So yeah, you know that little blog I wrote a couple of weeks ago? Not going to lie, I sort of kept my promise in it. To tell you the truth (again), the Xbox 360 arcade game "State of Decay" happened, with RUSE and Age of Empires 3 soon following on the PC. Now, I say sort of kept my promise because I have actually done some writing in the past two weeks, albeit not as much as I wanted but blame youtube for being so damn addictive.

- Into A New World Chapter 14 is sitting at a whopping 2,094 words, having stayed there from the last time I have no idea when the last time I touched it.

- The timeline I wanted to create for IANW for myself so I didn't stray from the story I wanted to do this time has yet to be created

- The timeline of Earth for my new story is sitting at, surprisingly enough, 2,054 words, which is actually a lot more than I expected, and is probably only 50% done. Yeah, expect it to be a few months for me to get anything done with it, because not only am I making a timeline for Earth, but for 'Equis'(?) as well before starting the actual story.

- This has been disgusting in the fact that I've yet to touch it, but Guardian Angel Chapter 3 has yet to start, despite me really wanting to start it. Me and my lazy ass though have to begin it. Seriously, why can't I be as motivated as I used to be? Or as motivated as some of these other people here on Fimfiction?

- Clopfic is sitting at 1,645 words, and it's blatantly obvious that I'm not having a fun time writing it. Even by reading my own writing, I can tell that's so far in the 1,645 words that there is absolutely no emotion or passion put into the chapter, and is more or less one of those "I'm only doing this so I can push it out the door" type of chapters, even if it is the "skeleton" I had been talking about earlier in other blogs.

I wish to also take this time to apologize for the Bonus Chapter that had come out for IANW. It was rushed and I had actually planned for it to be a lot longer talking about a lot more stories, blasting more of my own like I had done with the original IANW chapters, but I was feeling tired and had basically felt like "Eh, this is good enough" type of feeling. As for those offended by me blasting other stories, I apologize in that I don't have anything personal against those stories (except for "Through the Eyes-", fucking hate that story), I was just playing a little bit and thought making fun of other stories was worth a few chuckles.

For those who weren't offended at all, disregard these apologizes.

Anyways, that does it for me. I'll try to do an update of my life about every 1 or 2 weeks so you guys will know the scoop about the stories, and that if I'm not writing fast enough, you can spam my blogs until I finally agree to write. Except for this week. This week my brother is coming into town on Tuesday, staying through Friday, where on Friday morning my family and I are driving 8 hours north to Michigan for a family reunion where I'll be staying through Sunday night

One last thing before I sign off though, I just watched the last thirteen minutes of Equestria Girls on youtube (it's not showing near me yet nor do I have any desire to pay $10-20 for a ticket for it), when a line about friendship comes up (what did you expect?). This is probably really bizarre, but rather than think like "Yeah, friendship and shit" when the line came up, the first thing that came to my mind was videos on youtube about the Vietnam War set to the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter". Who knows, maybe it doesn't matter to anyone, but for some reason that's just bizarre to me that I would think that. Alright, this time I say see you next week or something.

So yeah, like, right after this blog goes up, a chapter of IANW is going up as well. Sadly, it won't be a story related chapter, but rather a bonus chapter that was stuck in my head and thought it was funny. Could be a hit or miss really, up to you guys to decide. Trying to get back into writing like always, thinking of ideas before going to sleep or at work, basically any time I'm not occupied with something else that requires brain power. You know how it goes though. You think, "Alright, I'm gonna sit down at my computer and start writing!" only for it to end with you either playing games or watching youtube. Case in point-

Anyways, again, hoping to release more things in the near future. Until Next Time, Poodicus Out.

... when it comes to the internet. Don't go onto Reddit, don't go onto 4chan, don't go onto any other popular meme sites, nor have any social media accounts, so with all that said, you'll have to forgive me for my slowness. Not to mention I don't watch any American television (South Park, MLP:FiM, Walking Dead, Football, Baseball.) [I say this to make sense in a minute] However, when Hydkore links something that absolutely hysterical that's only a few days old and is already garnering a ton of attention, I think I'm justifiably forgiven. So, enjoy America's craziest...

