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  1. SPIRIT

    New Neighbour

    By SPIRIT,

    So turns out I'm going to have a new neighbour spending the night in my building. Don't know if you've heard of him, goes by the name of Hu Jintao. He's apparently a pretty big deal, like the president of China or something.
     
    Yeah, that's right, Hu Jintao is my neighbour now. B) Granted, I'm in a part of the building that's completely locked off from him and there are police EVERYWHERE so I'll probably never see him, but that's a lot closer than most of you will probably ever get.
     
    Now that I think about it, Mr. Jintao and I have had a lot of close run-ins lately what with me being near both the G8 and the G20. Lot of freaky coincidences here...
  3. SPIRIT

    Being Unique

    By SPIRIT,

    A little something I thought of today with regards to being unique: there's a difference between standing out and sticking out. I have great respect for the former and great disdain for the latter.
     
    This has been philosophy with SPIRIT. Tune in next time to see an explanation of why everyone in the world is incredibly stupid, especially SPIRIT.
  4. SPIRIT

    Acne

    By SPIRIT,

    So my body has decided that it likes to play jokes on me and it has formed a cluster of acne on my forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. Doesn't even have the decency to supply me with magic powers to compensate.
  5. SPIRIT
    Guns, scary elves, and bail; suspect freed
     
    By The Canadian Press
     
    MONTREAL - A man who allegedly armed himself with high-powered weapons because he believed elves were stalking him has been granted bail.
     
    David Abitbol will have to respect a number of conditions which include surrendering his firearms and not using electronic devices like computers to communicate with others.
     
    His father has also agreed to post $25,000 bail.
     
    Testimony at his bail hearing revealed that Abitbol thought he saw elves everywhere and needed the firepower to keep them at bay.
     
     
    Found this article on Yahoo! News. The article goes on to mention a few things which I can't post on the site, but suffice to say that he's been caught doing some bad things. Now tell me this article isn't the sort of thing to appear at the end of an Artemis Fowl book.
  6. SPIRIT

    Mnolg: The Musical

    By SPIRIT,

    So I'm going through some old files and I find this. You might've already seen something similar to it in a previous blog entry, but here's a longer/alternate version I wrote for some unknown reason and rather than let it rot on my hard drive, I thought I'd post it here.
     
     
    Takua:
    Little town
    It's a quiet village
    Ev'ry day
    Feels like it's so slow
    Little town
    Full of little people
    Waking up to say:
     
    Ta-Matoran:
    Hello!
    Hello!
    Hello! Hello! Hello!
     
    Takua:
    There goes the farmer with his cart, like always
    Full of lava just like goo-ah!
    Ev'ry morning just the same
    Since the morning that we came
    To this small volcanic town
     
    Tiribomba:
    Good Morning, Takua!
     
    Takua:
    'Morning, Tiribomba.
     
    Tiribomba:
    How’s the song coming along?
     
    Takua:
    Not bad. Due to the Maori phonetics of my name I have to be pretty creative with some of the rhymes, but-
     
    Tiribomba:
    That's nice. Agni! The briquettes! Hurry up!
     
    Ta-Matoran:
    Look there he goes that guy is strange, no question
    Even weirder than Krakua
    Does not fit in at all
    Always carving on some wall
    No denying he's an odd guy, Takua
     
    Ta-Matoran 1:
    Hello
     
    Ta-Matoran 2:
    Good day
     
    Ta-Matoran 1:
    How is your Rahi?
     
    Ta-Matoran 3:
    Hello
     
    Ta-Matoran 4:
    Good day
     
    Ta-Matoran 3:
    How is your scythe?
     
    Ta-Matoran 5:
    I need squid eggs
     
    Ta-Matoran 6:
    That's too expensive
     
    Takua:
    There must be more than this volcanic life
     
    Ta-Matoran:
    Look there he goes that guy is so peculiar
    I hope that Disney doesn’t sue-ah
    Trav’ling all around
    Even going underground
    What a puzzle to us all is Takua
  7. SPIRIT
    So yeah, today's my half birthday. I can hardly believe it's been six months already since then and yet, so much has happened in that time.
     
    I'd also like to take this time to mention three groups of people I don't like:
     
    1) Music snobs. Who do you think you are?! What gives you the right?!
     
