1) For the most part I don’t listen to single bands or musicians. I listen to songs. That said, my favorite band is still Grave Digger.

Human music in general is real big here in Equestria. It’s so much more diverse. Regarding your feelings for modern music, I think it’s important to keep in mind that most songs, albums, and bands from times past, even successful ones, are lost to obscurity. What you almost always hear are the best of the best. It’s not fair to compare that to modern music as time has yet to pick out the best it has to offer. You’re subjected to everything marketable, which as you’ve noticed does not mean quality.

But for now, favorite song post! I found this one a while ago. Came with a computer. I Ka Barra. Excellent piece. You can find a translation of the lyrics to English here!

2) I’ve… never heard of a school being converted into another building. There’s always more ponies coming into the world. Shouldn’t more schools be built?

Lyra: I really like jazz bass guitar, but for my every movement and speech, I think I’d go with the violin. Very wide range. Very powerful.

Bon-Bon: And what was it called again?

Lyra: Djembe drum but like I was saying that video I showed you isn’t how it’s traditionally played.

Bon-Bon: I still think it sounded cool and versatile.

Lyra: If we’re going by Peter and the Wolf itself (which is what I thought the question was originally asking), I think I’d pick the flute.

Bon-Bon: I’d like the main string section!

Lyra: And the video included is Disney’s Peter and the Wolf. I’d rather a version without the narrator past the introduction but this is the best I could find. Enjoy!

1) Princess Celestia, of course! After all, I owe her my life.

2) The original Rayman was pretty cool, but oh mare was it ever hard! I never played Oregon Trail, only Organ Trail. I did play SimFarm, though. That was way too confusing for how old I was at the time. Pretty sure it’d just bore me these days.

3) Bon-Bon: Usually somepony will buy their candy a month or so in advance, then eat it all, then buy some more, then possibly do it again before the holiday ends. And if that’s all I was supplying for, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. But while the holiday season is going on I still have my regulars like Pinkie Pie, the do-it-yourselfers, the arts and crafts crowd, parties, the odd order or two of considerable size. It adds up.

Bon-Bon: But yes, I work alone. As long as I can keep up with all the orders, which I can, there’s a lot more to be made without hiring help. It’s not like I supply candy to all of Equestria.

Bon-Bon: I’ve heard of the show, but I’m so busy I can’t keep up with my own shows, let alone start another.

1) Does The Incredible Machine count? Also, why did I think Sierra made Rayman?

2) Okay. Well, a foal got mad and spat in my face twice last Tuesday so if you’re trying to outdo me you’ve got an uphill battle if your chief complaint is wearing a suit.

3) I’m not contagious but I’m still pretty sick. Thanks! Bon-Bon made me some scrambled eggs for dinner. It’s not sitting on my stomach very well right now but that’s future Lyra’s problem.

4) Lyra: It was yesterday! Not as crazy as last year’s, though. There were so many explosions! But we had fun this year too.

Lyra: Today was Summer Wrap-Up, which I was well enough to participate in but sick enough to be exhausted now.

Bon-Bon: Are you kidding? This is when ponies start buying candy for Nightmare Night. If I only just began now I’d be dead-in-the-water by the time it comes around! Preparations for me begin at the start of August. Then I immediately have to begin working towards Hearth’s Warming. And by the start of December nearly all future chocolate production has to be for Hearts and Hooves.

Bon-Bon: My busiest time of the year is over half of the year. Time for relaxation and trying new recipes is long since over.

1) Nu-… Nothing? Y-Yeah, nothing. I’ve known at least one human for over two years. Not a big deal. Never was.

Why do you ask?

2) I’ve been reading it since further back than I can even trace. It’s great! It’s like, the longest running comic I follow.

3) Did you just call me a boy? And a human? A human boy?

And who is Lily? I was talking to Sexxi-Bbz.

1) Bon-Bon: Haha! Well, I don’t know if anypony is eating the stuff, but candy corn is a pretty reliable seller around Nightmare Night.

Lyra: I like candy corn!

2) Well, there isn’t really that much to maintain. I’ve never had to replace anything on any of my lyres other than the strings, and I don’t physically touch them so even then only rarely.

I saw Battle Network being played quite a bit when it first came out. The combat style was completely uninteresting to me. The whole reason I played Network Transmission was because it didn’t play at all like Battle Network.

3) B: How very illegal for you to possess. Also convenient that you’ve no desire to share what you shouldn’t have in the first place. Though I suppose if you were responsible enough to realize that you wouldn’t be attempting to justify it. In vain, if you were wondering.

Strawberry, I thought these were just old spell books. B’s right; that stuff is outlawed and illegal to own. You have to get rid of them. Turn them in, destroy them, whatever you have to do.

4) I’m sorry, but I already know how to bowl! I’m not pro or anything, but I almost got a 150 last time I played. And that was after not playing for a lo~ng time.

1) Bon-Bon: Squid ink? Really? I’ll have to look that one up. I didn’t know squid ink was edible!

