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As is the yearly tradition in most places (not to sure how it works across the world), don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour before you go to bed. Or after you wake up. What will you do with the extra hour you've been given?
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The Blue-Vice is relunctantly proud to introduce its newest member: Name: Kouki Digimon: BioThunderbirmon Evolution-Style: Hyper Bio-Evolution (Self) First Appearance: Digimon Savers: Episode 27 Backstory: Little is known about Kouki, the apparent leader of Kurata's gang of Bio-Digimon. With his two allies Nanami and Ivan, Kouki fights against Masaru and his team of Savers. His custom iC allows him to take on his Digimon form, though at this time it's unknown which is Kouki's true self.
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On wednesday 25th October, the Young Leaders of the 55th Scout group, codenamed Club 55th, set out on a great adventure. Their mission: to arrive safely at the Cinema with nothing but a map and a compass to guide them. This is their story. The weather was bleak. The sun hid behind an uncaring blanket of clouds, and rain trickled irratically upon the cold ground. And so the journey began. At 9:45, we left the safe comforts of The House and ventured into the unknown realms of the cycle track. Equipped with our map and two packets of Haribo, we set upon our path. Little did we know that the innocent looking compass that we had unwittingly brought with us held a deadly secret! We trekked along the cycle track for at least a mile before coming upon a most peculiar sight. There, before us, completely untended, was...a suitcase! It stood alone on the ground, and we were drawn towards it for this was no ordinary suitcase. Our efforts to move it proved unsuccesful, as were our efforts to discover what lay inside. It was as if the suitcase were fixed to the ground! As we took out our compass, the shadows seemed to darken around us. The suitcase seemed to shiver and pulsate the closer the compass came to it. Suddenly, the realisation dawned: this compass was evil! We hastily packed it away and left the scene of the suitcase as far behind as we could. So perturbed were we that we did not dare speak as we walked sullenly down the long, cold road. It seemed as if the world had become a much darker place. It was not long before the next obstacle presented itself: a dark, dangerous-looking tunnel. All light seemed to falter and vanish around it, and the air inside seemed fearful constricting. We found that we could not go on, and we came to a halt outside the tunnel's gloomy entrance. Chewing slowly on Haribo, we realised that the object we were sat against was not a wall, as we had thought. Instead, a great musical instrument rose before us! It was old and worn, and parts were chipped and broken, but we knew that it was not random chance that had placed it there. With newfound hope we played upon it, and at once our spirits were lifted. Suddenly, we found we had the strength to confront the tunnel. So, with fear in our hearts and a last piece of Haribo, we stepped into the tunnel. It was a hard journey through the darkness. Water dripped in, echoing eerily off the walls. More than once, strangers passed us and we had to hide, fearing that they knew of the compass. More than once we almost faltered, but our resolve stayed true and we finally made it out of the tunnel into the light beyond. Here, our journey on the cycle track came to an end as we left it to join the main road. Here, our path was blocked by roundabouts. With careful deliberation and incredible cunning, we traversed the roundabouts, but found ourselves in more unknown territory. The road was quiet and small, and one wrong turn would find us lost forever! We carefully consulted the map once more, taking absolute care on finding our route. When we were all agreed, we set off once more into the unknown, praying that we had chosen the right path. We were in luck. The path led us straight to the next leg of our journey. Unfortunately, this was not a part we had prepared for because, in front of us lay two fields that boded ill for any who dared cross them without walking boots. Naturally, this included us, but through a great act of heroism and courage, cross them we did! More roads awaited us on the other side, which we traversed easily with our new-found confidence at having safely passed the fields of doom. Before we knew it we had reached a pub, where we sat and ate a delicious meal of chips! Reluctantly, we left the safe confines of the pub and ventured once again into the dangerous lands of the unknown. But this time, we prepared to face it with the greatest weapon known to man: cookies! While cookies were in our possession, we knew that no force would dare oppose us on our quest! So once more we set out upon the journey across roads, grass and bridges. As we came closer to the cinema, the compass became a gradually heavier burden, until it became laborous for any one of us to carry it. But not even this could stop us! We toiled on across a last bridge with steep steps, across a rolling hill and through a narrow, treacherous valley until finally, our destination faced us! As we walked through the doors of the cinema, the weight of the compass vanished! A strange black mist floated from it, never to be seen again. Not only had we arrived safely, we had vanquished the evil that inhabited the compass! With excited anticipation we consulted the list of films, but soon realised, with growing surprise, that there was, nothing at all we wanted to watch. It occurred to us then that we had walked at least eight miles to reach the cinema, only to turn back and go home. What a waste of time! But we did not waste our time! No! Instead, we caught a bus straight to one of our houses, and wiled away the remaining hours playing Super Smash Bros. Melee and other fantastic games on both Gamecube and Playstation 2. Then, the hour arrived when it was time to depart, and we left each other with heavy hearts and fuller stomachs. And so ends the harrowing tale of the expedition! A tale of great courage, nobility and adventure! Remember, as you read this, that I am lucky to be alive to recount the tale!
