Day 28 – 8/12/11 : Last log entry.

Hello readers and internet wanderers.
This is the final entry of this log, which relates the story of a handful of students trying to spread the word of My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic in their school.

If you haven't read the other posts, I advise to do so, starting with the first one. You can also skip right to the ending, of course :) .
(if anyone know how to make blogger show the posts in reverse chronological order, that would be great, but as far as i've looked on google, it's not possible)

This log is meant to share our experience and help the ones that plan similar actions, as well as entertain the ones just wanting to read our adventure. Feel free to comment on our successes and errors, so it can profit everyone.

And without further delay, the last day, after the break.

Day 27 – 7/12/11

This last campaign day was a classic day.

We weren't supposed to do anything, but I was called in emergency for a meeting with all the lists' leaders. Apparently, all those parties are making a lot of noise and neighbours are complaining. So we were asked to tone down everything so the school's administration wouldn't forbid parties altogether.

Of course, me and my friends aren't the loudest of the lot, and the meeting wasn't directed at us at all. My presence there mostly shown I was concerned by our school's problems, barely more.

After the reunion, one of the two serious lists was making a food give-away. Since we still had some leftovers from Monday, I negotiated that we made a give-away at the same time. We shared a set of tables they had installed, and even if our food disappeared quite quickly, the flyers stayed, netting us some easy visibility right before the vote. Food well spent.

I met Rarity during the evening. She made all the calculations about our funds, and we have 100 Euros left. Not sure what we'll do with it, since the campaign is finished. Maybe a private party with the members of the list, as a celebration for a completed task. Maybe something else. I'll ask them, they earned it as much as I did. More than I did, probably.

Now, nothing I can do will change anything.

Time for the moment of truth.

Celestia, out.

Day 26 – 6/12/11

It's not that we aren't willing...

...but everyone else is too. We had our moments, so it's only fair that they have theirs now. Today and tomorrow are two days completely booked by each of the serious lists. Both have a lot of things to offer to the students, and their campaign is more important, as the choice between those two will impact our school's daily life for a year.

Of course, silly ponies don't really have a say in this matter, and we wouldn't want to interrupt anyway. And their campaigns is on a whole higher level than our. The fact their had much more money to do it might have something to do with it, but I know they also worked on the side to bring the extra funds they needed.

That's where the line between fun and dedication is drawn, maybe ?

All this thinking and frustration is making it hard to sleep. Tomorrow, it'll be stress.

Not sure if it's better.

Celestia, out.

Day 25 – 5/12/11

Today was quite a rush.

Woke up by a phone call, I learned that Luna snapped after too much stress and not enough sleep. He was shouting at people and giving us a bad image. Quickly glancing at my watch, 11:50am. Right, I was supposed to be at school two hours ago. Not wonders Luna was stressed. I urged there and took control of things, asking him to sit for a minute and take a breath.

I'd like to take the credit of defusing the situation, but it really goes to Luna who accepted the remark and understood he couldn't do anything more for the time being. In his position, I'm not sure I would have agreed that easily.

Nothing is utterly essential and irreplaceable, I guess.

Once that was done, I managed the members and myself during the lunch, and we served many sandwiches, as well as drinks and pie slices. The pies were appreciated, but I knew it would be successful, for having tasted the food of the person who helped us yesterday.

And so our last event ended, in a haze of sweets and cakes, hastily decorated with colourful sparkles and sugary hearts. The rest of the day was uneventful, list-wise. Went to classes, made a presentation about economics and then when to dine in town with a handful of my friends. I 'spontaneously' offered our helper to pay for the food, as a way to say 'thanks' for yesterday. Good deeds shouldn't go unrewarded.

Nothing left but to wait now, or is it ?

The vote will be in a few days, but we still have time. We still have leftovers in terms of gitfs, and food. Or course all lunches and evenings are booked by the other lists, but if we could manage something...

