16 Nov 2024

Weeknotes 21

note for rss reader enjoyers: this post uses a custom layout, so i recommend reading it on my blog itself. it’ll probably read like hot garbage without the layout
(like, hotter garbage than it already is)

so what’s all this then

ugh, writing this post was KILLING me
so now i’m doing this
am i perhaps taking the coward’s way out by taking advantage of this chat layout again?
i GUESS
good thing this is my blog and i do what i want
apologies in advance for the quality and tone of this post

CSS sprite sheet animations by Lean Rada — this made me nostalgic, because back in the day, b4 css transitions were a thing, i did some css sprite stuff too! it was fun! now i want to revisit it?!? (also this is a frickin cool personal website)
some cool fonts: Charlottenburg and Queens by Kilotype; the GT Flaire website by Grilli Type is so chaotic lmao
How to Write a Blog Post About How to Monetize a Blog by modem.io
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent” by Molly White
Lilies & Roses – Restored illustrations of Pierre-Joseph Redouté by Nicholas Rougeux (plus the accompanying making of blog post)
this sunlit effect by Jacky Zhao is super cool
A World Encoded by Katherine Yang in Pleiades Magazine

rewatched the fall, ugh visually beautiful movie
i meant to write way more about it here but honestly
the words r not coming 2 me
as u can see
but anyway. good movie. will try 2 write about it later
also started watching arcane season 2. this show is unbelievably beautiful
against my better judgment, i also watched the jake paul vs mike tyson boxing match
i have never watched boxing in my life, i did not know what was going on
but pro wrestling is better

i read the entirety of wayne family adventures, the dc webtoon about, ah, the wayne family
wayne as in bruce wayne batman
who AM i? i’ve never been into batman. i’m lukewarm about every single batman movie and batman as a character. but clearly all i needed was silly slice-of-life fluffy shit to be like hmm
maybe there ARE depths to bruce wayne batman
maybe i will read. a robin comic
(why is all the robin backstory stuff so dramatic? wtf?)
???
i thought i was OVER this superhero shit. i fell out of marvel/mcu years ago
clown emoji @ myself

this weeknotes post is clearly in shambles but maybe my next thing will not be
the next thing being
my media 2024 recap post
i’m planning on expanding its scope to include internet writing (articles, blog posts, essays); content creator content (content, video essays, vlogs, content); webcomics; art
it’s like, “creative works people made that i enjoyed”?
i also want to redesign my website but what else is new
who doesn’t want to redesign their website these days
also just thinking about creating and art and what i want to make. artistic goals. creative goals.
etc. etc.

the other day i stumbled across this company whose product is about generating images to go with input text for storytelling purposes
like, input some story text and it’ll spit out artwork for it
and i read one of their sample creations which was just
LAUGHABLY bad
cringe
feels like i am losing my mind when i read shit like this, like, did a ten year old write this?
do these companies realize their chatgpt writing is incredibly juvenile and hollow?
is this what you consider to be marketing material? this is what you’re proud of?
just
jfadksfasdf afjhdklsaf eajfkdlsaf a eifjadskf asdfk

i have a bluesky account but idk what i would use it for
i’m perfectly happy on mastodon!
and i don’t want to double post stuff, so my bluesky may remain dormant. but it’s there
i have nothing new and funny to say about the us election. depressing as hell

this post is more embarrassing and chaotic than normal
and honestly! i may delete it!
we’ll see!
i actually wrote a whole bunch of normal words in proper paragraphs here before i deleted it all
just, it was not working. it’s in my drafts now and i might bring it back for the aforementioned 2024 media recap
but til then
luv 2 write like this