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  1. Disky

    Festivities

    By Disky,

    Well, New York Comic Con and Anime Fest is this weekend, and tomorrow (Saturday), I'll be attending. I'm pretty excited. Also, three-day weekend B)

    Buuuut it's time to give some short coverage on the Medieval Festival in my neighborhood, which happened last Sunday. I didn't get to go last year, but this year it worked out. And I'm happy indeed, except for one thing...

    The pickle man wasn't there. Every year, there's this guy who dresses like a pirate and has a barrel of pickles. He's amazing, albeit a slightly strange personality, and I was really disappointed that he wasn't here this year.

    Moving on

    The Medieval Fest was pretty fun, especially since I was with three friends pretty much the whole time. I had fried dough with strawberries and sugar powder for lunch (yum) and later a little bit of popcorn. There were these giant turkey legs, AKA mutten (one or two t's?) that almost everyone at the festival who wasn't vegetarian were eating. Well, except me.

    There was jousting several times during the day, but I only got to see the conclusion by climbing (in my long skirt) onto the tall bleachers and holding onto the railing to look over at the field. I managed to get this picture at the very end.
    Later on, people fought each other in skirmishes. I later learned that this called Human Chess, and I didn't get it, but oh well. It was entertaining.

    At the same field, they had these trapeze dancer people who performed on a structure of ribbon, and I thought that was amazing. They also demonstrated a real whip by cutting up some roses.

    There were unicorns, a large one and smaller pony one.

    A wizard, possibly Gandalf, made an appearance as well!

    Swords and other weaponry were sold at the event. I would have picked one up, but they weren't going to let someone under 18 handle such beautiful (or rather, sharp) things. Other vendors sold various jewelry for the most part, incense, cool gems and stones, pottery, and more. I obtained a smokey quartz crystal and this pretty thing.

    Throughout the event, you could also find various performers, ranging from singers to bagpipe players.

    And, finally, we end on a punny note.
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    Eternal Youth

    By Disky,

    So I've been keeping up with the new Pokemon season, Best Wishes. Good stuff, but the narrator claims that Ash (or Satoshi, call him what you want) is ten years old. Still. And it's common knowledge that everyone has been complaining about that for years.

    But is Ash the only guy that has truly achieved eternal youth?
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    Packages Ahoy

    By Disky,

    During this week, two packages came, and both have stuff I will be using on Halloween for my Green outfit (which I did get pants for).

    The first package came on Monday, and had a Pokeball that contained a random figurine. Exceeept the Pokeball is a tad bit small, and doesn't open like you'd expect it to. You just take off the top part. And the figurine inside, a Pikachu, is smaller than the traditional Pokemon figurine. For comparison, my Suicune figurine can't fit inside the Pokeball.

    The second package came today, and contained a plush Eevee. It's head is so big and the Eevee itself it so tiny and cute. I love it~

    Hopefully I can provide some pics soon. Not this weekend though - Friday is a blitz to finish all my homework for the weekend (hopefully not a lot), Saturday is a retreat upstate the whole day into the night, and Sunday is the Medieval Festival in my neighborhood. <3
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    Whoa

    By Disky,

    So you see, my brother has this sheet of passwords from back in like 2002 or 2003 that he hasn't used in years. It wasn't just passwords, though - he also wrote down site URLs to remind him of them in case he wanted to check them out or look up something on them.

    So I was reading said sheet, and I noticed that he wrote "www.bzpower.com" on it.

    I was like, "Whoa," and then I showed him, and he was like, "Whoa." (he knows of my antics on BZP, but has no idea when he wrote the URL down)
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    Halloween Costume Idea?

    By Disky,

    A friend and I were thinking that for Halloween, especially since my school is having the annual Halloween Parade in their theater, that we should dress up as Red and Green (and by Green I mean Blue in English, not Blue's English name) from Pokemon, respectively. She has pretty good hair to be Red, and his outfit shouldn't be too hard. As for me, Green's outfit is also easy. But should I do his HG/SS look, or more of a Pokemon Adventures look? And the hair... I'll figure that out. Preferably without using anything weird to spike it.
    I also need to find a Pokeball replica online or somewhere. My friend has a Pikachu plushie, so that'll serve as Pika.

    My friend and I were alternatively thinking of doing Silver and Blue (Green in English), again respectively, but we decided the fans would like Red and Green more.
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    Random Teacher Change

    By Disky,

    Well, my chemistry teacher changed today permanently. Instead of the one I mentioned last week from the first day of school, I now have a different one that I know slightly better (she supervised a club I was in last year). Apparently the two teachers randomly swapped classes. The exact reason is known.

