yesterday wasn't very bad conditioning wise, except one person tossed their cookies. also both mantids are level 3s. Today conditioning was a bit more well conditioning... 6 17-60s for me, while yesterday there was only 4 (on the last 17-60 we don't do the 60 part).
Yesterday I made a method to decrypt a message pretty well. Let's use "The cat runs" as an example
Caution: Math content in the following section! (It's not like everyone likes math... :P)
"The cat runs". now to do the first method the original message will be in bold for now. to make the second half we write the message backwards
The cat runs snur tac eht
but you don't stop here, then we merge the two starting with the first letter of the original message, then you use the first letter in the message backwards. repeat with the second letter. We keep the spaces in the original message, discarding the ones in the message backwards. now for the the combination, the original message will be in caps
The cat runs snur tac eht
TsHnEu CrAtTa RcUeNhSt now with out the caps the message appears tshneu cratta rcuenhst
That's the first step...
the second step is two parts
first we assign each letter a number
space=0 A=1 B=2 C=3 ect... up until Z=26
but we shift this sequence over... In an actual message I sent so far it was a shift by 3
so space=3 A=4 B=5 C=6....V=25 W=26 X=0 Y=1 Z=2 so it wraps around after you get to 26.
Now the message would appear
remember 3 = a space
23 22 11 17 8 24 3 6 21 4 23 23 4 3 21 6 24 8 17 11 22 23
now if you noticed without the threes it's symetrical that's because the first method made it that way...
Now for the final method... you'll need a good calculator... one like the TI-84 that you can plug in for the X's
I used an equation to make points out of these numbers, further disguising them... I use the X points as placeholders to tell you the order of the Ys, but in the first one I put 4 (in the first message I gave like this). This 4 represent what A equals.. which gives you the position of all the letters.
The Y point is what you get from the equation
the equation I used was: Y=(X^3)-(16X^2)+(40X)-14
Now for this I'll give the key
0 would become -14
1 would become 11
2 would become 10
3 would become -11
4 would become -46
5 would become -89
6 would become -134
7 would become -175
8 would become -206
9 would become -221
10 would become -214
11 would become -179
12 would become -110
13 would become -1
14 would become 154
15 would become 361
16 would become 626
17 would become 955
18 would become 1354
19 would become 1829
20 would become 2386
21 would become 3031
22 would become 3770
23 would become 4609
24 would become 5554
25 would become 6611
26 would become 7786
so the message would go from
23 22 11 17 8 24 3 6 21 4 23 23 4 3 21 6 24 8 17 11 22 23
to
(4, 4609) (5, 3770) (6, -179) (7, 955) (8, -206) (9, 5554) (10, -11) (11, -134) (12, 3031) (13, -46) (14, 4609) (15, 4609) (16, -46) (17,-11) (18, 3031) (19, -134) (20, 5554) (21, -206) (22, 955) (23, -179) (24, 3770) (25, 4609)
tada! it's been encrypted 3 ways. Though if the message is long enough it could be figured out though they'd have to still figure out the first method. I'm working on two ways, I just haven't written them down yet. keyword, yet...
now if you still don't get the shift then here...
0=x 1=y 2=z 3= a space 4=a 5=b 6=c 7=d 8=e 9=f 10=g 11=h 12=i 13=j 14=k 15=l 16=m 17=n 18=o 19=p 20=q 21=r 22=s 23=t 24=u 25=v 26=w
that when A like I said is 4...
now for an experimental method 4 Type-7 ("yet" in "I haven't written it down yet" no longer applies :D) here's what the first two points become
dkfxmgcsqlfjantr
here's the key to that...
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ( ) space
g h i j k l m a b c d e f
t u v w x y z n o p q r s
how did i get that?
I specified type 7, that meant I moved the letters over by 7
the original would have looked like this
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ( ) space
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
see how a in the type 7 key resides under the 7
the original key is type 0
now to encrypt this just repeat method 2, but no shift of A is required since we were encrypting numbers, now if it were words, it would be different! This is the 5th and last method to this process, which might I add is a bit tiresome... trust me I know... it took around 2-3 hours to create and send the first message (that was before I created the 4th and 5th method today, since that was yesterday)
so dkfxmgcsqlfjantr becomes
4 11 6 24 16 7 3 19 17 12 6 10 1 14 20 18
now you could use that formula in step 3 but it's not necessary. because if anyone tries to use probability to figure out a longer message (I know you, dad, have done this before) it won't work. since these are numbers that have been encoded, and to be safe, I made it so two letters represent one thing, to further mess up probability.
heh I went a little crazy on this... but it was worth it :D
I enjoyed my first trial with it hehe... though I didn't enjoy the part where the test subject fired back...
etiam risus magne me (that was my response to it)
still haven't figured it out *cough* hint, hint *cough*
21 June 2011
19 June 2011
I had a dream in which my mantids molted. Low and behold Ideal molted... I knew they were due, so it carried over into dreamworld.
Ideal: level 3
I got to go to aquarium adventure today. I got 3 neon tetras, 2 albino bronze corys, a plant which a latin name I don't remebmer, and 2 fish called ottocinus or something...
--_-- I have conditioning tomarrow 7:30 to 8:30 AM... just great... *sigh*
and the worst part is on the way in to church today, I started to feel the beginnings of planter facittis... it just keeps gettin' better and better...
