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Mewwww. Ralphy actually switched his vote to Carly later on, thus joining the bandwagon. Meow.

Dogs Meow purrrr

It's clear that today's lynch is going to be Carly Cow and I support it. Nothing I can say that hasn't been said already. purrrrrrrr Anyway, since there's already so many votes for Carly, I don't feel a need to place my valuable vote on her. Instead, I shall place it on Ralphy. His actions yesterday and today are pretty dodgy. Let's review what Ralphy has done so far. I'll go ahead and skip all the jovial comments from the beginning of the day. First we go to this comment...and folks said I was on the fence/diverting attention away . Next is his list. Obvious thing to point out, but his reasoning to making the list is hardly an explanation for making it. Then he sort of drops off the map until voting has started and when there's quite some momentum against me, he places her vote, based off of gut feeling despite everything that has been said about me previously in the day. That's it for day 1. Pretty discreet overall. Now on to today. He begins with a very gentle nod on me, seemingly hoping somebody else would go in and start having at me and doing the dirty work. He wants the town to look into my behavior, but never bothers to bring a case against me himself. When voting starts, he doesn't hesitate to vote for me, again, just based on my behavior. His implications that Portia's previous votes both died last night is a statement that doesn't mean a whole lot, so why point it out? When things are going Carly's way, he gives up his vote on me and switches to Carly. What does all this mean? He's either a culty cultist or a very lackadaisical villager. If it's the latter, then I hope he steps his game up. I'm going to place a vote for Ralphy because I think he would be a good candidate for tomorrow's lynch, based off of today's lynch and in case nothing else happens tonight. Meow meow Vote: Ralphy Rabbit (badboytje88) . If anything, it's motivation to try harder for our sake Now, I may be a bit biased because he's only been voting for me, so a second opinion on this would be good, either today or tomorrow, there's plenty of time to dig down on this.

That was hilarious!

Sorry, I was referring to Ralphy. Pronoun mix up and all Your votes have had much more reasoning to them than his. And I'm a girl Meow

Hissssssssss. Thanks for your well reasoned vote Meow.

Petey's behavior was odd and he ended up a villager. I'm not saying that automatically applies to me, but I should hope for a better explanation of your vote than that. An interesting thing to imply, yes. You know, with that and her very weak vote reasoning today and yesterday, it all seems to smell fishy to me, and I should know what fishy smells like...cause I'm a cat...purrrr Right now my vote is hinging between Carly and Ralphy now, but I need to look at today's events more to make my choice and there's plenty of time in the day to further discuss. Meow.

MeOW. I've been at a loss for words for some time now. I'm sorry for practically shutting down yesterday/this morning... Concerning yesterday's events, I think the reason that lead yesterday's lynch was a lack of perspective on all sides (mine included). There was a lot of tunnel vision going on and it got to the point where the big four in the discussion became the lynch considerations because there wasn't much else to go on. I think out of this, the three of us can individually be accused of pushing a lynch or we can be accused of being misguided villagers. Despite having lynched a villager, there's a good amount of info to gain from reactions outside of the big four, so I hope we haven't lynched Petey in vain. I'm starting to get in the groove of things here today, so I'll see if I can offer some input of my own.

Polarized Yankee - A slight change from my previous one (Proud Yankee). Comes from my tutorial on circular polarizers in the Brick Flicks and Comic Academy The connotations are quite funny, arent they?

That's really awesome! There's a preview screening today in NYC with Matt, Karen, and Exec. Prod. Caroline Skinner. I'd have loved to go, but tickets sold out online in 20 minutes >.>

Haha...ha....ha That's pretty disturbing, if you ask me. Sorry, as a cat, my standards for milk are ever so high I guess I could give it a lapping or two.

My felinity is grossed out , no grave offense to you, you mad, mental cow.

I'd hope Gibson would have some milk in a fridge from the cow, anyways Not sure if I'd want to drink from the mad cow. You know what they say about that mad cow disease !

Working with LEGO has always been fun, but LEGO is shiny and more often than not, there is glare from a light source when we photograph them. There are several ways to remedy this. One option is to place the lamp in a different location so the light reflected is hidden from the lens of the camera. Another option I've heard of is to use pencil erasers to dull the shiny brick. The least invasive way to remove glare from your set is through a circular polarizer. What is a Circular Polarizer? A circular polarizer (CPL) is a filter that only allows a certain angle of light to pass through it. Here are two articles that go into depth of the physics behind a polarizer. To put it very simply, scattered light passes through the filter and either the vertical or horizontal band of light will pass through. The angle of which the source light hits your object is important, and usually a 45 degree angle to the object will get you the best results. Most circular polarizers are also Neutral Density filters (filters that darken the shot without affecting color) and are usually graded to stop down an image by 2 stops. So if you have an f/stop of 4 on your lens, it will result in an f/stop of 8. You will need to add more light if it makes the scene too dark. A CPL will not completely remove a glare, depending on the angle and strength of the light, but it will cut it down a lot. This is the circular polarizer I used for this topic. I had a better one (which had a smoother rotating ring), but that got stolen . These things range from $6 to $200. The one I used is from the lower end. The price doesn't affect the effect, but you'd probably get a better quality, longer lasting product going for a medium to high range polarizer. A side view of the polarizer. Here you can see that this is a two piece filter, one that screws onto the lens and the other that can rotate freely, changing the angle of light that passes through. Here are some photos of the circular polarizer in use with LEGO pieces. The first picture is to demonstrate how much light is cut out from the neutral density aspect of the filter And now it's not over-exposed. The next two pictures will demonstrate how well the CPL removes glare from LEGO pieces As you can see in the above pictures, the glare on the eyes and nose, as well on the side of the black body, has been removed significantly. You can also see that the glare on the seams of the LEGO bricks and around the studs on the floor has also been removed. Two more examples: In the previous examples, I showed you how the CPL worked with figures and objects. In this next example, I'm using the very shiny bricks in the background. Straight on, like in the previous pictures, provided little effect in removing the glare. Changing the angle of the set, with the source light directly in front produces a dramatic effect in removing the glare. I've recorded a video of the CPL in action so that you can see exactly is happening when the filter is rotated. Take note of the frog, the eye of the panda, the handlebars of the motorcycle (and the blue plastic of it, as well), and the minifigure's hair, head, and leg. The back wall and LEGO studs are also affected, but not as much as the other pieces. Like I noted in the above example, the reflections in the back wall are hardly removed by the CPL, which you can clearly see my hands rotating the CPL on the camera lens. Sorry for the shakiness. VIDEO In conclusion, the CPL is not a necessary part of your photography set up, but it does help reduce unwanted glare/reflections on your set. Without the glare, the LEGO pieces are no longer washed out and have more contrast. Obviously, not every camera will have a CPL that will fit on it. There are other ways to attach a CPL to the camera and different types of CPL's (like a square plastic gel, like the polarized lenses of 3D glasses). Just holding it with your hand will work just as well,. One last interesting tid-bit about the polarizer: If you put two CPLs in front of each other, it is possible to completely block out light.

Do you serve a nice cold milk?

I mean your other ...oh, sorry just gonna eat some of this fish

I don't think I did a bad job of painting the statue. It looks quite nice, doesn't it? Of course you're not my love. That's just sweat from....yeah Such a big tail for a small mouse

Happy birthday, def !

Because it would be retarded for the whole scum team to support a fellow scum in trouble. It only makes them targets/suspicious in turn. Scum tend to spread out among the innocent and rarely associate with each other, so to rely on them for help is a very risky business, which leaves them fending for themselves or reaching out to other folks (or taking that very big risk). Also, you said you received a message from Petey, too, so I don't see how you'd be exempt from your own logic (looking from a perspective that is not your own). Sorry that I dropped off from the map, I was busy painting (IRL stuff) and reflecting over the events of the day, after which I can draw up a clearer defense.

