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So Cloud Atlas was brilliant, and I cannot recommend the movie and the book enough. LIKE, GO WATCH/READ IT NAO. Bought a mini-megaphone that lets me replicate Bane's voice. It is way too much time, and it detracts from my time allocated to real life activities. NaNoWriMo began again! I'm writing a sequel to last year's novel, and hope to make it twice as long! To finish this update off, here's a Twitter conversation between Chols and myself:
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I mean yeah but not really because I'm just meant to answer questions from a video we were to watch in class a couple days ago but the video was split over two weeks so I sorta already finished them last week And the bits from the book I need to read are also really easy and just sorta due sooner or later and it's midnight so screw deadlines because I'm tired and I might do it tomorrow hah who am I kidding this is brickcon there is no time for keeping grades up and besides they're already way up and I ironed this out with my teachers ahead of time I'm just not looking forward to midterms being right after I get back but I'm not even gonna think about that
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BRICKCON IS TOMORROW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THIS BLOG ENTRY UNLESS YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO BE THERE BUT IT'S GONNA BE GREAT ANDREW HURRY UP AND GET HERE
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Rob: I'ma boot up Mass Effect for the first time ever, but all I'ma do is make a character. *Boots up Mass Effect and starts creating Commander Joan Shepard* AN HOUR LATER. Rob: I am satisfied with this thing I do. *Clicks on accept* Rob: WHOA GAME STARTS RIGHT AWAY? Kind of a boring cutscene, though. *First dialogue option comes up* Rob: WHOA THAT WASN'T A CUTSCENE WOW. *Answers first two dialogue options, begins walking down the hall of the Normandy* Rob: OMG BEST GAME EVAR.
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Two weeks before my birthday. Feeling under the weather. Think I'm falling ill again. *sigh*
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The title says it all. I plan to make a sitcom comic series based off this in the future, but not right now. Right now, I just want to release it in comedy format. Basically, this comic is about two Matoran, one's smart, the other isn't. They have a roommate that no one cares about and they live in a house. Does that sound like a good sitcom? Yes? Alright, let's get this going.I have a GS form for you! Main CharactersSybre- A very inane 24-year-old Matoran of Plantlife. He often does regrettable things and constantly asks Anthony to buy tickets and other stuff online.Vance- A 27-year-old Matoran of Plasma who can barely tolerate Sybre and is smarter, stronger, and taller than him. Vance constantly tries to steer Sybre out of trouble, but always fails.Anthony- Anthony, 30 years old, is a special kind of half-Vahki designed like a better Matoran to carry out assigned tasks, his being tech-related stuff. He is the only one in the house who has a job, which he does at home in the office. He is almost never seen or heard speaking. It's rumored that if he leaves the house, the balance of the universe will release its fury on the world.Episode 1 (The Fast Food Mishap)*Sybre and Vance are sitting on the couch like they do a lot. Vance is reading a magazine, unlike Sybre*Sybre: *loud, bored sigh**Vance is silent*Sybre: *louder sigh*Vance: What do you want!?Sybre: I'm bored! Let's do something!Vance: Well, Anthony told us not to bother him today, so what is there to do?Sybre: Well, I've got one idea, but I'm gonna need a bicycle, a credit card, a Nintendo DS, and a Six Flags pass.Vance: No. Not after the doughnut factory incident.Sybre: Huh. Well, we can drop the credit card...Vance: *standing up* How about we just go get some fast food?Sybre: Okay. Bring me something good.Vance: Why don't you want to come?Sybre: Kind of a long story.