Regidar made me aware with his blog, thought it was neat, thought I'd share it with other people so they could try it out

1 Octavia  (Frieken obvious, as usual)

2 Vinyl Scratch

3 Rose Luck

4 Princess Luna

5 Colgate

6 Fluttershy

7 Berry Punch

8 Spitfire  (Kinda unfair, as she's only up there because of her name, and because of these beauties)

9 Princess Cadence

10 Cloud Chaser

10 Flitter

12 Cheerilee

13 Twilight Sparkle

14 Lyra

15 Lightning Dust

15 Photo Finish

15 Hoity Toity

18 Princess Celestia

18 Queen Chrysalis

20 Rainbow Dash

20 Rarity

20 Sweetie Belle

20 Apple Bloom

20 Scootaloo

25 Carrot Top

25 Zecora

25 Soarin'

25 Braeburn

25 Caramel

25 Babs Seed

31 Fancy Pants

31 Fleur de Lys

31 Prince Blueblood

34 Discord

34 Nightmare Moon

34 Shining Armor

34 Pipsqueak

38 Derpy

38 Dr. Whooves

38 King Sombra

38 Snowflake / Horsepower

42 Trixie

42 Twist

42 Gilda

45 Applejack

45 Pinkie Pie

45 Spike

45 Big Macintosh

45 Granny Smith

45 Flim

51 Flam

51 Diamond Tiara

51 Silver Spoon

51 Iron Will

51 Bon Bon

So... yeah, haven't said anything in nearly two weeks, which is weird considering I usually say something in blogs once every few days or so.

March 31st, Easter, was my birthday. Turned 23 and still a virgin...! *Cries silently to himself*. But seriously, turned 23, only got two presents (which is what usually happens the older you get). One was $30 gift card to Amazon from my bro so that was cool, the other being a $170 art tablet I got from my parents so that's basically where all the money for 'presents' went. Really appreciative of it, and have managed to copy-draw some things so far. Granted, I'm no *insert famous brony artist here* or *insert another famous brony artist here*, as I haven't really drawn all that much in nearly 10 years. That and the fact that despite myself wanting to draw, people around me (100% adults) told me that drawing was basically worthless as a career and that I had to use my brain for something more practical like accounting, something I'm absolutely horrible at and have no interest in. Yay for people forcing you to be something you don't want to be!

Also, I can't really show them to you guys right now cause I found out that the art program I'm using is a shitty version that came with the tablet in that you can't make backgrounds transparent so it's literally impossible to combine the drawings I've done so far, and the 'pro' version costs $400. So yeah, pirate it is! Now I have to redraw everything that I've copy-drawn so far, each thing that has cost me an hour of my life.

Oh! Also, you know that video card that I really hated? The one which would lag all games no matter what and I was unable to play any more games on my computer? Yeah, it finally burnt out on my birthday, so took about 15-30 mins of my day that day to take out the old one and switch back to the integrated video card on my motherboard. And what sucks more? Still can't play any of my games, because the majority of them need a minimum of a Nvidia 7600 to play, and the integrated card is a Nvidia 7200, so yep, sucks for me! Oh well, at least my parents agreed that this computer is becoming too old anyways, and with the help of both them and with the money I'm receiving from tax returns, suppose to be buying a new computer around the end of this month/beginning of May when computers begin to go on sale for graduation.

I guess the last bit of news is that besides the drawing and going to work once every few days, been getting back into reading manga and light novels, specifically one in which I read 7 volumes of one light novel, each novel containing about 60-80,000 words (around 100 pages) in preparation of the second season of it's anime that's coming out this summer, so me being a fan of the anime/manga/light novel been spending my time that way. In other words been doing no writing whatsoever for the past 5 months or so. Sorry, just lost the habit. I'm hoping to finish both my stories one day, hopefully before the fandom dissolves (because let's be honest here, I doubt that this fandom will last like the Star Wars/Trekkies/Whovians), so I would say don't lose hope, as again, I do intend to finish what I started.

Anyways, I suppose that's all that's been happening to me right now. Just thought I'd make this blog to explain what's been going on.

Until Next Time, Poodicus Out.