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Well the answer's obvious, isn't it? Of course I will skate! And why? Because I can! Yeah! As you may or may not have guessed, depending on your guessing capabilities, I can ice skate, and will be ice skating. Infact, not only will I be ice skating, I will be ice skating tommorow. I am also going to get shot if I say ice skating once more in this paragraph. So I'll start a new one! Mwahahahahaha! Ice skating! Tommorow! With people! Live people! Who I haven't kille- *shot* At least I have something to enjoy before getting horribly lost in the unforgiving wilderness that is the scout hike. When confronted with a scout hike, say no! Scout hikes kill! Recently, I've been spending my (offline) time doing two things: one, is reading the Inheritance Trilogy (minus the third book, which hasn't been released yet) again. That consists of Eragon and Eldest, which are written by Christopher Paolini. They're about a person called Eragon who finds a dragon egg, and in doing so becomes a Dragon Rider - the first for over a century. Because, you see, dragons are not the evil beasts we all think they are. Oh no, they are infact highly intelligent. Each Rider is bonded with their dragon, and the two can share thoughts. Also, every dragon is a different colour, and their scales shine brightly, like jewels. Saphira, Eragon's dragon, is blue. Well, Eragon goes off on an adventure with his dragon and the storyteller Brom, after two creatures for reasons you shall never know until you read the book. The creatures serve the King, Galbatorix: he is important in two ways: first, he is the king. Second, he is (or was) a Dragon Rider, but he killed off all the other Riders and has been ruling for over a century. He's also incredibly powerful, and grows more powerful each year. As you may of guessed, he's also evil. Each Rider grows stronger and faster over time, can use magic and have incredibly long lifespans. This is just as true for Eragon, who is lucky that Brom knows so much about the Riders and magic. Well, to cut a long story short, he will have to fight Galbatorix in the end, somehow finding the power to overthrow him. More than that I will not say. If you don't want to read the book, watch the movie! It comes out on December 15th. The second thing I've been doing (ah, you thought I'd forgotten, didn't you?) was to build a non-Inika version of Toa Nuparu, giving him the orange he so rightly deserves. Sadly I have no pictures yet, but I shall try to get them at some point. Finally, you may all gaze in wonder at my latest kit creations: side views of the Toa Nuva!
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Well, I went out to my car this afternoon to find that somebody decided it'd be funny to snap off my antenna. This left me with an hour long car ride home without anything to listen to. Not good. I'm guessing at some point I should invest in an iPod. Radio stations these days are getting pretty bad when it comes to music selection. If I'm going to have to sit through Justin Timberlake's latest single eight times in one trip, I might as well be doing it to myself. As far as the good, my time is freed up a bit. Tonight's focus is getting Kardas built. I've gotten through Vezon, and I have to say it's a very satisfying figure. Good overall look, like the cape. He's bigger in person, that's a good thing. I'll have to spend some time in the future tracking down instructions for the three "alt" models. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on Brutaka and Axonn for a little bit before reassembling the dragon.
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Yeah, for those interested, I've finally gotten off my lazy backside and written a blog. I thought it was about time I took advantage of the feature. Why did I really make a blog, you don't ask? No reason really, other than I thought it might be interesting. This is my first experience with blogs, so don't expect anything too fascinating or meaningful. I've been a bionicle fan right from the word go. I still remember being astonished at just how tall the Toa Olda were, towering above the Slizers. Things really have changed since then. I guess there are some similarities between my life then and my life now. For one, when I got into bionicle I was just about to start secondary school. Now, I've just started sixth form. My interest in Bionicle is one of the few things that has really endured since then, and it would seem that both it and I have matured since those early days. Once, the story was a simple tale of collecting masks to defeat a greater foe. Now, the foes are not always in plain sight and objectives less clear. Comparing MoL to WoS is an obvious way to show the increase in maturity, with MoL being obviously a kids film and WoS being much darker and more sinister. In my early days on BZP, I was very different to who I am now. I was incredibly spammy, like many in those days. I find it quite embaressing to see some of my early posts. Once I'd got 'settled in' you would frequently see me in the top 10 posters list, with most of those posts being meaningless. Now, I expect I would easily make a bottom posters list, but I like to think that what I post is a bit more meaningful. Where is this going? I don't know. These are just some of my thoughts on me, BZP and bionicle at the current time. I'm not expecting anyone to find them especially interesting, but they're there for anyone who wishes to read them. Well, that's it for meaningless thoughts for now. In the meantime, I would like to point anyone reading in the direction of my kit. I put a lot of work into that, and still am. I would appreciate people's thoughts and views on it.