I also woke up on the couch, which I had apparently fallen asleep on last night (dad knows that once I'm out, it'd take a jet to wake me up). I woke up at around 5 AM. My back hurt unbelievably, along with pain in my arms, and my left calf. After I got into my bed, I started to get a charlie horse in my calf. I don't remember it going away, I think I gave up trying to stretch it out... Maybe, I fell asleep with it. It wouldn't surprise me that's for sure... I mean I can sleep walk upstairs from the couch (I've done it before). One time it was especially painful when after going to the bathroom I started to actually fall back asleep. I hit my face on the strike plate, which on this door protrudes out. I hit on my check bode I think, and my face hit the rest on the frame. That was the most painful head injury I've ever had. I was clearly awake after I hit. I remember after that, just not before it. It took a half an hour for me to get back to sleep at least.
The back pain I experienced, was the most pain I had in my back before. if I rolled over it hurt quite a bit. If this is what feeling old is like, then, oh geez......
Ideal: level 3
I got to go to aquarium adventure today. I got 3 neon tetras, 2 albino bronze corys, a plant which a latin name I don't remebmer, and 2 fish called ottocinus or something...
--_-- I have conditioning tomarrow 7:30 to 8:30 AM... just great... *sigh*
and the worst part is on the way in to church today, I started to feel the beginnings of planter facittis... it just keeps gettin' better and better...
I also woke up on the couch, which I had apparently fallen asleep on last night (dad knows that once I'm out, it'd take a jet to wake me up). I woke up at around 5 AM. My back hurt unbelievably, along with pain in my arms, and my left calf. After I got into my bed, I started to get a charlie horse in my calf. I don't remember it going away, I think I gave up trying to stretch it out... Maybe, I fell asleep with it. It wouldn't surprise me that's for sure... I mean I can sleep walk upstairs from the couch (I've done it before). One time it was especially painful when after going to the bathroom I started to actually fall back asleep. I hit my face on the strike plate, which on this door protrudes out. I hit on my check bode I think, and my face hit the rest on the frame. That was the most painful head injury I've ever had. I was clearly awake after I hit. I remember after that, just not before it. It took a half an hour for me to get back to sleep at least.
The back pain I experienced, was the most pain I had in my back before. if I rolled over it hurt quite a bit. If this is what feeling old is like, then, oh geez......
17 June 2011
heh Patch the alpha cat (at least in our home, for now) He's kinda my cat, and like me, when we had people over today, people he didn't know, but I did. What did he do? Did he be all couragous and approach them? nope, he did something I might do when I meet people I don't know for him it's staying out of sight, for me it's being shy.
heh, dad brought up an entertaining story. When he taught a bible study at this guy's house, there was a cat that weighed 25 pounds. Quite a fat cat. To use someone else's words in my imagination "a fuzzball with legs". Apparently his reputation as a fat cat was solidified by the fact that once he fell asleep with his face in his own food! (rotfl the first time I heard that one). One time apparently the Guy let one, or was it two? dogs in the house (dad actually saw this otherwise I might not believe it myself). This fat cat jumped all the was ontop of the refrigerator in ONE jump! Apparently this "Fat cat" was very motivated by something other then food. hehe
Someone made the comment after I called it a "fuzzball with legs" (yes, I'm using it again :P) "It was more likely a fuzzball with feet".
Oh and dad I was curious and sooner or later I was bound to switch that red switch :P
I really think you should paint the wood, and not me... I mean, You loooove painting!
And you love sitting in the fishstores for hours (especially when it's not aquarium adventure, which for anyone else has a couch, while the others don't even have a chair to sit on) while I look at all the interesting little fishies in the store. Fortunately for you the fishstory which I could basically spend all day at (aquarium adventure), has a couch for you. So many interesting plants, equipment, and fishies at that store. It's like a fishkeepers paradise. *starts to reminisce (sighs)* Oh I'm doing that again aren't I... oopsies... It's been far too long since the last time I was there. *Hint, hint*. Can you guess where I'd like to go soon :P
And no I will not walk there! or call a cab! As you usually reply....... Plus going there basically gaurentees you 2 hours to read minimum, if it didn't then I don't know what the worlds coming to :P (I'm probably underestimating the minimum time on that lol)
I still want to see hope get stuck going through the cat door, she's getting close. No where never the size of that 25 pound cat though. It would take hope, and tiger combined to get within a few pounds of that. I wonder if we'll have a family reunion again up by grandma's again. That was fun... though I do remember hearing something about them selling the farm it was at though... or was that a dream I had recently... maybe it was both! I think I did have a dream a couple days ago. YES, now I remember it now, well faintly, but I remember it had to do with a farm, the reason they were selling it (in the dream), was it caught fire real easily, and while I was viewing it caught fire, burned around 1/10 of it. The other reason was the owner was getting old. Now my dreams tend to correspond to things that are happening. The fire is obviously comes from the fact I keep hearing about the Arizona fires. The rest is well due to the fact I brought up this topic the day before, or two days before this dream. I remember we went up in a bus... That obviously is why this is a dream... and the fact I was standing there while the fire was spreading (I was just standing there watching it). Unlike real life the fire didn't get over a foot high, so it didn't obviously look very menacing, and it burned in a line, not all at once. Beyond that I don't remember much of it... Oh I remember my dream last night, or was it the night before. I had an xbox 360 the white one (apparently an xbox 360 came with the kinect, which I didn't know until two days ago; again with my dream's relevance to my dream, I kinda like that though) Some people apparently came and decided to steal it, I was letting them for my obvious safety but then they shot me, now this is the strange part. I actually somehow froze it kinda, or replayed it, I actually don't understand it exactly... so strange... I basically stopped because it didn't go right? and replayed it but this time I forced my will on the events (that's the best way I can explain it) and instead of hitting me anywhere my mind forced the events so that it hit me in the shoulder in an area not hitting the lungs or the major blood vessels to my arms (it's pretty small I think). My plan in my mind was for someone to find me, I'm not sure what happens next, but later I remember getting out my second xbox 360, (the one that came with the kinect) and it's all good from there.
