Tom Gallagher

Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Orange Edition. 

[I ❤ JAPAN] -- [I ❤ THE COLOR RED] -- [I ❤ CELESTIA]

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Let's wrap it up, my crowd.  Ponies are calling me.

 The biggest thing that happened this week has to be my mother's birthday.  She had one of the best ones in a long time. So many people celebrated, double the cake, and all the love possible. What more could one ask for? Well, maybe presents, but my mother doesn't seem to want much. She seems to have all she could ask for.

 Before we go any further, special shout out to @TomDaBombMLP. I never knew Maxi, but I know it's never easy saying goodbye to a loved one. Just know you have more friends and supporters than you know.
R.I.P. Maxi.

 I managed to have one of the best weeks ever! Saw so many great movies, good food, and lots of fun.  I saw a trailer for a Sonic fan project, which has Johnny Gioeli involved. Found a new music artist to enjoy. I learned about Earl Gray flavored ice cream (not sure when or if I'll ever be able to have it, but maybe some day). And late on Sunday evening, there was hail storm with heavy rain. It was a short storm, but the hail was bigger than marble size, and it scared me. 

 SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD!  

• Episode 22, love and pollution. For the most part, this story is an original. Targeting a place in Japan is not only a nod to the source material, we now see Malcom doing some progressively more evil. The MOTW footage comes from Gridman 38. Yay healing scene. So Tanker and Syd finally have a scene together, and it gets interrupted, and we never learn if they are truly a couple now or not. Why did Syd sign up for this win-a-date contest anyway? If it were any other Gridman episode, I might say that this episode wins. But considering they used footage from a series finale, the choice is obvious. Gridman 38 wins.
• Episode 23, school record manipulations. From progress to downgrade, Malcom thinks in small term targets again, and the opening of this episode recycled footage from a previous SSSS episode? That's a new low for recycling. Still, it is an original episode plot, and they turned a monster that previously didn't talk into one that does. The MOTW footage comes from Gridman 36. You know, Syd counts herself as super smart, but even I have doubts when she can't figure out the computer-graded test was hijacked by a virus monster. I mean they've only been doing this for over 20 episodes... Wow, no healing scene this time. And a PSA, NO!!! Gridman 36 wins. A race to save a pregnant lady is way more thrilling than shallow friendship drama.
• Episode 24, school play craze. Another original episode. MOTW footage comes from Gridman 22. No healing scene either. So conflicted. On the upside, we've got Kilo working independently and secret relationship drama. On the downside, I doubt it will matter in the future, and this was Kilo's weakest solo move. By comparison, Gridman 22 is a solid episode for that series. No contest here, Gridman wins.
• Episode 25, punk cafeteria lady. Malcom likes White (Rob) Zombie; who knew? MOTW footage and part of the story comes from Gridman 35. And both versions of the monster talk! I'm not sure if I love or hate all these music references, but I know I wouldn't get it as a kid. No healing scene. Both episodes have similar levels of stupid, but the steaks in this show have been downgraded a little. The winner is Gridman, but just barely.
• Episode 26, don't drink the water. Playing hide and seek with Servo has got to be a new level of recklessness, and apparently this isn't their first time either. MOTW footage comes from Gridman 17. The plot is somewhat similar to Gridman 10, yet very different. No healing scene. It's hard to say who the winner is. Gridman 17 had a hacker that tried to post Gridman's secrets to the internet. This show had Sam paralyzed and unable to transform on his own. It's hard to really declare a winner without drawing straws, so I'll say both win.

 [ 1 / 2 ] MOVIE TIME!  I recently saw SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2. I wish I knew what I could say here. It's too soon for me to give spoilers, and I could talk about this movie for HOURS! All I can say is: Go see it. If you liked the first Sonic movie but wanted way more, go see it. You'll get everything you asked for and then some. If you like Sonic in any kind of way, go see this movie. Yeah, there are some things I can nitpick over, but it's mostly not worth it. Let the empire of cinematic Sonic begin!

