SPIRIT

Things are going great with the newest PSA (despite the fact that Dr. Bionicle and -Chicken Little- still owe me their lines ) and if this keeps up, you should expect a release before the end of summer. Thanks to the Rayg 2.5 kit, the animation is going to be much better in this one (even if it is only people walking on and off screen), however, as the kit is not yet complete in certain areas, I've had to resort to using 2.0 or simply just improvising in some parts. The whole thing is probably going to be very big when it's done, both in file size and in length (it's a five page long script and it's so far shaping up to be around 8 minutes long, but quite possibly longer) so I'm looking into how to add a preloader. Well, that's all for now. Hope the board comes back online soon. EDIT: -Chicken Little- just sent in his lines yesterday. Only one more cast member to go. *glares*

Today, while collecting the mail, I noticed something odd. Among the various bills for my parents, there was a colourful magazine that said LEGO on it. Now, ordinarily, this would be a cause for joy, but in this case, it was one for confusion. I had already gotten my May issue and two catelogs had just come yesterday, so could this possibly mean that I had, by some miracle, gotten the July issue before everyone else? Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was merely the May issue again. Now, the ironic part to this tale is that for some reason unknown, I never received my March issue, so now I have 2 Mays, but no Marches. Oh well. Also, for anyone who still cares, there's a new chapter of Wildfire that's just waiting for reviews.

It was a suggestion for the 6 year spinny.

I seem to have been pranked. No longer is my avatar a floating rock with moss growing on it, but it has been in fact changed to a two dimensional spinning image a Chiara Zanni's head; bonus points if you know who she is. Also, the PSA's coming along swimmingly. So far Cee's the only person who's been able to give me satisfactory lines, but I'm in no rush.

As I post this, 17 years, 9 days, 4 hours, 17 minutes, and 24 seconds old.

Sure, I'll send you a shiny penny. All you have to do is pay for shipping.

As many of you may know, yesterday was my birthday as well as easter. As far as I can remember, this is the first year that they've ever landed on the same day, so this was certainly an odd birthday. For starters, it was spread out over the whole holiday so I unfortunately didn't get to enjoy it as much as I would if it were all crammed into one day. Friday was cake day. Didn't do much that day except visit my grandparents and eat cake. Saturday was present day. I got all six Barraki, new headphones (the wire being exposed in my old ones), a t-shirt that said National Sarcasm Society: Like we need your support, and a ridiculous amount of cash. Sunday was age increase day. 12:00 PM and I was officially 17. Also, my other grandparents and aunt came to visit and I got another cake and two pies (because my aunt's birthday was five days prior). Monday, today, was do nothing day. Today, all I did was make a Content Block listing all my sets because I was bored. Now I'm filthy rich, loaded with chocolate, and all around content with the way things went on this long weekend. I'm finally getting around to starting the giant blog entry I promised so sit tight. And as for the PSA, I've decided to wait for Rayg to do a little more 2.5 work before I get down to business myself, since I need some of the sprites he has not yet drawn.

Tahu will be in it, played by Cee estee as usual, and there will also be a musical number, but that's all I'm saying.

I've got good news (aside from the fact that I just saved 15% on car insurance by switching to Geiko), I made a poll about this a while back and Greg posted in it. Well, it's a start.

Yes, I know I'm a little behind on things at the moment, but now that I've finished the bulk of my Reference Keeper duties, I'm hoping to start working my projects again. However, I say this tentatively, as I go into Independent Study Unit season at school: giant projects in eight courses, great. So, the three things I'm planning right now are (in order of priority): A giant blog entry detailing my trip to the Dominican Republic over the March Break.A new chapter for Wildfire (after nearly four months ).A new PSA (I've been planning this since before AC#12B- I'm REALLY behind on this one). Well, just thought you'd like to know what I've been procrastinating on recently.

Officially, it's not a REAL snowday, but this is the second day in a row that the school buses have been canceled and since I barely did anything yesterday (and am almost certain that I'd accomplish even less today) my parents have decided to let me stay home today. Thank you adverse weather conditions!

Finally, after nearly six months, BionicleSector01 is back. I really missed all the reference materials there and found it really hard to have to research things elsewhere (like on the real Wikipedia ). Anyway, this time around, I'm an Adviser. Not quite sure what that means, but from what I understand, it was pretty much what I was doing before the site when down anyway. Aside from the fact that I'm now BS01 staff, I have now apparently added another forum to my growing empire (I feel like a Barraki at times ). Yup, the BionicleSector01 forum is now mine to control. Not that I can really do much, being only a Forum Assistant, but it's still a nice feeling. So at last count, I'm at 5 forums, tied with bonesiii and Kex for world domination.

The same goes for the Voting Booth. And without anyone to stop me, I now have... PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!! But itty bitty living space.

Oh yeah, our fountain and sink water is bested only by fresh glacier water. The stuff in the taps of the science labs, though... I dunno... it's usually cloudy whenever we pour it out and requires a bit of boiling to actually look potable... *shudders*

There thousands of possibilities for how Mata Nui waking up would benefit the Brotherhood of Makuta so I think I'll go out on a limb here and guess that the Brotherhood will have somehow brainwashed Mata Nui, like they did the Matoran, and will make him do their bidding. I don't really expect this to be right, though.

Peel? Wow, small world.

Huzzah! Once again, living in Canada has shown one of its many benefits. We get free education, clean drinking water, low crime rate, free health care (which we shall always boast about to the U.S.), and big fat snowstorms that end up closing schools. Because of that last one, I'm free to do whatever I want for the rest of the day! This is easily one of the best Valentine's Days yet.

