Panda Logic: Catch Up Post/Minecraft oblivion

Falling behind during this time of year is no good, no good at all. The 3 days have been a hazy blur of Minecraft, upset stomach (and today, Pepto Bismol), bed rest, chatting with my new friend, and not much food or productivity. But I've been trying to get back on track since yesterday, and hopefully my stomach won't revolt against me again like it did today.

Caught up my Gaia responses, so now to catch up on my blogging! Sorry in advance for the long post!
(EDIT: 42nd post, yeahhhhh~! >w< )

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My good friend and penpal Brandon got a Liebster Blog award and mentioned me in
his top 5 blogs. Congrats and thanks, Brandon! :D

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Chritsmas Gifts Updates:

~Christmas cards/packages sent out:

-Panda pal #3

-Rainbow goat princess (part 1)

-Fly

~Christmas cards/packages ready to be mailed out on the next postal run:

-Brandon

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ iPod/iPhone/iPad Apps ★★★★★★★

Touch (formerly Pingchat)/ Voxer

"evolved"?? more like "devolved" D:<

Ok, you'll probably hear this from me more than once if we talk a lot, but I have to say this here. I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE NEW PINGCHAT "UPGRADE" (more like a major downgrade!!)

I fell in love with Pingchat for many reasons, and now all of those reasons are GONE. Nothing to do now but hope that the app company listens to the scathing reviews for this version (mine included) and reverts it back. Until then, me and my original Pingchat friend are trying out Voxer (also for smart phones -hint hint- ;D )

what a cute icon. >w<

Voxer is no Pingchat, to be sure. The interface feels more crowded and less sleek, the notification noise is more muted, there's no video capability, no cute emotes like Pingchat (that I've come to love ; - ; ), it only shows your current location, doesn't show the status of the messages received, but there is voice recording, group chat, and photo capabilities. It'll do for now, I suppose. PINGCHAT, COME BACK!!! TT^TT

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ PURCHASES ★★★★★★★

After a few weeks of impatient waiting, my package finally came...! (oh, that reminds me, I need to leave feedback for them on Etsy) Working padlock charms with mini keys, all for around the same price that it would have cost to get that one star padlock necklace that I wanted so badly before. YESSSSS!! *w*

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FOOD/SNACKS ★★★★★★★
CAKE POPS

After having first seen them around 1-2 years ago, I ate my first cake pops yesterday! They weren't super good quality, but I'm happy to say that I finally got to try them! c: Next on the list? Jar cakes.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tookies

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ GAMES ★★★★★★★

MINECRAFT

For most of the time since I last posted, I've been far, far away, in the world of Minecraft. I spent most of that time building my room, but I finally got to play with more than one other person for the first time! My new friend, SpecOpsSR (sorry, I just realized that I had misspelled your name in my previous post, sorry!!), was kind enough to let my friend Habible onto his server. Before Spec joined us, Habible gave me more pointers about the game, showed me his style of mining, and found a sheep stuck in the minecart that Spec had built the other day, going round and round and round (before Habible set it free).

on setting it free: "it was inhumane", he said. "(Actually, I wanted to see if I could fit
in the cart with it)" xD

Very shortly after that, Spec joined us, and we all had a grand adventure deep underground, where Habible found some diamond! (and went swimming in lava a few times) While there navigating around all that lava, Habible gave me some tips about how to deal with lava, like using a bucket of water to create an obsidian pocket around you if you fall in. I created a bucket and got my first bucket of water, yay! I then proceeded to try and turn the lava into obsidian. I got a bucket of lava instead. Wanting to empty it, I ended up killing myself. Dx

His poor items...

first (and last) bucket of lava >.>

After all that short (but fun) mini adventure, Habible had to log off, so we all went back to our "secret base" and me and Spec decorated it and built a lovely waterfall pool with a sky view glass roof for our base's "bathroom", and I started building my room across from it. Can't wait til we can all play together again!! >w<