 [ 2 / 2 ] Next, I saw THE BATMAN. Well done. Just when you thought WB was losing their way after the Justice League movies, they pull us back in by showing us they can still do a good Batman movie after all. It's been a long time coming, but it's great to finally see Batman as a detective, using gadgets and vehicles to help him solve cases and defeat enemies. They even set up a sequel, which I love all ready. The only thing I don't like is how the movie tries to punch down Bruce's parents as less-than honorable people. I never really enjoy seeing this. I don't expect them to be saints, but it kills Batman's entire motivation when you do this. I hated seeing it in Joker, but at least that movie makes you question what is and what isn't real. This movie is trying to be canon, and while they did try to mitigate the new details about the Waynes into something positive again, I still hate seeing it. Still, this is a Batman movie that doesn't disappoint. It's a great Year 2 story. I love seeing the new spins on the formula. Batman doesn't kill once again. He's wearing a bullet proof suit. He knows how to fight. If you were worried about seeing an actor from Twilight playing as Batman, rest assured that the story more than makes up for it.

 DonBrothers 08: The Sins of Pink!  It was nice seeing Kiji and Inu having a bonding moment, but I never thought I'd see Kiji so angry that he'd purposefully condemn a man to death. I thought that maybe he just wanted to defeat the monster himself, but no! He purposefully let their enemy kill the monster, thus killing the human host as well, who may not have actually been evil! This adds a whole new layer of complexity to the story that makes me hungry for more. I'm also really glad they didn't do a predictable story; for a moment, I thought they were setting it up where Kiji's wife is also Inu's wife. And maybe this is the first time I am noticing, but I see the villains have their own transformation items. I don't see what art and modeling have to do with Kiramager, but I don't think it matters.

 ReVice 31: Words That We Must Bear.  Great ending to this two-parter. The mystery is nicely wrapped up, the two former friends made up, I'm glad that Subaru was the host for the monster, and ending it with more lore was a nice final touch. Not sure how losing your personal memories would affect a physical picture, unless that's more about Ikki's personal perception.

 Vail 03: A Painful Choice.  Back with more Vail. We learn more about how twisted NOAH is and the sinful past of the Karizaki family. Now Genta must make a painful choice. Does he make a deal with the devil, or does he allow it all to end? Consider me invested.

 MLP TYT 07: Best Trends. I wasn't instantly sold on whatever music they were playing on top of dancing bunnies. I was beginning to feel a little patronized. However, I like how they turned it around into a lesson about being yourself. Granted, it's bundled around the image of a pony chasing trends and trying to get some digital fame (which is not necessarily a healthy message to give to impressionable kids), but the nice sentiment is there. I like that we got more cameos from the other movie characters. I doubt it will play out this way, but if the shorts are the slice of life stuff while the main series has the bigger story lines, I'd be happy with that. 

That's all for now, my crowd.  Take care, and don't lose your smile.

Well, I keep talking about it, so here it is. Sonic SatAM was suppose to have one last season before it got canceled. It's been decades later, but now the fans are making it happen themselves. This is the trailer for "Return to Robotropolis". And I'll always have mixed feelings about hearing Crush 40's vocalist doing the theme song.

Good morning, everydonkey. Hah!

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I hope you all feel the warmth in your heart!
Friendship will forever be the truest form of magic. <3

Ahem. Good evening ladies and gents. How are you all tonight? I hope the weekend treated you all well! I feel like i should update yall on a very major event in my life that just recently took place, too. 

I am now a trade school student as of March of this year. I'm studying professional welding and pipefitting classes and loving it! I'm chasing the goal of eventually becoming an aircraft welder. I also work a side gig as a restaurant manager. Yeah my life has really gotten busy since i last talked with you guys actively.  I hope you all are doing good! I can't promise i'll be active on here much but i will for sure be continuing to check in every now and then when i can.  