Oh, as a side note, one of my non-brony friends told me he would vote for us, not because he ike mlp, but because our campaign was the best in his opinion. That, dear readers, is a small victory for harmony and friendship, but a victory nonetheless !

Now, if only everyone could think that...

Celestia, out.

Day 24 – 4/12/11

Average day.

Woke up at 1pm. A bit rested, I gathered people and we started to speak about what was needed for baking. Interestingly enough, no one is skilled in baking in our group. For fans of MLP, that was surprising.

I asked a friend of mine, who isn't into the show, to help us with recipes and advice. She agreed and armed with the power of friendship, we went to the store to buy everything.

A few hours later, I have in my custody 7 pies (two lemon, two chocolate, two pear and one apple). They haven't been decorated, so maybe I'll do that just before going to sleep.

Bah. I'm too tired. I can't risk messing things up; I'll do it tomorrow.

Only 4 days remain.

Celestia, out.

Day 23 – 03/12/11

Close, but no meeting.

Apparently, my school had something planned today. A rough translation would be 'open doors day', which means a day where visitors can come and see what the school is like. That's one of the downfall of being a state school. Since everything is supposed to be perfect, students were asked to come and help with greeting the visitors, making tours of the buildings and things like that.

Of course, it lasted for the whole day, we couldn't meet each other and before I knew it, it was night already.

Thinking of it, I haven't even had the time to look at today's episode, too. I read on EqD that it have a song in it. Well, I'll have to hear that later. I think I should be able to see a few people tomorrow, but I have better plans than just being in front of a screen, or brainstorming.

Since Monday will be our last official event, we will take the time to bake as many things as we can on Sunday, and serve them freely the next day. That will finish what's left of our money, and might help tip the scales in our favour.

Not sure what to go with. Cupcakes ? The obvious answer but too expensive, and too hard for me. Pies ? Too common. I was supposed to decide that today with everyone. I guess it will be on the spur of the moment. Maybe some funny and random thing, like pink food colouring. At any rate, it will once again be rushed and hastily.

What wasn't, anyway ?

Celestia, out.

Day 22 – 02/12/11

And today, nothing happened.

To be honest, I didn't have any class today, so I even did not go to school.

Obviously, not many pony-related things have been achieved. A day out to take my breath, play some skyrim, and just getting up to date with my paperwork was needed.

New episode tomorrow. Maybe I can use the occasion to make a meeting with everyone and brainstorm a bit. A few events for next week could make the difference in 7 days. One week. It seems close now

I'll tell you if anything happens.

Vote by vote, day by day, and that's the art of politics.

Celestia, out.

Day 20 and 21 – 30/11/11 to 01/12/11

I kind of missed a day, didn't I ?

Both yesterday and today were big days.

Yesterday was the day we presented our videos to the school (you can see them on our website, http://poniie.iiens.net/accueil.html ).

A little technical problem aside (we had to re-encode everything at the last minute because they couldn't read mp4s), things went well, but the other lists made a pretty good job too, so we didn't stand out as much as we wanted to. Everyone enjoyed them, which is a good point.

We had two things planned for today. First a lunch, then an evening party.

The lunch was difficult. Our first 3 clients each paid with a big bill for a small quantity of food and it forced us to be out of change for a long time. We had trouble to serve people quickly, and that didn't help. The stress made us angry at each other, but we could sort it out quickly when the rush ended.

About the evening, it's a special case. It was a shared event between different lists. We were supposed to take care of a few animations and that's about it. But early afternoon, I had to go fetch the food for another list, and before I knew it, everyone at ponIIE was helping the others lists. We ended up serving the evening food, and a few others things too, but heh, showing us for free is always a good thing.

Besides, we could get a hold of the big tv screen a show a few more episodes during the evening. Ponies everywhere indeed.

