Larissa's Dream Haven

So for a while now, there's been a large monster house going up near where I live. Literally, it actually looks like a monster. I mean, it has these two big windows, then a series of doors-
Anyway. So recently, they put up a gate. Well, fine. More pretentious stuff. Anyway, they put a little piece of wood in it, I would imagine the name of their house, and it reads:
LARISSA'S DREAM HAVEN

Ok, really? Of all the things you could name your house (as if anyone even does that anymore), you chose THAT? Bah!

And really, that's basically an invitation for vandalism and ridicule. I mean, you could wake up one morning, and find this:

I'm actually really tempted to do that, but I wouldn't.

And really, it just seems so out of place, even more so than in an average city. But amongst the countryside, it's just so... stuffish. Here, I'll show you:

Oh my goodness! It's beautiful!

Look at the big hill!

Good thing there's no hokey "Larissa's Dream Haven" sign! ...oh yeah.

Name your house something else.

What's Up With The Hands?

So you may have noticed that I've been including little hand (and most recently, lightning bolt) images at the bottom of each post. You might be wondering, what are they for? Well, I started with my post about the MO:ULa update, so basically, they're shameless advertising for the Myst series.
But what are they?
They're a set of cursors from Riven, the second game in the Myst series. Here they all are:


        

So, yeah. By the way, speaking of Myst, look at this:

http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=383439#383439

'Tis exciting.

ONE THOUSAND VIEWS!

If you haven't guessed by the title, I've reached the huge milestone of 1,000 pageviews. This is pretty cool, because I got my first hundred in october or something. Anyway, it's actually 1020, so since I last checked, I got 24 views, from whatever source. Here's the ultimate screenshot:

Here's a little history lesson:

I started this blog out in June 2011. Back then, I didn't post much. I sort of think of it as the "prologue" to what I do now, while I was getting used to the idea of having a blog. The theme looked a lot like it does now, but with different fonts and a way different background picture. It was a screenshot of Todelmer, an age from Myst 5.

Later, I changed it to a long, panel-like version of my frog profile picture. I think it was around here that the "new" era began. I think it was around my Myst Online: Uru Live again on Mac post that I started to post more. And, in retrospect, I think it's when my views began to skyrocket. After a while, I changed the theme to a rather interesting picture I took of glow sticks while I was listening to Vale Decem. I don't even know why I included that. Oh well. After that came the most recent theme. I'll probably make an updated, better looking version of it as soon as I can get my hands on Photoshop Elements. I wish I could post something incredible and shocking as a goodie or something, but I can't. Thanks to everyone who's seen my blog, and even better checked back, and I'm looking forward to another 1000 in the future!

Oh, and

Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Right?

Okay, so you may remember that in this post, I mentioned that I wouldn't announce pageview milestones unless they were in thousands, since if I were to do hundreds, I'd need to do them every few weeks (which I don't want to). But I'm breaking that promise just once. And this sort of proves my point, because just look:

That's over 300 views in a month. Whoa. That's a LOT of milestone posts, since in this month I would already have done three. And, if you read this blog even every once in a while, you'd be tired of those pointless posts. See, I don't want to lose potential followers by making boring posts like these, or, by extension, seeming like I'm boasting about how many people have seen my blog. That's not what I intended, I just wanted to share my progress with people, but it will probably be interpreted that way. Anyway, carry on. That's all I have to say.

Image/Teaser Thing For Blog

I've recently created a little image to advertise this blog. Well, not advertise, but it's essentially just an image that represents it, or something. Maybe you can use it as a desktop picture. I don't know. It's not as pretty as I'd like it to be, but if I can get my hands on Photoshop, I'll be able to make better stuff. You see, I used to have Photoshop Elements, but since my computer runs OSX Lion, I can't use that particular version (it's a PowerPC application). Anyway, image:

Yeah. It's just a Chromey-wave thing in the side, with the blog's title in the top. I think I might use something like this for the top pane in the future, because the glow sticks never really looked that good anyway. If I get photoshop. EDIT: Well, maybe sooner. I don't know.

Resisting SOPA and PIPA:

Random Chemistry Facts Daily

So one of my friends is doing this thing where he posts random facts and stuff about chemistry on facebook. It's a page called Random Chemistry Facts Daily. Anyway, I just thought I'd put it on here because it's kind of cool, and since my blog is starting to get a noticeable amount of views each day, I'd promote it here. Anyway, yeah.
Also, I made a windows cursor set, and I tried to post it here, but I can't figure out exactly how to do downloads. At least, not on blogspot. If anyone knows how to do this, I would very much like that, and it's really quite good.
Also, between the time that I started writing this post and wrote the above sentence, I became an administrator of Random Chemistry Facts Daily, simply so that my friend may refer to his self as 'we'.

EDIT: I suppose I should include a link...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Random-Chemistry-Facts-Daily/172700132831873

EDIT (27/02/2012): The page has now been deleted. It wasn't me!