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Hello, and welcome once more to the land of Danska's blogness! I come here today to type of the events of recentness, and other events to take place in the land of the great later. With that aside, I shall start with yesterday. The interesting part. This consisted of going to scouts and eating cake. Yes, cake! I'm now expecting to come down with food poisoning, as it was cooked by the scouts. I'm not sure I trust their cooking. Anyway, in addition to eating delicious, but probably poisonous, cake of the chocolates, a hike has been planned by myself and the other young leaders (for those who don't know, that's people over 14 who have continued to help out at a scout group), which only involves us, no scouts or proper leaders, and should end in a pub for food and the cinema afterwards. Something has got to go wrong. Seriously, all our plans seem to fall apart. I mean, a relatively simple plan for 3 of us to meet one of our houses, go to meet 2 other people and head to a final location from there came to pieces when the person whose house we were meant to go to wasn't there, and the third person meant to meet there wasn't informed and stuff. If things can go wrong there, how are we supposed to find our way to somewhere with a map, no one to help us if we get lost and manage to get from the pub to the cinema, and find our way back? It's impossible, I tell you! But hey, that's part of the fun! More information on this venture will appear some time after next wednesday, once it has been fulfilled. On other notes, computer games are good! If you disagree, find the person who came into our school and gave a talk on them and why they should be studied at university! He showed us clips from lego star wars! How can he be wrong? I also took part in a debate on euthanasia today. This isn't even slightly relevant, but it sure was fun! A pity I only got one chance to speak. I constantly want to jump up and critiscise the other team's arguments! I have much experience with staying silent though. I've learnt that if you stay quiet, you're the person who's least expected to do anything maliciously violent or evil. They'll soon learn! Finally, I shall leave you with the note that Jaffa cakes are biscuits, not cakes! This was proven in a debate last week, and shall not be disputed!
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Well technically I did. My friend wanted me to Preorder it for his other friend who couldn't make it. So it may not be for me, but it is somewhat under my name, and his. : -Omi
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In the comments for yesterday's entry, I recieved an unusual suggestion from one Pohatu: Toa Of Electronics. Being the kind of guy I am, I decided I'd follow this advice for today's entry. Personally, I can't stand sour cream...or mayo for that matter...there's something about the texture that just doesn't sit with me when I'm trying to enjoy my food. This is probably also caused by the fact that no restaurant is able to include this type of condiment without lathering it on as though it were some kind of meal in itself. There's something so wrong about biting into a sandwhich, burrito, or taco and feeling the innards slide out on a bed of white dressing. Because of this, not a fan of those. However, Cream Cheese (as used in cheesecakes) is alright in my book. And, oh boy, fruit-filled pastries. I have to tell you, the highlight of my school lunch at least twice a week was the little pocket-pie that they included as a dessert. There was a light glaze, and usually they had strawberry or blueberry inside. Those of course are my two favorite berries. I wish I knew what they were actually called, as then maybe I'd be able to buy a few to include with my meals at home. Other fairly delicious fruit-filled delights would include strudel (not to be confused with strussel as I came to understand), actual fruit-pies, and jelly doughnuts. Well, that about wraps up today's entry. Sort of an interesting aside into an otherwise pretty casual blog. Maybe I should do stuff like this more often.
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Massachusetts is known for its crazy, speeding drivers who yell at people, who are going 90 mph, for driving slow. Yes in Massachusetts 90 mph is very slow to us, I do not know why. Anyways, why am I not seeing this crazy, speeding drivers!?!? Again on the way home from school, this dude in front of me was going so slow in the lane that is 50 mph. I know he wasn't going 50, cuz I wasn't going 50. He was around 30ish mph. I was like "what is this guy doing!?!". He had his right blinker on, for a right turn that seems to be nonexistant (and he was in the right lane). So I laid the kabbash on this moron and zoomed right by him, and gave him the look. The look that says "drive fast or don't drive at all". -Omi
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I hate people who drive slow. Drives me nuts (no pun intended). I go the speed limit, sometimes a bit faster, but not slow. While coming home, people in front of me were so freakin' slow! Speed limit was 45. Person way up ahead was going like 30, so chain of reaction caused the other cars to drive slow. I wanted to go 45! So yeah. If you drive very slow, then stay outa my way. -Omi
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I'M SPARTACUS!