    2) People who sign into IM programs with their status set to as "Away". Who do you think you are?! What gives you the right?!
     
    3) People who make short online videos with intros that are like twenty seconds long. Who do you think you are?! What gives you the right?!
  8. SPIRIT

    This Means War

    By SPIRIT,

    Greetings, blog readers.
     
    I would like to make this entry today as a call to arms against the RPG forum. For too long it has been ruled by dull, rule-bound games with massive walls of text. No one wants to read an entire novel if they want to play a roleplay game! Recently, I entered the RPG contest with a very short entry and there was outrage. And why should there be? I didn't break any of the rules and for once you didn't need three hours just to read the darn thing.
     
    So if you hate reading massive walls of text, if you want to revolutionize the RPG forum, if you want to annoy the hardcore RPGers, or if you like following me blindly, then VOTE FOR ME.
     
    (I'm entry 6, by the way)
  10. SPIRIT
    Well, I think it's time to lay my good friend The Funny Messages Content Block to rest. He had a good run. He served as a repository for old messages I put in the Flash banner I used to use before I got lazy. Now, though, I think it's time to remove him for good. The messages he once held will now be displayed in this blog entry, allowed to sink into the obscurity of my blog. They might not have always been funny... or made sense... but they... well, here they are.

    If insects have 6 legs and arachnids have 8, then what the heck are Visorak?? If life is like a box of chocolates, then death must be a peanut allergy. Coconuts kill 150 people a year by falling on their heads. Just be glad they don't migrate! When life gives you lemons, it's important to hold out until it gives you sugar and water too or else you'll have really gross tasting lemonade. In Soviet Russia, you do not Free the Band, the band frees you. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives Chuck Norris pears, he makes lemonade out of them too. Join the Dark Side. You'll save millions on electricity with Force Lightning! I wonder who brushes their teeth more: Vezon or Fenrakk? *Jedi mind trick* This is not the witty quote you are looking for. Is it really necessary for me to see Stormtrooper wearing blue Speedos in LEGO Star Wars II? I defeated Emperor Palpatine with the skeleton character in LSWII; so much for Anakin being the Chosen One. My computer is virus-free again! Those Inika Zamor really do the trick! Comida is the Spanish word for food. Does that explain why there are so many food obsessions in BZP comedies? Pridak just flosses with barbed wire, that's all. Hahli may be able to walk on water, but Chuck Norris can swim through land. Am I the only person who notices the similarities between Mantax and Chuck Norris? If the server's name is Linus, I wonder if he knows Charlie Brown... When it comes to eggnog, the glass is neither half full nor half empty, it's mine! Tonight you will be visited by three SPIRITs... Make sure to stock up on eggnog. I got two DS games for Christmas and I lost two of the ones I already had. Can somebody say irony? According to cheerleaders, you can never get enough SPIRIT. Where does the Recycle Bin go when you delete it? Aw man, Greg said that Bionicle probably won't last until 3007. That's it, I've abandoned my plans to live forever! If Pridak likes the Pillars of Salt, I wonder how Mantax feels about Pillars of Pepper... I think Ehlek might be Canadian, eh? If Mata Nui has been asleep for a thousand years, I really hope he isn't a bed wetter... Seems to me like the only way to be a success in BIONICLE is to include rap in what you're saying... fo' shizzle. "Creeps from the deep's gonna be feeding off the spine" I wonder what that tastes like. "You know what I hate? People who quote themselves." -Me Well, if Mata Nui's going to die, I hope that he at least put me in his will. Hydraxon: I'm not dead. I'm getting better. Nocturn: No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment. "Forums are so outdated. I know you wanted to see this." Now he's taunting me. If most of the members here are male, then how come the cutesie BBC contest had the most entries? I won't make any excuses for why it's been so long since I've updated this; I'm just lazy, plain and simple. Anyone who thinks that BIONICLE makes people violent should be stabbed with Tahu's firesword! In a few years, when the world's plastic supply is exhausted, LEGO fans are going to look pretty smart. Why is it that anyone who spends time with Lhikan turns evil? I sense a conspiracy here. If we all did situps every time got a board message, we'd have six packs by the end of the week. Never fails. I'm gone for a week and they