*Vance sits down*Sybre: Okay, you see, my mom took me to McDosne's when I was 6. At that time, I was quite the little demon. First, I broke the front door of the restaurant. Then, I bit the clerk on the finger and ate his hat. Then I set my unwanted mayonnaise slab on fire and threw it in the trash can, igniting it. I'm not even even gonna start with the playplace! Last of all, I dumped PowerAde on the nuclear reactor. Dosne told the rest of the fast food industry after Bruce Lee was found to be alive. Now, I'm not allowed at Burger Kivi, Ihu-N'-Okoth, Kanohi Fried Chicken or another fast food restaurant ever again!Vance: Ummmm.....Sybre: Can I have fries with that?Vance: But that was 18 years ago. They could have forgotten.Sybre: Every fast food restaurant that still stands has a picture of me in it.Vance: Why don't we just go to the drive-thru and order our stuff there? You could wear a disguise.Sybre: Well, that box of disguises Anthony bought for me last week should come in a few hours, so I have other ideas until then.Vance: As long as you're entertained. Let's go.*Sybre and Vance drive to the rebuilt McDosne's, where security is tight. The duo is sitting in the car, discussing strategies.*Sybre: Alright, we have to try and avoid going inside unless we use my emergency Metru Huna to snag some pre-made meals.Vance: Not bad, even for you. We could try.Sybre: Let's do it! *puts on Huna, turns invisible, and exits the car*Vance: Be careful. Then again, try your best to die.Sybre: On the contrary! When I come back, there will be value meals in each hand!*McDosne's front doors swing open, but no one is seen walking through*Clerk 1: *shrug* Meh. Could be just the wind.Clerk 2: Just the wind?! There would have to be a tornado for the wind to be able to blow those doors open!Clerk 3: Don't worry about it, guys. We have had a lower budget ever since that rotten kid blew up the restaurant 18 years ago. I mean, we can't even afford hand soap for the employees anymore.Clerk 2: Yeah, maybe you're right.Clerk 1: *calls out* Order #96 is ready! Two double cheeseburgers, sodas, and fries!Sybre: *to himself* Perfect!*he snatches the meals*Clerk 2: Hey, anyone else notice order #96 floating toward the front doors?Clerk 1: *shrug* Meh. Could be just the wind.Clerk 3: *yells into kitchen* Hey! We got a Huna wearer at 12:00!*two employees tackle Sybre before he can reach the door*Sybre: *becomes visible* Hey!Employee 1: Holy spirit of Jovan! It's him!*the two employees back away*Sybre: Yeah, that's right! About time you show me respect!Lumi: No, you fool! Take a look! *Points to Clerk 3*Clerk 3: *pointing Zamor Launcher at Sybre* I'm only gonna say this once: put the meals down and leave quietly.Sybre: Or what? You'll make me clean the fry cooker?Clerk 3: PUT THEM DOWN NOW!!!Sybre: That was the second time you said that.Clerk 3: That's it! I'm gonna end this problem once and for all! *pulls the trigger**Sybre tosses the meals at the Zamor Sphere, causing them to explode*Sybre: Thanks. One burger had tomatoes on it and one pack of fries was actually a pack of onion rings.Clerk 3: Just GO!!!Sybre: Fine. As long as you're not gonna cry and tell your mommy.*Sybre exits the restaurant*Clerk 1: Dude.Clerk 2: What?Clerk 1: His mom passed away last week.*A tear comes to Clerk 3's eye*Sybre: Alright, where did Vance park again?*Sybre looks around*Sybre: Drat. He ditched me. I guess I'd better call him.One hour later.*Vance comes back to the parking lot*Sybre: Hey, by any chance, did you grab the box of disguises?Vance: Yeah. Anthony called me and told me to come back home and get it.Sybre: Perfect! Now let's take my thousand lies and a good disguise then hit 'em right between the eyes.*Sybre rummages through the box and pulls out a Toa Vakama costume*Sybre: Let's try this one!Vance: Are you sure?Sybre: Yeah! Vakama's one of my all-time favorite Toa! *puts on suit*Sybre: How do I look?Vance: Your hips look a little big. Try adjusting the suit.*Sybre fixes the suit*Vance: Alright, get in there.*Sybre enters the restaurant*Lumi: Hey, look! It's Vakama!