Another thing : when there was only one serious list, a big fake one, and many small fake ones (including ponIIE), the big fake list announced they became serious about their intentions and wanted to be considered a real list. It makes us 'probably the best fake list around', which is very nice. My objective is secured with this, theoretically. We just have to keep up the pace.

Only one event remains for now. A lunch on Monday. After that, no event, only being social, agreeable, and hope for the best.

If only I knew how to be social...

Celestia, out.

Day 19 – 29/11/11

Boring day.

The only pony-related thing I did today was the lists' debate. I mentioned that last week, because i thought it would be much earlier, but it is only now that we were allowed to speak about our programs and answer the students' questions.

There isn't much to be said, the question being specific, like 'what have you planned about that specific problem in the school', or 'what do you think of that travel we made last year, should we do it again ?'. Things like that. I made a few jokes about ponies and kept smiling, but my heart wasn't really in it. The room was half empty, and it was clear from the beginning the real point was to ask the serious lists about their serious program, not the fake lists.

I'm not very interested in politics or the day-to-day operation of the school.

According to the few non-members I asked, poniie did a good enough job tonight. We'll keep the awesome in store for tomorrow. I should ask Pinkie or Dash to put the videos on youtube, but I'm not sure everyone in the list would agree on being on the internet.

Tomorrow will also mark the start of the last week of campaign. On that week, named the reinforced week, the school will be closing at midnight each day, and there will be an event every day and every night. Our next actions are in two days, with making a lunch and animating part of an evening with two other fake lists. This hasn't been planned much yet. We're probably going to go with what worked on Monday and make things like that.

Should I come to school with fake horn and wings for that last week ?

Celestia, out.

Day 18 – 28/11/11

For once, I wish I were a man of more words.

There is so much to say. Tonight was interesting. It was a great success, as far as the political and organisational sides are concerned. But let us start from the beginning.

My day started at 10am. Not enough sleep, and tired already. Met Rarity, Dash and Pinkie at school. They went to the mall to buy the food we were going to sell at the party, while I stayed in the school to meet the different students I had to meet.

I got an agreement about using the big tv screen in the main room, as well as confirmation our student-run bar would be selling the alcohol our budget couldn't afford. I asked around for a few more permissions, like being able to use to common food-making tools, but was less successful.

Afternoon classes from 2pm to 6pm. I really couldn't afford skipping those, as there would be an exam. I left Pinkie (who didn't attend the same courses) in charge, and hoped for the best. Those few hours were terrible, between the overheated room and the sleepiness.

At 6pm, preparations were mostly finished. I helped a little our Scootaloo with the decorations, then joined Rarity and Sweety Belle for the food. The common tools aren't very efficient and it would probably keep us busy for an hour. Pinkie, Fluttershy and Dash were taking care of the last main room's decorations, music and first videos.

The videos were a success, a few shorts based on our school's inside jokes, as seen by ponies. We then noticed everyone that the food was ready, and I lost track of time for a while.

At around 8pm, we stopped selling food. Everything had been bought, neting us a nice 25 euros profit ! Meanwhile, Scootaloo had the video game competition up and running, and Dash was putting mlp episodes on the big screen. Both were well received.

I took a moment, there, to look at what I had done. A hundred students. Partying to pony music, with mlp projection on the background. Pink lights. Pony-based games enjoyed by non-bronies. Free sweets everywhere. Balloons on the walls.

Did some people really want a school like that ? Not me, even if I understood their wish. As far as spreading the word of harmony went, I could barely do more with mlp.

Will my work be done here, after the campaign is ended ? I will do little more than what we have achieved tonight, and, might I boldly add, probably more than the average brony. Our scool must be 20% cooler now or something like that. I don't care that much, I'll be leaving soon. I am leaving a stranger place, if not better, behind me.

http://www.ponychan.net/chan/arch/res/2501115.html

Our track list was running short, though. About one hour and a half of pony music was enough to deplete our stocks of music, and I had to intervene quickly.