Now look who's talking about what they meant. No, I'm done arguing with you, Gordon. You keep thinking I have a strong insistence on ending the argument? I'll oblige you and end this argument now, between you and me that's evolved between Petey and you. I'm not gonna argue anymore with someone who's being hypocritical. I'm in no mood of repeating myself and trying to be rational with you anymore, my defense lies in the fragments of posts I've made. I appreciate your not as dicky attitude this day, compared to last time, however. Sorry if I'm acting dicky right now. I understand. I agree with you that I would be a good lynch candidate. I personally don't want to go, this was going to be another fun experience for me. There's only three votes against me, but even I recognize, out of this whole argument, I'd be the best to be voted. However, out of this argument, I don't like how Gordon and Pennie have seemingly made an alliance, to go after Petey and now going after me. They both are on the same page very quickly. I at least appreciate your vote more than whatever silly reasoning Carly Cow gave for her voting me (not that I like being voted for, I just want to be voted for for the right reasons). I think what she's had to say about me is absolute fluff. I don't blame her, since she can't even tell a monkey from a dog. I'm glad to hear somebody logical, outside of Gordon and Pennie, is voting for me so I don't feel like I'm just being pummeled by these two.

An even stupider idea than defending somebody on Day 1 (I'm learning that from experience ). Lynching is a tool that must be used. That's a fair cop and you're within reason to do that. I thought I had explained myself and addressed your points of suspicion against me, but I recognize that there probably isn't a solid explanation in my posts; though if you are confused, it'd help if you asked for clarification instead of assuming what I meant or just dismissing them. I think a good place to start is some things you've said in this post (I'd like to explain myself otherwise, but I don't want to assume too much...). Well, the only real point is my being "consistently with everyone in this whole discussion," which, when you are in a discussion, consistency is a good thing, no? I'd be more worried with folks who weren't consistent than those who are. I do apologize that I'm trying to not be confusing .

He contacted me after saying that. Either way, it was stupid of me to remotely defend anybody on Day 1, since everybody is on edge with nothing to really turn to. Nobody should have a kind heart in these games...of life when we're all threatened with the possibility of death. I've seem to have forgotten that.

I think saying what my intentions were does matter if it's to clear up a misconception. I wanted this to be over because I thought it was pretty stupid to start off with. Though, now at the tail end, I can see how everybody's reactions is providing a wealth of insight. I think Petey contacted me in the first place because I was being level headed before. He saw I wasn't pressuring him, and so came to me for advice. I helped because that's the sort of person I am. Irregardless of his affiliation, there's hardly anything for me to go on for me turn down somebody asking for help. Nothing else was exchanged, no information. I advised him to keep calm, talk it out with you guys, and we ended the discussion there. That's the truth and I'm sure Petey can verify that.

Like I said, it was not my intention to subvert attention and suspicion from him. To add to that, my intention was to put attention to not only Petey, but to Gordon/Pennie, which a thought popped in my head that they may be taking advantage of Petey. I try to look at things on both sides of the coin and I'm blamed for subverting attention and suspicion. I'm sorry if I'm doing a poor job at keeping myself clear in my thought process. I was thinking ahead and felt that people would go further from pushing to lynching. Petey has approached me in fear of this, so that may explain my bias of seemingly protecting him, but I really am trying to keep a balanced mind over both sides of the argument. In my opinion, this whole argument has gotten out of hand over a stupid joke. Are you a fish? No? Then I wont eat you . Mmm, fish

That probably stems from my confusion in the accusation. It's not my intention to divert attention away from Petey, I'm just having trouble to find an actual reason to lynch Petey over this argument on the basis of a Day-1 over-reaction. I don't personally find it condemning, which looks like the direction it was going in. That doesn't mean I'm not suspicious of Petey, though. It is odd behavior, but I'm wondering if it's the odd behavior of one of our own or a Cultist. Does that make sense? I'm feeling under the weather a bit, so please excuse my frazzled mind. I get an A for effort, though, right ?