Sure, just make sure to give me credit. I considered that, but since I already have a script written at the moment, it will have to wait.

Silly Freewebs. Well, I've put it on Photobucket now, so hopefully I'll have better luck.

It's been nearly a month since my last blog update and I'd like to say that it was because I was busy, but quite frankly, I'm just lazy. Since I last updated, I was promoted to Reference Keeper, finished that sound project that I had been promising you, ripped off an idea from Exo, filmed my first staff set review, and wrote a new chapter for Wildfire (which no one has reviewed yet ). From there, I finished the script for my next PSA (a script that I started writing back around AC#12 and never finished ) and so I just need to give it to the cast members as soon as they sign on to AIM/MSN. For my PSAs, I've been doing a bit of thinking and depending on the quality of Rayg's 2.5 kit, I MIGHT turn them into an actual series, but I will need someone who is willing to draw human sprites for me as well (if you're interested, drop me a PM with a sample of your work). Other than that, I've done another 0.5 of a chapter for Wildfire, but it needs quite a bit of cleaning up. Lastly, I was fiddling around with Flash and came out with something that you Harry Potter fans might find very useful: [flash=250,100]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/BZPSPIRIT/deathlyhallows.swf [FLASH=250,100]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/BZPSPIRIT/deathlyhallows.swf[/FLASH] In case you're wondering, it's only 11 KB and I would very much appreciate credit if you use it.

So after the party on the 26th, I pretty much just spent time with my family at home (although we did go bowling once and I won ) until Saturday, where we all went to the airport for the second leg of our vacation. We spent a night in Buffalo and then we drove to the airport and caught a plane to Baltimore. From there, we hopped another plane and reached Tampa Airport in the late afternoon. The rest of the week was just spent visiting Busch Gardens, going to the beach, swimming in the pool, and lazing about the condo we had rented on Anna Maria Island (on the far west side of the state, about half of the way down). I had a fantastic time, and I beat Maze of Shadows (overall, a pretty neat game). Saturday rolled around and we went back the same route we had come and arrived back home at around midnight. Now it's back to school for me.

I've already written three great (or so I'm told) comedies and I think the key to my success was proper English and a good story. The former is a given- no one wants to read your story if you don't capitalise, use proper punctuation, correct spelling, etc. Heck, I don't even like talking to people who type like that over AIM and MSN. As for the story, I had it pretty easy since I was just spoofing the BIONICLE movies and was able to leech off of their story, but if the whole comedy doesn't flow and is just random stuff happening to fifty-odd guest stars, the story gets confusing fast and once again unappealing to read.

They were the first thing I opened!

December 22: Felt pretty dumb at school this day. More than half the people in school skipped and I only got work done in two classes. In French class, period 1, we had the opportunity to hand in an assignment early for bonus marks. Almost everyone there handed it in, knowing they needed as many extra marks as possible, but one poor guy thought he'd be clever and hand it in and leave before the teacher got there. Unfortunately for him, the teacher didn't give him the marks. After that, I had biology, which was pretty uneventful, and then a nice long poker-filled lunch period. When chemistry rolled around, I was surprised to find that the classroom was packed... with people from other classes that is. It turned out that it was where everyone had decided to watch movies. I caught the end of She's the Man to kill some time, but decided to leave when someone pulled out a GameCube and started hooking it up to the TV, but that was okay since my teacher cut class too. Several card games later, we had an assembly that was so-so. It was put on by the teachers and the teachers' pets and involved some skits and some songs. Really, the only good part about it was that I got out 10 minutes early and got a free candycane (but since it was thrown the length of the auditorium, it was really only a fine powder by the time it reached me). I then walked home in the freezing cold wind and rain, with an umbrella that kept turning inside out and flopped down on my computer chair half an hour later feeling absolutely exhausted. A few hours later, I found myself packing up the car and going up north to visit my grandparents (on my dad's side) for Christmas. December 23-24: Pretty uneventful days that seemed to drag on a bit with the prospect of Christmas morning looming ahead. We played a lot of Clue, Sorry!, Careers, and Oh Heck to pass the time, and I ended up seeing practically every Christmas special YTV had to offer, courtesy of my younger sister. December 25: Needless to say, I didn't sleep well this night. When I first woke up, I was all excited, but when I checked the clock, I was appalled to see that it was only 11:30; it wasn't even the 25th yet! After falling asleep and waking up a few more times, I decided to just get my stocking and watch TV for the next few hours until everyone else got up. So for the next four hours, I entertained myself by watching early morning TV and sustained myself with some of the chocolates from my stocking, knowing that it would be ages until breakfast. Finally, I heard the sound of little feet running around upstairs, which meant that my sister was awake and that present opening was imminent. After everything was handed out and opened, I found myself with the following: DefilakDekarMorakThuloxAxonnBrutakaBIONICLE Legends #5: InfernoLEGO Star Wars II for Nintendo DS (surprisingly good graphics)BIONICLE Heroes for Nintendo DSMaze of Shadows for GameBoy AdvanceTwo funny T-shirtsThe Risk boardgameArtemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, by Eoin ColferVoyage of Slaves, by Brian JacquesA photo albumA new umbrella (my old one having half of its spokes bent out of shape)December 26: Woke up early to get back home fast enough so we'd have enough time to prepare for my mom's side of the family coming over to visit. After hours of back-breaking work, everything came together and we all had a great time. Around the end, we had a present exchange where I came uncomfortably close to winning a cake plate, but luckily got to trade it for a boxed DVD set of the Da Vinci Code. So that's been how I've spent the holidays so far and with a week and a half still to go, things are looking good.