I took the wide screen and started the 'pony name or porn actor name ?' game. As predicted, it was a big hit with the student population. We awarded a small prize for that one person who did particularly well, and used that occasion to broadcast our own videos, for the ones who couldn't see them at the beginning of the party. It took some time for Fluttershy to scramble the playlist, to make the repetition less noticeable, and we gave it a second go.

Not much more to mention for the party, but that was a lot already. We started packing at 9:30pm, the school being closed after 10pm (I think I explained that some time ago).Everyone went home expect for me, who followed Pinkie. I went to his home to help with the last details on one of our presentations for Wednesday. Took us an hour, and I was home by midnight.

And here I am ! I am exhausted, badly, and it showed today. I kept being harsh and snapped a few times for no good reason. Furthermore, this campaign forced into a few actions and stances that my friends noticed as out of character for me, in an evil way. I guess innocence and politics don't mesh.

What a spirit of Friendship I make.

Celestia, out.

Day 17 – 27/11/11

5am already ? But it was 2pm a few seconds ago !

I woke up at 1pm actually. I had some chores to do at home so I've been able to attend list stuff only around 7pm. Many things to do.

Not many orders today, sadly. In the end, we're losing money when we should have earned some. This means tomorrow will be a hard day. To prepare for that, I gathered everyone and planned ahead. We're still going to have many activities during the evening, but most of those have been toned done or will be made without prizes. We're making the dinner (hopefully that will turn out a profit, but we're talking about much smaller quantities anyway), and the activities mentioned yesterday : dance game, pony video game competition, sweets give-away, name-based game, a balloon game, and a few extras if possible.

My work will be to buy the few things we haven't in stock yet (food mostly), then classes, making hot dogs and then the name game. The others have their own missions as well. All the important parts have back-up plans in case of problem.

It will be one of the highlights of all our work. I really hope everything will be okay.

Sands of time and clockwork plans.

Celestia, out.

Day 16 – 26/11/11

I feel mostly disappointed.

I had planned a lot of minor things to do today, and none of them was a major success, while I accumulated many failures. Woke up at 5:40am, tired as hell. Nudged our Rainbow Dash out of his sleep and went to the temporary HQ. I sent Luna and Sweety Belle to sleep, and waited for Rarity, who arrived around 6:30am.

And then, well. Nothing.

We had had a few orders in the 0-6am slot, but not a single one during 6-12 am. Worse, we barely had 2 orders in the next one. To make things even worse, I tried to call Hasbro as I mentioned yesterday, but to no avail, which means we'll be on our own on Monday. Between the tight budget we're going to have (as we are selling much less than we should) and no external support of any kind, we'll have to use motivation and raw energy to compensate. Right after an event that lasted a full week-end and wasn't very successful. Yeah.

The lack of money is also going to force us to ask for help from the school's bar, who shunned the list since its creation. But it's that or only soft drinks, and a party without hard drinks won't be appreciated at all by most of the students.

I had some random nosebleed during the 6-12am slot. I should take care of my health a bit more. There's just so much to do...

Also, I missed today's episode. I haven't seen it yet. I'll have to find the time later.

The good news of the day came from our Pinkie Pie. A list of the events for Monday was created, with several good ideas that were never mentioned before. I'm going to see what can and can't be done (in respect to both our budget and the fact we're dealing with adults). In short, we have a balloon fight (think of it as a pillow fight with balloons), some dance video game and selling dinners to make some money in the 'new ideas' section, plus what was said earlier.

I hope we'll have some orders tomorrow. It's going to determine a lot of things.

Celestia, out.

Day 15 – 25/11/11

Getting into gear.

Both projects have been prepared as well as we could. About 16 kilograms of sweets are stocked, with bags, and we have two cellphones and an irc chan to handle the orders. That should cover this weekend's endurance test. In the worst case, we can go buy a few extra on Saturday. If things go well, we might turn out a profit :D !