*Everyone except Sybre starts laughing to the crying point*Sybre (Vakama): Is that what everyone thinks about me?Lumi: *wipes tears from his eyes* Well, yeah!Sybre (Vakama): Wait, you were here for more than an hour without leaving!Clerk 3: He does have a point. Get outta here, Lumi.*Lumi sulkily leaves*Clerk 2: Wait, how does he know that? He just got here and wasn't near the restaurant earlier.Clerk 1: Yeah. What's the deal?Sybre (Vakama): A wild guess?Clerk 3: The real Vakama wouldn't know that. We have an impostor.Makani: Then who are you?*Sybre's head turns to face Makani with the creepiest face imaginable*Sybre (Vakama): *walks toward Makani* Do you really want to know?Makani: I guess.*Sybre grabs Makani by the neck and raises him off of his feet*Sybre (Vakama): I. Am. Your. FATHER!!!*Sybre puts Makani in the trash and leaves*Vance: I guess that one didn't work. Here, try this one. *holds up Toa Nokama costume*Sybre: No way!Vance: What do you want? The meals or your dignity?Sybre: Hand it over.*Sybre puts on the costume*Vance: Hey, you look exactly like Nokama! Ha ha!Sybre: Very funny. I'm going in.*Sybre enters the restaurant*Clerk 1: Finally, an actual customer! Can I take your order?Sybre (Nokama): Yes. I would like two double cheeseburger combo meals.Clerk 1: And what would you like to drink with that.Sybre (Nokama): Sprite, please.Clerk 1: The real Nokama would order water. Get outta here.Sybre (Nokama): Fiddlesticks.*Sybre leaves*Vance: Let's just try another.Sybre: *takes off costume* No, Vance. I've had it.*Sybre walks straight into the restaurant*Clerk 3: It's him again!Dosne: What?! What are you doing here? You're banned!Sybre: *walks into kitchen* I know.*Sybre walks past the staff toward the nuclear reactor*Dosne: Stop him now! Now why did I put another nuclear reactor in here again?Sybre: *smirks and grabs a Powerade* Here we go again.Dosne: NO! Don't do it!*Sybre dumps the Powerade all over the nuclear reactor*Dosne: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !!!!*The entire restaurant explodes, sending debris everywhere, leaving a huge crater*Sybre: That was fun! And two value meals flew into my hand during the explosion. We've won.Vance: I want to punch you so bad right now.Dosne: I'm gonna punch both of you right now! And that punk destroyed my restaurant again! I'm gonna sue you so hard, you're gonna have to put those value meals in a blender!Vance: Could you please stop saying "gonna"? If you say it one more time, Sybre's gonna use one of those crazy coincidences he always pulls off.*Sybre is singing Top of the World, by The All-American Rejects*Sybre: When the top of the world falls on you!*The roof of McDosne's falls from the sky and lands on Dosne*Sybre: Well, since he looks comfy under that pile of rubble, I guess we should leave.Vance: Another good idea.*Sybre and Vance leave the crater toward home*Word Count (excluding intro stuff): 1374
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Back from a brief hiatus as I transitioned to life at my new college! I am currently at Wentworth Institute of Technology studying Industrial Design. The first part of my life and art updates is best summed up with this post from the Official My Little Pony topic: Now, my next challenge on Illustrator was to see if I could vectorize and color some existing lineart of mine. The only piece I was able to successfully color with the tools I have now was my picture of Kai and his family from LEGO Ninjago which I posted in a previous entry. The result, in flat colors for now because I don't know the tools necessary to shade it to my satisfaction, can be seen here: Over time, whether inside or outside of class, I anticipate learning more tools with Adobe Illustrator so I can do more of the things I've been looking forward to doing, such as designing custom minifigure decorations. My classes so far are going smoothly, and I look forward to all the things I will learn in them. Each day brings me closer to my goal of becoming a product designer for The LEGO Group!