Now that I speak about "my will forcing it". I think I'll share a revelation about dreams that I had quite a few years ago. You see things always kept happening outside of my control. Bad things, like meeting a horrible fate at the hands of a bear (that's a recuring theme for me, really, it's probably the most common why for me to die, that and gators). Oh speaking of gators I know last night I had a dream about Gators, and I'm not sure exactly but I know they were smart! Planning attacks! Kinda like jaws. Note to self don't watch part of a jaws movie before going to bed, I actually got up in the middle of it when I realized it lasted until midnight, so I went to bed at around 11. It was still fresh in my mind, which explains this...... So basically the people, including me, are trying to protect the people around, and their land. Now some are meeting a grizzly fate at the hand of gators... Now the land is basically flooded with what else but H2O! (sarcasm included :P). Now I, or was it me in someone else's shoes was about to go and do something irrational due to emotions. Then I'm the person that tells them, and actually holds them back at the last moment. And seconds later A gator, that had planned to kill this person snaps. well I think this person was thankful, but we just looked at eachother knowingly. I don't remember how it ends though, it didn't probably. Those annoy me sometimes... I think there was one case where I should've been eaten, but thankfully to this revelation I had years ago I didn't. You see most people when they are about to die, wake up. Well, I, unlike these people, Don't. So I would actually experience these deaths. Eaten by polar bears, bears, gators, stabbed. strangely falling through the sky was never a nightmare for me, yet it's a fear of mine. Drowning either. Though the flooding is obviously a representation of that fear, since it occurs whenever the gators do. The gators are the most common ones as of late. Bears used to be. heh, one time I even had a dream about flying jackolanterns, which talked, and had guns... talk about too much chocolate before bed... Way too much caffeine for me that night obviously...
Now after I had, had one of these a thought started common to my mind in dreams, now I need to tell you that in quite a few dreams I'll realize that it's a dream. Actually when I wake up in the middle of one I'll focus on what happened in the dream and It'll usually continue on, until I keep waking up so frequently, I woke up too much, or It takes too long to go back to sleep to continue the dream. Kinda cool really... strange even if I don't like the dream I'll do this too, guess I just want a conclusion. Now in those dreams I knew, I went back to a what I had heard in cartoons and such, You are in control, It's your mind. Now I have to say They were right! I still don't wake up when I'm about to die, but ever since I was able to impliment this into my dream, I don't die nearly as painfully (in my eyes), or as frequently (well before it was all the time). Though in both cases like a video game I'd, you may have guessed it, I respawn, usually around where I was. Thankfully I've never gotten killed twice by this, It may be a little bit later, but never by the same thing the got me earlier. Though once (the one with the polar bears on our soccer field (I was thinking about star wars... ok... Hoth specifically XD) I ran my tail off when I respawned around where I fell, I ran and ran and apparently in my dream once I was inside they wouldn't bother us (Thankfully :P). Now I learned that if I think hard enough, I can do things that I shouldn't be able to do. like in one case A fighter jet was about to fire on me as a person, I thought about becoming a fight, a second later (after a second try at thinking hard) I became one, fired some missiles, and destroyed the aircraft, then I returned to where I was before in the air and turned back into a person (this was all in third person btw). I've been able to avoid many unavoidable deaths this way. Though it's role has been diminished since I got it to work. I mostly let the dreams flow, and I'm just a rider, I don't try to control it, or realize it's a dream anymore, though in places when I'm about to die, it kicks in and skips over it like fast forward on a tape. Though I remember one of the best reasons I'm glad for this ability, though this is before I got this kind of control. This happened after Cinnamon died, It hurt...
This dream was of cinnamon Alive. part way in the dream I finally realized that this was a dream. Did I get mad? No, quite the opposite. I realized exactly what this meant, I could pet her again! That's exactly what I did, the whole time, I kept thinking/wanted the dream to keep going, It was the time I most fiercely resisted waking up. Because I knew, (I guess I just knew it in my heart) that this would be the only time this would happen. I wanted it to last as long as possible. In my heart I really had wished I had payed more attention to her. I kinda blamed myself for not doing so. So I just sat there petting her. Best dream I ever had. This was before Patch took her place in my heart. Plus, I was much younger then, It affected me pretty deeply. I cried for her, I do know that. yeah... There was no negative emotions in that dream, and unlike any other I remember it was the least crazy, no interruptions, until I woke up sadly... Wow, I just realized that when I think of camera like memories of cinnamon, that's the only one I have. I don't believe this was a normal dream. That dream helped me like no other. After that dream, I was really able to get on with life. It helped me get over it. I was able to put to rest almost all the blame I placed on myself for what happened. I think I was 10, September 2003 is when she died I think. It wasn't long after we moved in I know that. It was either 2003 or 2004 though. Patch and I weren't anywhere near as close. Personally I think It was a God given dream. I mean what else could've made the environment serene, with nothing other then positive feelings in a 10 YO me?
Oh talking about getting patch did bring back one thing, mom, and dad didn't want to get patch because he looked way too energetic. After hearing that I remember my response "He just wants out of the cage!" (that does sound like a kid doesn't it :P) In the few moments I saw him I already loved 'em. Actually he's probably the only cat I was really serious about treating really nicely, gently handling, and not approaching him too fast. At the time Sneaky really didn't likely (that's an understatement; You hear a hiss you would know Sneaky and I were within 6 feet of each other :P) And now look at 'em, You take mom or dad back then, They'd ask where's sneaky? (if they saw my petting him, now without him attempting to give me a kitty tattoo :P).