For the Monday night one, we started to plan a few activities : mlp projection in full wide screen (in one of those classrooms meant for 200 students), of course, but also a few others : A blind test based on that one : http://www.sporcle.com/games/sproutcm/my-little-pony-or-porn-star , give-away of the leftover sweets from this week-end, a maybe a few mlp-themed drinks, if we can afford it.

The prises for the blind test were supposed to be mlp toys, but we had some trouble with the toy store. Apparently, they don't 'own' the toys and can give them only if Hasbro agrees to it. The communication between them is going slow, and I'm afraid it won't work out in time. I plan to call Hasbro directly tomorrow to see if I can help to speed up things in some way.

Maybe going directly to their national hq ?

Luna and Sweety Belle just left. They are going to take the midnight-6am shift. I'll have the 6am-12am with Rarity, which should allow me to phone Hasbro during the morning. Which means I should have around 6 hours of sleep if I go to sleep now. Which I will be doing.

I'll be there to rise the sun, take care of the night for me, Luna, will you ?

Celestia, out.

Day 14 - 24/11/11

Productive day.

More precisely, productive afternoon and night. I woke up at 1pm. I must have been really tired. I went to school quickly, knowing that I was late for a meeting with the others' lists leaders. Some bronies had gone there for me, but they didn't have the informations I had and I spent some time trying to fix things as best I could. I think I might have annoyed a few of them.

Then I went to get the camera, and we started the recordings. We could make the one for Luna and the one for Scootaloo. I wish we could have done something for Applejack and Applebloom, but they weren't there, so we'll do without videos for them. A shame.

I went back home with Pinkie and Fluttershy, and we started the video editing. Luna and Rainbow Dash joined us for dinner, and stayed after. I sent a few mails while Luna worked on the website.

Our two next projects will have to be prepared Friday : during the week-end, we'll be delivering sweets all across town (at any time or day or night), and Monday will be the first of our two parties. Both events will need stocks.

I can't wait to see the students' reactions to our videos.

Celestia, out.

Day 13 – 23/11/11

Believe it or not, nothing unexpected today.

Waking up early when you're used to go to bed at 3am isn't easy. But when you have a duty to your group, things are always easier. That's with that thought that I went to school this morning, not falling asleep only because the bags' handles were making my hands hurt.

The breakfast went fine. We could have used more food, but with small rations, everyone was given something. We even had two apples and a toast left at the end. A bit short on drinks.

After that, I left Pinkie and a few members to take care of cleaning up while I went to my exam. Things weren't bad, but I don't expect a good grade either. It's not like I took the time to study these past weeks.

This afternoon, I made up some text I'll have to use tomorrow for our school's newspaper, then the lack of sleep and the stress hit came back. Hard. I went home and crashed into my bed, waking up at about 9pm. Everyone was scattered, so I called it a day and let everyone rest. We'll have to make recordings, so it's better if everyone is in good condition.

As far as I know, the members of the list are satisfied with how I lead them. That's reassuring.

Celestia, out.

Day 12 – 22/11/11

Dear myself, today I learned that I'm an horrible planner.

So, where should I start. Everything was fine until a certain phone call from Pinkie Pie, around 3pm. « Hey Celestia, I haven't read anything about tomorrow's event on the google group. Are the preparations going fine ? »

Oh, so, that's what I was forgetting ? Nothing important, really. Except that I will have to feed hundreds of students the next day at 8am !

I'm getting the hang of those things, actually. I lied to Pinkie saying things were going smooth and I had things planned. Not sure if it was out of pride or to avoid panic and confusion. Not much time to reflect on it either, I'm afraid. Later maybe.

We're going to need 3 things to make it happen. Tables, food to put on the tables, and people to serve the food. I asked Pinkie to gather the willing members of the list, I would take care of the food and for the tables, we'll see tomorrow.