I also got a new car, too! lol. I might make a post with it soon. And for those of you wondering....yes i still have the pink truck. 

Good morning all.

I nearly had a heart attack, couldn’t log in.

This weekend I had a sleepover with my friends, and they watched the MLP FiM movie with me this morning. 🥰 I’m the only brony in the group, but the others at least admit they’re awesome and enjoy my artwork. And I caught them laughing quite a bit! 😜 NOPONY is too cool for FiM. 

Good morning everyone 

Group hug! 

Starlight has a gift for you.

Just wanted to thank everyone. All of you are so loving and caring, I'm really thankful to be here.

If you have some time, please give @TomDaBombMLP some hugs, if you didn't already. He needs and deserves it the most.

She’s just sitting there… waiting. 

Is it possible to be addicted to the Luna? 

Goodnight and take care

it was nice to be more active here for the weekend 

my friends :>

https://derpibooru.org/images/2484194

Hmmm, 

no green eyes

this is apparently an imposter

I'm just gonna leave this here... UwU

Goodnight everyone 

Normally I don't talk about such things...feelings...it's easier for me to be more happy and carefree around others. But with the amazing people I have around here and my friends, maybe... I dunno... I feel like going in circles with my own thoughts and feelings since some years now.

I'm a strong believer of being truly yourself is the only right way to live. In my case, it led to a life where I can barely relate to anything. What most people say in real life doesn't even make sense to me. And the same is true when it comes to most media; movies, video games etc. But this place is different. And FiM. We all don't even need to be the same, it doesn't matter, we all simply get along. I guess that's one reason why I'm less stoic and talk more. I never wanted to be alone, but I felt like I didn't have another choice. Being myself + not being alone hardly goes well together.

My biggest dream was always to be together with people I like and to work together on something bigger. I even dreamed about creating something that is very similar to FiM, I mean before I ever saw the show and knew what it was about. It's a funny coincidence. But something in such a scale requires many people and a company, which would lead to even more problems and struggles in itself. FiM is the only fictional world I can truly relate to, it's just so similar to my one of my own ideas I had! I view it as a wonder that it exists in the first place. Whenever I play video games or watch other shows, there are always things that frustrate me, things, that I would have done in a different way. A little example would be the Pokémon games. The main games always start with a plant, water and fire starter. It's always the same and boring (for me). The evil group always has "Team" in front of their names and a predictable story. You can always recognize the evil leader in these games beforehand. I love the games for the nice music and colorful graphics. <3 But I also always see the potential and the depth it could have had otherwise. A game like Ocarina of Time is so easy, it makes collecting heart pieces not very rewarding. There is a lot I would just do differently, If I had control over it. I enjoy discovering new worlds, new creatures. Real life movies are about typical things, naturally. It doesn't excite me, personally.

I guess I'm just sad. I would love to be a creator, to go out there and offer the world more new and unique experiences, but these are things that are not liked nor wanted. The same way I can't relate to our world for the most part, the same way people can't relate to me and my stuff. And this weighs heavily on me ever since I started to work on creative stuff almost 4 1/2 years ago. Ever since, I'm so full of ideas, I enjoy nothing more! I see things that don't exist yet, I see so much potential in everything. But it also shows me how lonely I am with everything. I can't make stuff that has value to others. I'm too different. I even see flaws in some german laws. Or even in the way grammar works here. At least I can change the latter to something that is better in my opinion. It seems I can only make things better for myself, not others.

I guess I'm myself...I'm just lonely with it. At least in this regard, when it comes to creative topics, not counting the lovely time we have here together. <3
I still try my best to learn to live with this. I hate being sad and depressed. I'm sorry...

Good morning and a happy Sunday Funday to you all! Hope everyone has a good conclusion to the weekend. It's the first day of summer, after all! 

*Looks outside*

...Bloomin' country. 

Good Celestian Sunday Morning

It's raining here

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I have an idea! My Little Pony but as dogs or cats instead of ponies. 

So cute!! 🤩🥰

Heh... I have no words. 

(https://www.deviantart.com/natanvok)

How goes it, my crowd? 

I had such a great day! I got to see the Sonic 2 movie! The theater was still crowded regardless... I guess I should be proud that many people want to see it still?  I could write a list of pros and cons against going to the theater to see movies at this point. Afterwards, I got to spend some time in the mall, and I finished the day off by having Greek food. Over all, very happy. 

Also, I learned there is a fan project out there making their own final season to the 90's Sonic SatAM cartoon. It not only looks good, but it sounds well casted too. Top it all off, Crush 40's Johnny Gioeli is singing a cover of the theme song. It's both the most fitting and yet unfitting thing I've ever heard. I'm so conflicted. 

Take care, my crowd! 

Good morning everyone 

Goodnight and take care

Well, let me give you a bit more text to read today >D

Normally, I don't make to many status updates of my life, but today I'm feeling like it.

Several weeks have passed,

since I've moved to my new home and began my new work.

So far it hasn't been a bad experience, even not 

everything is perfect and I have still

some things to get settled:

Like a bigger apartment for example - 30m^2 is not much space to live in xD

Also the current software project I'm working on is rather demanding and not much is documented

of course not -.-

But I get to know this project better everyday

Coworkers seemed to like my ideas and contributions so far.

I also getting closer to a bigger apartment. Last week I almost got a good one

I also got most of the bureaucracy out my way by now

So today I made a break from real world and spent some time on the forum and making some posts >D

I hope to find more additional time in the future to spend more of it here.

I miss this place and I'm sad to miss what is going on.

As far as I can tell @Heasol seems to rock this place lately!

I haven't read his blog entry, but people seem to love it, 

and this seems to be only one example of his contributions >D

and then he's such a nice and cool fellow one just needs to know him!

Now apparently I'm tagging people .. so let me also tag @AppleButt

I'm really happy to met him here. This awesome buddy of mine!

I rarely meet people in my life who make me feel relaxed.

Kind, trust worthy, kind, funny, loyal

I'm really grateful for the chance to meet him here

Giving me really a great time :3 

And this only thanks to Ponies :>

Similar things also go for @TomDaBombMLP @Midnight Danny @Rikifive @GeneralDirection

I just wish I had more time for you.

Like the other people I used to writes several message too like 

@Cagey @ExplosionMare @Tacodidra @RaraLover 

and other. I hope you can forgive me as well. I'm gonna find some to continue our really nice conversations >D

I'm also sorry @Totally Nyx. Our year of art seem to get delayed more and more ;_;

At least now I've reestablished my graphic tablet and a reasonable computer to make some digital art >D

@Samurai Equine I'm also sorry to you. I really had no good idea for a sweet random fact like your provided me this morning

Of course I cannot tag anyone here, I just to many awesome people here :>

Well, I hope can be more active in the next months to come. 

Then again, I also got some really crazy ideas in my little head like

currently thinking maybe to travel to Everfree NW this year,

but I haven't decided on this yet. Well, if I do this would be quite

something for me. I have never left Europe and for me this is at the other side of the world xD

If I'm honest, I'm even kinda afraid of getting lost in this vast country

Or worse: somebody steals me

o_O

On the other hand, it would also be really nice seeing some Brony culture in reality.

Since I became one, I have only experiences Ponies from the internet.

Well, time will tell.

I hope I didn't bore you to death  with this xD

My life isn't so exciting for the most parts, but after getting

very inactive here and writing too many posts today,

I thought I could also spend a moment to write something

and then of course

today is Walpurgis Night

How about some music!

That's for me 

Okay, maybe one more thing:

I like to give   @bubbleteapony a little shoutout. 

I'm really digging his art style >D

When Twilight says that it’s snuggle time… 

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