sure to check it out, I'll blog about it when it gets up. Recording on Sunday.
     
    And of course, speaking of podcasts, I'm the host of the BS01 Podcast. And I am every bit biased when I say that it's an outstanding show =) Click here for the info. But seriously, we've received nothing but praise for it, so if you're interested in a podcast where storyline fanatics (namely the BS01 staff) discussing all things BIONICLE, I think you will really enjoy it. There's also the topic you can check out here.
     
    This blog will serve as a sort of HQ for the podcast.
     
    What else will be on this blog? I've touched on a few things, but I also plan to write about... stuff. I dunno. What do you like to read about?
    Expect a bunch of random I guess. Not overboard random, just good random. A variety. Spice in your life. Mix it up a little already. Geez.
  23. Kraahlix
    There will be new posts when each episode comes out, and probably a look at the behind the scenes production aspect of it ( I know right?), but for now I'd like to catch you up on all that's happened.
     
    We began podcasting in November of 2009, I believe. I started out on some wimpy host before I really understood about the bandwidth thing. We couldn't have gone on much longer, but Danwojo913 offered to host the files with his server. He also guest-starred on the second episode. Up until show number 6, we had a streak of a new podcaster each time. We also had a few other great guest-stars, namely Toaofcheese (Ep 4) and Binkmeister (Ep 5). While Kelly M. was with us, we conducted an interview, and released it as a separate download.
     
    Each show has rockin' intro music, news discussion, OGD highlights, (sometimes) a segment on sets, part in a series on the comics, topical discussion, and a Q&A session. We got so backed up on questions, that we decided to record an entire Q&A show. When was that? Well, not too long ago, but Bioran (our new host - KanohiJournal) still hasn't uploaded it. That's kinda what's keeping us delayed right now, by the way. The Q&A Session 1 was really fun to record, and with no strict schedule, we just relaxed and had a good time. It's definitely worth a listen once it comes out.
     
    So, if you're interested in the show and haven't subscribed already, you can find all the links you need on the left side of my blog. Big Kanohi. Can't miss it.
  24. Kraahlix

    Loose Ends In Bionicle

    By Kraahlix,

    We all have those missing details that bug us. Luckily, SPIRIT and I got permission to start compiling a list of them, which could help us work with Greg to get them resolved, if he would like to.
     
    Check out the topic and submit your own here:
    http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=333697
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