August 8, 2025

Woaaawww, slowly but surely making edits and tweaks to the site. Added a "this site is always under construction" blinkie to the home page because yes, that is accurate. There is no end in sight [affectionate], and I'm just going to keep adding to this site in all sorts of ways! For example, added a little credits page (linked at bottom of home page). I've added hovertext to all the graphics I have credits for, but also wanted to specifically link them somewhere, hence a credits page. I see lots of other sites have a similar sort of page, like credits or just links. Thought it would be good to have one. It was honestly very fun finding and linking all the site badges - now I need to figure out one for me!

My BG3 page officially has all my characters on it! I take so many screenshots when I play, so I had to dig through my Steam screenshots folder and figure out what ones I wanted to share (ᵕ—ᗜ—) Still brainstorming what else I want to have on my site. Too many possibilities TBH. I also changed the theme for the landing and home pages - I wanted the vibe to be more like, "flying through space you come across an interesting space rock that has a... house on it?" So ya, changed things to be more spacey but still homey feeling. I know so many sites are space themed but man, I like it. It's my vibe.

August 5, 2025

First blog post! Hello! I will eventually figure out how to put in a guestbook so there is some sort of interaction element because I have no idea how to actually code a like real blog page LMAO. What to expect from this page? I think it'll be like stream of consciousness standard blog posting, talking about stuff I'm consuming / interacting with, random non-specific life stuff, literally anything else that comes to mind. Newest posts will be at the top, and I do plan on making a sort of navigation bar at the top. So once 2025 finishes, I'll copy all those posts to a separate like Archive 2025 page, and then posts for 2026 will be here. But for now, we are in 2025!

Was perusing the YouTubes today and was recommended a behind the scenes video for Sinners, specifically about the makeup fx and vampire makeup fx. It was soooo cool, click here if you are interested in watching. I just thought it was so interesting how Mike Fontaine, the special effects artist, talked about the fx, how it feeds into the story and characters. Specifically talking about the Remmick fx, how to use the makeup fx as a substraction instead of addition, creating the illusion that it is subtractive. I just really enjoyed how Fontaine talked about the work, it was super super neat. And of course it made me want to watch Sinners again LOL! Physical copies do seem to be available, so I'll have to pick up a copy soon. Physical media supremacy! ୧(๑•̀ヮ•́)૭

Bit of a topic change, but recently I finished reading a book for the first time in two years. Which feels WILD, because when I was younger, pre-college years, I was such a voracious reader. Like you could not get me to put books down. In the summer, my brother and I used to PLOW through the summer reading challenge at our local library so so fast. And even in high school I was reading quite a bit, not as much as pre-high school but still doing it. College really took it out of me, as my degree was more towards the humanities side of things, so reading was just constant for assignments and such. And I just fell off casual / personal reading. And now that I'm not in academics anymore, my executive dysfunction issues have migrated over to reading instead of assignments. So it's very very hard for me to start reading a book. It's the classic neurodivergent issue of like, oh it has to feel like the perfect time to do the thing, and of course it's never going to feel like the perfect time. Just grab a book and read it lmao, but that's hard! Which is still crazy to me that's just how I operate now with reading. Sucks. BUT! Celebrate the small wins, I did finish a book. It was The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall. I thoroughly enjoyed it (ignore that it took me 2 years to finish it, that's a me problem, not a problem with the book). To keep it very broad, it's a fantasy-mystery-detective novel. To go a little more specific, it's like what if Sherlock Holmes and Watson were recontextualized in a fantasy world as completely different characters and the whole book is very queer. It was a lot of fun, I loved following the perspective of the narrator, Captain John Wyndham (who is the Watson inspired character). Just how he speaks is so good, how he talks about other characters and recounts the events of the adventure. Chefs kiss. Highly recommend.

Slowly but surely figuring out how to make adjustments to my site. I realized while I was editing my site and refreshing pages to see if the edits took, that CSS edits I made would just not appear. Finally figured out that I needed to clear my cache. (－‸ლ) I thought I was going CRAZY and that I was doing something wrong in my HTML and CSS. GUH.