july 23 2026

trying to update the website and fill out the backlog is a lot of work!! especially since i want to make headers and buttons for a lot of things. woof! i have uploaded a zine i made for christmas to itch, uploaded some art to the backlog, updated some banners on GSM, uploaded Charlie’s journal to GSM, added some more things to the fun stuff page (namely, the emojis i made years ago that we still use to this day), and i fixed a few things to display in a way i liked better.

i also wrote a review (and a half) and will be writing another tomorrow, probably, for a zine i was just reading.

in other news, i am trying to find joy in some little things.

like goosifer! he is my desk goose, named goosifer because the source goose for the 3D print is a little honker.

and this little depressed dude.

these two sit at my work desk and i play with them a lot to entertain myself when i need a distraction.

two days ago, a red-tailed hawk was hanging around the office and causing a commotion among the crows. when i took out the mail, i heard its distinctive call and was quite charmed. i love birds of prey, though my office mates have a bit more of a soft spot for the prey.

i read this article:

Which Part of the Indie Web Ethos is the Bigger Priority?

which mentioned about wordpress being owned by a billionaire who did some bullshit, as most things are. i keep thinking about pulling the plug on using the wordpress build for the blog (i am not hosted on wordpress, all of my sites are hosted with hostgator). i don’t really want to try to relearn coding, if i’m honest. i am so tired of all of that. i just want to do the parts that i am doing now and i don’t want to stop what i’m doing because i broke the site again or i can’t figure out how to make something do a particular thing. i’ve been using wordpress to power my shit for years now and i think i will keep using it.

i want to be part of the indie web, i want to contribute and be something more. it’s a bit of a puzzle to me still so i am trawling the web and learning a lot. sometimes i have fun and sometimes i decide something isn’t for me and move on.

i am so tired