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Alignment Test

Myako — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:41:30 +0000

Sorry I havn’t posted in a while, journal. School started quickly. But Tryton found a nifty quiz at: this website.

Here are my results:

True Neutral- A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he’s not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.

Detailed Results:

Alignment:
Lawful Good —– XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (17)
Neutral Good —- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (20)
Chaotic Good —- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (20)
Lawful Neutral — XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (18)
True Neutral —- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (21)
Chaotic Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (21)
Lawful Evil —– XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Neutral Evil —- XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)
Chaotic Evil —- XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)

Law & Chaos:
Law —– XXXXXXX (7)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Chaos — XXXXXXXXXX (10)

Good & Evil:
Good —- XXXXXXXXXX (10)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXX (11)
Evil —- XXX (3)

Running Away

Myako — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:17:35 +0000

The other night I dreamed that me and a group of random civilians were stranded on an island. We were living happily until a little boy came running from the shore claiming that gigantic armored beetles were making their way with an intent to kill. Of course everyone freaked out and started running in little 2 inch circles. I managed to calm some down and told everyone to make their way to the island’s largest tower.

But for some reason there was no way to get to the top. Apparently the tower had no doors or stairs and no one knew how to make or use ladders. I looked in my pocket for something that may be of use. Who knows? There could be some RAID in there! WALLA! I had a device that had the same mechanic as the portal gun and was able to make gateways that lead from the bottom to the top. By the time the beetles were about 10 feet away, the device stopped working and I was still at the base of the tower, having an anxiety attack. Someone pushed me and then I started smashing the buttons. I finally made two more portals and got to the top safely, but it wasn’t until then that I realized I didn’t have control of how long they lasted. The beetles came through! AHHH!

And then I woke up. True story. As a side note, I’m going to post quotes as often as I can. It’s going to be hard to match them up the the post’s theme, so… yea.

“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.” - George Carlin

About my excitement with SPORE… I think it all died away. I really want to hear the procedurally generated music and see the game’s core mechanics, but a lot of people claimed that gameplay wasn’t as great as it was anticipated. If anything, it’s very bland and unrealistic to a sense that what you see isn’t logically correct (ie: a creature with a hundred legs isn’t necessarily faster than one with five).

One of my biggest worries is the 3-time installation rule (see DRM). I have a desktop and laptop, that’s 2 uses already. What if I want to upgrade my desktop? What then? I want to own the game, not “rent” it, as many people have been saying. Besides, what if I find the game boring one day and decide to play it again years down the road? Like with Diablo II? I’ve reinstalled that game over a dozen times! This really hit me hard.

I was reading the ratings on Amazon yesterday and it was rated 100 one-stars, 3 four-stars, and 2 five-stars. In a period of ten minutes, it gained 4 more one-stars. Right now it’s at 1,024 one-stars! That’s crazy! Reading the posts has become quite entertaining, but I feel the same way as a majority of the posters.

Spore had me excited for three years.

Alone!

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:53:51 +0000

Xin, I feel so alone! No one knows who I am anymore. I feel like a kid again from 9 years ago, starting fresh and not knowing anyone. Except back then I didn’t really care if I didn’t know many other hostesses. Now I’m struggling for a continuous source of inspiration and motivation. Garg.

While I was being nostalgic, I remembered I had uploaded the remains of some of my old websites to geocities. I did some hard thinking and I found it! The short blog brings back so many memories, bad coding, and people and dead domain names! Ah! How I long to know where those people are now and what they’re up to. Maybe if I get lucky and if these people search for me too, we can reunite!

Mog, oh Moggy! I know where I can reach you and I’m so happy for it! I truely wish to see your designs again. They were always so crisp and sharp!
Kelly/Arika of Crystal-kiwi.com. I remember our 2 person community forum and how you kept trying to update it to make it shiny!
Angel from Simplyangel.net. I made a graphics site that drained tons of your bandwitdh. You were a great person, very nice, understanding and helpful!
The Silveroracle.com staff, especially the owner. Sorry I forgot your name…it’s been five years now, but I wish I knew!

And then there were tons of other people I don’t quite remember. How soopa. Oh well, it’s very funny seeing the old designs and how some people used to be dumb-founded by their “pretty looks.” I keep face palming myself.

Hello World

Myako — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:36:45 +0000

I wish you would return a hello to everyone that greets you.
The sun rises each morning, lighting up your soul.
She shines to warm up your life, but you do nothing but stalk her, orbit around her, using her for a frame of reference.
You are always two-faced in her lonely relationship.
She burns for you, for the life you create.
But the life you carry is full of death.
It is short, flooded with misery, and only small signs of hope.
When you dance, buildings fall and people fear your aura.
Is Mother Nature taking good care of you?
Are you sick?
Are the people being kind to you
Or can you no longer handle life any longer?
Hello, world,
Can you hear the whispers that seek your answers?

