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Random Online Survey(then)
How tall are you?
5'8" - 7'12"

Do you like bananas?
Ohhh yeah!

What do you do on fridays?
sleeep

If you could have one super human power what would you choose?
the power to have as many powers as I want, duh

What is your favorite place?
the dream world

Do you read harry potter books?
no.

What is your favorite food?
hot wings w/ xtra hot sauce

Do you shower every single day?
sometimes

Kill the spider or let it out?
let it out. then kill it.

Do you eat cold cereal at night?
I would if I had some cereal.

Define yourself in 3 words...
esoteric eclectic novelty

Favorite fruit?
... pineapples... bananas... mangos... and grapes...

Juice and crackers or milk and cookies?
yes, please.

What was your last thought?
"What was your last thought?" was my last thought

Why did the chicken cross the road?
'cuz my gramma was gonna chopp his neck off.

Your favorite Disney Films?
The Lion King, Toy Story

What is your favorite clothing brand?
I hate clothing brands

Favorite Place to Eat?
my friggin kitchen

Would you rather be hot or cold?
hot

What size shoe do you wear?
11 - 12

When do you plan on getting married?
whenever the time is right

Do you own any pets, and if so what do you have?
Snicker the chow

What 3 words would your best friend use to describe you?
(")I don't know.(")

What do you do for fun?
video games, streetball, tennis, basketball, weight-lifting, comedy, music, draw, experiment w/ many many things

Do you believe that the cup is half empty or half full?
If the cup is half empty, then it is obviously half full.

If you could time travel to the past to correct any mistakes you feel youve made would you?
Traveling into the past would be a mistake

What makes you laugh?
laughter, coughs, loud/ rediculous sneezes, random explosions, clanging metal, certain objects being dropped, stupid stuff, retarded stuff, hyperbolic stuff, that punching sound effect in movies and cartoons

What makes you cry?
sorrow, of myself or of others, though I haven't cried in years

What is your favourite word?
pants; {in English and in Spanish}

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
my house

If you could be successful at any job in the world, what would that job be?
being a dunking coach

Describe your perfect Sunday morning?
Why is this in the form of a question?

Aliens have landed and selected you to visit their home planet. Do you go with them?
I've done that at least four times.

What attracts you most?
{to people} inner beauty, sweetness, randomness, humor, athleticism, coolnessness

do you plan in advance
yes and no

left handed or right handed?
left handed with the knife. otherwise almost always right handed

What is your favorite color?
that hue somewhere between turquoise and blue

What came first, the chicken or the egg?
frikkin chicken

Do you believe a good life is attainable? or is it something that is out of our control ie subject to luck etc.
luck ain't real

Which religion do you choose to follow?
I choose not to simply follow religion.

Sour or sweet candy?
I do not like candy.

Chocolate or other candy?
I do like chocolate.

How many kids (or any at all) would you want to have?
that depends on the preference of my spouse

Are you in love?
heh heh heh heh hehhhh

Whats your favorite sport?
skateboarding

Desktop or Laptop?
I hate computers. Especially laptops.

What language would you like to speak fluently?
日本語

Favorite Rapper
hmmm..... I don't have a single favorite right now, but Canibus is the coldest.<... ]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/27460764/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/27460764/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:56:55 PDT For those who do not know, the Ultra Fractal image/animation software has many hundreds of parameter and formula files that can be downloaded, including fractal formula files, transformation files, and coloring algorithm files. I usually browse through the coloring files, it causes me to explore and end up with hundreds of new ideas in seconds. One of the coloring files I randomly landed on is under the tna category. It's the one called tna Direct Orbit Traps. (Before I began this journal entry, I forgot that over a year and a half ago I made an entry about it [link] .) Since 2006 or 2007, I've been working with this tna Direct Orbit Traps coloring nonstop.