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While I was waiting to check out in line at Walmart today, there was this elderly woman behind me in one of the store's electronic scooters. My buggy (If you don't know that I mean by buggy, that's what most people in my state call a "cart") was already unloaded and on the checkout belt. The person ahead of me was still waiting to pay, and there was plenty of space on the belt since I only had like seven bags of stuff. I offered to load her stuff up onto the checkout area for her, and it pretty much made her day. Even though I work in retail myself and usually help people on a daily basis that way, this was different and it felt good. Now I just wish my stomach didn't feel so crummy, because I'm about ready to punch it... In other news, I did finish my course of steroids I was on... but pretty sure coming off them is causing the trouble. Gonna have to give it some time to clear out of my system. I'm so tired, sore all over, and emotionally void.
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Last night I saw a status update somewhere that said a 13 year old child in the area had stopped breathing. They life-flighted the child to the next largest hospital in our area. When I woke up this morning, I found out that it was my cousins eldest daughter and that she unfortunately passed away last night. She was prone to having seizures and has had them since she was a small child. There were many different surgeries and tests that she endured through. Last night she had a seizure, stopped breathing, and despite her Mothers best attempts at resuscitation and the hospitals... there was nothing they could do. Positive thoughts towards my family right now would be greatly appreciated. My cousin was an only child, and her parents (my aunt and uncle) went through many failed attempts and sorrows just to have their daughter. No parent should have to bury a child, and neither should a grandparent a grandchild. This is going to be a very tough time for them and everyone. So please send us any positive thoughts you can.
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My brain is now mush, sloshing back and forth inside my cranium.
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[23/08/12 21:09:16] Orino Ryuujin: tonii-iii-iiight, we are yooo-ooo-ooung [23/08/12 21:09:27] Zatth: SO WE SET THE WORLD ON FIIIIIIIIIRE [23/08/12 21:09:41] Orino Ryuujin: *SO LET'S [23/08/12 21:09:47] Zatth: oH, RIGHT [23/08/12 21:09:47] Orino Ryuujin: WE CAN BURN BRIIIIGHTER [23/08/12 21:09:53] Zatth: Don't actually know the lyrics [23/08/12 21:10:00] Orino Ryuujin: then I'll finish it [23/08/12 21:10:01] Zatth: SOMETHIGN SOMETHIG SOMTHENING [23/08/12 21:10:05] Orino Ryuujin: THAN THE SUUUUU-UUUUUUU-UUUUNNN [23/08/12 21:10:22] Xaeraz: TO NIIIII IIIIII IIIIIIIGHT [23/08/12 21:10:27] Xaeraz: WE ARE YOUNG [23/08/12 21:10:28] Zatth: WEEEE ARE YOUUUUUNG [23/08/12 21:10:33] Zatth: Dangit Xexrez [23/08/12 21:10:33] Xaeraz: SO WE SET THE WORLD ON FIRE [23/08/12 21:10:36] Xaeraz: and everyone died [23/08/12 21:10:41] Xaeraz: because fire kills you [23/08/12 21:10:42] Xaeraz: the end [23/08/12 21:10:49] Zatth: LIKE WHEN I WAS WALKING ON SUNSHINE [23/08/12 21:10:56] Zatth: AND MY FEET GOT BURNED [23/08/12 21:10:59] Orino Ryuujin: Fun. caused the eradication of mankind [23/08/12 21:11:01] Zatth: HOW'D IT GET BURNED?! [23/08/12 21:11:48] Xaeraz: HOW'D IT GET BURNED HOW'D IT GET BURNED HOW'D IT GET BURNED [23/08/12 21:11:55] Zatth: AAAAAAAAH [23/08/12 21:11:58] Zatth: NOT THE BEEEEEES Also, tomorrow I get back to the States, and I will actually post something remotely more BZP-Oriented, a WIP thingymabob I have lying around and I hope to get some C&C on. Continue with your regular programming.
