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Beyond BaD


On 02/20/2014 at 01:38 PM by TheMart22

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2014

Happy Thursday you terrific troop of thirsty tyrants! (not my best)

I hope everyone’s preparing to get raunchy for the weekend cos we’re nearly there. Weather watch 2014 continues here in the ‘Burgh with rain thankfully. I’m so bloody sick of snow right now that it’s pure joy to see some of it wash away. Bring on Spring please!!!

So all this blogging has got me to thinking (believe it or not), about life after BaD. I think what I’ve taken most from this month is that I really enjoy blogging, even if most of what I write is utter diarrhea. Simply sharing and receiving opinions with the Pixlbit community has brought a lot of happiness and satisfaction to my weekdays especially. In case it’s not completely obvious, I’m not exactly in love with my job so to have more blogs/conversations to look forward to each day is genuinely lovely. Going through my backlog of messages on my breaks is exciting and most definitely helps me get through the day. Of course, as it is for everyone, there are some days where I can’t be as active as others but for the most part, I’m on this website every day of the week. I hope the community has enjoyed getting to know me better this month as much as I’ve enjoyed getting to know some of you more. This is starting to sound a little sentimental so I’ll quit while I’m ahead but I’ll just say that I’ll delighted that I and so many others decided to go through with BaD. This is by far the most active the community’s been since I’ve joined and it’s great to be a part of it. After this month, I more than likely will not blog every day but I’m certainly going to make a conscious effort to be more active than I was prior.

 Blog

Ok, enough of that. Keeping up with my daily updates, the wife and I continued our journey through Westeros last night with episode 3 & 4 of Game of Thrones Season 3. No spoilers of course, but episode 4 in particular is very strong. It may have my favourite moment of the whole season at it’s end.

I also started rereading volume 2 of Scott Pilgrim last night. The start of volume 2 especially has some great moments that the movie omitted between Scott and Kim. Man, I love this series.

 Kim

Kim Pine sprites from the Scott Pilgim game

Stay happy amigos.

Later


 

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/20/2014 at 01:44 PM

I may have found an excuse to watch GoT for research purposes. Stay tuned. 

TheMart22

02/20/2014 at 04:29 PM

Yeah I saw from your blog yesterday that you're contemplating an investigation into America's acceptance of gore compared to nudity. It's an interesting topic to say the least. So dumb that something so appalling is socially more acceptable than something beautiful. Anyways, I hope you pick that topic but I like your #4 option too.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/20/2014 at 02:01 PM

yeah it's been great to see the community so active.  it's kind of the one year anniversary since the Great Migration from 1up, so it's kind of fitting. 

TheMart22

02/20/2014 at 04:30 PM

I actually joined 1UP about a month before that migration so I was here for the start of that. A great place to land for sure...

Ranger1

02/20/2014 at 02:11 PM

That has always been one of the best things about BaD, getting to know people better and making new friends. Gabe and Alice done good when they started this!

TheMart22

02/20/2014 at 04:31 PM

Agreed 100%. I obviously don't know either of those people but I sure am grateful for the idea Laughing

BrokenH

02/20/2014 at 02:18 PM

Ah,Kim! She's my favorite female character in Scott Pilgrim! She can lay down the pain with her drumsticks!

TheMart22

02/20/2014 at 04:32 PM

Absolutely. I do have a soft spot for Ramona though but she's kinda a dickhead at times. The actress who does Kim in the movie did a great job I thought.

Nick DiMola Director

02/20/2014 at 02:40 PM

We should keep the party going over in the forums after BaD! I kind of fell off the BaDwagon due to my kids being horrendously sick (and now me too, hooray!), but I hope to jump back in soon and finish this up with you guys.

TheMart22

02/20/2014 at 04:35 PM

This fucking sickness is getting around. I'm just over a bad cold and one of the friends I work with just caught it. Ugh!

I'll definitely be active in the forums. Once BaD no longer takes up everyones time, the forums will be much busier.

KnightDriver

02/21/2014 at 02:52 AM

I'll be doing more Forum for sure after this. 

Alex-C25

02/20/2014 at 04:48 PM

After I missed the bandwagon last year, I'm glad I decided to do BaD. Makes me inspired to write about anything and be more active, and I'm finding all of this easy since two years ago I did a non-February BaD during June that helped me to be more active around 1up.

TheMart22

02/21/2014 at 08:34 AM

I agree. Once you get used to the idea of posting your thoughts online, it gets much easier to decide what to write about. Most of the blogs here I enjoy reading the most are just random happenings.

goaztecs

02/20/2014 at 05:56 PM

BaD has been fun because of all the different content, views, opinions, and pictures that everyone has been posting. I do like that Pixlbit is active and everyday there is something new to read.

THRONES! I'm still moving along in the second book.

TheMart22

02/21/2014 at 08:35 AM

I'm thrilled there's so much going on. I no longer spend much time reading through forums on other websites. We're getting to the point where it's hard to keep up which is a good thing

Nicoleb1989

02/20/2014 at 11:44 PM

I wish I could have been way more active for bad, I actually had several ideas for it  but life is a funny thing sometimes. Im glad you got to participate though, I still trying to  get caught up with everyones blog, Ill be here forever now!

TheMart22

02/21/2014 at 08:47 AM

Haha, I know. I'm sure i've missed a lot of good blogs trying to get back up to date. Seriously, I miss checking one day and *BANG* 50 messages to catch up on Smile

KnightDriver

02/21/2014 at 02:54 AM

This had created a good routine of writing for me. I may keep up the routine and start some longer projects. Not sure what yet.

TheMart22

02/21/2014 at 08:32 AM

Yeah I've just been posting my daily happenings for BaD but I too will try start more thoughtful projects going forward.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

02/21/2014 at 12:30 PM

BaD has been a lot of fun, can't believe it's almost over already.

TheMart22

02/21/2014 at 12:45 PM

Yeah I know. The months flown. With my blog today already posted, I've only a week to go!

NSonic79

04/14/2014 at 02:12 PM

That's what's so great about BaD, the community interaction. Something that is needed to create a vibrant site going. It's why I try to do BaD.

You forgot the Kim striker sprite O_o

TheMart22

04/15/2014 at 08:34 AM

Agreed. I'm already looking forward to BaD next year. I'm gonna try and do a better job of preparing beforehand so I've more interesting things to write about.

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