Happy belated second schnappszahl, Chronicler!
![:birthday :birthday](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/birthday1.gif)
Sorry for being so late (not that that should be surprising
![:rolleyes dino :rolleyes](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/dino_roll-eyes.gif)
); my Internet connection has been making it difficult for me to even reach the GOF in the past several days.
The good news is, this year I finally have a star day card for you.
![:wow dino :wow](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/dino_wow.gif)
One reason I’d never made you a card until now is that I was stumped on how to design one: I had no idea how to recognizably draw anything
Bionicle-related (For some time I considered dismantling several of my own
Bionicle LEGO sets, arranging the pieces to spell out a birthday greeting, then photographing the whole setup and using that as a reference to draw the card). It was just a few days ago when inspiration hit me: I’d make you a
MythBusters-themed card instead.
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![](http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/Artwork/Cards/Chroniclers22ndStarDayCard.jpg)
Serendipitously, I had asked you beforehand about your favorite
MythBusters episodes, so I attempted to include as many references to those myths in the card as I could, which you’ll hopefully be able to recognize. Mixed in are some generic
MythBusters elements, such as flames, rockets, stylized explosions, clouds of smoke, tire tracks from an out-of-control car (at least, that’s what the ëS’ is
supposed to be), some artfully arranged shrapnel, the “myth outcome” signs (“Busted”, “Plausible”, and “Confirmed”), and, of course, Buster, the crash-test dummy (whose arms have been blown off and appear elsewhere on the card
![:lol dino :lol](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/dino_laugh.gif)
). Oh, and the requisite
Lystrosaurus head beside my signature is sporting a Jamie Hyneman beret and mustache.
![:lol dino :lol](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/dino_laugh.gif)
I did manage to include a lone
Bionicle artifact: Takua’s mask (The card just didn’t say “The Chronicler” without it
![;) Wink ;)](https://www.gangoffive.net/Smileys/gof/wink.gif)
).
Hope you like the card, and sorry again for the wait. (Assuming my Web connection cooperates, I'll post my next review of your fanfiction soon, too.)