I also didn't actually pick patch up for many months, which definetely helped as well, since I didn't exactly pick them up the right way. (they don't like being held belly up lol).
Now if I could only get Mia to actually be comfortable in my presence.... only time will tell....
as with Sneakers, time will tell.
Now it's 11:40 geez, this took more then a hour to write (I think I've been writing since 10:24 PM; when I got off Gmail basically... well I wonder what dream will take place, with me you never know, it could be cars floating in rivers with water guns and Yogi bear (heh, this actually happened in one dream! again what in the world did I eat before going to bed, does come to mind... :D I like those kinds of dreams everyonce in awhile)
Well I got to go to bed, Patch is starting to meow at me, which means he wants me to go to bed, so he can jump on my bed with me. it's now 11:45 heh from 10:24 to 11:45 wow, that's long....
heh, dad brought up an entertaining story. When he taught a bible study at this guy's house, there was a cat that weighed 25 pounds. Quite a fat cat. To use someone else's words in my imagination "a fuzzball with legs". Apparently his reputation as a fat cat was solidified by the fact that once he fell asleep with his face in his own food! (rotfl the first time I heard that one). One time apparently the Guy let one, or was it two? dogs in the house (dad actually saw this otherwise I might not believe it myself). This fat cat jumped all the was ontop of the refrigerator in ONE jump! Apparently this "Fat cat" was very motivated by something other then food. hehe
Someone made the comment after I called it a "fuzzball with legs" (yes, I'm using it again :P) "It was more likely a fuzzball with feet".
Oh and dad I was curious and sooner or later I was bound to switch that red switch :P
I really think you should paint the wood, and not me... I mean, You loooove painting!
And you love sitting in the fishstores for hours (especially when it's not aquarium adventure, which for anyone else has a couch, while the others don't even have a chair to sit on) while I look at all the interesting little fishies in the store. Fortunately for you the fishstory which I could basically spend all day at (aquarium adventure), has a couch for you. So many interesting plants, equipment, and fishies at that store. It's like a fishkeepers paradise. *starts to reminisce (sighs)* Oh I'm doing that again aren't I... oopsies... It's been far too long since the last time I was there. *Hint, hint*. Can you guess where I'd like to go soon :P
And no I will not walk there! or call a cab! As you usually reply....... Plus going there basically gaurentees you 2 hours to read minimum, if it didn't then I don't know what the worlds coming to :P (I'm probably underestimating the minimum time on that lol)
I still want to see hope get stuck going through the cat door, she's getting close. No where never the size of that 25 pound cat though. It would take hope, and tiger combined to get within a few pounds of that. I wonder if we'll have a family reunion again up by grandma's again. That was fun... though I do remember hearing something about them selling the farm it was at though... or was that a dream I had recently... maybe it was both! I think I did have a dream a couple days ago. YES, now I remember it now, well faintly, but I remember it had to do with a farm, the reason they were selling it (in the dream), was it caught fire real easily, and while I was viewing it caught fire, burned around 1/10 of it. The other reason was the owner was getting old. Now my dreams tend to correspond to things that are happening. The fire is obviously comes from the fact I keep hearing about the Arizona fires. The rest is well due to the fact I brought up this topic the day before, or two days before this dream. I remember we went up in a bus... That obviously is why this is a dream... and the fact I was standing there while the fire was spreading (I was just standing there watching it). Unlike real life the fire didn't get over a foot high, so it didn't obviously look very menacing, and it burned in a line, not all at once. Beyond that I don't remember much of it... Oh I remember my dream last night, or was it the night before. I had an xbox 360 the white one (apparently an xbox 360 came with the kinect, which I didn't know until two days ago; again with my dream's relevance to my dream, I kinda like that though) Some people apparently came and decided to steal it, I was letting them for my obvious safety but then they shot me, now this is the strange part. I actually somehow froze it kinda, or replayed it, I actually don't understand it exactly... so strange... I basically stopped because it didn't go right? and replayed it but this time I forced my will on the events (that's the best way I can explain it) and instead of hitting me anywhere my mind forced the events so that it hit me in the shoulder in an area not hitting the lungs or the major blood vessels to my arms (it's pretty small I think). My plan in my mind was for someone to find me, I'm not sure what happens next, but later I remember getting out my second xbox 360, (the one that came with the kinect) and it's all good from there.
Now that I speak about "my will forcing it". I think I'll share a revelation about dreams that I had quite a few years ago. You see things always kept happening outside of my control. Bad things, like meeting a horrible fate at the hands of a bear (that's a recuring theme for me, really, it's probably the most common why for me to die, that and gators). Oh speaking of gators I know last night I had a dream about Gators, and I'm not sure exactly but I know they were smart! Planning attacks! Kinda like jaws. Note to self don't watch part of a jaws movie before going to bed, I actually got up in the middle of it when I realized it lasted until midnight, so I went to bed at around 11. It was still fresh in my mind, which explains this...... So basically the people, including me, are trying to protect the people around, and their land. Now some are meeting a grizzly fate at the hand of gators... Now the land is basically flooded with what else but H2O! (sarcasm included :P). Now I, or was it me in someone else's shoes was about to go and do something irrational due to emotions. Then I'm the person that tells them, and actually holds them back at the last moment. And seconds later A gator, that had planned to kill this person snaps. well I think this person was thankful, but we just looked at eachother knowingly. I don't remember how it ends though, it didn't probably. Those annoy me sometimes... I think there was one case where I should've been eaten, but thankfully to this revelation I had years ago I didn't. You see most people when they are about to die, wake up. Well, I, unlike these people, Don't. So I would actually experience these deaths. Eaten by polar bears, bears, gators, stabbed. strangely falling through the sky was never a nightmare for me, yet it's a fear of mine. Drowning either. Though the flooding is obviously a representation of that fear, since it occurs whenever the gators do. The gators are the most common ones as of late. Bears used to be. heh, one time I even had a dream about flying jackolanterns, which talked, and had guns... talk about too much chocolate before bed... Way too much caffeine for me that night obviously...