overhaul BIONICLE.com on me. It was worth becoming staff just to see the board when it's offline for everyone else. I'd like to put a quote from Deathly Hallows here, but I'd also like not to be mobbed by fans who haven't finished the book yet. Do you suppose any of the Makuta wear eye-shadow? There's nothing I like more than coming home to 60 reports and to find that I only need to close one topic. If I had a nickel for every time we ignored physics in the staff RPG... Apparently it's illegal to wear a mask in Denmark. This might explain a few things... Did you know that an axon is a microscopic section of a nerve fibre? That's kinda lame. Matoro: Oh, false alarm, guys. I just forgot to change the batteries in the Mask of Life. Mata Nui's just fine. "Who ate all the pies?!" -Po-Matoran in MNOLG1. We may never know. You can't compare apples and Pohatu. Turaga Onewa: Stop! Hammer time! I wonder if Apple will be teaming up with LEGO to make the Toa iRon? Pohatu: Heart of the Visorak? Oh, I thought we were looking for some kind of gas cloud... May the bottom of your tree be filled with many colourfully wrapped LEGO sets this holiday season. Do you suppose for the next single-element environment that the storyline will take place on an island made entirely out of plasma? Takanuva: *waves hand* You don't need to see my identity tablet. If Mutran's "blog" is hidden away in his hive, how is he going to get any comments? Gali Nuva Mistika: Does this piece of Onua's armour on my back make my butt look big? Believe it or not, there is someone out in the world whose name is Terry Dacks. Dark Mirror becomes 100 times funnier if you picture Takanuva saying "D'oh!" at the end of every chapter. Strange, but true: Greg Farshtey was born just seventeen days before author J.K. Rowling. Those boulders in FoF 7 died to... Ah, forget it. The real reason Matoran don't love: So they don't get cooties. When the Mask of Life goes black, nobody goes back! My guidance counsellor doesn't seem to think that hunting for Horcruxes is a viable post-secondary option... Join Toa Tuyet's miracle weight loss program! In just 9 short sessions, you can cut your body weight in half! "My, Takanuva, what big... everything you have." Someone please tell Takanuva what the difference is between a compass and a sundial. After the war, Helryx retired to become a Q-tip saleswoman. "Is that enough cotton to clean out your ears?" Mata Nui: Oi! One thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck! Possession by a Makuta making your eyes red? There's a VISINE for that. Mata Nui in the Ignika: Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain!!! The Ta-Matoran are so lucky... Theirs is the only Metru with chimneys for Santa to go down. Tuma: The next person who says to me, "it's not a Tuma!" is losing an arm! The first rule of Arena Magna is... you do not talk about Arena Magna. Matoro's not dead... he's just pining for the fjords! I wish Greg would bump off Norik so I could say, "Alas, poor Norik! I knew him well..." Tarduk: Vehicles? Where we're going, we don't need vehicles. Mantax makes the Pakari look like a Q-Ray Bracelet. "Hi, welcome to the BIONICLE News. I'm Onua, and this is Kopaka, my Ko-Anchor." So, if the Baterra only target "armed combatants", it's a good thing Nocturn isn't here... because he's got four arms... *awkward silence* "BOHROK!!!" That was my Bohrok call. Get it? "Bohrok-Kal!" How is the Sets Forum like a retirement home? Everyone complains about their joints. The ability to shatter a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force Blasters. Oh, I see what you did there: LEG-o. Denmark's making fun of me! Either Cryoshell's songs are very metaphorical or English isn't their songwriter's first language. Make your next explosion a Cordak Moment. So I'm thinking the next planet we visit will be called Carta Magna. Should've seen that coming... Mark Baldo is actually bald! TAHU is an anagram of UTAH. This explains so much... How silly of me. I thought Ba-Matoran were sheep! Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish, but Lupin was one of the best werewolves of all time!
  11. SPIRIT
    SPIRIT:
    Aw man, my topic got closed due to someone reviving it? When I'm admin, that'll be the first thing to go.
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Not so long as I'm around.
     
    SPIRIT:
    Well, in that case, you're banned.
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Hmmm... Nice try, but only an admin can do that.
     
    Dorek:
    Well, he could be the future admin.
     
    SPIRIT:
    Yeah. So you have to do what I tell you.
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Not yet I don't. And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic admin indeed.
     
    SPIRIT:
    Hmph. Not the way I see it.
     
    *Everything becomes bright and colourful.*
     
    SPIRIT:
    I'm gonna be a great admin
    So dumb spammers beware!
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    I've never seen a poster here
    With quite so little flair.
     
    SPIRIT:
    I'm gonna reign all the forums
    Like no admin before
    I'm brushing up on banning noobs
    My post count, it will SOAR!
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    To let you rule would really be a sin
     
    SPIRIT:
    Oh I just can't wait to be admin!
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    You've got a long way to go, young SPIRIT, if you think --
     
    SPIRIT:
    No one say close this
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Now when I said that--
     
    Dorek:
    No one say delete that
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    What I meant was--
     
    SPIRIT:
    No one say hide that
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    What you don't realize--
     
    SPIRIT:
    No one say see here
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Now SEE HERE!
     
    SPIRIT:
    Free to revive topics all day
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    Well that's definately out--
     
    SPIRIT:
    Free to ban 'em all my way
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    I think it's time that you and I arranged a PM to PM
     
    SPIRIT:
    Admins don't need advice from BS01 staff and their phlegm
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    If this is where the administration's headed
    Count me out!
    Out of service, out of Bionicle
    I wouldn't hang about!
    This staffer's asking for a punch to the chin...
     
    SPIRIT:
    Oh I just can't wait to be admin!
     
    [bRIDGE]
     
    Ev'rybody post all day
    Ev'rybody post all night
    No matter where you post I'm
    In the Member Spotlight
     
    -Bionicleman-:
    NOT YET!
     
    SPIRIT:
    Let every member go for broke and spam
    Let the news hit you with a wham
    SPIRIT's rule will never be a sham!
    Oh I just can't wait to be admin!
    Oh I just can't wait to be admin!
    Oh I just can't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait...
    To be admin!
     
    *Elephant falls on -Bionicleman-*
  12. SPIRIT

    Dooku Vs. Saruman

    By SPIRIT,

    Differences:
    Dooku wears black, Saruman wears white. Dooku has short hair, Saruman has long hair. Similarities
    Formerly good, turned evil Expert user of magical powers Played by Christopher Lee Carries around a magical stick Wears robes Really only a puppet controlled by the main bad guy who is having him create an unstoppable army Waaaaaaaaaaaait a minute.
  13. SPIRIT

    Où Est Esprit?

    By SPIRIT,

    So, for those of you who don't know, I am no longer living in Canada and I'm living in Nice, France for the year as I study French as part of an exchange with my school.
     
    When I have time, I'll probably update my blog with details on this trip as well as my summer, but a lot of my time has been devoted to settling in and exploring.
  14. SPIRIT
    Since I'm not really interested in going through the rigmarole of getting patents for these things, here are four inventions that need to exist. Go ahead, steal my ideas, just someone please invent them.
     
    1) An iPhone that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. All I want to do is have all the features of my iPod Touch, but also be able to make calls so that I don't have to carry around both my cellphone and my iPod. I don't want 4G Internet, GPS, or any of that crazy stuff, I just want to make calls and texts from my iPod Touch without the expensive smartphone plans.
     
    2) Brake lights on the front of cars. I can't tell you how many times I've seen cars approaching yellow lights when I'm turning left and I don't know if they're stopping or not. Seriously. Why can't the people in front of you know when you're braking? What's the big secret?
     
    3) WiFi adaptor for phone jacks/adaptor cable for wireless devices that can plug into a phone jack. As an owner of a Nintendo DS and an iPod Touch, I can't even name the number of times I've seen an open phone jack with access to the Internet, but no way to connect to it. Sure, wireless is nice and all, but not everywhere has it and there needs to be an alternate solution for those devices.
     
    4) Knee pads for baby pants. Simple one, really. Tired of your kids wearing out their pants by crawling around on the floor? Sell pants with built in knee pads. Problem solved.
  15. SPIRIT

    Were You Listening?

    By SPIRIT,

    "Were you listening to me Harry, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?"
    A mash-up of this scene from The Matrix and this scene from Deathly Hallows will occur -- I guarantee it.
  17. SPIRIT

    Double Post

    By SPIRIT,

    Whoa, that’s a full post. All the way.
     
    Double post, oh my god.
     
    It’s a double post all the way.
     
    Whoa, that’s so intense. Whoa, man. Wow. Whoa. Whoa.
     
