December 08, 2024

So, it's been a while, huh?
I stopped working on it after a reasonable-looking point because, like everything i tried to do for myself, eventually it got incredibly draining to work on it in the presence and control of my abusive partner.
I won't get into too many details on that, but i'm out and i'll probably be into this more frequently off and on with all the time i have to spend doing on stuff like this.
I figured out flexboxes today! I'm not sure how it took so long for me to find out about them in spite of some of what i needed when i was last working on this, but i have them now and as a result my About page is looking a lot nicer. It's not perfect, i'd like to figure out a good layout that fits the Picrew image in better with the rest of the contents, but i'll get there.
It feels good working on this again without the guilt and drain that came with it before- it's still not always easy to find the spoons, but i'm glad i found 'em today.

October 25, 2024

I probably won't keep up with daily blogs for long, but just to get some content down i thought i'd write about something a little more personal today, just to get some variety in :3

Recently i've joined the whole modern iPod movement, with a 5th gen [sadly, not 5.5] which i was regrettably forced to buy pre-modded at a bit of an upcharge, but where i am, classic-model iPods- even damaged- rarely show up for less than a hundred bucks anyway... after mods, it would have been about the same price and everything.
But, after getting a week or two's use out of it it's still been totally worth it- Rockbox didn't play out the way i wanted, but once i found a flow for converting my music and syncing it to the stock OS using Linux, it stopped being such an appealing prospect anyway- heat and battery issues and all. :p
Just the feeling of having music files, that i own, actively, myself, whether on my iPod or my PC is just such a nice feeling, you know? Nothing has matched the feeling of every little bit of media consumption that i've taken back for myself in the last few months. I won't discuss too many details for personal reasons, but it's been absolutely cathartic and every extra thing feels like it's been so much stress off me, not having to think about who really owns what i'm using and enjoying and how i enjoy it.

I guess this website had somewhat of the same goal- starting a space where i can just immerse myself in doing something in a way or time where it feels like i'm not beholden to some of the modern standards and tastes and- god forbid- control, of modern corporate atmosphere. It's completely obtuse, it's amateur, it's 100% personal, and sometimes things are just less efficient and less easy... but it's fun, you know?

October 24, 2024

Day 2! It already looks a lot better than when i started, and i'm quickly figuring out the flow for editing this stuff.
I like this color theme a lot, even if i expand on the style i'll probably keep the basic coloring for some time.
I also got some basic images in including a couple of those lil' buttons i see everywhere like this :3
Maybe i'll try to get columns working on the main page especially, but even if i do i'm not 100% sure what i'll do with them, just yet.
Maybe i'll experiment with changing the page border styling and whatnot eventually, if i recall i think there's a way to do rounded borders? Not sure if i'll stick with that when i do it though, doesn't feel like it'd fit.
More than anything i need a logo banner for the page lmao
Signing offfffff

October 23, 2024

Still figuring this whole thing out, but at the very least, it's not difficult for me to chuck some text in an empty website and smash out a little bit of a personal blog ;p
i'll probably have a lot to upgrade with this later- i'm sure there's some way i can manage updating this without updating the HTML file- but for now, at least there's something here :3

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