End of Semester Jitters

The summer is approaching quickly, and I'm not quite ready for it yet. There are a million big mountains I have to climb before the end of the semester, and I don't want to break out my hiking boots.

I've recently rediscovered my love for House of Leaves, an incredible book by Mark Danielewski. I want to create a mod based around the main character of the book, and I have a few ideas how to translate that disjointed, psychological thriller into an interesting, mystery themed mod. The biggest challenge will be mimicking the feelings the book evoked. I really want the player to get the same sense of dread, the same sense of isolation, darkness, confusion, and insanity. Insanity -- perhaps the hardest of them all.


I went on a few adventures recently downtown, and each one brought with it a sense of clarity (and a nice full tummy). Being alone on a nice day really makes me appreciate the strangers around -- I really like to people watch.

On my way back up this most recent time, I think a few days ago, I found something on the sidewalk just outside of Edmunds Elementary School:

It looked like a bunch of confetti splattered all over the ground.

It was then that I decided that whenever something exciting ceases to exist, it always leaves something behind. A few days later when I went downtown the splat was still there. I hope that whichever little kid owned this whatever-it-was, he or she isn't reminded of its loss every time he or she walks to school. Poor kiddo.

I went into Pure Pop the other day and got tons of free stuff, including an awesome CD titled "P is for Panda Mixtape Vol. 1". Check out the P is for Panda website and grab the cd. It's good stuff.

Speaking of Pandas....