    WHOAAAA-OH OH. OH MY GOD, WHOA MY GOD. WOOO! AW, OH MY GOD. OHHH, OHHH WOW. WOOOOOOOOO! OH MY WOWWWW. WOOOOOOOOO! YEAHHH- OHH MY—
     
    OHH MY AHHH aw my god, look at that! It’s starting to even look like a triple post!
     
    Oh my god it’s full on! Double post all the way across the forum.
     
    Oh my god, [sobs] oh my god, oh god…
     
    What does this mean?
     
    Oh my god, oh, oh god, it’s so bright, oh my god, it’s so bright and vivid. OHH! OHH! [sobs]….it’s so beautiful.
     
    [sobbing]
     
    Oh my god, oh my god.
     
    Oh my god [whispered]— it’s a double complete post, right in my forum.
     
    [sobs] Oh my god! Oh my god. what does it MEAN? Tell me. [sobs] TOO MUCH [sobbing] I don’t know what it means.
     
    Oh my god [whispers] it’s so intense. Oh. Ah. Oh. Oh. Oh my god.
  18. SPIRIT

    The Powers That Be

    By SPIRIT,

    Pohatu: Well, it appears that Lesovikk may have killed the ruler of the Matoran underworld.
     
    Kopaka: If you ask me... this is one heck of a crime. B)
     
    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
  19. SPIRIT
    My Pokéwalker went through the laundry... AND SURVIVED!
     
    And accumulated over 1 300 steps to boot.
     
    In your face, Nintendo!
     
    Which is more than I can say for my LEGO Harry Potter game, in which I've become trapped in a room with a white dragon with no escape (and I've done some Google searches that confirm this is a glitch). I hope TT releases a patch soon...
  20. SPIRIT
    Alright, here are some parts of songs floating about my brain that should be made into real songs.
     
    1) This one is for when you're waiting at the airport for your flight, which never seems to come.
     
    Can we pretend that shooting stars
    In the night sky
    Are like aeroplanes?
    'Cause I could really use a flight right now (flight right now, flight right now)
     
    2) Here's the start of the opening musical number to BIONICLE: The Musical.
     
    [The scene opens just before the start of Quest for the Toa with Takua wandering through Ta-Koro just as the village comes alive in the morning.]
     
    Takua:
    Little town it's a quiet village.
    Everyday feels like it's so slow.
    Little town full of little people, waking up to say...
     
    Aft:
    Hello!
     
    Vohon:
    Hello!
     
    Brander:
    Hello!
     
    Kalama:
    Hello!
     
    Nuhrii:
    Hello!
     
    Takua:
    There goes the farmer with his cart like always.
    The same lava that looks like goo-a.
    Every morning just the same since the morning that we came,
    To this small volcanic town.
     
    Tiribomba:
    Hey Takua!
     
    Takua:
    Hello there.
     
    Tiribomba:
    Where you off to?
     
    Takua:
    The wall of history...
    I just finished the most wonderful story,
    About a Rahi and a Toa and an...
     
    Tiribomba:
    That's nice. Agni! The get the carts! Hurry up!
     
    Group of Ta-Matoran:
    Look there he goes that guy is strange no question.
    He's even weirder than Krakua
     
    Kapura:
    Never part of any crowd.
     
    Jaller:
    Cuz his heads up on some cloud.
     
    Ta-Matoran:
    No denying he's a funny guy, that Takua.
     
    3. A Christmas carol (which has definitely been done a million times, but unlike previous iterations, my numbers and rhymes actually make sense ).
     
    On my twelfth naming day, my Turaga gave to me..
     
    Twelve kinds of Bohrok
    Eleven Toa Mangai
    Ten First year Rahi
    Nine kinds of Vahki
    Eight types of Krana
    Seven Agori tribes
    Six Great Kanoka
    Five Toa Mahri
    Four movies
    Three Virtues
    Two Bahrag Queens
    And a Great Spirit called Mata Nui
     
    4. And if Ron Weasley had any class or tact, here's a song he'd probably write about his wife.
     
    First time we met
    You told me you were Hermione Granger
    You could be good for me
    I've had the taste for danger
     
    You were smart, but I'd run away
    I was a kid, that's what they say
    Heaven forbid
    I'll take my chance on you, Hermione Granger
     
    [...]
     
    Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
    Hermione Granger
    Da-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum da da da-da dum
    Hermione Granger
  21. SPIRIT
    You know what they say, easy come easy go.
     
    This morning, a certain popular video hosting website contacted me saying that my BIONICLE In Under Two Minutes video that I had posted there was eligible for consideration of getting Google ads on it so that I would make money off of it. So I registered with their money making thing and sent my video to them, not particularly hopeful that I'd make it in (due to every image being copyrighted ), but I figured it couldn't hurt to try. Turns out, I was right, and they rejected it. Oh well.
     
    On the bright side, I now have everything set up for my own Google ads. Now all I need is my own website and original intellectual property...
  22. SPIRIT
    It's super effective!
     
    So most of you won't know this, but today there was an earthquake on the border of Quebec and Ontario that I felt all the way in ADDRESS WITHHELD. They say it measured 5.0 and it even hit some of the north eastern states.
     

     
    Where I live, it wasn't too bad; the wall shook a little and rattled a picture frame, but nothing was damaged. I thought a truck had driven by or something, but when I looked outside, there was no truck, so I was a bit confused until I heard about it on the radio.
     
    Then we had a tornado warning.
     
    Nature is trying to kill me.
  23. SPIRIT
    So, as most of you probably don't know, when Tahu killed all the Rahkshi in the last comic with the golden armour, he actually gained their powers. Now, according to Greg, not every type of Rahkshi would have been sent on the invasion of Bara Magna so he probably doesn't have all 42 powers, but if you were in charge of the storyline, which powers would you give Tahu, which ones would you not give him, and why? (For your convenience, here's my Flash Kraata Maker).
     
    So here's what I think:
     
    Fear: Yes. Tahu seems like the kind of guy who would be fine with scaring his enemies away, plus the Fear Rahkshi was red.
    Disintegration: No. This means of destruction is a bit too subtle for Tahu.
    Poison: No way José. Rahkshi poison and Tahu do not mix well.
    Fragmentation: Absolutely. I don't think Tahu would be satisfied if he didn't get the ability to make things blow up after his ordeal.
    Hunger: Yes. I think Tahu would have no problem draining power from foes, especially since it's a fairly non-lethal way of beating them.
    Anger: No, not unless he could use it on himself, lol.
    Weather Control: No, this seems more like something a Toa of Water would use.
    Elasticity: No, Tahu is a bit too proud to absorb hits like a cartoon character
    Heat Vision: (He already has this one).
    Illusion: Yeah, Tahu has been known to use trickery.
    Teleportation: Yeah, I mean, the world's a big place, so how else is he going to get around?
    Quick Healing: Yes, Tahu probably could've used this one eons ago.
    Laser Vision: Yes, I mean, he has heat vision, so why not?
    Gravity: Yes, Tahu could use it as a sort of telekinesis.
    Electricity: Yes. We've seen Fire and Lightning with Jaller so why not with Tahu?
    Sonics: No, doesn't seem like a Tahu power.
    Vacuum: No, Fire doesn't do too well when it comes to vacuums.
    Plasma: Yes, I mean, that would sort of get him back to his original power level, wouldn't it?
    Magnetism: No, just doesn't fit with him.
    Fire Resistance: No, he has this one innately anyway.
    Ice Resistance: Yes, I think he'd get a real kick out of using this one against Kopaka.
    Mind Reading: Yes. I mean, half the characters can already read minds anyway without any adequately explained reason as to why or how (I'm looking at you Takanuva and Gali) so I could see Tahu joining the club.
    Shapeshifting: No, this one seems a bit much for a Toa.
    Darkness: No way. Even if he did get this one, there's no way he'd use it.
    Plant Control: Nah, unless he only used it to grow Madu Cabolo, I don't think this is really a power for a Toa of Fire.
    Molecular Disruption: No. Once again, too subtle for Tahu's taste.
    Chain Lightning: No, not if he gets Electricity. This one would just be too redundant and powerful.
    Cyclone: Yes, I can just imagine the fire tornado he could make with this one.
    Density Control: Yes, I think it'd be great to see Tahu just go intangible and be unable to be hit one moment and then become super-dense for an attack of his own the next.
    Chameleon: Yes, while it's not quite the Huna he used to have, it'd still be good for sneaking around.
    Accuracy: Yes, especially when Tahu gets really hotheaded he'd need this one.
    Rahi Control: No. Seems like a slap to the face for 2001 if he got this one.
    Insect Control: No, it's pretty much the same thing as Rahi control anyway.
    Stasis Field: No, freezing things isn't Tahu's style.
    Limited Invulnerability: No, this one's a bit much for a Toa.
    Power Scream: Yes. Tahu likes to shoot his mouth off at times, so why not have him do it in style?
    Dodge: Yes. Jaller sort of had this as a Toa Inika, and I can see Tahu using a similar strategy.
    Silence: Yes, I imagine he'd also use this one to cheat and win in arguments by just silencing whomever he was arguing with.
    Adaptation: No, seems a bit much for a Toa.
    Slowness: Yes, largely this power would work like the Vahi, I think.
    Confusion: No. Tahu's usually the confused one, he wouldn't need his enemies becoming confused too.
    Sleep: Yes, makes for a lot of easy wins.
     
