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How was the month? I'm FREE. FREE AS THE SECOND ICE CREAM IN A BUY ONE GET ONE DEAL. FREE AS A PIECE OF MINT CANDY IN A RESTARUANT. FREE AS THE FIRST CHECK-IN ITEM ON A FLIGHT — OR WAS THE PRICE MERELY INCLUDED IN THE TICKET? I SHALL OPEN MY ARMS AND BARE MY CHEST TO EMBRACE ALL THE MARVELS THIS WONDERFUL WORLD IS EVER SO KIND TO BESTOW UPON US. I SHALL TASTE EVERY RAINDROP THAT FALLS, HEAR EVERY…
网上看到很多人说到 EP4，也就是出题篇结束，读者就已经有了所有的线索，虽然大部分人都还得往下再看一两集才能自己解开。我当然是解不开的啦，但还有些想法和问题吧。主要是问题。想着先写下来，到时看完了后还能再回来看看自己说没说对，哈哈哈。 当然， 本文有《海猫鸣泣之时》1 - 4 集的剧透！没看过的真的不要读啊！去看原作！可好看了！ 我是真觉得，至少在这个阶段，能“解开”谜题也是瞎猜歪打正着。要考虑到凶手有共犯，可能有很多个共犯，而且每一轮游戏的凶手和共犯都不一定一样，同一轮游戏内甚至都可能有不同的凶手（虽然明明看到有别人死了你还自顾自地执行自己的杀人计划还是有点骇人的但不能否定这个可能性），唯一能确定的是战人肯定永远不是凶手或共犯，不然没法玩了。而且八成也能假定没人死于自杀或意外，不然就没意思了。唯一能相信的只有 红字…
From here ! What name do you go by online? Tofutush! How long have you been creating OCs? Since at least fourth grade. I used to make a ton of Warriors OCs, MLP OCs… basically any OC of a media I like. Where do you keep all the info on your OCs? In a notebook? On a website? Do you share your OC profiles or stories with anyone? *Points to header bar* My glorious TIR website. Do you consider…
From here ! Yes I am doing questionnaires again as if they actually help me understand myself… What's your name? How old are you? How would you describe yourself? Tofutush. 18+. I don't know how to describe myself except "paracosmist." What was your upbringing like? Well, both my parents are teachers, so take a guess. I think fairly well, actually. What are your hobbies? How do you like to spend…
How was the month? It was… uneventful. "Event" as in things worth talking about. I met up with friends a couple times, and that was it. The days all blurred together until I lost track. Wanna get through July as quickly as possible too and be done with this. After July it's finally travel time! Stuff I did Finished House of Leaves ! Suffice to say I didn't know what was going on at all. Stuff I…
We went to watch Toy Story 5 today. Dad's suggestion. He was acting real nonchalant about it, but I could tell he was dying to go. He'd been a huge Disney and Pixar fan since he watched Lion King back in college, and his favorite series ever was Toy Story . Lion King was one of the first foreign movies China ever imported. And none of them broke-ass college students could afford a ticket, so they…
How was the month? I got freed from school and went back home! But well, it's more like out of the frying pan and into the fire. I just need to survive the next two months, and then my mom and I will go to Hubei to pick up my dad from the metal-scrubbing competition and we'll all go to Xinjiang again! We toured around the north last year; this year we'll go to the south! To Qeshqer and stuff!…
Welcome to part I-lost-count of Tofu's identity crisis. Today we will ponder, why is Tofu Tofu? This post took a long span of time to write, with me adding stuff on days I thought of stuff to add, so it may be quite disorganized. Something I noticed about me is that, I don't like describing myself as "I am something," and I prefer "I like doing something" instead. I am not an artist, but I like…
Book 16 time! I read the entire thing in one day. And well, I didn't like it. Spoilers ahead as usual! I already think that this was not planned ahead, so I'm not gonna ask continuity questions like "why did Darkstalker et al. never mention the LeafWing and BeetleWing tribes back then" or "how did none of the escaping Pantalan dragons get to Pyrrhia instead." Plus, the dragons had been shown to…
Part 3 of my review of the entire Wings of Fire series. Same rules apply, spoilers ahead ! The "prophecy at the start of a book" structure was really starting to wear off on here, because the prophecy didn't even appear until like book 4. They pulled out another continent with brand new dragon tribes for this. Everyone does that eventually I suppose, and it's often a trainwreck central, and this…
