I was going to write this into something else, but hell, it’s a vaguely embarrassing anecdote, let’s put it in the blog.<\/p>\n
The summer after I graduated high school, my sister declared her intention to move into my slightly larger room while I was gone, in Brazil. I was pretty much hapless in this, since I was going to be moving out soon anyway, and so was made a part of the collective clean-and-pack-both-rooms initiative. There was a lot of stuff, because while I’m mildly materialistic, my sister is a voracious packrat.<\/p>\n
While getting down to the bottom of her closet, as Caitlan and Mom temporarily went to get something downstairs, I came upon what appeared to be a Magic Eye puzzle. Magic Eyes are (were) stereograms hidden in computer-generated texture patterns; if you stare at them while unfocusing your eyes just right, a 3-d image pops into view.<\/p>\n
This one was a mostly purple square, not part of a puzzle book or anything, just lying around. I didn’t feel like working very much, so I started trying to get the image.<\/p>\n
I’m normally very good with Magic Eyes, but this one took forever. I’d think I’d caught something, then lose it, then I’d have to start over with the pull-back-from-your-nose strategy. Finally, I siezed something indistinct–a diagonal bar in the left third of the sheet, and some kind of amorphous shape…<\/p>\n
“Brendan? What are you doing?” said Caitlan from the doorway.<\/p>\n
“I’m trying to get this Magic Eye to come out,” I replied, a little annoyed. “This one’s really tough.”<\/p>\n
She said “Brendan. That’s wrapping paper.<\/i>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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