    Oh well, at least she's not seating us alphabetically unlike my other teachers. I'm always the absolute last person in the back corner because of my obscure name. ;_; Except in history - I was almost seated in the corner and my teacher asked me if the seat was okay, and I told him I couldn't see as well from there, so I'm closer up front now. And the sight thing is slightly true at least, though I've survived sitting in the back plenty of times in my life.
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    First Day Of School

    By Disky,

    First day of school, finally! Tomorrow and Friday are days off for holiday, too. :3

    Anyways, while I go through my schedule, I'll give some first impressions of the teachers and class. If you don't feel like reading impressions, you can just skim over my schedule. Oh, and I probably don't need to include the obligatory huggles and squeals that accompanied seeing friends and knowing that they're in my class.

    First period is Italian 3. I'm kind of afraid that I've forgotten some possibly important Italian over the summer, moreso since the class will be taught almost entirely in Italian.

    Second period is Global History (this is a two-year class, I already took the first year). I got bumped up into honors for this class, to my surprise. My teacher is a pretty funny guy, and since I like history, I hope this class will go well. I have a state exam on this subject at the end of the year, anyways.

    Third period is English. And, to my surprise, I was bumped into honors for this class too. The teacher I have is new to the school, but he has plenty of teaching experience in general. And he's young, too. At least, younger than other teachers. He also looks and sounds almost exactly like my homeroom teacher, and they're two different guys. ._. We just spent the period analyzing a quote he wrote on the board. I have hopes for this class, though.

    Fourth period is PE, and I only have this class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays this semester. My teacher seems nice enough, but we're not doing any workouts till next Wednesday. Today was a briefing, and Monday will be eye tests.

    Fifth period is Algebra II/Trigonometry. This semester is just Algebra II stuff, next semester is Trig. And, lo and behold, I got bumped into honors for this class as well. On my schedule card there was a mess-up of the room number for the class, so we did quite a bit of moving around before finally going over what the class would be like.

    Sixth period is lunch. 'Nuff said.

    Seventh period is Chemistry. I barely know anyone in this class, and I dunno how good I'll do. I have a fine teacher, though. Besides, Dudebot will help me with Chem - right?

    Eighth period is Basic Printmaking. A dangerous class! We'll be using fun sharp tools to carve and etch, and heavy pressing machinery, and ink that'll stain you to death! I know a lot of people in this class, and I had the teacher as a substitute a few times last year.

    Ninth and tenth period is Studio Practice 3 - Graphic Design. My teacher claims we'll mostly be working with shapes and such. A lot of class time will also be spent in my school's new Mac computer lab for the art studio, and we'll have our artwork put up on a website for the class. This teacher is also the only one of mine that is using a nickname for me.

    Overall, good day and high hopes, except for the occasional sad reference to one of my friends who moved away over the summer. ;_;
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    Why

    By Disky,

    So my mom dragged me to Old Navy to buy some clothes for school (which starts Wednesday). While in Old Navy, the amazing song Safety Dance started playing in the store. And I was dancing to it. 8D

    However, no one else was dancing.

    Why wasn't anyone else dancing?
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    How To Evolve Mareep!

    By Disky,

    Congratulations! You caught a wild Mareep!



    But, like [most] trainers, you wish to evolve your Mareep. Yet you hate fighting wild Pokemon and other trainers, or you just suck at it. What do?
    Simple! Let's start by shaving some of the fluff off your Mareep and standing it on its two hind legs. It looks taller now!
    The blue isn't attractive, though. Let's dye it pink, and make the silly yellow fluff a brilliant white! And the yellow sphere on it's tail just has to go, so you instead attach a blue one.



    Wow! Looks much better now. In fact, let's call it Flaafy. But it's not good enough yet.
    Shave off all the fluff. All of it. You can make a nice garment with it, anyway. You're kind of favoring the yellow again, so you dye your Flaafy yellow. However, you make the chest and stomach white for the sake of aesthetic.
    Attach a red jewel to its forehead, and change the tail's sphere to red to match.
    Now, take your Flaafy to the gym, and let it work out a little. When some muscles form, you'll have a nice, larger Pokemon.



    Amazing! From here onwards, you call this Ampharos!
    And that, my friends, is how you can evolve your Mareep! No long, difficult adventuring needed! All you have to do is buy the materials in town and work right at home!
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    Flies

    By Disky,

    Have you ever observed a typical house fly? Often, I've seen that a fly will rub it's two front-most legs together.

