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So... yeah. I got a raise today! Needless to say I'm in a good mood. So, I'm gonna rundown a list of few possible future entries. Most of which will appear this week, if not all of them. As I'm off the next few days. A baseball game this Thursday? In freaking awesome seats which will be half-off.Some more Nintendo stuff, including a bit of a Pokemon related one.A Customer service entry! (Dragons cost extra!)A Brawl related rant. A new Smash Factor entry. (Non-Tournament related)A new verses entry too...In other news I picked up this Lego set, I will certainly find a use for some of the parts. I do like the set so far though. I might also point out that this is my first system set in ages. Anyway, that's all for now on this mini-update. Kohaku
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So as you may have heard the Southern part of Illinois had an earthquake today. At 4:30 AM Central Time. I did wake up at that time but I didn't notice it. Honestly I thought nothing of waking up that early as I have before. Of course others did as it was felt in Wisconsin. Is weird if I actually want to know what it is like to actually feel an earthquake? Did anyone actually feel it? Expect another entry later. Kohaku
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First person to name that acronym correctly wins... I don't know... A drawing of... something... I don't actually have the ability to give anything useful. However, I am relatively sure no one will get it right. Hint: Think school. Now, guess! >=D
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Yeah, apparently, my older brother managed to take one of his friend's Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl while he was in San Diego. My brother's friend is in San Diego, that is. So we have been playing that non-stop for the past four days or so. Samus wins. Still. And I have found that I am actually rather good at King Dedede which I find relatively hilarious. That's because everyone that I have talked to that has played the game says that he is horrible. I'm still trying to get good at Zero Suit Samus, though... And, for being the slow kid that Ike is, he's pretty good too. I really like his special up attack. Aether, is it? He may have really, really slow attacks, but overall, I have to say that 'I like Ike'... (Quick, someone; name what I am referring to!) That, and Snake is pretty good as well. I love his aerial attacks. Yeah, I didn't get any sleep tonight. Too busy playing videogames.
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So, it was my older sister who had a birthday recently... she wanted Super Smash Bros. Brawl, I delivered. It was wrapped in the best way ever. -The game itself was wrapped. -Then it was wrapped in tissue paper which was wrapped in tape. -This was in a box, which was taped -That box was then wrapped in Duct Tape -Said box was then in wrapping paper... which was taped so it couldn't be ripped off easily. I can't wait till they try to get revenge. Which won't work as I am expecting it... *is cleverly creating plans against revenge* Anyway, Brawl Tournament update will be tomorrow. I've also got a few other gaming blog entries planned... one of which might make some people think of some gaming companies differently. Or get me killed. Kohaku
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I don't really like the color green, but I'm wearing it anyways. That's even stranger given my last name. For those who know it; Yeah, pretty much. Tonight: Corned beef and cabbage and a whole lotta potatoes. =D Have a good Saint Patrick's Day! ^^
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I have a choir concert later today and I managed to acquire a soar throat earlier this morning. And it's bad. So bad, it hurts to talk, let alone sing with it. Blarg. D: Oh, and I got to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl yesterday. It was fine, but I expected better. Don't get me wrong, it was fun and all, but it just didn't live up to my expectations. My favorite character still would have to be Samus/Zero Suit Samus. Although, she seems to have been slowed considerably in the newest rendition of the game. Pit's down special move is made of epic win, by the way. That is, if you can stand his really annoying voice long enough to play as him. *Cough*
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So, there are a few conventions I'm looking into going... The first is ACen or Anime Central, which will take place in Rosemont, Illinois, it will take place on May 16-18. If I make it it will be my first Con. This one should be the easiest for me to go to... as I will be going with some insane friends from work. The second is Brickworld, odds are I can make it to Brickworld... that would be easy as it is in Chicago which is close... ...Unless, I find a way to make it to Brickfair... problem being is some of the costs. Such as finding a way to -get- there. Then a hotel. Either way I plan to make it to one of the Lego Conventions, it just depends on money and a few other factors. Kohaku