Six countries, seven flags (the last one being Starcorp). I pulled most of these designs out of my ass, but I'd still like to talk about them, especially Bauhinia's. Bauhinia Bauhinia's flag, as you can well imagine, is inspired by Hong Kong's. But should you compare them, I'd still get mad because I'm a huge hypocrite. But the problem was, when I first drew it, it looks very ugly no matter what.…
How was the month? A lot of unproductive panicking over the finals. I think I just had the worst period I've ever had. And it wasn't even painful. It wasn't. I just felt like shit. I took an ibuprofen pill right as it started so it didn't hurt at all, just an incessant background discomfort. But I felt like absolute shit . Maybe it's a conservation of pain, that if I don't experience it physically…
最近发现了搜狗输入法的一个功能：打 u，就能触发笔画输入。比如说，输入 u'hspn（u + 横竖撇捺），就能打出“木”。 但还没完！不仅是笔画，文字也是能叠加的。比如 u'mu'mu'mu（u + 木木木）就是“森”。 这样子，生僻字就好打多了，我也不用翻上几十页打我自己名字了。打 u'dzsd'qi（u + 点横折竖点 + qi），第一个出来的就是“祺”。 这个功能也藏得真深啊。之前拿到任何新设备时，第一件事就是让输入法记住我名字，但用这个功能的话就用不着了，第一个字就是我需要的。 最近我还自己整了个维语键盘。微软和搜狗的键盘布局是一样的，所以应该是有个什么规范吧，但这个规范我真是看不懂。估计有自己的逻辑，什么字母用得多，比如 ف 用 shift + F 打是个好选择，但 گ 用 shift + G 就让人摸不着头脑了。很多元音在第二排，F 是 ا，G 是 ە，H 是…
Part 2 of my review of the entire Wings of Fire series. Same rules apply, spoilers ahead ! 6. Moon Rising (Moonwatcher) I was a bit worried there, about bringing the NightWing powers back immediately after saying they don't exist. Random ideas to further plot territory, but the author executed it extremely well (which is why I think she had this in mind way before.) One gripe I had was that I…
I've had paracosms long before I knew what paracosms were. I couldn't remember most of them, but I do remember the previous one quite well. Maybe not that well. Um. Anyways. Basically, it's very Homestuck-pilled. LOL. Of course. So it's basically about these stick people going to school and doing shenanigans. They're mostly based on me and my classmates, with one signature character from their…
How was the month? Eh, the spring break really made it feel too long. I had 9 dollars left of my budget and I can't wait to get some nice snacks for myself now that April's here. Worrying about school. Girl these recaps are getting hard. Milestones Survived spring break! Stuff I did Finished re-reading Wings of Fire Arc 1! Named and designed all the Gambit Five. Many improvements to the TIR site:…
So it started by stating this thing as-a-matter-of-factly: a rat will lead you to [some kind of person, whom I apparently know], because apparently he's stinky and stuff and rats like him. And then, my memory is a bit blurred here, but apparently I'm playing a game and I'm viewing the dream as if I'm the player character, right there in the dream, almost like some VR shit. (So you see, despite…
(This post grew to be way longer and more ranty than I expected LOL, hence the added diary tag. That tag is for talking about anything I actually did IRL, no matter how far ago. Also parts of it sounds a bit negative, but I assure you most of my feelings when writing this post is positive. Consider the negative parts catharsis.) I'm bilingual, in case you haven't noticed. I learned English when I…
Or, watch me struggle not to poison, stab, or otherwise murder myself. Spring break. I really don't know whether other schools routinely kick kids out their dorms, but this time instead of staying at my friend's house again I chose to stay in the dorm for an additional fee. I don't want to bother my friend too much with my bullshit. But no matter what I do, it seems that bullshit ensues. On day 0,…
Sometimes people put recipes on their websites. Well, I can do it too! I cook! Here is my catch-all recipe for everything I can make. I call it "Food." For this recipe, there is a "meat" side and a "vegetable" side. You can choose any of the ingredients below to fill each side. Meat side: Beef Pork Chicken Eggs For the actual meats, cut them up to an appropriate size. For eggs, crack an…
