More Zelda (Link's Awakening/Oracle) Inspired Dungeons

 Well, since I've been playing a lot of Zelda recently,  I decided to find more random images online and imagine they were dungeons. Here goes.

 

Level 1 

Bathroom Maze 

 

I imagine that each stall requires a small key to open and that the toilets warp you to different underground portions with puzzles. The mini-boss would be a hand dryer and the boss would be a toilet, obviously.

 

Level 2 

Love Library at San Diego State University

 

 When I visited this campus a while back, I remembered that the main library was a gigantic dome that goes deep underground for many floors. It was massive. Definitely a real-life Zelda dungeon. 

 

Level 3

Parking Garage

 

Multiple floors, dark, and a boss at the roof. 

 

I'll keep updating with more stuff later.  

Something I've been writing.

 This is a random line from something I've been writing for the Creative_Writing_Projects folder on my Mac. It's unserious and not really well-written. But, ever since I read a Redditor's play about "The Din Tai Fung Scandal", I wanted to give it a shot. Lol.

 

 

DEUTERAGONIST: What she gave you was a look. That’s it. Not a damn legal document. Not an invitation for sex. Not a damn wedding invitation. Just a fuckin’ look, bro. The rest? That was you, in your busted lil’ head. 

 

(Beat. MAIN_CHARACTER shifts.)

 

MAIN_CHARACTER: So what now, huh? I’m just the neighborhood creep? Some walking red flag? That’s who I am now?

 

DEUTERAGONIST: I’m not saying that!

MAIN_CHAR: You bullshittin’ me again, man.

 

Yeah, I know that's not really how you format a play. When you read a play in books/ebooks, it kind of looks like that.  

 

The Seed Satchel to Success

I thought I'd never be able to do it, but I did:

Yup. This little high schooler with Redditor writing skills actually managed to get a fuckin' five on AP Lang. 

Honestly, I didn't really feel too confident in my ability to do super well on this exam before taking it. I'd read my sample essays and think: Yeah, these aren't at all like the ones College Board puts out as actual good examples. I felt like my blog writing was just a way for me to tell myself I was getting some writing practice, even if it wasn't actually helping me. 

But looking at this score, maybe it did..? For all I know, this 5 could've been 1 point away from being a 4. A scoring scale this small could mean anything.  

Of course, I'm proud of myself for this. I feel like this fades a lot of (not all) doubt that I was actually O.K. at writing.

 I'm not saying that I am good at writing or that the learning stops here (as cringey as that sounds), I'm just saying that I can do a good enough job at writing to get by.

I feel it's better to be honest about my abilities. While I may have gotten a 5, my writing still needs a ton of work in certain areas. And I think I'm willing to work on that as I continue to write in this blog.

And as I prepare for AP English Literature. Yes, it still has 3 essays. And a lot of books. 

**BTW, I got a fuckin' five on APUSH too. Insanely shocked about that.

eBook Readers

Since it's summer, I have the luxury of a bit more free time to do stuff like reading. Don't get me wrong—I'm not some fantasy-obsessed bookworm who spends every waking moment buried in books. I read casually when I feel like I've wasted too much time on YouTube. I usually read general non-fiction because I like normal language without any over-descriptive wordy paragraphs. I wouldn’t say I hate fiction—Gatsby and TKAM are some of my favorites—but it’s not usually my first choice. 

Whenever I read, I almost exclusively do it digitally. Some people hate it because it doesn't give the same feeling as reading a normal book (obviously), but I don't mind it that much. Honestly, I don't really feel like buying a real book. Granted, I do miss the smell of the book, the feel of turning the pages and the satisfaction you get seeing your progress. The good part of the eBooks, however, is the vast amount of books you can carry with you and the ability to read at night. I can carry thousands of books in my pocket to read anywhere. I can adjust the font, size and the background color. Best of all, I can highlight and annotate the text much easier (without trying to awkwardly use sticky notes to avoid ruining the book).

Indeed, annotating the text as I read is perhaps the biggest reason I choose to read books digitally. Even though I'm a slow reader, I typically forget a big portion of what I read from any given book after a few weeks go by. If I'm reading passively and not interacting with the text (by annotating), I find it much harder to remember what I read and what my thoughts were about it. 

Let's take the example here with Mel Robbin's The Let Them Theory. 

I have simple annotations to provide a reaction to the text in a random e-reader on Arch Linux: 

Admittedly, this is a bit basic. You can make the annotations more interesting by converting the ePUBS to PDFS, which will then allow you to draw freely on the pages. Unfortunately, all the features that ePUBS offer on most software goes away (meaning no more dark screen or changing the font size). 

 

Just doing this made me remember a bit more of what I was reading. After I finished this book, I felt like I could better recall each chapter's main idea. If I couldn't then I had my notes and highlights to remind me what piqued my interest.

 

Give it a shot. 

Ummm..

Lifeguard: Can I get your name?

Kid: No.

Lifeguard: Umm... What?