Now after I had, had one of these a thought started common to my mind in dreams, now I need to tell you that in quite a few dreams I'll realize that it's a dream. Actually when I wake up in the middle of one I'll focus on what happened in the dream and It'll usually continue on, until I keep waking up so frequently, I woke up too much, or It takes too long to go back to sleep to continue the dream. Kinda cool really... strange even if I don't like the dream I'll do this too, guess I just want a conclusion. Now in those dreams I knew, I went back to a what I had heard in cartoons and such, You are in control, It's your mind. Now I have to say They were right! I still don't wake up when I'm about to die, but ever since I was able to impliment this into my dream, I don't die nearly as painfully (in my eyes), or as frequently (well before it was all the time). Though in both cases like a video game I'd, you may have guessed it, I respawn, usually around where I was. Thankfully I've never gotten killed twice by this, It may be a little bit later, but never by the same thing the got me earlier. Though once (the one with the polar bears on our soccer field (I was thinking about star wars... ok... Hoth specifically XD) I ran my tail off when I respawned around where I fell, I ran and ran and apparently in my dream once I was inside they wouldn't bother us (Thankfully :P). Now I learned that if I think hard enough, I can do things that I shouldn't be able to do. like in one case A fighter jet was about to fire on me as a person, I thought about becoming a fight, a second later (after a second try at thinking hard) I became one, fired some missiles, and destroyed the aircraft, then I returned to where I was before in the air and turned back into a person (this was all in third person btw). I've been able to avoid many unavoidable deaths this way. Though it's role has been diminished since I got it to work. I mostly let the dreams flow, and I'm just a rider, I don't try to control it, or realize it's a dream anymore, though in places when I'm about to die, it kicks in and skips over it like fast forward on a tape. Though I remember one of the best reasons I'm glad for this ability, though this is before I got this kind of control. This happened after Cinnamon died, It hurt...
This dream was of cinnamon Alive. part way in the dream I finally realized that this was a dream. Did I get mad? No, quite the opposite. I realized exactly what this meant, I could pet her again! That's exactly what I did, the whole time, I kept thinking/wanted the dream to keep going, It was the time I most fiercely resisted waking up. Because I knew, (I guess I just knew it in my heart) that this would be the only time this would happen. I wanted it to last as long as possible. In my heart I really had wished I had payed more attention to her. I kinda blamed myself for not doing so. So I just sat there petting her. Best dream I ever had. This was before Patch took her place in my heart. Plus, I was much younger then, It affected me pretty deeply. I cried for her, I do know that. yeah... There was no negative emotions in that dream, and unlike any other I remember it was the least crazy, no interruptions, until I woke up sadly... Wow, I just realized that when I think of camera like memories of cinnamon, that's the only one I have. I don't believe this was a normal dream. That dream helped me like no other. After that dream, I was really able to get on with life. It helped me get over it. I was able to put to rest almost all the blame I placed on myself for what happened. I think I was 10, September 2003 is when she died I think. It wasn't long after we moved in I know that. It was either 2003 or 2004 though. Patch and I weren't anywhere near as close. Personally I think It was a God given dream. I mean what else could've made the environment serene, with nothing other then positive feelings in a 10 YO me?
Oh talking about getting patch did bring back one thing, mom, and dad didn't want to get patch because he looked way too energetic. After hearing that I remember my response "He just wants out of the cage!" (that does sound like a kid doesn't it :P) In the few moments I saw him I already loved 'em. Actually he's probably the only cat I was really serious about treating really nicely, gently handling, and not approaching him too fast. At the time Sneaky really didn't likely (that's an understatement; You hear a hiss you would know Sneaky and I were within 6 feet of each other :P) And now look at 'em, You take mom or dad back then, They'd ask where's sneaky? (if they saw my petting him, now without him attempting to give me a kitty tattoo :P).
I also didn't actually pick patch up for many months, which definetely helped as well, since I didn't exactly pick them up the right way. (they don't like being held belly up lol).
Now if I could only get Mia to actually be comfortable in my presence.... only time will tell....
as with Sneakers, time will tell.
Now it's 11:40 geez, this took more then a hour to write (I think I've been writing since 10:24 PM; when I got off Gmail basically... well I wonder what dream will take place, with me you never know, it could be cars floating in rivers with water guns and Yogi bear (heh, this actually happened in one dream! again what in the world did I eat before going to bed, does come to mind... :D I like those kinds of dreams everyonce in awhile)
Well I got to go to bed, Patch is starting to meow at me, which means he wants me to go to bed, so he can jump on my bed with me. it's now 11:45 heh from 10:24 to 11:45 wow, that's long....
as I was about to write this is what I hear "No! Sneakers! (from both parents actually), Get back here (from dad). I think Sneakers decided he wanted to go into the garage again, but I believe the garage door was open.