I went to the nearest store and searched for ideas and things I could use. I got a few ideas, but without time, nothing we could do (baking a cake might take 1 hour, but it only feeds 10 students, so if you want to feed 200, prepare for 20 hours of hell).

I settled for classic and easy things, like bread and jam, nutella, orange juice.

Total cost : about 35 euros. Money left : I... should ask Rarity about that. The event we are supposed to make on the 28th evening might not be cheap either.

Back at home, I tried to contact Pinkie, but no luck here. I have no idea at all who will be up there with me in the morning. I hope I won't be alone. That would make things hard.

I still have to finish those video recordings for Luna, Applejack, Sweety Belle and Scootaloo. I have a feeling we're going to skip some of those eventually. A shame.

I have a feeling something, anything really, can happen and will happen in the afternoon to come.

Celestia, out.

Day 11 – 20/11/11

Here we go again, oh here we go again.

I'll skip the morning classes, boring and without interest. Today was supposed to be important for us. The lists' presentation, in front of the students, is an important venue to show the members and speak about the program.

I had a few guidelines and ideas about how to keep it interesting, a few jokes along the way. The first critical moment happened at 2pm, right before my afternoon classes. Our Luna informed me that we were expected to present something more than a speech. Something involving several members, showcasing our motivation and creativity.

The presentation was in 4 hours. Challenge accepted. Afternoon classes would have to do without me, today.

I grabbed the first idea that came to my mind : write a small song that we could sing to the others. Fitting the mlp theme, but how could we learn it that fast ?

To simplify things, I chose to use a base I knew everyone would know : winter wrap-up, rewriting the lyrics into a different language and using an election campaign tone. (I'll post the lyrics if someone ask, but I doubt a lot of people understand French around here).

That took about 2 hours. At the mid-afternoon pause, I started to gather the members, and I had to ask them a difficult thing : skip their classes just like me in order to prepare the song. It wasn't difficult for them to accept, but very hard for me to ask.

Our list is meant for fun. It is not important for their future, while their classes might be.

Just before the class ended, the second critical moment. Luna (again), that had been attending his classes, explained that is was a very important class upon which a significant part of our grades would be based.

Funnily enough, it was for the management course. I went to the classroom and met with the teacher. I explained my case and managed to negotiate that I would do the class as homework during the week. Not a solution I liked, because I already have little time left for myself because of (or thanks to) ponIIE, but I didn't really have another choice.

I gathered the list members willing to try their hand at singing and went to an isolated classroom. 2 hours left, and 4 singers for a script needing at least 5. Scootaloo, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and myself. No choice but to work with that.

I won't speak much about the quality of the repetitions. It was better than what I expected, and worse than what I was wishing for. Rarity joined us around past 5pm, and quickly learned a few lines toward the Rarity and Fluttershy duet.

6pm. We aren't ready, but we're out of time. At this point, the only thing I can do is remind everyone that if they laugh, either with or to us, we win. But we have to do it through their reactions, no matter what. That's what they will remember.

I have no idea if it was a failure or a success, in the end. The other lists had Weak things to show, and our song was the most interesting thing to see (seriously, most of the lists had barely more than a mascott or a drawing on the blackboard).

We started singing, and it was horrible. We messed up really bad, having awkward stops, missing lines and everything. During the full thing, everyone in the public was singing other songs as loud as possible, shouting or simply boo-ing us.

And when everything was finished, they all applauded.

I not sure what to think of it. It was an epic afternoon, and I regret little of the choices I made then. I believe the students saw we made something and went through it, and respect that. The conditions were such that no-one was able to hear the lyrics I made, but we agreed to re-record it and broadcast it with our school student-only email system.

Tomorrow, I'll have much less to do for the list, but homework is catching up with me, so that should keep me busy.

For now, rest !

Celestia, out.

Day 10 – 20/11/11

Another day, another night.

You remember yesterday's log ? Well, it's kind of similar. Woke up late, made some recordings and some computer gaming, and voilà. Long version ? Long version.

