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Merry Christmas to everybody. Regardless of what you celebrate, I hope you are able to enjoy this time of the year with the ones that mean the most to you! PS: Expect a post-holiday report on my haul.
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So I'm going crazy trying to find a movie that came out a loooong time ago. It's called Sidekicks and it stars none other than the legendary Chuck Norris. I know somebody that is a huge fan of his, and I'm pretty sure they've never actually seen this, so I want to get it for them as a joke gift of sorts. The only problem is I can't find a Region 1 DVD of it, anywhere. If anybody knows a reliable place that might have copies of this, that would be awesome. Best Buy and Amazon have been busts.
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I always like to keep my desk clean. It makes studying so much easier. I have no idea how people with messy desks live. <3
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FREE! FREE! AT LAST SWEET BLISS MAY I TASTE THE AMBROSIA OF YOUR HALLS! ... Sorta. Still got finals next week. But only one! But yeah, I get to go home next Friday! Recently I have been coming across more and more situations where I could use that dancing emote that Turakii had for a while. I'm going to have to message her to ask if I can steal it. Anyways. Having Psionics as an official element is awesome. I know a few people who have been setting up Toa with psychic powers for a while now, and I'm sure they'd be very happy to know it has become part of canon. May you return someday to see it, Crystal Matrix, Ninjo. Of course, the catch is that both of those guys are...guys...and Psionics is officially a female element. Which is awesome, we need more female elements. I remember when the element of plant control was christened the Green and Greg told us that he'd be happy to make that element a female-only one. There was much rejoicing. Then someone re-read the book that the Toa of the Green appeared in and found that it was referred to exclusively as 'he.' There was much sadness that day. However, things aren't all happiness and sunshine yet. There are still problems. One such problem is pinning down what, exactly, psionics can do. Well, affecting the mind is obvious. But the problem is putting some limits on that power so that a Toa of Psionics can't make an army fall over drooling just by glaring in their direction. So, what are the possibilities? Myriad, that's what. Telekinesis is one of them; memory manipulation is another. As in, blocking, altering, erasing, and fabricating. Mind control is up there as well; mind reading and telepathic communication as well. Wiping the mind clean, causing various mental maladies. Illusions, phantom pains, implanted commands to be activated at a later date (actually, that would be Nuva territory; nevermind), sensory hijacking, the list goes on. There really is the potential for a LOT of havoc here. So obviously, Psionics is going to need to be toned down a bit. And by a bit I mean a lot. Greg is working on that, and is going to be releasing a more detailed breakdown in his blog on Monday. But I might as well compose my own ideas and put them up sometime this weekend now that I have some free time. Another thing that's going down is the passive powers for the Sy-Matoran (the favored name amongst the EM crowd). A number of people have proposed that the Sy-Matoran be 'more intelligent.' This irks me, mainly because none of them seem to want to clarify what they mean when they say "they're smarter." I already summed up my feelings about it on the official Elements topic, so I'll just copypaste here: So yeah, my two cents. *shrug* My personal suggestion for the Matoran power is that they're empaths. They can't actively read minds, but they can subconsciously sense emotions and intentions, so even if you try to lie to them they can read you like an open book. This is by no means foolproof; it is fully possible to lie to them. It would just take insane amounts of skill. They would also come with the standard resistance to their own element, including minor resistance to mind control, reading, etc. Not sure where illusion falls on the psionics scale. I suppose it shouldn't be on it; Bionicle illusions seem to be more physical projections than mental tricks. And to top it all off, the community seems to be largely accepting their color as pink. So We have pink female Matoran who, if we follow my suggestion, can get into touch with the emotions of others. I keep expecting militant feminists to storm my dorm room. And also in other news, I completely and utterly failed NaNoWriMo. I thought it could help me get started on my Darkness story; apparently it only advertised to teachers "KID WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO; INCREASE HOMEWORK TO CTHULHU-BREAKING-DOWN-AND-CRYING LEVELS." Sorry, LK. >< I'll try and get it done over break.
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Due to a general boredom, any and all comments posted in this entry will be modified to whatever I deem funny at the moment. You may begin. <3
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For the first time in quite a while, I came away from Black Fridy without having bought anything for myself. However, due to poor research...I currently have three copies of Breaking Dawn sitting on the shelf. This is mostly because stores don't allow returns on Black Friday, and I found progressively less expensive copies of it as I went along. And no, this isn't for me. It's for somebody else. I've never really had bad experiences on Black Friday. Best Buy and Target always do a great job of managing the crowds...and even getting in there around 8 in the morning I still got some great stuff. Was surprised some of it was still available, especially when you're talking $10 or so for a normally $50 DVD set. Wal-Mart was terrible though. Their ads claimed to have all kinds of games at deep discounts, but when I arrived it didn't look like anything of the sort had ever existed. No bins, no slots, no nothing. Horribly marked shelves lead to lots of disappointed (and at times aggravated shoppers). Favorite line overheard at the checkout: "We don't actually need the TV stand, but with a price like that how could we pass up?"