    When I see any fly do that, I can't help but think it's plotting something evil, and in its puny mind it can only think "mwahahahaha" while it rubs its 'hands' together.

    but flies sometimes do evil things so I guess it's okay
  12. Disky
    So I'm back from a super fun weekend at the country house to describe what happened. I'll try not to make it too long, though.

    The drive to the place was pretty boring, and after settling in, everyone (myself, friend, her mom, and her dad) fell asleep. But the house itself was very pretty, surrounded by trees, and a dock that went into the lake was only a few steps away from the patio.

    For breakfast on Saturday, the family had leftover corn, so they took the kernels and made pancakes with corn. And they were delicious. After breakfast, my friend and I went down to the basement (which had the TV), and watched a DVD volume of Darker Than Black (five episodes). They were very good, and I"m going to continue watching it.
    After reading our books some, we drove down to one of the towns in the region and enjoyed a tiny art show, a mineral shop, and ice cream. Following that, we went apple picking at this orchard. 1/2 bushel of apples were obtained, though when I went back home I took only a 1/2 peck with me.
    We would have gone hiking, but instead went to this tiny beach on the lake and went swimming. Though I did have a flotation device, it was very fun and I learned one or two things. I'm not gonna save your life, though. =P
    While we had dinner, we had made an apple crisp and put it in the oven. However, we didn't get to eat it yet - we had to a play performed by Shakespeare&Company, Richard III. And it was beyond excellent. The actors were wonderful, especially when showing emotion. There was also some interaction with the audience during the play. And flying saliva from the actors. I should know - I was in the front row.
    Then we went home and ate the delicious apple crisp.

    Sunday wasn't as actionful, but we went to a fair in another town after my friend and I watched The Swan Princess. This was one of those fairs with the Ferris Wheel and carnival games and a ton of friendfried food. Of the rides, I went on the Hand Glider one, which was super fun. Others rides seemed a bit intimidating because I get sick easily. We also ate a pulled pork sandwich and maple syrup cotton candy. The cotton candy didn't have any whack coloring to it, and it was absolutely amazing.
    The fair had farm animals from nearby, including cows, sheep, chickens, rabbits and goats. In the petting zoo area, there was this small and adorable baby goat that everyone wanted to cuddle. But, of course, we could only pet and feed him. There was one animal that was a mix between a donkey and a zebra, and it was very cool. Also there were kittens <3

    On the road home there were bats flying over the highway. Not a swarm, but a couple at a time could be seem.

    Overall it was an amazing two-day trip, and I'm glad that I went. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to eat one of those apples we picked. =D
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    Styrofoam

    By Disky,

    I suddenly remembered today about my experience with Styrofoam in elementary and middle school. At lunch, the school always used these cheap Styrofoam trays for school lunch (which sucked). And everyone around me, after they finished eating or if they were bored, would mess with the trays - puncturing holes into it with their spork, ripping the edges, and, on occasion, completely tearing it up.

    Problem is, the Styrofoam made this extremely annoying noise when people did that, and I would cringe and/or shiver whenever I heard it. Seeing and hearing it was even worse.

    I dunno how I react to it now cuz in high school it's either they use some new kind of tray on certain days, or the kids at my table don't care about torturing the trays.
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    Country House Next Week!

    By Disky,

    So my friend invited me up to her country house in Massachusetts for the whole of next weekend, leaving either Thursday or Friday, and return Sunday (if it works out). And I'm pretty excited for it.

    Except she said that she's going to teach me how to swim no matter what while we're there. Because I don't know how to swim.
    And I hope she doesn't want me to bike while there too, because I never learned how to ride one.
    Yes my childhood was terrible in that sense D:

    Also she's going to rent out something for us to watch there. So far, I've talked to her about Darker Than Black, Sword of the Stranger, and Paprika. She also wants me to watch The Princess Bride. But nothing is final yet~


    Random art update: Drawing a picture of Silver from the HG/SS, and it may include the Totodile. The current WIP is going really slow for one reason: half of the paper is going to be filled with only Pokeballs. Different varieties, yes, but all Pokeballs nonetheless. It's hard to stick to drawing them for a long time. xP
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    Thornax Comparison

    By Disky,

    First, thank you Black Six for giving away prototypes at Brickfair. I got a half-transparent Hau Nuva, and a prototype Thornax.
    To add to that, I also got a Skopio set at Running of the Bulls (30 bucks baby), which means I finally own a set Thornax.

    So, I put them side-by-side for comparison. What do you think?
    Pic 1
    Pic 2

    Aside from that, thanks to xccj as well for selling me two kraata for 25 cents. You're awesome.
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    Brickfair In Short

    By Disky,

    (lack of header due to sucky hotel computer)
     
    That. Was. Amazing.
     
