a map, kind of
earlier last week i decided to participate in the small web july challenge as a way to get started on my personal website. i never had one back in the day, when i mostly lurked until i got on livejournal, and i feel like i should be more excited about getting to do whatever i want, but instead i'm kind of overwhelmed. since saturday, when i was planning to sit down and work on the general structure of the site i've written... 4 lines of code, because i keep going back and forth between what i want it to look like, and what i want to put on it. i know the answer to the latter is 'whatever i want' and i love it. i've spent a couple of evenings down really fun neocities rabbit holes and skipping between 'i need to make the most 2004 website out there' and 'i want to keep it simple so i can focus on developing some interesting ideas'. i know the point is i can do whatever i want forever, that's the beauty of it, but i'm finding out it's also, weirdly, the limitation.
things i want to include
- a log: probably just keeping track of things i read/watch/listen to in one place. maybe some reviews/recs. i really like this format but i don't know yet if it's the right one for me.
- irl stuff: as much as i want to stay anonymous online, i also want to document a few things, like trips, museum visits, hobbies, postcrossing, new toys i've made etc.
- resources: i recently ran into learn in public and it's something i'd love to engage in. i worked as a teacher for 10 years (i still do occasionally) and explaining things to others is how i learn best. i might make a separate website specifically for this if it takes off.
- shrines: these were always my favorite part of digging around geocities sites back in the day, and i want to make a few that do absolutely need to be the most 2004 pages out there. obscure sci-fi! weirdly niche handicrafts! my +20 years enduring love for placebo and linkin park! cringe is dead et cetera.
- (eta 27 july) personal experiments: i came up with this during a boredom experiment to try and deal with over-stimulation. there are a bunch of other things i'm curious to try regarding personal habits, and it would be interesting/useful to document them in one place.
- (eta 27 july) galleries: monthly camera roll and screenshot garden; eventually a gallery of art/handicrafts once i'm more consistent about them.
so. a place to start, and hopefully a push to have more than 4 lines of code written by saturday.