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My printer just spit out 16 pages of a website about Washington Irving when I asked it to print four... >_< For those who may be wondering, the band singing thing went... relatively well. But, for some reason, my brother felt like turning my microphone volume WAY too high which forced me to make several random adjustments to it's location during songs. That, and our surprisingly good piano player (We call him Smeagol) played about a third of the songs out of key (Something about forgetting to change his keyboard's key before the songs) forcing our lead guitar player to either stop playing completely or improvise as best he could. Ahh well, at least most of the people who would have seen it were an hour late to the church service and missed us. =P Oh, and if you don't know who Washington Irving is, look him up. Now, if you have nothing better to do. Ahh, classic American literature For The Win. =D
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No, I don't have the latest Nintendo portable game player. Instead, that acronym up there really means Daylight Savings. Oooh, tricked you there, didn't I? Well, I don't know what happened to it, but an hour of my sleep disappeared out of no where. (O_o ?) Oh, and I am off to sing for the youth group's band at my church for the first time today, so wish me luck. ^^ Odds are I'll need it... Oh, and before I go, I leave you the reason I don't like painting: *Runs away from mob of people lighting torches at the sight of any of my 'work'*
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This is a true story from just this week, about two fellow Wal-Mart associates. At my Wal-mart one of our door greeters is, really old (in her 70s or 80s), and she was working Sunday. We shall call her G. Well G was supposed to work Tuesday and never showed up, she was a no-call, no-show. One of the Customer Service Managers (CSM) knew something wasn't right. It just isn't like G to do such a thing. So the CSM, whom we will call L, decided to get G's address. L went over and looked through the windows, and saw that G should be home, so she called the house and heard a moaning sound. She was able to figure out it was coming from the living room. Thus, right away L called 911, and they broke down one of the doors and got into the house. It turns out that Sunday night G had a stroke and had been there for a few days. Had it not been for L's concern G, would have probably died... G, is currently in the hospital and should be out next week for some rehab. This happened this week. And these are the types of things I'd rather see on the news. People being concerned for others, this is the type of stuff I think is important. showing concern like L did is something that in a way makes her a hero. She helped save a life. Showing concern for others is important. Let us never forget that caring can go a long way. Kohaku
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Well, I'm leaving at 5 in the morning, I won't be on BZP anymore til Monday. Cya all, 'specially my good friends, good luck with the RPG, Ori, and g'bye to my friends I didn't see on Xfire or MSN. Also, everyone who reads this please wish me luck/pray for me/(whatever your religion/not having a religion would do) and my team to do well at robotics. If anyone wants to watch the webcast, they can PM Boba Fett for the link. I'm Team 122. Bye, alla ya!
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Note that this is in the "Real Life" category. Yesterday was an interesting day, more than once did I get ideas for customer rants... the one here is going in place of the one I had planned. Why? Cuz customers can be so hilarious sometimes. Paranoia helps too. Everyone is out to get -you-. Now this one I wasn't actually apart of it but I rewrote the entire thing to make it make more sense. And to add myself in. Besides, I don't even work in Photo... A customer walks in goes to photo. He wanted a camera. Probably for taking pictures of stuff. Customer: I want to buy a Camera. Photo: Do you know what type of camera? Customer: A good camera. For taking pictures. Photo: Yes. Pictures of what? Now that's a normal question. Different cameras are better at taking different types of pictures. Not all things are normal. Customer: Pictures of UFOs. I've seen them over the past few days. And today. UFOs... Yes. You read that correctly. UFOs. Over a small town with nothing of interest to UFOs. Cept a Lake... Lake Michigan. I'm not sure about alien interests. If I meet one, I'll ask. Photo: UFOs? Customer: Yes. You know the flying discs. Flying saucers. Photo: Yes. I know what UFOs are. Well you'll want a... So she went onto describe cameras and SD cards. I won't add the interesting (read: boring) details. So she got him his camera and card. And he was off on his way. Well... he would have been. He bumped into me. Which is like a crime or something. Or should be. Kohaku: Hello customer! It seems as if you