I thought I heard that book 15 was the last book. Apparently either I was wrong or the author wanted to cash back in on this series. But regardless, Wings of Fire is getting book 16! To get ready for that, I've decided to reread all the previous 15 books. Three arcs, 5 each. Because oh let me tell you, these books are peak . And I'm reviewing them. Every single one. Including Legends and Winglets…
Remember when I said I don't relate to my main character Sparky and my self-insert Qibli? Well, there emerged an unlikely connection — I relate to Harmony. Harmony's journey in Spy School can be seen as two parts. First, she learned to make friends and stopped being possessive. Second, she overcame her impostor syndrome, the fear of not belonging at Ministry Affiliate. Both of these journeys…
I almost forgot about this… but here goes nothing. How was the month? Turned 19. Actually started school. Agonized over school. It's getting warmer near the end. Had some lows. Maybe seasonal depression is kicking in. Milestones 19 years old! This section is honestly not that different from "stuff I did…" It should be for like, big stuff. Like graduating, or getting a driver's license. So expect…
Contents Previously… The actual review The verdict Previously… Funny way how I found out this book existed. I found this game online called NationStates which is basically a country simulator. So I created Bauhinia, or attempted to but the name was fucking taken by some tasteless stranger! But it was going to expire soon, so I made Bauhinia after it did. And then I got too overwhelmed by stuff…
Here comes the first installment of me disciplining myself into writing monthly recaps. I need a template for this thing. How was the month? Cold. Snow everywhere. For the first part, winter break wasn't over, and I was honestly quite bored. And then I got back to school and reunited with more friends. And then it started to snow a ton and that got classes all canceled. When I got back to the…
(This post does not contain story spoilers. Mostly because I don't fucking know what's going on either.) I finished Lorelei and the Laser Eyes . It was a great game! In 11 hours and 12 minutes, I reached 95.9% completion and earned 64 dollars. Suffice to say I still don't really have a good idea of what was going on. I only found this game because of a video titled something like "Lorelei Is Just…
Questionnaire from Stupied ! Introduce yourself! What kind of art do you make? Tofutush here. I draw my OCs. How long have you been making art? Since, IDK, since I could remember. I drew all over 6th floor's walls when I was little. My parents had to repaint all the walls white when we moved out. How many hours do you spend for each piece? Usually under an hour, maybe 2 at most. Then I get tired…
Answering… my own questionnaire ! A little self-introduction! Tofutush here. How long have you been making OCs? Since 4th grade when I made silly comics with my desk-mate! Who was your first OC ever? (If you don't remember, answer for the earliest that you do remember.) Are they still in use? Did they go through any iterations? Lightningtail. I think she's started as a Warrior Cats OC? I mean the…
Here's a questionnaire I made for people who make OCs! Note that this is for you , not any individual OC you have. 1. A little self-introduction! 2. How long have you been making OCs? 3. Who was your first OC ever? (If you don't remember, answer for the earliest that you do remember.) Are they still in use? Did they go through any iterations? 4. Who is your favorite OC, currently? 5. Who is your…
Burypink 's questionnaire because I'm so bored. time and date u started this? 2026-01-20 21:39. asl? American Sign Language? opinions on musicals? I like them! There are many that I've still yet to watch though. favorite snack? Chocolate. have u ever been in love? Nope. favorite pokemon? IDK… mario kart main? Can you ask about something I know… tf2 main? So glad you asked, my favorite pony among…
I've often seen this trope online about "self-insert Mary Sues." Basically the idea is that everyone had a self-insert OC who is a huge Mary Sue. And while it's entertaining, I did not have that sort of thing at all. My self-inserts were all punching bags. Well, I could only think of two self-inserts that I had. The self-insert of the previous paracosm I had back in middle school which I will dub…
(Slight spoilers for Blue Prince ahead! I'm trying out some spoiler code though so hopefully you'll see blacked out text.) A friend recommended me the game Blue Prince during the summer, and of course I had to try it. After like 10 minutes in, I was horrified. Like what the fuck. Next time I met the friend, I simply said, "this game, this game ," over and over while shaking my head. I never got…
I used to dislike recaps, thinking that I won't have anything to write about (the same justification I had for not starting a blog, actually). But now that I think about it, its a good way to see how far you've come. So 2025 recap it is. Contents Milestones I became eligible for the death penalty. I went to college. 3 websites reached 1 year old. Stuff I did Stuff I want to do Is Tofu v.2025…
I had avoided writing this blog for quite a while, because I thought I needed to focus my attention onto things that make me happy instead. Positivity instead of negativity, right? That's why I wrote the review on A Perfect Spy . My words were, I'm only even writing this post to get my mind off of that terrible book written by a certain ZXR, which honestly I should do more of. Positivity instead…
Or, my hate-hate relationship with spicy food. My dad was from Hunan. If there's one thing you need to know about these people (or half of China for that matter), is that they're obsessed with their chilis. They can't eat food without them. And whenever you say something along the lines of, "you don't need chilis in literally every meal…" they start throwing scientific studies at you that prove…
Here's how to turn your Obsidian vault into a website with Quartz and Github Pages. Note that Obsidian has a paid "publish" feature that, if you can afford, could choose instead. What Quartz can do: folder tree, table of contents, backlinks, graph view, full-text search, page-preview hover. Customization, though too much customization would require knowledge of HTML and CSS. What Quartz cannot do:…
Notion 还是用不下去啊，又回去把铁打洋娃娃弄成了个 Obsidian + Quartz 网站。 我发现我写东西必须要有个很强的……怎么说呢，赛博氛围。实际上也不仅是赛博吧，纸上写也差不多。就是要是软件的界面不好看，或者不能纯粹地写文字而还要担心排版，那我就没有写作欲。我本来就不怎么爱写东西，挑来挑去也正常吧，就是得把所有东西弄得开开心心规规整整才能好好写东西。 这就是为什么我很喜欢 Markdown。因为我不用排版，一颗星 斜体 两颗 粗体 然后解析器就给我搞定了。相比之下，要是写纯 HTML 内容，每个段落打个 <p> ，那我会很痛苦，写不下去。这里还有一点就是我很注重的内容样式分离。这份文件（对我把网站上的每一篇文章都叫“文件”搞得自己是个情报员一样很好玩嗯）内容就是这些，这些内容在标题里还是侧栏里，页面上有没有个可爱的…
I've been roped into playing Pikmin Bloom by my friends, and the closer I look, the more evil we all are. We force the pikmin to walk with us wherever we please. We send them on expeditions, essentially enslaving them. We draft them with the mushroom battles. Worse, we have them hooked on nectar. Why do you think they all rush to us whenever we hold it out? And even when we throw it to the floor,…
不记得第一篇博文是什么时候发的了！但目前站上最早的一篇是 2024-09-26 的，所以至少一年了。说来也搞笑，本来建博客的初衷纯粹是因为铁打洋娃娃在一个子目录里，母目录就必须得放东西，就随便搞了个很基础的博客上来。可能迟早母目录得腾出来当简历，但我最想要的还是一个自己的域名，根域名放那种给大人看的东西，然后博客和铁打洋娃娃就放在子域名里。 本来我是觉得自己压根不会写多少东西的，但有了个博客就慢慢地有想法了，就是那种要是没有博客就想想就忘了的那种想法，因为有了博客，才会想到去把它写下来。在九月份刚听说 Blaugust 时一数，才发现八月居然正好发了 5 篇。现在，不算上这一篇，都有 37…
Out of boredom I'm going to write about how I did some of the stuff I did on my site. You can reference this and I hope this can help you, but remember that not everyone's use case is exactly the same, so always make sure you know what a code is doing before copying! Contents D3.js Forces Data structure Labels Names Relationships Nodes Links Pictures Hover effects Zooming Font sizes Changing data…
I recently finished A Perfect Spy by John le Carré. It was a great book. One interesting thing of note is that this book, the author had stated, is semi-autobiographical. The main character's life matched le Carré's nearly completely, save for the treason part (bro wrote a book as therapy). And the main character kills himself in the end. (I don't consider this a spoiler because you don't need to…
I started writing this on 2025-11-19, but I wanted to wait until it actually started snowing to publish it. I came from a place where it never snows. The only time it "snowed" was one really cold winter where the top of a really tall mountain got frosted. My mom, however, comes from the north. If we go back to her home for new year, I'd be able to see snow! (My dad's home, though still in the…
Inspired by Asuraid ! Please introduce yourself. Tofutush. How long have you been making websites? I… can't remember. For my main TIR site specifically, it's a little more than one year. And what got you into the hobby? Okay this is going to sound really long-winded like everything about me, but hear me out. So I liked Scratch as a kid, alright. And then for some reason I found out about BYOB,…
The very first story of TIR is Coastline Middle School Mysteries , but there was one before it called Hillslope Mysteries. If you had been on my site for longer, you might have seen that story tucked in the last page of the stories page; or you might even remember the time when the comic was front and center, the first thing you see when opening my site. But now I had removed it entirely because…
It struck me how different Sparky is from myself. You know, usually people's main characters, let alone parames, would be a lot similar to themselves. But Sparky is different from me in every aspect. Sparky is strong. I don't get out of bed unless I have to. Sparky grew up in a rich family but isn't spoiled at all; compare that to Willow. I grew up below-average, yet came out quite spoiled. Sparky…
Out of boredom I'm going to write about how I did some of the stuff I did on my site. You can reference this and I hope this can help you, but remember that not everyone's use case is exactly the same, so always make sure you know what a code is doing before copying! Contents The data Gallery pages Character pages The data I keep all of my art in one huge-ass folder (all art from others being in…
I have not moved that much but I hate it. I guess I just hate any sort of change in my life. I remember living in 6th floor, 4th floor, 8th floor, the commie-block, and Grandma's. Apparently my parents still lived in my dad's dormitory when mom got pregnant. But they moved to 6th floor before I was born. Which brings into the question of when they bought 6th floor and how were they confident…
Want to name a Chinese OC? I've got you covered! Contents Basics Surnames Given names Siblings Taboos Ethnic minorities Non-Han names? Basics Chinese names are surname + given name . Same goes for Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Japanese, and possibly many others that I can't think off the top of my head. It's common for westerners to reverse it, but it's better to use the correct order!…
Out of boredom I'm going to write about how I did some of the stuff I did on my site. You can reference this and I hope this can help you, but remember that not everyone's use case is exactly the same, so always make sure you know what a code is doing before copying! I have not clicked open the "edit site" button on Neocities in ages; I only open it when I want to check how much space I'm using.…
换季感冒了。周二早上起来就喉咙疼，喝点热水好了些就没吃药。要在国内早就蓝芩抗病毒哐哐灌了，但这边没得买。周三不出意外地还是疼，外加头疼得要命，早早睡了觉感觉好多了。周四买了 DayQuil 和 NyQuil，18 刀结果每盒里只有八片，感觉有点坑人。一粒药不小，吞完两粒胸口会闷好一阵子。NyQuil 说好的犯困呢？反正我不困。 周四晚上嗓子就开始哑了。本来就是那种很正常的哑，感觉清一清喉咙就好了，但是清了也没用。这真是我第一次这样，也不知道怎么办，话还是照样说，还乐呵呵地录了些“现在的年轻人呐，不讲武德”的录音，觉得声音像老年人，很好笑。然后周五起来就说不出话了。 也不是说不出。说还是能说的，就是很费劲，不如不说。喉咙还是吞咽的时候疼，但说话时再费劲喉咙也不会有特别的感觉。就是出来的声音哑。要是周四没硬说这么多话还会这样吗？但我说话时是真的感觉不到一点难受，就是哑。…