More Ramblings from Lucas

This is a very exiting blog. I have news of the utmost importance. For the first time ever, I am going to have a consistent reader. Yesterday I half-hazzardly told my friend Hilary about what I do here and she insisted on reading all of the blog posts. Now I can write knowing that someone is reading which is nice. Now these may be more than me sitting and spamming the keys on my laptop and autocorrecting each segment of random letters until they make a little sense. This is going to be a turning point on blog quality. Not to say that they were bad before. They were pretty decent, but now they can be incredible. They will take on a life of their own and cross over into whole new virtues of though. It will be like that episode of Futurama where bender becomes so smart that he IS the universe. It’ll be like that. Except with my blogs.  

Now, knowing that there’s a reader I feel like this is one-sided conversation. I like conversations, which are two ways. So I may say “How are you doing today?” Right now at this moment there will be no response. It would be odd if there was, because I’m currently alone in my house. (On a side note: I just had the strangest though. What if I posted this then I hear from behind me in a slithering voice “I’m doing fine.” That would scare the shit out of me. Like honestly if nobody hears from me in the next 24 hours, you know what happened.) So for the sake of making this more conversation-like, if you read this get in contact with me. I’m completely serious. Call me up and say “Hello Lucas, I just read your blog and wanted to let you know that I am having an absolutely wonderful day because I just read your blog and it just puts me in the best spirits.” If that is not the response then the call is not really needed. For the sake of saving time, I’ll just say here; “Thank you for the call. My day is fantastic too. I already know how good my blog is but its nice to hear it said out loud.” I don’t think more would need to be said on the subject but if you feel the need to go on flattering me with praise of my writing style then nobody is stopping you. 

         

Java’s coming along well too. I started making GUI’s (Graphic user interfaces) and it's neat to see someone interact with something I make.  Maybe I should make a GUI to organize all the calls that I get from people who want to praise my blogging skillz. I’ll put it on my to-do list.

Lucas Learns about Code and the Rock Horror Picture Show

I feel accomplished! I feel inspired! although I also feel like taking a nap... Last night was Halloween! It was a ton of fun. I went with a few friends to see Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Bloor Hot Docs Theatre. I can easily say, it was the strangest thing I have ever seen and the most fun I've had in awhile. What really baffled me about it, was that most people knew all the lines. Not just the lines, They  were shouting things in-between the lines. There was a ton of dialogue that was just the crowd shouting at the screen in unison. Whats so great about this is you can't learn and memorize these lines from watching the movie. Yes, most of the people had been there before. many, many times. Oh, did I mention what I dressed up as? I had a lampshade on my head and an alarm clock on my shoulder. I was a one night stand. needless to say I would have been the coolest kid at any party.

Earlier in the week, I started making a text-based game in java. Its pretty exiting to see something that I made actually work. Its fairly simple and the cove is very disorganized but it runs and one could actually sit down and play it. It only takes about 30 seconds to get through, but its a start. More on that later though.

Halloween at Smiley Guy Studios!

Here are the pumpkins we carved this year.  Left to Right credit: "Michael Jackson" by Aaron Hong, "Jackolantern" by Humphrey Erm, "Jack" by Julie Otten.  Front Row: "Motley Crew" by Stephanie Ramon

Julie Otten as a Ninja Turtle, Al Jerek Torrijas as Odd Job Jack, and Stephanie Ramon as Robin Thicke