Unkownbrony52

Hello everyone, it’s me. I’d like to apologize for the extreme lack of material and submissions recently and the inactivity as a whole. You’ve been watching me and I’ve not supplied the goods. Things have been very busy lately and I’ve had little time to work on anything. I’ve also been distracted with other things and that’s not fair to you guys. Now I don’t want to make empty promises if I continue to be busy, but I do want to assure you all that I will try to get back into here as soon as possible. So thank you for your patience and sorry for being lax.

Until next time, good bye for now.

(Note: the following review is just my own opinion and it is not meant to be taken as any more than such and any and all jokes made are for pure fun and are not to be taken seriously. Enjoy!)

So, in the end darth cozy glow is imprisoned in tartaurus, the chancellor of the imperium of equines has turned over a new leaf to play the hypocrite and the mane six once again did not save equestria but someone else did. Overall, I really liked season 8.

Sure, chancellor neigh-say was really over the top made to be unlikeable, the filler episodes were okay in general,  and the fact there was a school of friendship was ridiculous, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

If there was one thing I liked the most about this season it would be the introduction to the student six: Gallus the griffon, Ocellus the changeling, Silverstream the hypogriff, Smolder the dragon, Yona the yak, and Sandbar the earth pony. The scenes and episodes involving these kids were ones that I enjoyed the most as their interactions and dynamics were fun and continued to expand on the interactions of the different races of equestria as well as give us some likable characters as well. Characters with a larger destiny than one would anticipate? We’ll see. I also enjoyed the parts were it played with continuity and kept some sub-stories going, like the pillars of harmony adapting to modern life and some old nemesis’ appearing or influencing events within the season or just having a typical one off plan. Also making the big bad a child was a very interesting idea, albeit somewhat far fetched but it was different, kind of.

MLP season 8 was a good time and I look forward to seeing what future events come from it.

Yesterday I attended my first Geological Society of American expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was a fantastic day. I sat in on two seminars focused on studies on the Triassic mass extinction, explored the exhibition floor, and presented my first published project poster to other attending geologists. I also got to see two professors from my undergrad college again. It was amazing hearing and learning about the work of other geologists as well as seeing all the new tech and tools for geology. I will definitely try to attend another expo in the future.

When people get angry at you for doing something you have no choice in doing, that hurts. Anger can be taken, shrugged off, and forgotten (most of the time.) but when they look at you with disappointment, that you failed them in some way, and then walk away with a lowered opinion of you; that hurt lasts longer and is not easy to forget.

So, when the store you work at is experiencing a theft rate that is negatively effecting it’s business, the store has to make changes. One change is having a re-worked system at the door to make sure some of the customers are not stealing or make sure the cashiers didn’t forget to ring an item up as well as check the receipts of associates who are leaving their shifts for the day. The job then goes like this: great the customers, help them, help with returns, if they have large items or items not in a bag then check the receipt, and then thank them for shopping.

What makes this different from how the position was before, is how customers react to it. It’s a 50/50 response: either they understand why we are doing the job and  walk away with no sweat, or they look at me with anger, venom, or disappointment like I enjoy doing this. Well, here’s a reality check: I DON’T! I hate having to check receipts and take the hits for security that the store follows because a few shoplifters. Up to this point, I have been fine with it. I can handle anger. I have worked for the company for seven years, all to pay for college, and I have dealt with much worse. Last night though, was different.

My shift was coming to an end and I just had to finish on a good note. One customer comes forward with a large play pen for a baby that looked used since the box was open. I ask for the receipt, he hands me the receipt but then asks this: “do you know what you are doing? Do you know it’s illegal?” I don’t understand why he asked that and that’s when the situation changed. He said asking for a receipt was the same as searching. A person commits searching when they believe someone else is doing something illegal. He bought the item so it was now legally his, so by asking for the receipt I was guilty of searching when the whole point is to see if the cashier scanned the item. But the way he looked at me, his anger at the store and at me for doing my job. He was calling me a criminal.

Do any of you know what that is like? Being called a criminal for just doing one small part of my job, a part I despise. It is a kind of disappointment that makes a beating feel like a warm blanket. Before this receipt thing was started, customers said I was the nicest door greeter they knew. Now, I probably seem like a two faced asshole who likes to assume everyone is in the wrong.

What’s worse, I hate myself for doing this. I don’t like this but I have no choice. I need the money to support myself through graduate school so I will deal with it. Once I am done with school, have a job within the field I want to do, and start my professional life, then I am done. I’ve served my time in retail hell, I’ve earned my way.

I’m sorry if this journal seems out of character for me it’s just...I just needed to vent. So, sorry if I am bitching, belly aching, nagging or just acting whiny. I just needed to let it out. I’ll try to reserve these journals for different more lighter material. As for me, I’m taking a me day today. Not doing anything but relaxing.

Hope you all have a great day, thanks for listening, and until next time.

Good Bye for Now.

I am tired so I am going to make this short, sweet, and to the point:

I just watched the my little pony movie and here are my thoughts:

The good: the movie had great art design, especially on the non pony characters, including the hippogriffs. The characters were great and I enjoyed them (save for two. Will get to that later.) the Star cast was great and I enjoyed them. Songs were entertaining and the effects were awesome. Story was pretty basic for the show and so the movie was like a giant episode, but that is not bad at all since it is a kid’s movie.

The bad: (I am going to get s lot of flack for this considering the fanbase’s love of one of these two, but to each their own and this is my own.) tempest shadow’s motivation was childish and since she ran away from home, she apparently never learned from it and was just on a giant hissy fit. Also, children can be cruel tempest, that doesn’t mean that everyone else is. Twilight sparkle, the “princess of friendship”, apparently forgot everything she learned over the past few years and acted like a dumbass to her friends. I know they made mistakes twilight, but at least they didn’t use you to try and rob the people who were going to help you anyway.

The shocker: someone actually died in the film. Not kidding, the villain was killed off. Sure it was accidental but it was still a kill. Closure everybody!

Overall: the my little pony movie is a fun, full length episode filled with a variety of new species and characters that add some flare to the show along side some great songs and art designs that makes everything seem more in-depth in feel. With the only issue being a lead character acting out of character and a villain that is, well, fine considering the circumstances, the movie in my honest opinion gets a b- to B at the most.

After thoughts: so with that being said, please remember to each their own opinion.