Ramblings

Random events and thoughts in my life that I've found coherent enough to type and post.

Warnings will be provided if what I write requires it, and blogs are sorted by newest to oldest. Have fun reading!

Moving in and settling down

There has to be a more efficient way of making blogposts, I swear.. But I am far too tired to even think of it right now, so..

It's been a while! Hello, hello! I hope whoever reading this is well, because I sure as hell am.

Setting up this site and coding it took quite a damn while, especially with all the other stuff I had going on (school, work.. um.. mental issues...) but it was all worth it. I even learned how to use FileZilla for this shit (which is.. a pretty easy program, though it seemed very daunting at the time). I mean. Just look at this beautiful place!! I'm so proud of it, you don't even know.

No but, seriously-- I get this.. indescribable, glowing feeling of absolute joy when I see this place. Like. Yeah, that’s me. In website form. Bugs and chrysalises and all. ^_^ (Chrysalis has to be my best work ever so far, too. Or maybe that's just the excitement of having something new to code talking..)

But why exactly did I make Chrysalis? I mean, I could've just gotten a new URL for AN222. Could've revamped the entire site from the ground up. Could've stayed on Neocities. But I didn't, and I didn't want to.

I felt like I outgrew AN222. I don't hate the site, absolutely not, I just had this... very sudden shift in identity one day, and suddenly, my beloved AN222 felt like a thing of the past. Like a frozen snapshot of who I used to be. It was genuinely terrifying at the time-- to wake up one day and be utterly unsatisfied and unrepresented by the things I used to love. A very urgent feeling in me told me to get to work on something new because of it. So, like the impulsive fuck I am (half-serious. I ended up waiting a few weeks and thinking it through before actually deciding) I listened to it, and here we are now.

I also moved away from Neocities as a place for my personal website since I felt like detaching myself from there a bit. Neocities is like my digital hometown-- A part of my heart will always be there (AN222, in this case) but I have bigger and better things to look forward to. Kind of like a kid growing up and moving away for college.

Anyway, as beautiful as Chrysalis currently is, much more work has yet to be done!

1. Gallery: It's gonna be such a pain in the ass to set up the modal feature again.. But I'll do it.... Especially since I have such a backlog of cool art to post... (I've been experimenting with my artstyle and getting into abstract art lately! I'm very excited to show it off to everyone.)
2. Library: I was not a very active writer back then, and I still am not one now. To be honest, I'm kind of losing passion for the entire thing.. I'm still proud of some of my works, though, so they'll need somewhere to be homed.
3. Crafts: Originally a kandi page, but I was gifted a nice portable sewing machine last July 19th, so I might as well broaden my horizons here. DIY clothing here I come!!
4. Guestbook/Chatbox: Either I'll find an easy-to-use embed for this or I'll code it by hand.. How? Good question! I have no damn idea! But I'll figure it out.

I have progress done on.. none of those things... but I'll get to it soon!!! I promise!!