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It's my favorite new avatar! ~<3
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*waits for someone to get the reference* <3
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Never before have I experienced terror akin to this. </3
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And guess who isn't going to tell you! <3
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Just a quick request to any good MOCers/Photographers out there. Everytime I put pictures up on BZPower, the quality of the pictures isn't the best it could be. Just wandering if anyone might have any advice to help me. This is my majhost folder of MOCs, if examples are needed. some of the pictures there are quite good, but a lot of them aren't.
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If You See Me Online At All In The Next Two Weeks...
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It was today, the 13th of October 2006, that I joined BZPower, after browsing its forums for a few years prior. Now I have a Great Huna spinny mask thing to show how long I have been here . Yay and stuff! Also (this was totally coincidental and I didn't plan it. Honest ) the seventeenth chapter of my epic, Tapestry of Evil, has been posted today, which is titled The Hunt Begins. In this chapter, Addis, Chimoy, and Nastan attempt to find the other three Toa, Barilo, Akuna, and Nonzra, whom they had been separated from in the last chapter, while the rest of the Shodios and their groups of Kra-Matoran have finally arrived in the Nui Mountains, fully intending to find and kill the Toa Shika for good this time. And in other news, I've just read Grievous Malevolence's post in the OGD regarding the 2010 story. Since this is spoilers, I shall put my reaction in spoiler tags: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Holy unexpected plot twist, Batman! The Stars are actually canon within the story itself and Teridax is coming to Bara Magna? Not that I am complaining, but I am extremely in interested to find out how the heck this all fits together. I just wonder why Tahu looks like his Mata form now and who the heck that other Skakdi is if it is not Vezok. -TNTOS-
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How would you pronounce Xch'llt? <3
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Hey, guys! I'm back on BZP (as you have no doubt noticed by now), so yay and stuff, I guess. Before anyone says anything, it looks like I was wrong about the high-speed Internet thing. We're actually getting it on Monday, but I'm still allowed to go on the Internet and stuff. So sorry for the misinformation in my last blog post . As for epic updates, I'll probably post a new chapter of ToE later today, so just keep an eye on the topic in the forums for now. Or whatever *shrug*. And in othern news, I have a cold, so I'm feeling kind of bad at the moment, but fortunately it is not Swine flu. Just got to take it easy, I guess. Also, I finally got TLR a few days ago! Can't say any spoilers until the 29th, but let me just say that, in my opinion, TLR is far superior to the first three movies in both animation and story and I do not regret buying it one bit. Definitely worth the money IMO. So I'm just going to go browsing around for a bit longer and like I said earlier, I'll post a new chapter of ToE later today (or tomorrow, possibly). -TNTOS-
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[X] Getting good grades [_] Adequate sleep [X] Having fun I want to get good grades. I want to have fun. I can sleep when I'm dead. This is the only logical way to look at things. <3
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Hello, readers of my fanfics (and blog)! I just gotta inform you all that I will not be on BZP for at least two weeks. We're getting high-speed Internet for our computer and that will take about two weeks, during which I will have no Internet connection whatsoever (I think, anyway). So don't expect any updates for Tapestry of Evil tomorrow or any time during the next two weeks. But I will post new chapters as soon as possible, once we get high-speed Internet downloaded into our computer or something like that (not emersed in computer lingo here, so not sure if I'm using the right words or anything). So see you all in two weeks' time ! -TNTOS-
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Because you always need more love and flowers. <3
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And thus I make my entry into blogging. Yup. ... What exactly are you supposed to do with your first post? Introduce yourself? Seems cliche. Ah, what the heck, I'll do it. Besides, most people have either forgotten or don't know me anyways. So. I am Master of the Rahkshi, as you can no doubt figure out. I'm a geek, a writer, a reader, a staff member, a college student, weird, and generally insane. I'll get to that last part in a bit. Let's start with the geek. I am one. There is no doubt as to this. I mean, I'm a staff member on two separate Bionicle sites; that should go without saying. But my geekage extends beyond this. I play video games, specifically ones that are heavy on story. I can't get behind anything that doesn't have some form of story. I dislike Halo for this very reason; may have an interesting universe, but the protagonist lacks the depth or even the potential depth to keep my interest. I'm also horrible at multiplayer. Examples of games I like are Gears of War (plenty of existing and potential story), BioShock (LOTS of in-game story, plus it's creepy to the heavens), and StarCraft. That sort of thing. Also, I read manga. Not much manga compared to a true otaku, perhaps, but what I do read I follow almost obsessively. Fullmetal Alchemist, Claymore, the occasional romantic comedy that catches my eye. Yes, I realize that I am completely contradictory. Deal with that in a sec. But it does bring up my interests: dark. I like dark stuff. But dark stuff that has a happy ending. I get all depressed when the good guys lose, or if there's a Pyrrhic victory. And I also enjoy the lighthearted romantic stuff. Continuing in the vein of geekness, Star Wars continues to delight me. At least the expanded universe does. I has so much more to offer to my mind...KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC! *cough* Anyways. Sci-fi and fantasy is pretty much all I pay attention to. History, plain fiction, mysteries...don't really grab my attention. I like the fantastic, I like stuff that's out of this world. I live in the real world every day, why would I want to read about it? Next up is a writer. Sort of. Getting there. Fledgling. In a sense. Basically, I am blessed with a highly active imagination, but cursed with a short attention span. I come up with really awesome ideas for stories, but when it comes time to put pen to paper...fingers to keyboard...whatever, I find it difficult to get what I want to say out of my head and into the story. I sit around for a while, trying to form the proper words, and then another idea pops up and all is left behind. I currently have eleven separate stories in the works. That's part of the reason why I'm writing this blog, I guess; I figure that if there are actually out there, reading my stuff with a slack jaw and thinking "huh?!" I'll actually be obliged to stay somewhat consistent, and, hopefully, those lessons will eventually drift to my stories. However, for the moment I mainly doodle with characters and write excessive amounts of information when someone asks me to make something up. A reader. Oh yeah, there is absolutely no question about this. I read all the time; if I don't get at least two books finished a week, I think I'd go into some sort of coma. Mind you, I have no qualms about reading the same book repeatedly. That's probably the only way I'm surviving in college. Currently, my bookcase is stocked with the entire Lord of the Rings, a few Michael Crichtons, the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, some Discworld books (not enough T_T), a few books by Chris Wooding (my obscure author idol), I am the Messenger, The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The last is a delightfully hilarious book, and anyone who has even glanced at a fantasy title must read it. A staff member. I'm currently a staff member both here on BZP and on the BionicleSector01 wiki. And, somewhat ironically, my jobs on both are very similar. I'm charged with keeping the storyline straight, informing people who are looking for information in the most helpful manner possible, and correcting that which is inaccurate. I've been a staffie here for a couple of years now; on BS01, a little over a year. Technically. As many have noticed I have a tendency to drop out of existence without warning every once in a while, going out of touch without a word for months, or a year. I regret it when these disappearances happen; let's just say Real Life occasionally likes to use my head as target practice for its Misfortune Hammer. However, that usually happens in summer, so I should be present for at least eight more months. A college student. Yes, I am in college right now. That should explain my usually erratic schedule, random stress times, and completely foul internet connection. Also my lack of access to most story resources. Weird. Oh good lord am I weird. Most people who talk with me on a semi-regular basis will notice this for themselves, but I believe that anyone reading this deserves a fair warning. I am odd, more so at some times than others. I have a very strange sense of humor, make remarks out of absolutely nowhere that causes people to scratch their heads and look at me askance, occasionally fail to pick up hints that should be painfully obvious, and act hyper. This partly because of my ADHD, partly because of my Asperger's Syndrome. Yes, I am sharing private aspects of my life online. Why shouldn't I? My behavior online is very similar to my behavior in real life; people ought to get the reason for it. It's not like I'm a sociopath or a sadist or even bipolar; it's a fairly harmless condition, unless you count extreme social awkwardness as 'harm.' And if you're uncomfortable knowing something that private about me, well, I feel sorry for you. Anyways, most of you probably don't know what Apserger's Syndrome is. In a nutshell, it's a social disorder, fairly light along the autism spectrum. It makes me unsure of how to act in most, if not all, social situations. This usually translates to being quiet, hesitant, and shy to the extreme. I have largely gotten past this behavior, mostly by hanging around people as odd as I am. But it still makes most of my behavior 'strange' and gives me something of an outsider's view on most social circumstances. It's interesting. Moving on from the heavy stuff, insanity. I am insane. Without a doubt, and I have my reasons. I'm not going to go into my Greater Theory of Insanity (maybe later) but at the core, I believe that every single person in the world is mad to a degree. Some are more so than others, some just have an odd little habit or two. But no two people are truly alike, and to try and deny this is counterproductive. It isn't a bad thing; difference is what makes life so interesting. So! That's me in a nutshell. So that's it? He just spent over a thousand words talking about himself? Well yeah. Most of my entries in the future aren't going to be about me; they're going to be about the story, things I'm working on, my opinion on what happened in the newspaper or the lunch line, along with more random things. I wanted to get all this out of the way, so that people who read my words can have some context, some insight into who I am and therefore why I say what I say. It'll save time from all the posts going "...is he nuts?!" In a way, yes I am. I'm a nineteen year old staff member of a Bionicle fan site. Of course I'm nuts. No more or less so than anyone else on this site. And so I conclude my first blog entry. Hope you enjoyed it; I'll post whenever I can, and figure out some sort of schedule from there. XD See you soon!
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Just a follow up question to my look and Leaving speech. Does anyone actually read and click on peoples sig adverts?