    In truth, it was better than last year in several ways. And every person I met (or met up with again) is so awesome and huggable.
     
    Oh and
     
    WAFFLES, YOU ARE PROBABLY THE MOST ADORABLE AND AWESOME KID EVER <3
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    Crazy Dreams

    By Disky,

    So a few nights ago, I had a dream, and suddenly I felt like blogging it.

    I'm in some strange asylum-like place with white walls (does this say anything about me?), and I'm in a room with Woody from Toy Story, who is arguing with some businessman over obscure changes to the Toy Story 3 script. So, he and I decide to bust out of there.

    Woody smashes a hole into the wall behind him, and there's a corridor, where the next wall supposedly leads outside. Far down the hall, there's a perfectly cut circular hole in the wall. I leap into the corridor and run to that hole, and I find Miku Hatsune waiting for me. She's wearing some short dress that's in a slight gothic style.

    Miku and I go through the hole, and we're in a hallway that appears to be part of a basement, since it's dim and has lots of pipes and whatnot. Three guards are now chasing after us, so we make a run for it. When we reach a dead end, Miku and I start to panic.

    A mysterious man then appears and opens a door right next to us (I swear there was no door until he came). A flood of water comes out the door, but it completely misses us and attacks the guards. Behind the door is a staircase, so Miku, the man, and I run to the sixth floor. At that point I get suspicious.

    I turn to go back down, and the man grabs Miku's wrist and runs at an impossibly fast speed upstairs. I, meanwhile, go down to the first floor, and exit the stairwell. Now I'm in a very fancy, modern, glass business building. I go out onto the street, and I recognize the street as somewhere around Penn Station in NYC (though the building is totally fictional).

    I walk around, feeling the sun and the taste of freedom, but then I'm reminded of how I left Miku behind. As I start to feel guilty, three kids (maybe twelve years old?) are approaching me. I make a run for it, and go around two corners, but one of the kids zips ahead of me and stops me. I'm then surrounded, and they take me back into the business building.

    The kids take me to their 'dorm' in the building, a room with two bunk beds. One bed is empty, so they give me that bed. They ask me some questions, and I tell them about what happened with Miku. They agree to let me stay with them and investigate on my own, but I have to do one job for them: Get their mail.

    And there the dream ends. But dude, that was so fun to dream. I want to illustrate it now.

    Totally unrelated, but leaving for Brickfair this Thursday. <3
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    Inception Again

    By Disky,

    It was just as amazing as the first time seeing it, if not even better. On the way home, I also had some interesting discussions with the group that I saw the movie with.

    <3

    This was also my first time seeing a movie twice in theaters.
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    Water Vs. Wax

    By Disky,

    I've noticed that in some anime/manga illustrations, artists choose to represent water or wetness with something that looks like a stretched out bit of thin wax that got holes in it as it was stretched to cover the character or item.

    I can only find one example image for now, from CLAMP's manga X, seen here (notice on his skin).

    I mean it looks pretty and all, but I wonder why artists might draw it as so. I, for one, fail at drawing and coloring water and/or wet things.
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    Inception + Paprika

    By Disky,

    Today I watched Inception. Back home, I watched the anime movie Paprika.

    You've probably all heard about the dream-themed Inception, and Paprika is very similar. Paprika involves a device, the DC Mini, that lets people go into other people's dreams.

    So watching this crazy combo today.... my mind is blown.

    Inception is one of the greatest films I've ever seen, and you all have to watch it. If you, for some reason, can only watch one movie every year, Inception should be that movie.

    And Paprika is a creepy film.


    also off-topic, but, Black Rock Shooter <3
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    Darth Vader Robber

    By Disky,

    (no not the staff member)

    While my mom was watching the news a quick story came up on how a guy dressed as Darth Vader robbed a bank, and there was camera footage and all that.

    The day before it was a robber who goes in with a bouquet of flowers and a note telling the bank teller to not 'be a hero', now cosplay?

    I can only wonder what's next.
  23. Disky
    From the August 2010 issue of Wired magazine, article: "The Future That Never Happened," with guest writer Will Ferrell.
    From the little inserts about what Will Ferrell wished was already available today:



    What.

    (Other of his ideas: edible fake beard, ray gun that brings mannequins to life, Chewbacca-mask weddings)
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    Toy Story 3

    By Disky,

    It was beautiful. I really enjoyed watching it, despite not remembering the previous two films that well. Still brought me back to the good old days. <3
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