I need to correct an error. It's Mia, not Mai As pointed out by dad... -_-
Also I wasn't sure about this part of the snake story but apparently it was an actuality. When I got up there, with my dad there was three cats all intently staring at the snake. I can hear their thoughts now "ooooo, a new toy!" and the snakes: "oh, I'll never escape again if I get out of this.".
oh I hear thunder, must be the storm that spawned the Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Franklin county. It lasts until 6 something I think. I think it's North of us though. I added water to the fish tank, I also got some of the parameters in the tank, and I wrote them down.
Ammonia - 0 PPM
Nitrite - around 2 PPM (a bit high)
Nitrate - around 2 through 5 PPM (perfectly fine)
PH - it's in the 7.4 to 7.6 range.
Nitrate is the least toxic of these, and it's the final form this is the Nitrogen cycle
Ammonia -> Nitrite -> Nitrate
it always starts off as ammonia which is very toxic to fish. Then it's turned into Nitrite by Bacteria, which is still pretty toxic, but less so then ammonia. Finally Nitrite is turned into Nitrate by different bacteria. Nitrate is much less toxic then Ammonia, or Nitrate is. The fish could easily stand up to 20 PPM of it. While 20 PPM of Nitrite or ammonia would most certainly be fatal. Heck 5 PPM of ammonia would probably be fatal. on the test kit it measures ammonia from 0 to 8 PPM, if it's at 8 you need to act, that's why it only goes that high. But the Nitrate goes from 0-160 PPM (quite a difference). The best way to quickly fix one of these would be an emergency water change. That's the easiest way. It measures Nitrite 0-5 PPM. Though this is most likely due to the fact it's the middle stage. It doesn't usually need to be measured any other time, other then when the tank is young. But ammonia, and Nitrate will, at all times. An Ammonia buildup would mean the strain on the tank is too much (AKA too many fish/plants). Plants do consume Nitrate which is nice though :P. A great reason for live plants over artificial ones. Nitrate will need to be measured since it is the last stage in the nitrogen cycle. Even though Nitrate is extremely low in toxicity it's like a weak acid, though not strong enough exposure to a lot of it will eventually dissolve anything including Teeth! As an experiment dad told me about putting a tooth in soda pop. A few days later "huh, didn't we put a tooth in here?" The same concept applies.
I also saw some brown algae. give me a sec I think I know what that means, but I want to look it up to be sure I'm right. It might be a different algae I'm thinking of..... *looking*
oh I was mistaken... That's blue-green algae that does that. Brown algae won't harm the fishies. Unlike blue-green algae, which is actually a bacteria. Blue-green algae actually releases toxicans into the water which obviously is bad for the fish. Though the above 7 PH does explain the lessened activity of the albino bronze corys (they like acidic water)
I need to correct an error. It's Mia, not Mai As pointed out by dad... -_-
Also I wasn't sure about this part of the snake story but apparently it was an actuality. When I got up there, with my dad there was three cats all intently staring at the snake. I can hear their thoughts now "ooooo, a new toy!" and the snakes: "oh, I'll never escape again if I get out of this.".
oh I hear thunder, must be the storm that spawned the Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Franklin county. It lasts until 6 something I think. I think it's North of us though. I added water to the fish tank, I also got some of the parameters in the tank, and I wrote them down.
Ammonia - 0 PPM
Nitrite - around 2 PPM (a bit high)
Nitrate - around 2 through 5 PPM (perfectly fine)
PH - it's in the 7.4 to 7.6 range.
Nitrate is the least toxic of these, and it's the final form this is the Nitrogen cycle
Ammonia -> Nitrite -> Nitrate
it always starts off as ammonia which is very toxic to fish. Then it's turned into Nitrite by Bacteria, which is still pretty toxic, but less so then ammonia. Finally Nitrite is turned into Nitrate by different bacteria. Nitrate is much less toxic then Ammonia, or Nitrate is. The fish could easily stand up to 20 PPM of it. While 20 PPM of Nitrite or ammonia would most certainly be fatal. Heck 5 PPM of ammonia would probably be fatal. on the test kit it measures ammonia from 0 to 8 PPM, if it's at 8 you need to act, that's why it only goes that high. But the Nitrate goes from 0-160 PPM (quite a difference). The best way to quickly fix one of these would be an emergency water change. That's the easiest way. It measures Nitrite 0-5 PPM. Though this is most likely due to the fact it's the middle stage. It doesn't usually need to be measured any other time, other then when the tank is young. But ammonia, and Nitrate will, at all times. An Ammonia buildup would mean the strain on the tank is too much (AKA too many fish/plants). Plants do consume Nitrate which is nice though :P. A great reason for live plants over artificial ones. Nitrate will need to be measured since it is the last stage in the nitrogen cycle. Even though Nitrate is extremely low in toxicity it's like a weak acid, though not strong enough exposure to a lot of it will eventually dissolve anything including Teeth! As an experiment dad told me about putting a tooth in soda pop. A few days later "huh, didn't we put a tooth in here?" The same concept applies.