Hunger

Myako — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:32:39 +0000

As my poor Travians starve with lack of food, I write to you in utter need of sleep and food as well. Those fifteen strawberries and two pears were tasty, but not enough to fulfill this undying hunger of mine. What am I to do if my body insists on eating when I don’t feel like it? Or maybe it’s my brain that tells me I long to taste something delicious. At any rate, my eyes will be strained more if I don’t get proper lighting. I should brush my teeth and head to sleep.

Switch

Myako — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:22:10 +0000

I switched to Wordpress because I seem to like how it works more now than it did a couple years back. Trouble is the format of all the images in my previous posts look like garbage now and I don’t feel like going back and editing them all. You may think I’m lazy, but it really is too tedious to try and make things look nicer… things that people might not see anyways. I hope you’re okay with that, Xin. Now I have to find and make you a new flashy suit to wear to warm you up some.

Another problem is that I have to go back to all my posts and throw them into the right category. I managed to import everything else correctly though. Oh well.

At it again

Myako — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:39:44 +0000

I kicked my butt changing every single aspect of this layout from the previous one. Skinning is very tedious.

I am not satisfied.
I want more space for my content. I don’t want a sidebar on the left as big as the main portion of the site. I want less colors, more white space, and more white, I guess. I need more minimization and less graphics.

I am thinking of redesigning. Yes, I like the look of this place and maybe I’ll change the above banner to something else if I feel like recycling the layout.

Tryton and Minh were talking about blogging in style the other day. We found a mutual friend of theirs that did so. She was from Tryton’s high school and from Minh’s house sophomore year! Tiny world, isn’t it! All three of us live in three different parts of California, but we were all brought together somehow. At any rate, she blogged in a narrative form so she rarely used first-person statements. On occasion she would ramble about junk in an emotive state, but other times she would have interesting story-like posts. I’m trying to think of a way to spice up my typings, but I’m more worried about the layout for now.

I think the entire site needs revamping. Sorry for not taking better care of you, Xin.

Strawberries and Pollywogs

Myako — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:36:58 +0000

I made many strawberries and tadpoles this last week. I turned some into magnets and now they live in peace with the fridge. One of the magnets was very weak though, so if someone slams the fridge door, a tadpole will fly off as well! I ended up using fabric glue for the tadpole eyes because I’m not that great at making pretty french knots yet.

I may or may not make a tutorial for the tadpoles. They seem straight forward enough for people to improvise their own ideas of how they’re made, right?

Click on the sneak peek to view the entire tutorial. It has been uploaded onto my DeviantArt page.

The recent week

Myako — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:19:49 +0000

I just looked out the window to see how sunny it was and a bird just made an awkward back flip. I think the wind disrupted it’s supposedly epic flight maneuvers. I felt sort of embarrassed for it, looked away for half a second, and then looked back. It seemed to pretend nothing happened and flew away like normal. Nature is quirky here and there! At any rate, I haven’t updated this journal in a while and took photos of things that have been happening in this tiny workshop / bedroom / study room / game room / entertainment house of mine. But first things first! I got a gift certificate for presenting my game to prospective transfer students during Engineering Week in Baskin a couple months back. It was only $25 at the bookstore, so it wasn’t enough to buy a dry textbook for next quarter. I browsed the store for more than 5 hours before I found what I wanted to buy.

Ribbon! They cost $5.95 each! They are something I normally would not purchase for myself because they are expensive. Yuck. But I couldn’t resist the dashed pattern. If each roll didn’t come with the dashed design, I probably wouldn’t of bought them! I made a light box the other week as well. I needed a better place to take photos of the charms and jewelry I was making. I went into the box filled garage, grabbed one, started chopping it up with my exacto knife, and taped tissue paper to the sides. This is what it looks like with the ribbon stuck in the inside. I don’t have any other lamps to work with the light box, so no laughing! Below the light box are other examples of photos inside it. The first is of an apple I took from Hindquarter Bar & Grille. We ate there this week for Brian’s birthday. The second is of a Donald Duck candy holder I got from Tryton last Christmas.

Lastly, Tryton’s mom asked me to draw her something ages ago and I haven’t found the motivation to draw something nice. Earlier this month I drew a fairy in a flower and then it changed to a girl standing in an animal floating devise consisting of a shark, seal, fish, bird, and dolphin. Below are photos of it during my process of slowly finishing it. And of course, Tryton wanted me to use the Prismacolor markers he bought me to do the job. I’m really bad at using them effectively, so bare with me! Click the thumbnails to enlarge.

I was supposed to start a felt project today, but I ended up doing laundry and this instead. Maybe I should start now!

Second batch

Myako — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:55:58 +0000

This second batch of polymer clay sweety charms was actually created and baked late last week, but I never had the chance to post it on my blog. I decided I will update this blog on a regular basis, posting down what I have been doing, rather than taking photos a week after they are created with new projects in between.

Otherwise things get way too complicated! I also want to keep better track of my doings and time management. Well, in this photo you see here are cookies (chocolate chip), various chocolates, ducks, bunnies, berries, cupcakes, donuts, and other random nursery items and candies. I don’t know how the theme ended up being this whimsical and colorful, but it did and it looks lovely!