can't watch where you are going. Customer: Uh... hi. I must be off, sorry for bumping into you. I have to get pictures of UFOs... Kohaku: UFOs? Do tell. The universe fascinates me. Before you do laugh, astronomy is awesome. I do so love learning about the universe. Customer: Well, I've been seeing flying saucers over the area for the past few days. Kohaku: Uh huh... when, might I ask? Customer: All times of the day and night. Kohaku: Uh huh... I know a guy who specializes in UFOs. And being crazy. Customer: Did you just call me crazy? Kohaku: No. I implied it. I didn't say it directly. Customer: So you did? Kohaku: More or less. Customer: YOU"RE THE CRAZY ONE! Kohaku: I'm insane, there is difference. You seem aggravated, would you like to talk to our complaints manager? Customer: YES! *GLEE* Kohaku: Please wait while we teleport... Customer: Teleport? *Kohaku uses Mask of Dimensional Gates to Transport himself and the customer to Xia* Kohaku: I suppose I should tell you... there are things in this universe that aren't of our world... Mountain uses Devour to eat Customer. Customer takes 43,558 points of damage. Customer has been defeated by Mountain Kohaku: ... Then again, we aren't in -our- world. You are probably wondering where my trio of Kanohi Dragons were. I let Hahli Husky borrow them, she needed some help up at the service desk of her K-Mart. Keep them fed HH! Now this person was a real customer. And after talking to those in photo who actually talked with him. We all decided he was crazy. And then laughed. There was much laughing. I'll admit that I do believe in UFOs, however, I won't get paranoid about it like this guy did. Customers are so much fun sometimes. Kohaku
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Just in case I forgot, I thought I'd say: I will NOT be on BZPower from Thursday March 5th to Sunday March 9th. Then I won't be on as often, as Smash Bros Brawl comes out. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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I AM HYPER! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Okay, that's out of my system. Temporarily. >.> First off, health-wise, I am doing MUCH better now, the worst is over and I'm on the road to recovery. Thank you to the single person here who was concerned while I lay near-death. Such great friends, all of you. Secondly, being holed up in my room for several months has driven me completely insane and triggered the return of my split personality. Just warning you. I probably won't seem that much different to those who have known me for a while, though. In fact: Ranna, you're the only one I'm close to on here that I met after split persona went away in the first place. And I've always had a few loose screws, so the complete insanity isn't much of a change, I'll just seem a lot more... Shall we say, direct? Third, the comic I said I was going to put here in my blog is going elsewhere (I can't tell you where 'cause both places are forums). If you'd really like to see it anyway, it's on my Maj account, look up rcxmaster. If you want to comment on it, or want to know what forums I speak of, e-mail me. tomiku-san@hotmail.com Fourth, my computer power cord burned out, started smoking and nearly set my room on fire. I'm on mom's comp right now. Those of you who keep in touch with me via IM (there's, what, four of you on BZ? Maybe two of you that check this blog?), don't expect me on until Saturday at the least. And lastly, my aunt from California has made an account and is pretending to be a teenage girl in order to spy on my personal life. Therefore, please do not believe ANYTHING the member Tiggress says.
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Today I'm doing something different. Fiction! Mostly fiction... the customer was real... and was actually on the phone... and this happened a few days ago. Sometimes while at Wal-Mart I deal with customers. Shocking, isn't it? Sometimes these customers need to learn about something called an instruction manual. You booklets that come with electronic devices. They also need to learn that Wal-Mart isn't the place to go for every single problem about the product they bought. There is something called a customer support line. Anyway let's look at a fictional chat log. Why? It will be funny. I like funny things. Kohaku: Greetings sir! Anything I can help you with today? Customer: Yes. Yes there is. Kohaku: What might that be? Customer: I recently bought Transformers and it won't play in my sons PS2. Kohaku: Ok. Customer: I returned it and got a new copy. This one also did not work. Kohaku: Sounds like you have a problem. Customer: Yes. What should I do? Kohaku: Was the system turned on? Customer: Yes. Kohaku: Are you sure? That would explain the problem. Customer: I already said that. Kohaku: You had the TV turned on too, right? Customer: Yes... Kohaku: Good. Now did you put the disk in? Customer: Yes, I did. Are you going somewhere with this? Kohaku: Yes we are narrowing down the problem. Now then, you are sure of this? By now, you can tell