| Austin ( @ 2005-04-01 16:37:00 |
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| Current music: | Kaki King - Kewpie Station |
fun with fractiles!
Oh man, if only there were a "Nerd of the Month" competition or something. This would totally clinch 2nd place. Behind the guys who built an 8-foot wide NES controller. That was pretty neat.
Observe.
In my possession were the following:
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One (1) Genius Magnetic Poetry Kit |
(I've arranged the words alphabetically by part of speech. Hott. No punctuation, though, which I wasn't too happy about...) |
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One (1) Fractiles-7 Set |
(Good for building stuff like balloons and circles...) |
But I wasn't having any of that hot-air balloon, pinwheel, or flower nonsense. It occurred to me that this set was perfect for...
Wait for it...
::: FANFARE! :::
Space Invaders!

The magnificent, marvelous, monumental, majestic, mind-blowing, meticulously made magnetic mural in which a mere mortal meets his match against malevolent mutants!
(It should be obvious now that I have waaaay too much free time on my hands.)
See below for insets. Translations provided where necessary.

A bunch of nasty invaders...

...are raining down a sh**storm on us.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
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Jimbo – 100 points |
Xrok – 250 points |
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Zorg – 500 points |
Mothership – 1000 points |

Home Sweet Home.

This stubborn gold dude is really giving those alien b******s hell!

A bunch of red lasers. Coooool explosion! (Thank goodness they included the word "fusillade". Don't know what I woulda done without that one... Probably cried or something...)

An impressive tally. He'll probably make the high-score list.
And then I ran out of magnets.
Here’s the whole thing again:

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