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American League Divison Series Game 3: Oakland A's 8 vs. Minnesota Twins 3 As a Twins fan, I've got to take this time to apologize for anybody that tuned into ESPN the last few days expecting to see some baseball. Instead, you were treated to an embarrasing display of the kind of game that the Twins played back in April and May. The league's best-hitter...with only two hits in the series. One of the leading MVP candidates...bobbles an easy grounder which ended up costing them three runs. A perennial Gold Glover...falling on his face as what would've been a routine single rolls in for an in-the-park homer. I really don't know how to explain it any better than just...I'm sorry. Everything that you had heard was this team's strength going into the postseason (the bullpen, the offense, the defense) ended up being it's own undoing. Perhaps it would've been better to face off against the Yankees, because at least then the excuse would've been there that they were facing one of the toughest teams in baseball. But the Twins/A's were supposed to be evenly matched, and instead I saw the most one-sided series in my postseason memory. My most sincere regret is that Brad Radke ends his career on this note. The guy pitched through pain, and was there when his team needed him. They were unable to repay the favor this week. And what was supposed to be a magical season ended with a routine pop-up. There's always next year. But just once it'd be nice if it were this year. Hopefully whatever spark was there for the past few months (prior to the last few weeks) will return next year, and who knows...maybe this will teach them a very valuable lesson. Congrats to Oakland for pulling off an impressive sweep, and good luck to them against whichever team they end up facing. No offense intended though if I end up rooting for Detroit.
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:wakeup2: I'm a Ninja. Why do you even keep us around. Because, you have nothing better to do. Have you ever noticed how many useless smilies BZP has? Like... Hey, I liked that love sign one! I thought you would. Filler
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American League Divison Series Game 2: Oakland A's 5 @ Minnesota Twins 2 For a moment, it seemed as though they were going to do it. Cuddyer and Morneau go back to back...and the Dome explodes. And then the bullpen stumbles, Hunter makes a bad judgement call, and the game is back out of reach. I've got my fingers crossed that I get a chance to go back there Sunday, but right now I just hope that Radke can go out there and repeat the excellence that Santana and Bonser put out in the last few days. Friday may very well be the last game of his career...
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American League Divison Series Game 1: Oakland A's 3 @ Minnesota Twins 2 It wasn't until Thomas's second homer in the top of the ninth that you could feel the crowd starting to feel the game slip away, but nonetheless...I was still able to enjoy my first ever playoff game. The atmosphere is almost impossible to describe. 55,542 people all cheering in unison, living and dying with every pitch. They stayed rowdy up until the very end, and I'm looking forward to the Twins second go tomorrow. Would it have heightened the experience to walk out of the game with the win? Of course. But I'm not going to look past the fun I had just being in the crowd. I think "deafening" would be a good word.
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Oh yeah! I promise you that none of those posts were spam! But you're still being beaten! Oh shut up Rage. Anyway, at the rate I'm going I'm probably going to hit the big 1000 in the next few weeks! Not if the Mods stop all you're spamming. Nobody loves me.
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Those are my spares. -Omi
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So earlier in the evening I went to the movies to go see Fearless, which is Jet Li's last movie. After watching it, I was extremely impressed with the action choreography, and IMO, this is one of Jet Li's finest films, along with Once Upon a Time in China II. So I suggest that you guys go and see this movie, cuz it is really awesome. -Omi
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Much like KIE, I'm carefully following the events of the last three days of the MLB Regular season. Our teams in a similar posistion. Both are trying all they can to win their respective divisions. I don't know if Houston has the cushion of the Wild Card, but I'm cheering for them just the same. The Twins in the meanwhile... For the Twins, it's sweep or play the Yankees in the first round. And even then, they have to hope the Kansas City can win at least one game. So, fellow Twins fans, cross your fingers. And throw in some support for the Astros. Because Santana vs. Clemmens in the World Series would be the coolest thing ever.
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Why am I showing you a picture of a grey cellphone? And why does it have so many weird lines going through it? Well, I'll tell you. That isn't any old ordinary cellphone. That cellphone can do this... Ah yes, the Transformers are back...and if you though the Alternators/BinalTech series were cool. Just wait until you see what they have instore for Classics. Though I don't know the whole story behind this guy, I've heard rumors of him and others on various TF boards. Digital Camera: Alt | Bot PSP/GBMicro Hybrid: Alt | Bot I hope these are TF. The source site on this one lists them along with other TF in the Classics line (including the remade Nerf Megatron). I for one will get at least one of them. Depending, of course, on how well they blend in with the real thing. But if Alternators were any indication, that shouldn't be a problem.
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I've always wondered what goes on in the head of a blog viewer, especially when it comes time for ratings. Normally, I'm not one who pays much attention to the ratings of the various blogs. But in the case of the Haven...I can't help but be curious. So that's why I've decided to ask you, the reader, to share with me your thoughts on this little piece of code I call home. Is it the deco? The mood? Do I need to blog more? What kinds of topics do you find more interesting than others? One thing that should be important to a blogger is that his readers actually care about what he/she is writing. So today's entry will be short and sweet. What do you guys think?
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Just some random pics from Brickfest that recently uploaded. Me and Batman: Rayg and I being stupid like always: Me with Greg Hyland, the comic artist for Lego magazine: -Omi
