1) There's something about reading someone who is so open -- which I think you might deny being, but you're more so than I
2) Silliness and linkiness
3) Gotta second the comment about the lovely userpics. Meant to comment before, but didn't manage to.

Besides, you've got me thinking about fractals and graphics and music again. I'd share my master's thesis with you ("Genetic Algorithms Applied to Music Composition") but it's some of the crappiest music ever written.