Dear Cyclists, I Don't Like You Anymore

Today I went for a bike ride in central park with some people with whom I am affiliated. It's pretty nice; a nice big place, and seeing buildings in the background makes it both ironic and serene. But you know those hardcore cyclists, who are always wearing jerseys and these fancy bikes even though all they really do is ride around in parks? Well, these people demonstrated to me today that they are near-sighted jerks. First, a person I know known as Person A tried to ride across the road. Just then, this moronic cyclist who obviously saw Person A didn't stop, or, like, go around them, they decided to yell, "watch it watch it watch it WATCH IT", obviously expecting Person A to reverse time or something. At the last moment I guess they remembered they can turn, so they did, but as they continued on, they decided to shout, "HOLY SHIT!", for whatever reason. I mean, how can you possibly be so dumb?! I mean, there were young kids there, literally toddlers, and parents can thank him if they start saying "shit" around the house. And I might be able to forgive these people if it had been just the one. But it wasn't. Shortly afterwards, a completely different cyclist got cut off by a small child with whom I am also affiliated. When this happened, he proceeded to yell at the child (Person B), even though they were obviously close to tears, had a poor bike and was clearly inexperienced and uncomfortable. I mean, sure, it was a stupid move on Person B's part, but how can he possibly think he's so important that he can just make whatever little girl cry that he wants? This has demonstrated to me that cyclists are usually these ignorant jerks who think that just because they have a fancy shirt and an ostentatious bike, they can just do whatever they want. And these instances aren't the sole foundation of my opinion; it's more like the last straw. I can't count the number of times I've been in a car, going 20 km/h in an 80 zone because there were cyclists cutting the car off even though it's obviously there, it's perfectly easy to go single file and it's a no-passing zone. They just don't care. And that is why I am announcing, CYCLISTS, I DON'T LIKE YOU! I'm sure that not every showoff-y cyclist has the aura of a stereotypical ignorant American, I still hold that they're mostly total jerks.

Wow, I'm probably going to end up insulting a lot of people with this post...

A Thing

Here's a script for a video I might make, because I'm strange like that.

Hello.

You know who I am.

Indeed, my purpose here is probably quite clear.

And I guess what's off the screen is validated because I can see it.

Fluctuations in quantum space, I guess.

It's where something that's been observed, changes.

Without shifting realities.

Anyway, what I wanted to talk about is the big problem here.

There's a man on the loose who would kill you on sight.

Kikiwa.

You can't escape him; he has the fastest mode of transportation in existence.

The secret subway.

Actually- no, steve still uses physical thrusters. You can't beat material reconstruction.

Kind of like teleportation, but it's different.

Yeah, I guess, teleportation's impossible.

The space organ uses vibration to calibrate the internal workings of string theory.

There's more than one Walker Man.

They are ageless. They are alive forever, and they're dead forever.

See, that's it. I need people to validate it. Like- here. Here's the script I'm reading off of. Here's a little dalek made of plastiscene. It does a good job of exterminating bugs.

Anyway, Kikiwa. You have to get past the elephant. What's difficult about the elephant is that it has a really, really really long trunk.

And his children. And his hideous wife.

Once you're past them, find the brick. It's somewhere. It's like, you know horcruxes? From harry potter, yeah. He's put his being into that brick. Find the brick. Destroy it. I don't care. The world's in trouble, and someone has to stabilize reality.

No, his security system isn't great. He isn't smart.

He can change his look. You can tell it's him because he reeks of nitroglycerin.

He can change his look. The police can't find him.

Glory days or oppression days?

200 Views!

As of yesterday, my blog has received 205 views from all over the world! And, the rate of views per month is increasing, but I appreciate it if you share this blog, comment, or any such things! Anyway, thank you to all the people who have read my posts, and... um... yeah.

Beethovenist Bible

I'm about to start work on the Beethovenist bible. For more info, go to kikiwa.wikia.com

EDIT: No I'm not. Please read something else.

Probablilty waves

Probability waves are the quantum mechanics theory that, if an object hasn't been observed,  it can be several things at once. It if you think about it, it completely disproves the plot of back to the future. My theory is that in order for the plot to work, the "good" home he returned to would NOT be a changed reality but an alternate one. This means that his original family would never see him again, and since he was able to meet all his siblings, which means that there was another alternate marty whom he never met, and the one with the "good" home and eastwood ravine was probably vaporized by a flying teacup and nobody noticed.

I read about probability waves on a Q&A with Richard A. Watson:
WHICH I CANNOT FIND.....

The Hymenoptera Agitation

I lie motionless on the couch.
Silence.
I close my eyes.
Silence.
I wait.
Buzz.
A very large bee is flying around the room at high speeds.
I quickly get up.
I walk to another room.
I sit down.
I am motionless.
Buzz.
A wasp flies around me at high speeds.
A pattern arises.

And thus, I go upstairs to my bedroom, the safe haven guarded by an inch-thick wooden door. And from there, I access the data reality of the internet, the alternate and equivalent universe. (Other Universe #1)
And from there, I write this blog entry. And now you get to read it.

Random Fact #2:
Rastapopolous

Greetings

Blah

Random Fact # 1:
Steve!