I also saw some brown algae. give me a sec I think I know what that means, but I want to look it up to be sure I'm right. It might be a different algae I'm thinking of..... *looking*
oh I was mistaken... That's blue-green algae that does that. Brown algae won't harm the fishies. Unlike blue-green algae, which is actually a bacteria. Blue-green algae actually releases toxicans into the water which obviously is bad for the fish. Though the above 7 PH does explain the lessened activity of the albino bronze corys (they like acidic water)
16 June 2011
hoppin' to walkin'
Well I hopped all day two days ago like I said. I did walk a little yesterday, but thought I should be careful so I did hop, or walk in a position that didn't hurt, which did two days ago.
heh I put a butterfly net over my dad's head, after he warned me that he was a carnivore. Then things got interesting. I learned that my leg was a-ok to run on after I did that. hehe :P
I was reminded of a pet I once had, that I never actually put down here. It was a garter snake. I had it for a little longer then half of a year, then it died. Contrary to what you may think a garter snake's favorite snack isn't crickets, or grasshoppers (that's what I thought). I learned their favorite food is... Earthworms. They love 'em. For awhile I actually had two, one about half the size of the one I kept. I would've kept them both, but mom didn't like that. heh, not at all. Actually when she found out I had two, she called the office at school, and they dragged me out of class, and talk to her. She said I had to get rid of one, so I told her the smaller one. And that's how I got down to one snake :P. Though had she known what would happen later, she would've gotten rid of them both I believe. It's a good story. hehehe
One day I came to check on the snake, and low and behold nothing. Nothing? yeah, the snake had escaped. I spent the day basically looking for it, to no avail. Soon it was one to two weeks later. Then one night I had a dream, in which I found the snake in my dad's office. So not wanting the dream to happen I looked in my dad's office, and lots of other places for the snake. But, I came up empty handed (oh, did I mention mom doesn't like snakes. *hint of what's to come :P*). So downcast me, called it quits and started to watch tv. Then 30 minutes later dad, and I hear a voice calling for dad. heh, a voice that sounded frantic at that. Then I hear "It's the snake." and being the very acute person I am, asked "What?" (:P). "It's the snake. It's up here *mom started to sound annoyed (gee I wonder why).* At this point, which was around 10 seconds after I first heard "It's the snake" I finally realized what was going on. So I quickly got a butterfly net (which are quite handy for getting a snake, and catching food for small mantises) and I ran upstairs. I saw the snake. I got it into the net, but not before it decided to bite me, which scared the livin' daylights out of me. I had never been bitten by a snake before. so I stood there with a snake in the net shaking my hand. Now that I look back at it, I'll bet mom was thinking (stop shaking your hand and get that snake out of here!). I put it back in it's cage, and put more stuff on the lid from that point forward. Now after this had happened I learned how this went down. Apparentely one of the cats, Mai, found Mr.Snake. Mai decided the snake looked like a very fun thing to play with. so mom apparentely saw the snake flying up in the air against the wall. *that would've been quite a sight*. From there we all know what happened. So my dream did come true, though not in the room or in the way I expected... That's for sure. The snake was quite hungry. It hadn't had anything to eat that whole time probably. And that concludes the Snake Escape. Life's never boring I'll tell you that :D. The snake probably could've done without all the excitement though hehe.
the remaining two mantids, are well fed, in other words they're fat.
Wonder if we'll be able to cookout tomarrow as we plan to. Dad better finish replacing the wood on the side of the house, and it is the wood siding right above the deck too. :P
So hurry up already jk hehe. It's not like you're back hurts or something is it?
on a bzflag note: I've been asked to design a building with maximums of 25 25 60
I have two potential buildings I have lying around from earlier. I have the Fancy building I used 8 pieces of graph paper for (which is exactly 25 25 60!), or a spare structure I had designed for overkill the beginning. that building though exceeds the limit by 5 WU on two floors, and another floor would exceed it by 10 one one side in addition to some part exceeding the 5 WU as previously stated. A third opition is a simple building which was 25 25 Z (I could easily vary the Z size on it). Actually I wasn't planing on ever using the Fancy Building. cause' it's pretty complex, and it would take awhile to make.
technically it was 75 WU high but the first floor was going to be really basic. I think I can alter it to be 60 though, if I change the parts around where a door would be first. I'll get a picture soon, if I can find it anyways...... me and my Greaaaat organization skills lol.
heh I put a butterfly net over my dad's head, after he warned me that he was a carnivore. Then things got interesting. I learned that my leg was a-ok to run on after I did that. hehe :P
I was reminded of a pet I once had, that I never actually put down here. It was a garter snake. I had it for a little longer then half of a year, then it died. Contrary to what you may think a garter snake's favorite snack isn't crickets, or grasshoppers (that's what I thought). I learned their favorite food is... Earthworms. They love 'em. For awhile I actually had two, one about half the size of the one I kept. I would've kept them both, but mom didn't like that. heh, not at all. Actually when she found out I had two, she called the office at school, and they dragged me out of class, and talk to her. She said I had to get rid of one, so I told her the smaller one. And that's how I got down to one snake :P. Though had she known what would happen later, she would've gotten rid of them both I believe. It's a good story. hehehe
One day I came to check on the snake, and low and behold nothing. Nothing? yeah, the snake had escaped. I spent the day basically looking for it, to no avail. Soon it was one to two weeks later. Then one night I had a dream, in which I found the snake in my dad's office. So not wanting the dream to happen I looked in my dad's office, and lots of other places for the snake. But, I came up empty handed (oh, did I mention mom doesn't like snakes. *hint of what's to come :P*). So downcast me, called it quits and started to watch tv. Then 30 minutes later dad, and I hear a voice calling for dad. heh, a voice that sounded frantic at that. Then I hear "It's the snake." and being the very acute person I am, asked "What?" (:P). "It's the snake. It's up here *mom started to sound annoyed (gee I wonder why).* At this point, which was around 10 seconds after I first heard "It's the snake" I finally realized what was going on. So I quickly got a butterfly net (which are quite handy for getting a snake, and catching food for small mantises) and I ran upstairs. I saw the snake. I got it into the net, but not before it decided to bite me, which scared the livin' daylights out of me. I had never been bitten by a snake before. so I stood there with a snake in the net shaking my hand. Now that I look back at it, I'll bet mom was thinking (stop shaking your hand and get that snake out of here!). I put it back in it's cage, and put more stuff on the lid from that point forward. Now after this had happened I learned how this went down. Apparentely one of the cats, Mai, found Mr.Snake. Mai decided the snake looked like a very fun thing to play with. so mom apparentely saw the snake flying up in the air against the wall. *that would've been quite a sight*. From there we all know what happened. So my dream did come true, though not in the room or in the way I expected... That's for sure. The snake was quite hungry. It hadn't had anything to eat that whole time probably. And that concludes the Snake Escape. Life's never boring I'll tell you that :D. The snake probably could've done without all the excitement though hehe.
the remaining two mantids, are well fed, in other words they're fat.
