After using this template for so long, I’ve come to detest it.

It is far too “artsy” in appearance, with the eye-logo looking like some futuristic blog-version of H.A.L. It occured to me that the logo does not truly represent anything. I felt that this place needed a symbol, and so I went about hastily contorting the “O” of BOX to suit my purposes.

Unfortunately, the result was less than I had hoped, but I’ve merely kept it as such due to the fact that I don’t read my blog and therefore, could not see how bad it looked.

This hatred of my blog’s template made me think back to my much nicer template back on http://sycron.eternityproject.net/granite, which was inspired by my apprenticeship - of sorts - with gaming during the age of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

Searching desperately for a new template idea, the solution presented itself in an April Fool’s prank performed by five girls from Ohio. For once, I could finally appreciate the origins of the Box of Mythical Wonders. It was a magical object that could be suspended in mid air, and - when hit - would release one of a variety of mythical objects.

In short, The Box is going back to its Retro NES roots with a new template - Mario style!