the customer is getting annoyed. I myself am having fun. Customer: YES, I AM SURE! Kohaku: Calm down, I can't help you if you yell. By now heads are turning. Fun, isn't it? Kohaku: Alright. Did you try the disc in an actual DVD player? Customer: I played both in a DVD player, they both worked. Kohaku: Uh, huh. So you do know it isn't the disc? Customer: Yes, I know. I've decided to try another disc. Wow. Just wow. And to think my real customer wanted to do that. Kohaku: And you think that would work how? Customer: Well... Kohaku: Good answer, sir. Although... wouldn't it make sense to call the manufacturer. In this case Sony. Customer: However, you should know the solution. Now I'm annoyed. Very, very annoyed. You shouldn't annoy me. Kohaku: It isn't my job to know why your system won't read the disc. I didn't make it. Customer: You should still be able to help! Kohaku: I'm sorry, I wasn't listening. Customer: WHY NOT? Kohaku: I thought we were having a competition on who couldn't listen to the other person. Customer: WHAT?! Kohaku: Well, you should have listened. I said what you should have done. Customer: WHY YOU?! I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT! Kohaku: Would you like to talk to our complaints manager? Customer: YES! *GLEE* Kohaku: Very well then. Please hold while I transport you... *Uses Mask of Dimensional Gates and we travel to Xia* Kohaku: We are here. This is where the complaints manager lives. Kohaku: I hope you like dragons. Customer: Wha? Kanohi Dragon hits Customer for 51,293 points of damage. Customer was defeated by Kanohi Dragon. Kohaku: This is why I love my job. The moral is, if you have a problem with a device, call the manufacturer. Not Wal-Mart. If you call Wal-Mart I'll feed you to my pet. And the Kanohi Dragon is a big fan of snack time. The only thing that was real was the problem and the solution to call the manufacturer. Everything else I made up for my amusement. Except feeding time. Please note: If this was probably how I could handle annoying customers, I probably would. I have had some customers who really take the cake. Perhaps I'll do some more stories like this. Depending on the reaction. Kohaku
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So, yesterday was the Lego Collector's Party for Toy Fair in New York City. Being that I live nearby I headed over into Manhattan to attend, accompanied eventually by that other Andrew, Smeagol4, and later, by LehvakLah. It was a fun and dangerous trip, one that shall be made into songs and epics, and perhaps even a full-length motion picture. It begins... at the beginning... (Note: I apologize for the darkness of some of the pictures. Some of the settings on my camera got messed up and I didn't realize it at first. But hey, better with these photos than inside Toy Fair, right?) I started out by taking the PATH train to 34th Street and Broadway, which I was able to follow all the way to my first destination up on 50th Street. I'm a fast walker so it didn't take much time, I was only slowed down by the need to document my travails. There are always many interesting things to see in NYC, from famous landmarks to street performers to public disturbances to hobos, but I tended on focusing on the former on this occasion. This store is named after the famous parade that takes place on Thanksgiving. Talk to someone from NYC and ask them about Starbucks, and they'll tell you there are a lot of them. To you that may mean three or four, but in truth it's a whole lot more. Could it be? What are the chances I would come across another one? After all I was only walking a few blocks. Pretty darn good... Since there's been a lot of discussion about economies and the values of money and the prices of goods with the WalMart story recently, this seemed like an apt picture to take. Trivia Fact: Andrew's Dad has appeared on that screen. The NASDAQ sign marks the beginning of the Times Square area, which is neither a square nor does it have a time piece readily visible. There are many places to have food there, from the hardcore... An omen of things to come. ...To the pop-culturey... That's no planet, it's a restaurant! ...To the artery-clogging. The brightest McDonalds you'll ever seen, and those lights run 24/7. If eating's not your thing, there are plenty of other places to go. Like this little toy store, for instance. By 'little' I mean it only has a ferris wheel, not a roller coaster. Oh, and could it be..? What a surprise! There's no way there could be another, right? Right, but close... Ziggy played guitar... Finally, after rendezvousing with Smeag, we headed back downtown towards where Lego was having the event. The lovely (yet blurry) Westin Hotel. At this point Toy Fair happened. You can see all of our pics from that over the next couple of days on the front page. It was a good time and as always we appreciate The Lego Company's hospitality and thank them for inviting us. After the Collector's Party, we headed back towards Times Square (only a block away) and got on line for the incredibly