Wonder if we'll be able to cookout tomarrow as we plan to. Dad better finish replacing the wood on the side of the house, and it is the wood siding right above the deck too. :P
So hurry up already jk hehe. It's not like you're back hurts or something is it?
on a bzflag note: I've been asked to design a building with maximums of 25 25 60
I have two potential buildings I have lying around from earlier. I have the Fancy building I used 8 pieces of graph paper for (which is exactly 25 25 60!), or a spare structure I had designed for overkill the beginning. that building though exceeds the limit by 5 WU on two floors, and another floor would exceed it by 10 one one side in addition to some part exceeding the 5 WU as previously stated. A third opition is a simple building which was 25 25 Z (I could easily vary the Z size on it). Actually I wasn't planing on ever using the Fancy Building. cause' it's pretty complex, and it would take awhile to make.
technically it was 75 WU high but the first floor was going to be really basic. I think I can alter it to be 60 though, if I change the parts around where a door would be first. I'll get a picture soon, if I can find it anyways...... me and my Greaaaat organization skills lol.
14 June 2011
13 June 2011
At openfield I possibly injured either the tendon or the muscle. It hurts when my left foot is in the pushing off position. So stretching it hurts it. I remember do this early on in open field as well. But, being me, I decided to keep going. I wasn't sure what it was really. I have a better idea now. I really don't want to do this, but I'll be trying to rest it till the next open field. Hopefully it'll be better by then. I really wanted to keep running too... I'll walk like I do when I start getting pain from planters fasciitis. (walking on the heel of my foot, to avoid stretching the sole of my foot. But, this also limits the stretching I do on my calf, which is the part that is hurting right now.). I really hate sticking to recovery too... heh I remember the first time I broke something. It was a hairline fracture in my big toe (very small too, around the size of a pin head). The next day I was out on a scooter, though I was being very careful. Sometimes though I've ended up in more pain by doing these types of things when injured.
Just to be safe I'll try not to even strech it by walking (that's gonna be fun :P). Looks like I might even hop down the stairs (I actually already did this once).
Man I hate it when I look injured to other people... I don't want to draw attention to myself... I find it's more fun to get people to think you're alright when you're not... Maybe that's why I don't like asking for somebody's help, when I need it.
welll, I'm done here, and with the computer for the night. Time to go/hop down the stairs :P
ok back again. I figured out that I can still feel it no matter how I walk on that foot. *sigh* looks like there's no way to not appear like I'm hurt (Hopping everywhere does look suspicious :P). I think I was able to play soccer with this because, I was being still. By being still it's now in recover mode, so it'll hurt more then it did then, (the muscles cooled down). Just a theory. even walking with my left knee bent, and one my toes, to prevent any stretching, is painful, just less then the one I suggested above. Blowing out a calf would be very bad. I don't want that, so even though I could just fight through it like I did in open field, I'm not because I didn't understand that this wasn't just from a tired muscle. Otherwise I might have thought about continuing more (though in all likelyhood I probably would've still kept going). I want to be careful with this now. So hopping it is... Darn it I really want to fight through it, like I normally do too...
back x2. heh, I refused to hop in my dad's presense. I realized I need to just deal with it, and throw away my pride. Though I don't want to admit it. I have pride in not looking injured... Time to through it out the door
I could also use my cane (yes I have a cane... I got it when I broke my toe... though I could've probably walked without it. But using that is worse then hopping, even though its much easier). I'm not going to use the cane for that reason...
Just to be safe I'll try not to even strech it by walking (that's gonna be fun :P). Looks like I might even hop down the stairs (I actually already did this once).
Man I hate it when I look injured to other people... I don't want to draw attention to myself... I find it's more fun to get people to think you're alright when you're not... Maybe that's why I don't like asking for somebody's help, when I need it.
welll, I'm done here, and with the computer for the night. Time to go/hop down the stairs :P
ok back again. I figured out that I can still feel it no matter how I walk on that foot. *sigh* looks like there's no way to not appear like I'm hurt (Hopping everywhere does look suspicious :P). I think I was able to play soccer with this because, I was being still. By being still it's now in recover mode, so it'll hurt more then it did then, (the muscles cooled down). Just a theory. even walking with my left knee bent, and one my toes, to prevent any stretching, is painful, just less then the one I suggested above. Blowing out a calf would be very bad. I don't want that, so even though I could just fight through it like I did in open field, I'm not because I didn't understand that this wasn't just from a tired muscle. Otherwise I might have thought about continuing more (though in all likelyhood I probably would've still kept going). I want to be careful with this now. So hopping it is... Darn it I really want to fight through it, like I normally do too...
back x2. heh, I refused to hop in my dad's presense. I realized I need to just deal with it, and throw away my pride. Though I don't want to admit it. I have pride in not looking injured... Time to through it out the door
I could also use my cane (yes I have a cane... I got it when I broke my toe... though I could've probably walked without it. But using that is worse then hopping, even though its much easier). I'm not going to use the cane for that reason...
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