i like the internet for many reasons: it's a means to archive, to communicate, to learn, to scream into the void. however, i've grown to feel that most platforms of existance on the internet fail to carry out these things i like: snapchat (et al) doesn't preserve jack; clear communication fails in callout-focused, cliquey sites like twitter and tumblr; and the rise of shortform content, video or otherwise, makes it difficult to learn anything beyond the tip of the iceberg.
my current site host of choice, neocities, still has these issues to some degree, what with the site comments and followers schtick, but it's a hell of a lot better, as i can turn a lot of these undesired features off. i've tried to design my site to capture the previously stated things i like about the internet: i have archival projects, massively overshare-y logs, etc. the communication element isn't really there, but i'm generally not really a communication-suited person. my social skills have been on a decline since middle school, and i'm barely able to keep friends these days, let alone make them. that's okay though; i have enough people-time just reading profiles and bios and opinions on the web.
if you want a better idea of what my deal is, read internet love. both tenma and uno are so me for real.
faves
- balliet, blue - chasing vermeer
- billingsley, franny - the folk keeper
- gazemaize - chili and the chocolate factory
- heartscape, porpentine charity - serious weakness
- jackson, shirley - we have always lived in the castle
- kazbek, katya - little foxes took up matches
- leguin, ursula k - the left hand of darkness
- liu, cixin - remembrance of earth's past series
- mckinley, robin - the hero and the crown
- milford, kate - greenglass house
- muir, tamsyn - the locked tomb series
- palahniuk, chuck - fight club
- priest, cherie - i am princess x
- sage, angie - septimus heap series
- steinbeck, john - to a god unknown
- tartt, donna - the goldfinch
- white, t. h. - the once and future king
i've trained in seido karate since the age of eight. at the end of october 2024, i successfully
tested for the rank of kari shodan. my favorite parts of the art would probably be kata and
yakusoku kumite. i'm not big on sparring, but i try to do it.
i'm also a big fat nerd who's on my school's math team. math is consistantly my lowest grade, and i do poorly on most competitions, but i still like it a lot.
my best friend and i often go on aimless journeys around local wilderness areas. i suppose you could call that urban exploration.
and, of course, i dabble in web design :)
i'm also a big fat nerd who's on my school's math team. math is consistantly my lowest grade, and i do poorly on most competitions, but i still like it a lot.
my best friend and i often go on aimless journeys around local wilderness areas. i suppose you could call that urban exploration.
and, of course, i dabble in web design :)
- 1980s soviet underground music/art scene
- history, particularly in swana, central asia, and the former eastern bloc
- constructivist and brutalist architecture
- manufacturing processes of common goods
- archives & database technology
- telecommunications & radio technology
- nuclear technology
- natural landscapes and how people have changed them.
- abandoned places