If I remember correctly the way it began, I opened this coloring formula while exploring the Mandelbrot fractal, as I had on countless other occasions. As I did typically, I started to experiment with variables and sub-parameters of the algorithm (e.g. Color Density, Transfer Function, and a number of sub-parameters specific to the algorithm, such as Trap Coloring and Threshold). The most remarkable thing happened when I changed the sub-parameter Trap Color Merge to HSL Addition. Doing that just so happened to cause the outside coloring of the Mandelbrot I was exploring at the moment to appeal greatly to me. I played around with the Transfer Function and Color Density until I finally left them at Square Root and 360 respectively. The whole fractal then looked like something that would remind me of nebula, prisms, and novas, all at once. It was very spectral-looking, but with a blackish background. The areas I magnified after that all resembled scenes from deep space, so I started to export images. That was over 2 or 3 years ago. During that time, I began what would end up as over 100 images and some animation projects… Since then I've been changing almost nothing but the Color Density, each time producing monumentally amazing effects that would captivate my attention and interest for years at a time.

One morning during class in early 2008, I decided to open Ultra Fractal (which I carry with me on a flash drive). I opened one of my fractals and added the tna Direct Orbit Traps coloring to it, changed the Trap Color Merge to HSL Addition, and this time changed the Color Density to 1.3333333333333333333… (1 and 1/3) and left the Transfer Function as Linear (the default). Doing so just so happened to cause areas of the Mandelbrot that I magnified to have shapes and patterns that remind me of butterflies, fairies, and exotic plantlife and deep sea scenes. Long story short (or actually, long story not as long), I ended up starting many more projects that would eventually lead to hundreds more images and animations, some of which I still have yet to begin.

{I want to update this after I learn how to embed thumbnail links in a journal, and after I get some sleep and remember what else I was going to say.}

Here's a brief list of discoveries I've made and (technically) how I came up with them:
(Color Density: 360 Transfer Function: Sqrt) Deep Space:
[link]
[link]
[link]

(Color Density: 1.3333… Transfer Function: Linear):
Plantlife:
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]

Fairies & Butterflies:
[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]

Deep Sea
[link]
[link]
(Color Density: 1.21789364324643)
[link]<... ]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/19086079/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/19086079/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:40:30 PDT
I ...... forgot what I was about to say.. Well any way, I was about to type another paragra... oh yeah! I've been sleeping at weird times, going through periods of insomnia or living nocturnally. Sometimes I sleep from 8am to 8pm and sometimes I can't sleep at all. I'm just trying to get back to normal (or as normal as I get any way)- back in good physical and mental shape , back to a regular sleep diet, and back to good health.

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/18465464/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/18465464/ Fri, 23 May 2008 15:15:02 PDT is the anniversary of the day of my birth.

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/18188037/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/18188037/ Wed, 07 May 2008 22:05:21 PDT
In my intro digital video course, my group had to make a video for our final project. The group consisted of a guy who had hardly been seen all semester (won't mention his name), a guy who is skilled (Chris), but doesn't have a great work ethic, and me, extremely tired and busy. This was a huge project, so huge that it put me behind in all my other classes, in which I was also working on final exams & final projects, projects such as a website, a treatment for a reality show, an animatic cartoon, and a video game.

Nearly all of the recording for the video was done by just Chris & me. On the day this video was due, there was still a lot of editing to be done. I was at home working on my animatic, which was already nearly a week late, and the guy from whom we hardly ever heard was nowhere to be found, there was on;y one of us on campus putting the final product together. He was doing nicely by himself, but after he got done, it took hours to render, and even though he was done editing on time, it wasn't on a disc until late in the class and the instructor wouldn't accept it. So now I'm looking at something like a D- for that course.

As a result of taking extra time to work on that video project, I ended up not being able to turn in my animatic or video game, and I missed a final exam, all of which were in the same class, in which I would have had an A+, but instead, I just found out, got a D.

The reality show treatment was also a group project, and my part got done at the last minute. The website was done after the last minute, but I did well with it and got 93 or 95%. But now, I'll probably be losing the opportunity to graduate with honors, and at least one scholarship, but I should be able to apply for more. After all this mes, I'm trying to enjoy my summer as much as possible and get some rest. My gallery & scrapbook should see more additions as well.