Bon-Bon: A lot of the shows I watch do both. Seems to be more popular than the simple redecorating shows from not long ago. There’s this one called Love It or List it? That one’s pretty cool. You get to see a lot of houses and they renovate the owner’s house. Then they choose if they want to stay in their newly renovated house or move to a new house.

2) Strawberry! There could be important, valuable information you’re locking away! B, help me out here!

B: I deal with immediate threats to Equestria. What some selfish waste does with his ill-gotten gain is none of my concern.

U~gh!

3) Yeah. I guess. I always found their flavor to be subtle, though.

1) There was an inside joke?

2) Life would carry on. Princess’s Cadance and Twilight would likely take over, gradually. They would eventually pass, so I imagine a plan would be set up to transition leadership from one to the next in line over time.

The limitations of mortal rule.

3) No, it’s a USB dongle. I’m a robot and that’s how I connect to the central processing mainframe.

Now please return to your home. A mandatory curfew is in place.

4) Oh, it wouldn’t be my place to choose. Wouldn’t want to endanger myself.

6) Well of course it’s just a lyre! Why couldn’t I see that before? Now I feel dumb.

5) I feel stupid. It’s still cool, but how could I not see that? It’s like the bat-signal with a decal blocking the light to form an image.

1) I know, right? I was pretty upset.

2) I knew what you meant. If I were to hazard a guess, since they did fix it, they’re probably working on adding different search filters and “most notes” got pushed to default by accident.

3) Why didn’t I think to do that? Oh well.

4) Well, of course. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yu, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong. I mean, Zhao Yu is the whole reason the series was created!

Shu has some of the best scenes.

5) Strawberry! Hey! How’s it going?

1) Praying Mantis Stick-Figure Pony: GO!

2) Little more time. I’m sort of waiting for something.

3) Oh, gosh. There’s so many. I’ll just pick my favorites from each kingdom. Pang Tong from Shu, Zhang He from Wei, Taishi Ci from Wu, Sima Shi from Jin, and Meng Huo among the other factions.

Wu’s my favorite side, though. I got so many favorites in Wu. And oh my Cels! We finally get to play as Lu Su! And Li Dian! And Zuo Ci from 5 is coming back! And every character has their own weapon plus the weapon switch system from 7 on top of that! There’s 70 characters! That’s 70 different weapons! 70 different fighting styles!

I will say I was a little surprised to see Lu Su playable, but not Cheng Pu. Maybe he’ll be playable in the next one.

4) I’m so stoked! I shouldn’t have read so much about it! I can’t stand the wait!

1) I’ll lift a chimney stack with my magic and drop it on your noggin.

2) Ugh… No. That’s something a wise pony would do.

3) You are absolutely right. This is a wonderful little blog. I’d like to think I share a lot of Boggle’s views. Not sure how well that’d all pan out in practice for me, though.

1) Why not ask him? He doesn’t seem to get very many questions.

2) Then I’d kill them both in a fit of jealousy and rage. You wanted to hear something like that, right?

What kind of question is this anyway? That’s a horrible thing to suggest!

3) I wouldn’t know.

Oh, that says fabulous. I thought it said famous. I was making a play-on-words.

But I wouldn’t know.

1) I think I can take a hint better than that. Also, what was that pink thing?

2) Don’t feel like logging into my Youtube account and I can’t watch it unless I do.

3) I have no idea who that is, so no.

4) I’m not embarrassed for [omitted], but that’s not polite conversation.

5) Okay. So that was a thing that somepony made.

6) Way to always expect the worst there, Morbid Macabre.

1) That just makes me special.

I’d follow you, if not for the occasional, untagged, NSFW doodle.

2) Well, we’re not exactly here under partying conditions. It’s sort of serious, but I don’t know that I should talk about it.

At the rate things are going though, we’ll wind up being here on the 6th for my birth-…

… Krastos… If this all ends up being some elaborate plot to throw a surprise birthday party for me, I cannot express how [omitted] off I would be.

Oh mare… I must have fallen into a Cheeto/Dorito/Mountain Dew coma after playing CoD for fourteen hours. Is it nighttime again already?

Looks like I have some messages.

1) Well yeah. This is supposed to be an improvement, after all.

2) Pfft. Art is lame. The only thing that matters is dark grays and real… realist… [Cough] [Cough] Sorry, having difficulty even saying that one.

3) I don’t even know who you are. Probably from some artsy game with one of those “story” things. Pfft. I mean, yeah. Pfft. Whatevs.

4) What a forced meme.

5) I don’t know what any of that was. The robot looked like an X-Box, though.

6) What is this garbage? Sissy little slow-paced strategy game? Need to play a big girl’s game like Madden. In fact, forget this. I’m going to go play some tackle football with my friends. You guys are dorks.

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I’ll be honest. Sort of had a hard time with these last two posts. Was sort of all over the place. Hard to portray something I know so little about. The “hardcore gamer” is really a human phenomenon, and I guess I sort of abandoned it at the end? I’m not even sure. Plus I’m in Bearville right now so I haven’t had a whole lot of time to prepare.

Anyway, Happy “holiday”-that-is-sort-of-spooky-with-how-well-it’s-received-over-your-internet!