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee going to college tomorrow don't mind meeee Also did I ever mention how happy I am to be a part of this site? You guys are all awesome and I wouldn't trade this fandom and its role in my childhood for anything else. Many of my greatest memories have been created by this place. It's just awesome. awesoooooome
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ONE WEEK UNTIL I LEAVE FOR COLLEGE LIKE -ACTUALLY LEAVING- MY SUPER-LAME TOWN AND I GET TO BE MISERABLE AND RESPONSIBLE ADULT ON MY OWN TERMS ALSO I COMPLETED MY TRANSFER REQUEST SO I WILL TOTALLY HAVE A JOB WHEN I GET THERE SO TO PAY FOR FOODSTUFFS ALSO ALSO I'M BRINGING MY LEGO AND I WILL HAVE AN INTERNET SO THAT'S ALL PRETTY COOL TOO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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This idea came to me while I was replying to another topic.Now, we know that the Ignika, Vahi, and Mask of Creation are the three most powerful Kanohi in the BIONICLE universe. But only the Ignika has one advantage over the other two: It's alive, and doesn't need someone to control it's power. Now, we've seen it grant life to objects in the past, and do many other great things with its power. So, what I'm wondering is this:What would happen if the Mask of Life used it's "gifts" to grant these two other Legendary Kanohi life of their own? Such a thing could be either very bad, or very good. Thoughts?
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So here's the highlights of my past week. I'm going through them briefly because I just spent an hour or longer typing out an entry about them and then hit the back button and lost everything, but brevity probably would have been better in the first place. Watched the second episode of this season of LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. Lord Garmadon's mega-weapon is a great addition to the story and is truly in line with the LEGO spirit of creativity. And it's great getting some backstory on the Destiny's Bounty. However, the characters and music of this new season haven't totally impressed me-- the characters pale in comparison to the depth of mainstays like the ninja and their families, and the music has not included any new pieces as emotionally compelling as some of those in Home, The Snake King, and Tick Tock. Went to see The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses at Wolf Trap, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra. It was great hearing orchestral renditions of music from both Zelda games I've played or watched and ones I haven't. Props to conductor Eímear Noone and all the others who made this breathtaking experience possible. Went to stay at my grandparents' river house in Maryland with my parents, siblings, and some fun-loving relatives from Scranton, Pennsylvania. While doing laundry and preparing to depart from the river house, finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with my mom and siblings. She really enjoyed it, as did I. The finale remains a masterpiece, and I almost cried when Zuko reunited with Uncle Iroh, when Toph was hanging onto Sokka for dear life, and when Azula was wailing helplessly after her defeat. I hope my mom enjoys The Legend of Korra just as much-- my dad, for one, has no interest in watching A:TLA with us but loves Korra, partly because the more modern Asian-inspired setting doesn't create such a pronounced sense of culture shock. Now, what's in the forecast for the coming month? Brickfair. I will be exhibiting my MOCs Rise of the Dread Colossus, Sophia Blaze (who has undergone some modifications since the picture shown was created), and My Little Tahu as well as a CubeDude of the webcomic character Axe Cop. I also plan to bring some drawings including Swarm of the Century which took second place in the General Art Contest #18: Battlescapes! College. I will be preparing to move in at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston where I will be studying Industrial Design. I'm somewhat nervous, but am hoping my time at Landmark College has prepared me well for this new and different learning experience. Overall, I've had a lot of fun this summer and still have some more adventures to look forward to!