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/17126479/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/17126479/ Thu, 01 May 2008 18:49:17 PDT
MegaMan X 4 ~ Magma Dragoon
"""""""""""""""~ Cyber Space
"""""""""""""""~ Corrupted Weapon
Dimmu Borgir ~ Relinquishment of Spirit and Flesh
"""""""""""""""~ Behind the Curtains of Night, Phantasmagoria {x2}
"""""""""""""""~ United in Unhallowed Grace
"""""""""""""""~ The Promised Future Aeons
"""""""""""""" ~ Reptile
"""""""""""""""~ Grotesquery Conceiled (Beyond Measureless Magic)
"""""""""""""""~ The Insight and the Catharsis } {series of three x2}
Darkane ~ Godforsaken Universe
"""""""""""""""~ Secondary Effects
Siam Shade ~ Setsunasa Yori Mo Tooku
"""""""""""""""~ Monkey Science
[Naruto] ~ Orochimaru's theme
Juno Reactor ~ Alash (When I Graze My Beautiful Sleep)
[DragonBall Z] Bruce Faulconer ~ Pikkon's theme
Tony Macalpine ~ Eccentrist
[Eureka seveN] Takkyu Ishino ~ Ninety-three
["] Hiroshi Watanabe aka Quadra ~ Get it By Your Hands {x3}
~ Ninety-three {again}
RockMan X Command Mission ~ Certain Victory! Ninetails
Dream Theater's debut album {from 1989, an awesome year} : When Dream and Day Unite {my favorite album} :
~ A Fortune in Lies
~ Status Seeker
~ Ytse Jam {/or not, depending on which computer I'm on}
~ The Killing Hand
~ Light Fuse and Get Away
~ Afterlife
~ The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
~ Only A Matter of Time {\or not}
Symphony X ~ Through the Looking Glass
""""""""""""" ~ The Accolade
Eddie Van Halen ~ Eruption {2 or 3 live versions; he plays 316, Cathedral, and Spanish Fly too}

That's the general playlist, not in exact order because it varies depending on which computer I'm on. Each playlist has [a) song(s] not on the other. Sometimes I skip certain songs, because certain songs better suit certain kinds of images.

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/17106014/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/17106014/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:41:12 PST [link] and Pandora's Pyxis [link] . Experimenting with a few different color densities and occasionally using multiple identical layers, I have explored the Mandelbrot Set and witnessed gorgeous shapes resembling constellations, nebulae, galaxies, novas, oceans, coral, bubbles, butterflies, angels, prisms, a number of plants, and some things I'd never imagine. I seem to discover a new beauty every Tuesday and Thursday when my morning class ends. (I like to open Ultra Fractal when I should be working on my school projects.) But any way, I suspect my next many Deviations will be fractals using the tna Direct Orbit Traps colouring algorithm.
I've been using it for a little over a year now. It has never failed to work wonders.

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/14871753/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/14871753/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:20:23 PDT [link]

It consists of 60 original works composed in Ultra Fractal 3 or 4 and in Xaos. There were two minor touch-ups; The bluey eyes image was colored in Microsoft Picture Manager, and the heartless image has an added red aura via Photo Shop.

Eventually, I hope to have more 60-pic albums with themes/ titles something like:

Trippy Trip

Thunderstar Voyage

Perennial Scope

The Universe

natural-looking objects

maybe more!

some images in these forthcoming albums are sure to overlap.

So, take the tour! Enjoy!

]]> ~UberMari0 http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/14651646/ http://UberMari0.deviantart.com/journal/14651646/ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:29:17 PDT
I did my first journal entry on a different date, at 3:53 am.

I am still younger than 70.

There are seven letters in the word "numbers".

There are seven days in a week.

Final Fantasy VII = the best game ever.

I graduated, in the month my birth took place, in 2007.

I am a Gemini, or that's my sign, or something.

I have posted things on MySpace, Facebook, and/ or DA at and/ or ~approximately~ at:
8:38, 5:38, 1:32, 7:27, 7:57, 8:28, and/ or on March 17, 2007.

What is my point? I hate numerology and astrology/ horoscopes, when they are taken seriously. I can use them for joking around, but to use them as actual guiding tools in life? Nah, I think not. Not 4 me.

But don't get me wrong, some numerology is interesting. There are as many books in the Bible as there are chapters in its book, Isaiah. There are 1188 verses in the Bible, and Psalm chapter 118, verse 8, which is in the precise center of the Bible, reads, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."

What's my point? Numerology can be interesting, but it's not really important.

I am now a psyverse recologist.

]]> ~UberMari0