Battle Theme of the Republic

I'm having a rough week. And when I have a rough week, I end up playing the piano a lot. Well, at least usually.

I recently stumbled upon a free music sequencing program, which I have been wanting to try out. Unfortunately, the name of the thing defines my problem with it:

Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS)

Like everything Linux related, LMMS is way more difficult to use than it could be. Yes, being able to create your own sounds is awesome and all by way of freedom of expression. BUT I HAVE NO #@(%|^& IDEA HOW TO WORK WITH SOUND WAVES AND INTERPOLATION!

Sorry about that. Point is, I needed to figure out how to do it. And I noticed that one of the plugins (essentially the mini-programs that make the sounds) is devoted to making Game Boy Color noises. Yep. The good old 8-bit days.

I took a piece I wrote during AP Theory and altered it a bit (it was originally for oboe, bassoon, strings, and clarinet). The result sounds a lot like some sort of battle theme, or some music that would be playing in a side-scrolling game. And all good (or bad) 8-bit themes need some sort of victory music...

And I'm not sure why epic James Madison got his epic face and epic dance moves on the video...

Conversations with Cthulhu

You: "Hey are those tentacles?"
Cthulhu "Yep"
Y "Cool."
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C "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
Y "Cthulhu, I feel sad when you try to drive me insane to the point of death because its makes me feel sad."
C "Oh sorry"
Y "That's okay"
C "Oh no it won't happen again"
Y "No, no. That's okay its fine... Maybe I overreacted."
C "Really, are you sure?"
Y "Yeah I probably spoke to strongly there, but I'm still glad we had a chat about this."
C "So am I. Oh and by the way just one more thing..."
Y "Yes Cthulhu?
C "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtan!"
Y *Grurrgle...*
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Y "Hey Cthulhu. So who do you think will win the World Series this year the Cardinals or the Yankees?"
C "The Yankees"
Y "Oh? Why do you say that?"
C "Because I drowned every single member of the Cardinals in the shores of madness and eternal sorrow. Their souls will fester in torment and never ending horror."
Y "Oh... Okay..."
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Y "Hello there Cthulhu. I was wondering, where do babies come from?
C "Fire Vampires"
Y "Wha..."
C "Yeah Fire Vampires. They're like storks. Except instead of wings they're on fire and instead of eating fish they only want virgin blood.
Y "Yeah that's what I thought..."

The Petstore Wouldn't Sell us Turtles.

Mostly Toasty vs. the Laser Staircase, both names christened by Henry (how do you not name your own go kart?) in a no holds go kart race. Brian in the Mostly Toasty got off to a great start and held a lead on the inside corner for most of the race. In the last corner of the race Dimitri in the Laser Staircase shot ahead and won. Best go kart race I've ever seen.

This shouldn't have happened

Israelapod

This is the result of Erik and I being allowed to write on the board during review for our history final.

The question: what would it evolve into?

Street Sharks: Ripster (Work in progress)

They fight! They bite! Street Sharks! Jawsome!

Here are some early images of 90s glory recreated.

We're off to see the donkey!

More crazy stuff that Henry and I drew during a break in English Class. Some highlights:

• Scuba-Donkey on his rocket-powered Scuba-Scoot
• Two fish having a deep conversation about said donkey
• Rocket-powered turtle and his best friend the rocket-powered squid
• A super-sayan firin his lazor
• The Shoop-Whoop guy eatin his lazor

And then there's the really weird bit. It's a remake of The Wizard of Oz. But with DBZ characters.

• The Wicked Witch wants the Sayan
• The Super Sayan is Dorothy
• The muscled dude with the third eye is one of the Sayan's friends
• Krillin is Toto (note the "Krillin Owned Count")

And there's some seagulls. Don't worry about them.

A Heroic Geekdom

2012 Computer Society Roster

Floppy Disk Space Invader

The things we do in the best club ever. More pixels shall come and in the name of old school gaming they will be spawned with the utmost secrecy and by only the most dashing of rogues.

Here's to Mr. Blass, he'll be missed.

-The Nonack

MAORIARTY

The whole Mao Zedong thing is a little strange, but I couldn't resist.

Mackenzie Fox After Wisdom Teeth Removal: Football, "All By Myself", and Something by the Kinks

Part 1:

Part 2:

Bald People Have Feelings, Too

Adjusting from Maya 3d to Blender took some time, but I finally got it down. Here is something: