Oh My Gosh, People

Alright. This post is pretty much just going to be a really long vent. So I don't know how many of you know about ESP, but apparently it's mind reading. Here is a website where someone claims to have made a computer program that can read your mind: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html. Try it out. You think it's so freaky, right. 

Wrong. Here's what's actually going on. Here's a screenshot of the page where you pick a card.

Notice the cards you can select from: King of hearts, Jack of clubs, King of spades, Queen of diamonds, Queen of Clubs, and Jack of diamonds. 

Now look at a screenshot of the page where it claims to have removed the card you picked. 

Let's see what cards are shown. The King of diamonds, the Queen of spades, the Jack of hearts, the King of clubs, and the Queen of hearts. Hmm, let's compare that list to the list of those we originally had to pick from. Wow, the ESP machine removed ALL of them. No matter which card your originally picked, it's gone! How magical.

What really bothers me about this is the fact that there is a whole freaking page of testimonials of people who actually believe this worked (http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp4.html). I mean, it's not that hard to notice. I forwarded this page to about 20 of my friends without telling them it was a hoax and 16 of them got it the first time they saw it. It just really irks me (yes, I just said irks) that someone actually sat down to make a website to trick people. The dude has even published books about changing the past and tarot and idiotic things like that. 

So, being the loud-mouthed person that I am, I had to send this guy an email. Here's what I sent him:

Regarding your online ESP experiment: I do not know how you got all those testimonials about how 'wonderful' your ESP test is, but it does not take a genius to realize that none of the cards are the same. In the first slide, there are the following cards: King of Hearts, Jack of Clubs, King of Spades, Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs, and Jack of Diamonds, in that order. After we are instructed to click an eye, we are lead to a slide with the following cards: Queen of Hearts, King of Clubs, Jack of Hearts, Queen of Spades, and King of Diamonds. As you can see, all of these cards are different than those on the first slide. No matter what card we selected or what eye we picked, we still got the same 'magical result'. 

In short, I would just like to say that you are not fooling anyone with your act. ESP does not exist and you need not make fake testimonials trying to persuade people it does.

Yeah, I kind of freaked on him and said he had fake testimonials and such.

Anyways, I hope you are all feeling great and wonderful! Peace, love, and truth, from my heart to yours.


Update: I will add another blog post if I ever get a response from that guy! Wish me luck!!!

Day on the Town

Just to start... Who came up with the saying 'night on the town'. I mean, we're not actually on the town...

Okay, so here what I did today.

April 17 is my aunt's birthday but since she lives a while away from us, we decided to go out for her b-day today. My aunt is Christian, but she dosent go to church. Instead, she goes to this place called InSpirit. It's this place where they accept all religions and beliefs. The goal is just to unite everyone spiritually.
So yeah, we went to InSpirit with my aunt, cousin and uncle. It was pretty fun, actually.
Then, we went and had brunch at Capistrano, this small old town. We ate inside this old train station that has been renovated into a restaurant. The train still runs though. It came right by the restaurant twice, whistles and all. I got scramble eggs, toast, bacon, sausages, ham, and guava passion juice. It was really good!
Then we went and saw some new model homes. We aren't looking to buy, but my aunt just loves looking at model homes.
Then we went to La Costa resort for desserts. There was a wedding going on in the lobby. It was super pretty. I had a bowl of vanilla ice cream with a giant peanut butter cookie. It was awesome! My uncle ordered a creme brûlée and gave me some. It was tres divine.
Then my cousin and I wandered off to the resort's game room and totally lost a ping pong ball in the foosball machine. We almost died of laughter!
Oh, I almost forgot! My alarm clock goes off to the radio and it was playing 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Ray somethingorother. Anyways, I was listening to that song before I fell asleep so I thought that was pretty cool. Plus, I love that song.

Bye for now!!!

My Top 10 iTouch Apps

Hey again!

My iTouch is a big part of my life. I really spend a lot of time on it. So here's a list of my top 10 favorite apps. It was so hard to pick, but here they are!

10. Fashion City. In this game, you buy and sell clothes in a boutique.

9. iFunny. This app has a lot of really funny pictures, but it can get a bit inappropriate.

8. Smule Magic Piano. I have so many music apps, you have no idea. This one is by far my favorite.

7. Top Girl. Date, be a model, have the largest closet, this game is great for any girly person.

6. Text Free. For those of us who want to communicate, but don't want to pay, text free is awesome. It gives you your own number and unlimited texts.

5. Surviving High School. This game is a super fun role play game where you play someone in high school and go through real life situations.

4. Temple Run. I will never get bored of this app! Running, jumping, ducking, collecting coins, it's all good!

3. Addicting Games. This app is awesome! You get 40 games in one free app. It's super fun. I got rid of about 10 apps after I got this because it's games are very similar to some other apps.

2. Turntable. Another music app. I spend hours spinning songs on Turntable. It's one of the best apps. You should totally get it if you love music.

1.Draw Something. This is my top favorite app. I love OmgPop soo much. I always play games on it on the computer, so I love how they made an app. It's just like their classic game Draw my Thing.

So here are my top 10 apps! Comment telling me which ones you like and your top 10 list.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Hope you had a luck filled Friday the 13th. It was so rainy here in California!

My Other Blogs / Websites

Like most avid bloggers, I have a lot of blogs and websites. Here's a 'directory'.

Blogs-
Shells and Sky (shellsandsky.blogspot.com)
This blog is for random happenings in my life, nothing special.

Zoomhex (Zoomhex.blogspot.com)
This is a blog for my volunteer work at the Oak Park library.

Volunteer Journal (volunteerjournal.blogspot.com)
Just a blog for my volunteer work. I love volunteering, so this where I log it all.


Websites-

Crafts4Love (www.crafts4love.co.mr)
This is the website for my still-in-progress charity fund. Through this site I will sell handmade crafts and forward the proceeds to charity.

Artists Garden (artistsgarden.co.cc)
This is my crafts web store. This is where I sell all my crafts and cards ns jewelry and what not.


I hope this directory was helpful!

Welcome

Welcome to Shells and Sky. This blog is going to be just that, a blog. Nothing special. Nothing specific. Just a blog written by a bored teenager. Hold on for the ride!