WELCOME TO THE SHIP!

apologies for my absence, but i'll keep it real and say that i doubt any of you who are checking this now remember me from before anyway :] i've always been in the background here on neocities, and the promises i made for what i was going to put on this site have been unfulfilled--but i hope to change that now!

what makes now different from the other times i've tried to give this ship a kickstart? shrimple. i'm sick and fucking tired of my life and the direction it's going and i need something to give me a sense of control before i explode. Easy peasy! :D

i'm still in largely the same position i was when i started this site, except i've aged by a few earth years and the dread that this is all this planet has to offer has really been settling in,,, not that it's all been doom and gloom, or that i'm all doom and gloom--i'm really just tired and looking for a way to see the stars through all of this craziness again.

so, i've started working on this site again, baybeeyyyyyy!!!!!

i'll save the full hello's and how are you's and other earthling stuff for another page :D let's get into what i've been up to for this site, shall we?

first things first,,, pixels.

i fucking love pixel art dude. i've always wanted to get really good at it but unfortunately, in order to get good at something, you first have to really suck at it, and i'm really bad at coping with sucking at something, so i end up in this perpetual loop of wanting to do something but being paralyzed by the fear of failure that i just end up rotting and accomplishing nothing, which of course makes me feel worse. fun!

the good news is that i've gotten a grip on making some pixel assets!!! where did i start?? BUTTONS AND STAMPS!!!!!!

my first ever button was made by the infamous dannarchy, who really lives up to what he says about making buttons for folks who don't have them!!! i've been piggybacking off of this generosity for four years now [we just passed the four year anniversary of the site, wowza!!!] and i figured i might as well try to make something of my own now that i'm venturing into the 8bit world :D i've made two so far, and i'm super proud of them!! feel free to use them to link back to me [bats my big cute alien eyes at you] but if you prefer the dannarchy button or have been using it for some time now and don't want to change it, i'm not hurt :] the button was made with love,,, or at least neighborly kindness,,,

i've also been working on some cute stamps!! these are based off of the pantone stamps made by king-lulu-deer a couple of years ago on deviantArt :] from what i could tell, they were the first person to make pantone color swatch stamps, so i didn't want to copy/paste their stamp style entirely, that just feels rude. that being said, i was very inspired by them and i thought it was an adorable concept, so i made my own version that uses the hexcodes for colors instead of pantone codes :D i'm sure someone else out there has done this before, so feel free to steal this idea from me lmao

i made these to show some ultra-galactic colors that i love!!!

i've also made a button for,, ahem,,, a page on this site that i haven't even made yet lmaooooo can you tell i'm excited???? my pixel galaxy awaits!!

and i made these stamps too,,,, mmmmmmmmfun,,,,,

anyway!!! so, what are the plans for this spaceship joyride?? i'll keep it brief since i've already yapped a lot lol :]

new pages! duh. i really need an 'about me' page that's accurate and such, so that's a top priority for sure,,,

a page for my pixel stuff :D

it has become abundantly clear that my method of organizing files is. atrocious. so i honestly need to overhaul that completely. the site will be fucky-wucky until i've fixed it but it must be done,,, hopefully there are no casualties in the process,,,,

an updated followers page!!! and also a page of cool sites that i follow too!!!

an assets page to linkback to the places where i have collected by webjunk from over the years :D and also because crediting people is super cool and swag

the rainbow wiggle text that says 'last updated' on the front page is. NOT CENTERED. and it's making me mad. super high priority fix i won't lie. mostly because it makes me mad.

another thing that i've discovered about my site and its organization is that!!! it's bad!!!! and that includes the css. honestly i'll just need to rewrite that whole page. i kinda want to make a few stylistic changes too!! nothing too crazy, i actually quite like this layout, but it needs more polish for sure

idk i just,,, want this site to be the best reflection of me that it can be, and i want to be proud of it, and i want to be able to confidently show myself here. sure, i'm hiding behind an alien motif [or am i?] but it's better than hiding and then being shocked when things stay the same for me

speaking of, i need a journal so i don't just vent everywhere lmaooooo

but yeah!! that's what's on the brain :D i still don't have a guestbook replacement, so if you have something to share with me, please leave a note on my neocities profile here!!!

farewell for now, and take care!!

updated: may 10, 2025