I have to seize the day. Or maybe plan the week.

I remember 2 years ago, there was this racing game. I can't remember what the title was, but it was on Hawaii, and it was pretty decent. There were many cars, and they were all so painstakingly detailed.

I played that game during the peak period of my life. Right before I became an atheist and right after my car accident.

I say it's my peak, because it was the first time I dared open my mind to new music. Before that I would laugh whenever one of my best friends played something heavy or proggy or powermetally. Looking back, I was right to laugh. I was a semipop person back then. I never ever liked pure pop, but to some extent, my music has always been conservative. Sort of. Even today I listen to very easy music. I even consider Lamb of God to be easy music because, even though they play heavier than most bands and the vocalist sings like a banshee with a rusted lung, their songs are almost predictable. I like that predictability. It limits what they do with their art, BUT it improves consistency.

Anyway, there's one band, and one song in particular that I associate with the peak period.

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons.

It's a song that has it all. Mostly because it's 23 minutes long.
But really, I think it's the most beautiful song I've ever listened to. And I've listened to it plenty.

Most of this listening time came while playing the racing game. The game had missions involving transporting a rare car from one end of Hawaii to the other. Scratching the car was not an option.

What I would do was play A change of Seasons while driving to my destination. It was a very nice time. I may have short term memory loss, but I remember driving in expensive virtual cars on highways that went on forever listening to every detail in that song, savoring every detail of the cars.

I don't know why I'm even talking about this.

I remember the name of that game now. Test Drive Unlimited.



Ugh.

I don't know what to make of magic.
It's confusing, and stupid. But. It's not just entertainment.
It's more than that. If it's real magic, it moves you.
Doesn't make it any less confusing though.
Stupid, lovely magic.


In unrelated news, check out my new engine!




Fine, it's not done yet. But the basic principle is awesome! It MIGHT even work.

Here's how it works. See the first picture? imagine the squiggly line on the bottom is the crankshaft(which rotates), and the two red boxes are the cylinders. The pistons are in those cylinders and are wall hugging. The cylinders are filled to the brim with brake fluid. Not even a tiny bit of air in the cylinders or tubing that connects the cylinders.

Now, when the accelerator is pushed down(forcing liquid into the orange tube), the liquid displaces the first piston(the one on the right). The liquid under the first piston is then pushed out of the cylinder into the space under the second piston in the next cylinder. This forces the second piston up, which forces the second piston upward! The liquid above the second cylinder then is displaced into the bottom of the first cylinder, pushing the first piston back up. The liquid above the first piston then is displaced into the top of the second cylinder. Which pushes the second piston back down.

After that, I stopped drawing. The next tube is missing, but it should be connected from the bottom of the second piston to the top of the first.

Before you science readers start bombarding me with insults, the tubes are one-way valve controlled, like veins. This will prevent backflow of the liquid. And the liquid to be used is brake fluid, because it works the same way. And whenever fluid is displaced, the operation of hydraulic pressure is applied, represented in the diagram by narrow opening(master) and wider outlet(slave) gaps in the cylinder ends.

Since it would be hugely impractical to build a life sized engine to test it, I think I'll spend the next 5 years making a miniature model of it.

Now, if any of you do physics read this and find a flaw in the engine's principle operation(remember, as long as the principle of liquid displacement and the conservation of energy is achieved through manipulation of hydraulic pressure, then according to me it should work. But I'm an arts student now, science has become a myth to me, so I need your help).

And yes, the diagrams are completely stupid and incomplete.