So I just saw and finished the new fan-made MLP:FiM episode dubbed "Double Rainboom". I will admit, it wasn't as bad as some people made it out to be due to the references to internet memes and constant brony jokes, but it wasn't all that good either. In fact, I would probably call it average, maybe a little below. Yes, this is a fanmade product and didn't have the massive budgets that television do to make an awesome episode, and I will recognize the fact that all 105 people (I think that's the number) who worked on this did a excellent job given the resources they had. However, this doesn't mean I have to be kind to them about it.

The animation was choppy. Not severely granted, and it didn't hurt the episode that much. Yes, I probably couldn't do any better, but for me it kinda hurt the ability to enjoy the episode as the characters didn't move smoothly as much as I would have like them to. I think it also hurt because I don't know if it was my own computer and crappy frame rate, but for me thanks to the choppy animation, it seems the lipsync was off for the characters.

Again, I don't want to basically say "Oh my god you guys suck blah blah blah" because they don't, they spent a large amount of time on this to give us something for free (Unlike the asses who spent all their money making a shitty documentary that told nothing about the fandom, and then are demanding $100 a pop for a signed blu-ray) and did it pretty well in terms of animation. 7/10

As was said with the people who made this out to be horrible, the comedy they put in the episode, at least for me, seemed sort of forced on you. At times when I knew I was suppose to 'LOL', I didn't really even smirk. Maybe I'm headed into depression again? I certainly hope not... Anyways, personal feelings aside, their comedy seemed to focus, again, on internet memes and brony jokes such as a giant 'Adopt-A-Chicken' billboard for some reason and Scootaloo smashing right into it. Really the only time during the entire thing I even smirked or chuckled was when Rainbow Dash does the Double Rainboom and jumps dimensions. Maybe it was because it was nostalgic somewhat, but I really did feel the 'laughter' coming on in the second half of the episode and not the first. 5/10 (Personal bias I suppose, but what in this 'review' isn't a personal bias?)

For sound and music, I won't lie, I was really paying attention to the background music for the entire episode. I'm glad that they hadn't written a song and tried to sing it, so I will give them a boost in rating for that, though then again I could never judge it unless watching a second time, which in no way do I feel like doing. Voices however, I will admit they did a very good job at casting. Yes, it's easy to tell that Twilight and Rainbow Dash weren't voiced by their respective professional voice actors, but for some fans they did an impressive job at it. 8/10

With the fact that I can't really think of anything else to criticize, the score I give for "Double Rainboom" is... 7/10! Well congrats to them I suppose, though my review means absolutely nothing. Now on to Snowdrop.

Snowdrop... 1/10

I don't care what people say or if you call me bias or that you've already heard this, but the first rule of story-telling. NEVER FORCE FEELINGS! Thanks to that it ruined the entire experience for me. For those who read the original chapters of "IANW"  or "Night of Days" you know exactly what I'm talking about. I learned it the hard way and it wasn't pretty at all, and this is exactly what Snowdrop tried to do. With the sob story of a little filly who can't see and is picked on because of it, and blah blah blah her project gets chosen to be represented of winter and Luna's friend and blah blah blah it wasn't good. Disagree with me all you want, you know it to be true.

This also doesn't help because I'm going to be honest, I never get emotional whenever I watch television or watch movies. No, I'm not 'manly' because I don't cry during movies and TV shows, but I also wouldn't call myself unemotional either. Sorry, I honestly can't get emotionally invested in fictional characters and tear up because something 'sad' happens. Seriously, in all the time I can remember, the closest I have ever been to just tearing up was back during 2000-2001 timeline, when watching HBO's hit miniseries "Band of Brothers". *Oh my god, here he goes again with WW2*, yes, suck it and bear with it for a few sentences. I didn't tear up because one of my favorite people died in the series or something like that, but rather it was episode 9 of the series titled "Why We Fight", where the people they're following based on recollection of thoughts given to them, the 101st Airborne stumble across a Concentration Camp set in Germany. Why did I tear up at this particular moment? Who knows, probably because it's something that actually happened in real life and they did an excellent job portraying the inhumane treatment the people who were prisoners were given and had suffered in the Holocaust.