crowded Hard Rock Cafe, since you know, someone is a huge Rock N' Roll fan. An hour and a half later, and after much oohing and ahhing (and bowing in the majesty of The Beatles) we were finally seated, with LehvakLah in tow. Thank you so much St. Edmunds and your party of 47 people for making the wait take forever... Dinner was quite tasty, and afterwards we went wandering about Times Square, since this was Smeag's first time in NYC. Of course we had to go to Toys 'R' Us and look at the Lego and laugh at the Mega Bloks. Unfortunately our visit was cut short by the store closing. Party poopers. It's just as well though, because soon we were in for the run of our lives. Almost as soon as we left TRU, we were attacked! If you don't move, he still sees you, so you had better run. It was a mad dash for our lives. Things got even more dangerous when a brawl broke out in the streets in front of us. You wouldn't believe it unless you saw it, so I took a picture. Shark vs Pegasus Fortunately these beasts turned out to be a more attractive meal to the T-Rex, allowing us to escape for the time being. Soon after Smeag jumped into a passing cab and LehvakLah into the subway, leaving me to fend for myself back to the PATH station. As I rushed for the train, fearing for my life, I accidentally took a picture. Once I was back on the other side of the Hudson River, I finally felt safe. There was no way that thing was fitting into the Holland or Lincoln Tunnels, and I sure hope it can't swim... Back in the comfort of New Jersey, I was able to spot the T-Rex as it scaled a famous landmark. If you squint and tilt your head, you can just make out its silhouette. And that is the end of our tale. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy all the rest of our Toy Fair coverage. Until next time...
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Yay! The robot is crated and shipped, and we're DONE! I'll be able to have a life again! (as far as YOU know...) So I'll be back to normal on BZP.
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Well, after tomorrow, Robotics will be over, so I can come back to BZP!!! I'll be gone from 7:30 AM to....really late, tomorrow. Then I'll be back to normal!!
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Happy singles awareness day! =D And today, I did a play in English class and I, surprisingly enough, didn't fail at life at it. Speaking really isn't my thing. And for that matter, neither is Valentines Day. A day used to get people to buy heart shaped (?) balloons and strawberry flavored chocolates. Seriously, if you are going to eat chocolate, why bother making it taste like strawberries? I got some candy and a card from one of my friends even though, I don't really like acknowledging the fact this "holiday" exists. Well, have fun with your strangely shaped cardiovascular organs and cheap chocolates. Yeah, go ahead and call me sore about my lack of emotions. And I shall leave you with this:
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Today, after school, I had no transportation home so I had quite a bit of time on my hands. And, instead of working on my homework or drawing, I read a dictionary. I. Read. A. Dictionary. And not only that, I was interested in it and kept reading it for about 45 minutes. And I still haven't finished homework.
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Just wanted to say, it's me birthday! Thanks to all ya'll who posted in me birthday topic, (generously made by VM), and no, you still don't get to know how old I really am. Nyah!
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Everyone who has Yahoo messenger, please send a bud request to dumpface122. Also please include your BZP name so I know who you are
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Normally, I would never get angry with a customer, except this one time, I did. However, I didn't show my emotions, something which I am quite good at... This customer wanted minutes added to his Tracfone which is something I know nothing about, I only know what is on the packaging. (Cell Phones are actually a part of the Connection Center Department.) I told him I didn't know how, yet I took a look at it and gave a try. Well it didn't really work, so the customer got angry at me for something that technically I nor the other associates have to do. Even when there is a Connection Center Associate technically they don't have to do it either. We do it because of courtesy. Said customer doesn't understand this. And he is going to -report- me to the district manager. However, nothing can be done, due to the fact that we aren't required to know how to do it, as we do it out of courtesy. Inside I was laughing at him. Of course the customer was very rude about it too, he didn't seem to understand the fact that we aren't slaves. This is the first time a customer has really gotten under my skin for being so ignorant. So that was the only bad thing. I had a good day though, I can't say why just yet. Those are secrets which I hope to reveal next week. Kohaku