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Non-spoiler: Never has a fantastic movie been so terrible. Or never has a jumbled mess of a film looked so great. Which is actually saying two different things. I had heard, going in, that it was very scenic and introduced some very nice "big ideas." I had also heard it had too many big ideas to satisfactorily answer even a few of those. What I did not know was that some of the things they put in made no sense and provided nothing to the story, or that there was potential for foreshadowing that was not followed up upon. Spoilers: What really got my goat was how cliche and stereotypical tropish so many scenes were. I had expected more from Ridley Scott. I'm glad I free passes, but I don't blame you for paying full price to see it (which apparently now is $12 at my theater D: ). But I also don't blame you for wanting your money back, or waiting. -CF
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"...all it says is 'bird internet.'" One of my favorite episodes, by far. :3 (and yes I'm aware that's probably not the exact quote (and that lowercase "i" is not my fault I have no idea why that happens)
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*yawn*
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Yeah, I was right there looking at it. Trying to figure out how it could, somehow, get to the highway and to my house... Back angles. It's currently on tour across the States. It'll be in Baltimore, Maryland, today, Memorial Day. But there will probably be a bigger crowd than today at the National Harbor because there's a sci-fi/fantasy convention concluding. B) -CF
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Were you expecting something else? -CF
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Well, here I go. Graduation is about to start. Pretty soon I will be expected to actually get a "real job" (which is fine because hey I have this degree here), move out (which is fine because I like privacy), and become self-sufficient (which is fine because I practically already am). I just don't like the pressure to get searching for those things... But hey, I'm graduating! A BA in Journalism from Christopher Newport University with a minor in Philosophy/Religious Studies. I've made plenty of friends (and some enemies) who I am going to miss (until I see them again, which I'll blindly assume will happen more often than it will, at least for the summer). I've learned a lot about myself and the things I believe in, the world around me and other people. I am definitely not who I was when I moved in as a freshman, and seeing those marks in my life where I grew is exciting. And it is that fact that makes me realize that I can continue on in life, to develop myself so I make my mark on the world, however small (or large), and a mark for myself. Granted, that is all pretty scary. I am pretty sure that were I to be handed $5,000 right now, I'd go escape and hike Europe for a few months, escaping all this madness and being able to be free of worry for just a little longer. No joke. -CF (Three cheers for auto-publishing drafts!)
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I've been feeling like Pinkie Pie in the episode Party of One. Without the happy end of a surprise birthday party. <.<
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Today was Free Comic Book Day! (Sorry for telling you so late, but maybe your local comic shop is still open and has some good stuff left.) I picked up a Serenity/Star Wars flip-cover comic and a preview of The Hypernaturals. And got an extra DC New 52 comic which preluded the Earth 2 #1 I picked up today (along with World's Finest). And I really want to keep reading those! Oh and an X-Men comic. I also stopped by TRU today. When I called they said they had the Series 7 figs. What I failed to comprehend is that they wouldn't have a nearly full box to sort through. So from about a dozen or so figs I picked out the dark knight, rocker chick and space marine. Which is what I wanted. But I also want at least another spacer, an Aztec, and a bagpiper (for a friend). But I live near a TRU at home, when I'll have a car. Good day, except for the terrible game of Risk. Oh well. -CF
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I bought my cap and gown today, for graduation. "Today" meaning Friday, despite it being 3am on Saturday, because it's still today, Friday, because I have not gone to bed yet. So I guess this whole graduation thing is really happening in a week. A "week" being seven days, counting from today, technically Saturday. Until then I'd best send out resumes and pack my room. And I kept telling myself I'd go where jobs are, but then I actually see job listings for reporters in places NOT in my home area (or relatively near) and I think "on second thought, do I really want to move to Minnesota or California or Iowa right now, so soon? At all? We'll see. -CF
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No, nothing to but the student living below me. Rather, the musical performance Stomp came to the school's esteemed Ferguson Center for the Arts, and I snagged tickets with some friends for $10 each! High in the balcony, but the performance was still absolutely fantastic! I have been anticipating this performance since the center's show schedule was published back at the end of the summer. Stomp has been on my "to see" list for almost ten years now, so finally getting that chance was, simply put, a dream come true. It was so fun to watch them make music off of literally anything. The brooms, of course, or simply their feet and hands, and trash can lids and buckets and flexible tubes and whatever else suited their fancy. What I also thought while watching the performance was that the troupe is almost the antithesis of the Blue Man Group. BMG takes tubes and paints and stays almost lifeless while they play futuristic, wild-looking instruments, whereas Stomp shows they are there to have fun using whatever junk they found around the street. (Either way, awesome!) The performers are very ingenuitive and know how to put on a show. There was never a dull moment and their cleverness shone each moment. -CF