    Code (if you're really lazy ):
     

    [b]Fear:[/b] [b]Disintegration:[/b] [b]Poison:[/b] [b]Fragmentation:[/b] [b]Hunger:[/b] [b]Anger:[/b] [b]Weather Control:[/b] [b]Elasticity:[/b] [b]Heat Vision:[/b] (He already has this one). [b]Illusion:[/b] [b]Teleportation:[/b] [b]Quick Healing:[/b] [b]Laser Vision:[/b] [b]Gravity:[/b] [b]Electricity:[/b] [b]Sonics:[/b] [b]Vacuum:[/b] [b]Plasma:[/b] [b]Magnetism:[/b] [b]Fire Resistance:[/b] [b]Ice Resistance:[/b] [b]Mind Reading:[/b] [b]Shapeshifting:[/b] [b]Darkness:[/b] [b]Plant Control:[/b] [b]Molecular Disruption:[/b] [b]Chain Lightning:[/b] [b]Cyclone:[/b] [b]Density Control:[/b] [b]Chameleon:[/b] [b]Accuracy:[/b] [b]Rahi Control:[/b] [b]Insect Control:[/b] [b]Stasis Field:[/b] [b]Limited Invulnerability:[/b] [b]Power Scream:[/b] [b]Dodge:[/b] [b]Silence:[/b] [b]Adaptation:[/b] [b]Slowness:[/b] [b]Confusion:[/b] [b]Sleep:[/b]
  24. SPIRIT

    Grandparents

    By SPIRIT,

    The following is a public service announcement for the benefit of all those from English speaking backgrounds.
     
    Hi, there. I'm SPIRIT. If you're like me, then your family originated in an English speaking country. Why, they've practically been speaking English since the days of King Arthur. Now, if you're like me, then you probably have friends that do not come from English speaking backgrounds. Sure, their English might be good, heck, even their parents' English might be good, but for some reason or other, many people from non-English speaking backgrounds seem to do the same thing that REALLY bugs me.
     
    THEY DON'T CALL THEIR GRANDPARENTS "GRANDMA" OR "GRANDPA".
     
    Look, I know your family isn't Anglo-Saxon, I get it. But if you're telling me a story, don't start talking to me about your Nona or your Zayde; I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. Having a different culture than me is fine, but seriously, SPEAK TO ME IN A LANGUAGE I UNDERSTAND. Yes, you call your grandparents Baba and Oma (or whatever), that's great, but when you're telling me about them, PLEASE REFER TO THEM IN A WAY I UNDERSTAND.
     
    And another thing, "nana" is not "grandmother", it's short for "nanny", i.e. a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household. Now, if that job description fits your grandmother, by all means, you can refer to her as that -- otherwise, just say "grandma".
     
    To sum up, calling your grandparents whatever you want when speaking to them or about them to someone who knows them by that name is fine, just don't use this name when speaking to someone who does not know this unless you provide an explanation.
     
    Tune in next time when SPIRIT gripes about all the confusion created by women who refer to all their female friends as "girlfriends".
  25. SPIRIT
    So we've all heard of people running across North America several times. It's been done -- old news.
     
    What I'd like to see is someone run from Alert, Nunavut to Cape Horn, Chile. Now THAT would be an impressive feat.
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