Cantablogger Part 7: MOCer Diaries

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Part 1: Introductions | Part 2: Trust me, I'm an engineer | Part 3: The city of cycles | Part 4: "Aiden's still working!" | Part 5: A soberman's night out | Part 6: Time for another entry | Part 7: MOCer Diaries | Part 8: Read all about it

May 24th 2014
I am starting to write Cantablogger Part 7. I have less than two weeks of revision before exams start in early June, so I think writing will be a pleasant distraction… and what better topic than my Lego activities over the past year? Presented in diary form, just to provide some variation. There are a number of photos that go with this entry, so I’ve constructed a little Stash gallery which you can follow: sta.sh/25nzm0e3zc8

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October 18th 2013
We’ve just finished the Lego Mindstorms project! I’ve been pretty active in terms of Bionicle so far – I spent the first week building the Puzzlebox, which I’ve been using as a challenge for any friends who happen to visit my room. I’ve actually brought the bulk of my pieces with me, having carefully organised the colours before leaving home. Here’s to a MOC-filled term!

November 3rd 2013
Last week we were talking about funky College Marriage proposals. The College Family system was introduced in order to make links between students of different years; my parents are two second-year engineers, and come September I’ll be receiving kids of my own! Anyway, the general consensus is that you should get married early, before the good girls are all gone. As a result I’ve spent countless hours designing a little ring in a box – it’s been infuriating trying to get a lid that covers the ring without being too bulky, and I’m not totally satisfied with it, but it’ll have to do. We’d been joking about me making a ring out of Lego, but I’m actually taking it seriously…

November 7th 2013
It actually worked!

December 3rd 2013
I’m working on a new MOC. I’m not entirely sure what it’s going to be, but I’ve made two chunky green legs and a weird alien-y head, so I’m going from there. Oh, let me tell you about my Guest Shelf! Every time I have a visitor and the Bionicle pieces are out, I encourage them to build something – anything – which I will then display for all to see. It’s certainly interesting seeing how people build and name their creations. If I ever get MOCblock, I have decided that I will revamp one of these Guest Shelf MOCs. Should be fun.

December 24th 2013
Oh man, I’ve missed free MOCing time so much. I’ve recently finished the Bloodfang and Fellest, and it feels so good to be back in the swing of things! I want to do something gunmetal next – a quadruped, maybe, even though every gunmetal MOC I’ve made so far has been a quadruped. I’ve never been truly satisfied with any of them, so hopefully we can fix that.

January 19th 2014
One of my friends is performing in a theatre production of Pirates of Penzance, and it’s his birthday today. I built him a hook!

February 7th 2014
A few weeks ago I received an email asking if I’d take part in an art exhibition called the Queens’ Arts Festival. I spent quite a while deliberating about which five to suggest, and it even influenced which ones I took down with me this term. Let’s hope it goes well!

February 9th 2014
Well that was disappointing. My exhibition space consisted of two large prints and a stool which could barely hold anything; the exhibition itself was an unusual layout that took a path through people’s bedrooms, and my display was tucked away at the very end. I guess one consolation was that a small handful of my friends turned up to have a look around, and I did manage to nab the little red printed label that says “Yanmega” on it. Oh, and Stego lost one of his solar panel things. That sucked.

February 20th 2014
Well, it looks like February is the season for Lego in the Public Eye. I was asked to be the selected artist in The Cambridge Student (the university’s student-run paper) for which I had to write an article about myself and what my hobby consists of. Unlike the horrendous Queens’ Arts, this went very well – I could actually present myself in a way that I wanted to be presented, and now the snippet of Page 23 is tacked proudly onto my notice board, complete with a printed image of Stego.

April 12th 2014
Once again I appreciate the true value of having free time at home. Not only did I recently finish making the Jellyfish (on which I can test my new blacklight! More pictures to come soon), but the adorable silver Bunny made its way into my personal favourite MOCs list. My wife even sent me a birthday card with a drawing of the Bunny on the front! One of many things that totally made my day.

May 10th 2014
I went to Sainsbury’s this morning and bought The Daily Mail. After cutting out the voucher and promptly disposing of the rest of the newspaper, I went and redeemed my little Spiderman minifig from WHSmith. He has accompanied me while I’ve been singing Spiderfig, Spiderfig, does whatever a Spiderfig does the whole day. I might make a Spiderman exo-suit featuring it at some point.

May 25th 2014
It is currently 3am. I am in my room with two guys in my staircase, and we have been sitting here chatting since about 11. I, of course, have been multitasking – Tarix’s blue and gold polearm piece has been alluring me ever since I nabbed a dusty one from eBay, and finally I’m getting a chance to use it!

May 30th 2014
As usual I am leaving these blogs later and later in the month. But oh well, it’s exam term, and that’s become my excuse for basically everything right now. Man, it’s a good thing I got the Swanship out of the way before exams start next Wednesday… and in just eleven days’ time, I shall be free to MOC even more. Wish me luck!

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welcometothedarksyde's avatar
"It actually worked!"
Brevity at it's finest.
Interesting entry though, a peek into your less formal writings, and day to day activities