Things didn't start as I hoped. I was supposed to get called at around 2pm by Sweety Belle who was lending his apartment for the recordings. My phone wasn't working, and gmail had a bug. I couldn't be reached before 3:30 pm, and they didn't want to start without me.

A bit late, we started the record of mine and Pinkie's part. Basically a fake speech of Celestia with Pinkie keeping interrupting her and being herself.

The play included a part where I drank some tea. After several takes, I was already full and believe me, the last few were horrible :S.

Rarity's and Belle's parts were recorded just after, but both of them were lacking motivation. We got a few takes, but I'm not sure if we will be able to use them. Expressive genuine pony faces aren't on demand, and our list works better with them. I couldn't get their spirits up, not sure if that was a failure for me or just impossible/not my place to do.

We gathered a few more ideas for short films for the 28th video projection. We are thinking of small records where a normal student cross the path of a pony/brony and abnormal things happen, with an ending in 'pony-ed' (a pun between pony and pwned).

Not much more pony-related things to report for today. Tomorrow will be another story, though. There will be the 'lists debate'. An hour (usually more) where every list leader is put in front of all the students and asked questions about the list, the program, what they intend to do during the year...

I'll probably have a few tricky or stupid questions asked to me. But I believe as long as I stay true to what I defined for the list, seriousness, hope and ponies, I will present what I wish to show the students.

The choice of friendship is then theirs.

Celestia, out.

Day 9 - 19/11/11

Slow days are best days.

Woke up midday, gathered with my friends. Everyone was waiting for today's new mlp episode. It turned out that daylight savings messed up our schedule and we had an extra hour to wait.

After the show, we started the recordings. Things went slowly but steadily. We've been able to record Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle and Spike. Then it was night and we decided to record the others (Rarity, Sweety Belle, Pinkie Pie and myself, Celestia) when it would be day again.

Evening was spent talking between us about mlp and other subjects, catching up with homework and playing together.

Pinkie Pie edited a bit of video to see what we could do with the recordings. Things look... acceptable. Not as great I would have wished, but good enough.

I'll mention it again when it'll be ready.

Celestia, out.

Day 8 - 18/11/11

I'm feeling fine, but that isn't be the case of everyone here.
Not much to mention today. Tired faces everywhere, and I don't think anyone will be able to come up with a stroke of genius. I decided to let everyone have some time for themselves, since I'm going to require their presence tomorrow.

It will be a pony-filled day, between the recording and the new episode. Seeing episodes in groups is different. I can't just skip the parts I dislike, which I often do when alone. Not sure if it is a good or a bad thing.

Still no news from the toy store. Maybe I should return there ? Prepare a sample ? I should wait a full week before making a move, but time is running out. The vote is on the 8th of December. I can't let things drag on too long.

I should try to get a pic of that pony figurine we got. Couldn't identify it. Looks like nothing G1 to G3.5, and I think I would have identified a G4 pony. Any experts out there who saw that before ?
It looks more like a horse than a pony, to be honest. In addition to the white coat and mane, there is a collection of.. pink spots where the cutie mark should be, and another smaller collection on the upper arm zone. One of the two hind legs is articulated, and I think moving it used to make the wings flap, but the wings are broken now. The mane is brushable (thought in a horrible state). A small molded printing reads : 2006-2011 HCS 2005-2011 CC / Made for McDonald's 2011 / Made in China TRC. Searches on the net were to no avail, but I haven't looked deep into it.

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Luna won't be here this weekend. We will have a little time to record on Sunday evening, I hope we'll be able to come up with something funny before that. The point is to present each member of the list through short funny scenes. I'll explain a bit on the next log. Yesterday's events finally caught up with me and I'm going to go to bed.

That week seemed so short, yet so long. It feels we are only at the beginning, and already a quarter of the time is gone.
Relativity, why do you love me so ?

Celestia, out.