Enough of that though, all you need to know is that forcing feelings onto your audience is never a good idea, so again, 1/10.

Alright, that does it for me, I guess I'll see you guys next time. Poodicus Out.

So yeah, I don't know who created it or who runs it, but somebody made a MLP:FiM Mystery Science Theater 3000 website, linked here. Multiple groups of people have already been put up on there, like RatherHomely (Creator of MPPT3K), Fallen Prime (Speaking of which, anybody know if he does requests? Think it would be funny to see him riff the original IANW chapters), Hydkore and Glassed! Along with others that I have no clue about! Just thought you'd all like to know.

Alright, that does it for me, have a picture now.

Hey guys, just thought I'd tell ya something I had just realized while writing the newest chapter of IANW. No, it's nothing bad like rewrites or anything so don't start freaking out about that. It actually has to do with the OCs from the original chapters that I was going to use and are using in this series as well, and no, I'm not getting rid of them all of sudden either. It actually has to do with the OC contest and how I fucked something in it, and how it actually caused me to take down chapter 39 of the original series.

You see, when I made the contest initially back whenever, one of the requirements I had put down for the contest was to put down "Real Name". What I meant by that, I meant the "Real Name" of the OC as in their human counterpart. Understandably, a LOT of people misunderstood this putting down their actual name. Sadly, after God knows how long, I'm a massive dumbass and have just now realized this mistake. As such, for privacy issues, I've deleted the 39th chapter of IANW Original Chapters, and if I am to use the "Real Names" of the OC's in upcoming chapters of the rewrite, they'll be made up (I've made sure that I haven't used them before by re-reading chapter 11).

I know this is probably a waste of a blog, but meh, just in case anyone wonders what happened to chapter 39, you now have your answer. Also, my feelings on that HiE Spa Twins Marty Stu story in feature box (Also seen in the comments of the story).

That I loved ya?

You've been there when I've made numerous rants. You've been there when I went through depression. You've been there when I've demonized parts of the fandom for their stupidity and/or hypocrisy, and tolerated it too. You've been there when my cat decided to jump onto the computer desk and sit on my mouse pad while writing blogs, but he's still a good kitty. You've been there when I've made sexual jokes and posted pornographic images that may or may not get me fired had I done this at work. The IANW fans, you've been there and stuck through the bullshit of me redoing the entire story because I thought it was god-awful and that there was no turning back other than redoing the entire thing and starting fresh. For fans of "Guardian Angel", you've stuck the bullshit of having to wait for numerous months for a new chapter because my lazy ass can't sit down and write without being distracted by something else (Same goes for you cloppers out there and "Flitter, My Love"). You've been there when I've gone off and called the Feature Bar a piece of shit. You've been there when I told you not to expect this type of blog more than once, because I'm doing just out of having a good mood before having to fall asleep to go to work tomorrow.

You've been there for all of this, and for more, and I'm sure even more to come.

For this, I thank all of you...

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So yeah, despite it being two weeks since the whole "Alicorn Twilight" and the drama that surrounded it, kiiinda sucks that the season is done already. I now no longer have anything for me to look forward to on Saturdays, so it's just another boring ass day for me, whether I work or not. Sure I could watch stuff on youtube, but that stuff either gets old quick or gets updated every two days at worst, thus quenching my thirst for more pretty quickly. And with how inconsistent the release of chapters of fics on here are (not blaming the authors, just saying), it's sort of hard to be excited for a new chapter for something when I have no idea if it'll ever come out. Also doesn't help that I'm never really interested in the featured fics, simply because my experience with past ones have been boring as all hell (with the exception of a few).

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I'm almost tempted to go on a rant about Derpy, and how much Hasbro fucked up a potential sale with her...

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Welp, I'm bored, and because I'm such a sick-fuck (at least some people would call me this for what I'm about to post in the comments), let me all share one of my favorite FLUFFY pony stories. Again, because some of you guys might get offended by it, I'm putting it down in the comments so you guys don't have to read it if you don't want to.

You know, it's kinda funny, can't stand dumbass gore like slasher films and such because of how unrealistic and stupid it looks, but doing it to annoying little imaginary pig-rats, doesn't piss me off at all.