User blog:Aljarreau/December 2013

"Two years here, and it feels like the one-year-jubilee was only yesterday."

- Aljarreau about his continued membership at the "Chronist"

On this very special day of December 20th, 2013 comes my Update for December in particular and 2013 in general! :D

My 2013
A great year. I started playing bass guitar, got active on CBW, entered my last-but-one year of school (and got to know many new friends by the way) and altogether felt better than last year.

Really, I've come to look at things in a more positive way, which is a great thing! :D This year, though, ended with a personal catastrophe, namely a "no" coming from the wrong person at the wrong time. Following that, I went through a week-long period during which I got so depressed I uselessly got drunk and had no driving power whatsoever. I haven't fully recovered yet, but the worst is behind me.

I hereby would like to once again thank the people on the Custom BIONICLE Wiki who supported me and helped me to get through this difficult time. That I will never forget.

Two years at the "Chronist"
Yes, two years ago, on December 20th, 2011, 14-year-old Aljarreau signed up for the German BIONICLE online forum "Der Chronist" ("The Chronicler") under the name of Hafu, never thinking he'd still be there two years afterwards.

I've met some great people there and spent countless hours and endless evenings in the forum's chatbox, so you could say it's become an important part of my life :P

The "Chronist" also was milestone-setting for my later BIONICLE-related online activity. The "Chronist" saw the very first MOC I ever uploaded to the Internet, my first attempts at fanfictions and storylines.

Without it, I would've never signed up to Brickshelf, MOCPages, BZPower, BioMedia, BIONIFIGS, Custom BIONICLE Wiki etc. Quite decisive indeed :D

So here they are, nine users who had to get along with me over the last two years! :P We've become a very tightly-knit community, to say the least! :D

Darkuta and Hero Fan
You've been and still are a great community, and I'm looking forward to the next year with you! :D

'''I love you all! '''

Stories and Pages
Enough of all this sentimental bullshit, let's get into the serious stuff! XD

I've written the Prologue and the first Chapter for Dawn?, a story taking place in the Shasa Universe one year before the Return to Spherus Magna. I'd appreciate it very much if you would take the time to read it :D

Also, I've finally set up my Shasa Universe page, a deed of which I am very proud. Granted, there's still the history missing... But still, there is something to see there, e.g. this:

Who is able to read it? :P

Of course, I'll provide the translation on demand, but still I'd love to see someone providing a translation on his own :P

If you want to see more of my articles, just check out the Category:Shasa Universe Storyline, for most of my stuff falls in this category :P

2014
What's gonna happen in the next year? First of all, I will begin shooting Rebellion during spring. This project has been started eons ago, and it really should get serious at some point :P

Also, I will expand my two current stories, Dawn? and Into The Void, and, of course, write as many articles as I can :D

I am even planning another comic project, but that remains very unclear.

That's about all :P XD

Farewell
I did it, I wrote my December Update before year's end :P I even wrote it before Christmas! XD

I hope so much wikitext didn't knock you out and you made it through halfway alive (I once again apologize for the horrid photo quality. Especially to the guys I MOCed. Don't crucify me for that... Please? XD)

Have a wonderful Christmas, chill out, get presents, give presents, pray to whatever deity you may believe in, and most importantly, have an amazing start into the new year! :D I'll see you guys in January! :D