- added netspaces to index
- added webreading to index
- added buttons/banners to links page
- added lain links
- added "on surfing the net"
- added a new song to the tiny cassette
- added art page
- changed blinkies to scroll
- added some borders
- added a recipes tab to notes page!
- added blinkies to index!
- added a couple links to links page
- added notes page
- updated bookshelf page
- made some minor fixes and tweaks
- removed scm player due to loading issues
- made some minor updates to my bio
- added a new song to the tiny cassette
- changed the tumblr link to lead to my blog site
- added careful by boy harsher to the music page!
- added splatoon to the bookshelf
- added new songs to the tiny cassette!
- added kajiwan to my characters page!
- added etherow to my characters page!
- added a new navarre image to my characters page
- made button width responsive
- added wolf to my characters page!
- made some minor fixes
- added some blingees to the gifs page
- fixed some typos & added to the links page
- fixed some broken javascript
- cleaned up some code
- linked to javascript as seperate files
- added a random song player to the sidebar
- added an imood to the sidebar!
- added a playlist to the music page!
- made some minor fixes & updates
- added a gifypet!
- added more buttons to homepage
- added blingees to gifs page
- added bookshelf and characters pages!

 have you ever heard the phrase "surfing the net"? have you ever actually surfed the net? not many people talk about the fact that net surfing is a skill and entirely different from your average google search. when someone opens a browser, usually they have a question in mind that they want the internet to answer, and when they find that answer they close their browser when they achieve their goal. but finding information is far from the internets only purpose; some turn to the net for entertainment instead. social media may claim to provide cheap dopamine but lets face it: most platforms are exploitative wastes of time. what if we looked at the net not as a place where we go to GET things, be that info or entertainment, but instead as a PLACE thats waiting to be explored. don't restrict yourself to browsers, social media applications, or the top 5 links of google. find sites no one has been to before. look for videos that have less than 10 views. search the internet archive for websites long gone. the internet is so much deeper than you can imagine, and its waiting for you to go explore it.

 one way to surf the net (this is just a suggestion! there are many other ways to surf the net and you absolutely can invent your own too):
 since youre here, why not start with my links page? look at the links to other cool sites and click one that interests you. explore that site, and see if it has any outlinks. follow those links to other sites and so on and so forth. eventually youll find even more obscure stuff. youll probably stumble across something you think is neat!

this is a collection of readings that relate to the old web and internet culture. i reccomend you check them out if you have the time!

vernacular web 2

sadgrl internet manifesto

yesterweb manifesto

 one thing ive noticed is that lately people seem less tech literate than they used to be. ive seen my classmates type full gramatically correct questions into google search, ive had friends not know how to use adblock, and every day i see people use their devices with unmodified defualt out-of-the-box settings. it makes me realize that tech literacy is a skill, and not everyone has taken the time to learn it. if theres one thing i want to share with my fellow netizens, its that you can MODIFY YOUR DEVICES!
 think of "online" as a physical space. you can go there with the help of your computer/phone/device, and through them you can access shared spaces with others. the desktop/home screen of your device is YOUR SPACE, so why not make it nice? to me, having a desktop cluttered with downloaded files or a homescreen of discorganized applications is like living in a cluttered room. sure, it takes time and effort to clean up, but once you do it you can navigate your space so much easier and you start to feel better about being in it. once you take the time to notice these digital spaces you might find you want to find ways to make them even more to your liking! look into customization options on your computer. for example, i customized the color of my cursor on my laptop, and changed the color of highlighed text. these may seem like little inconsequential things, but they make my laptop and the digital spaces in it feel more like my own. on your phone you may have options to add widgets, or change app covers. for most people, their phone is with them everywhere, so why not make the screens you navigate on it a little nicer?
 our devices are a way of interfacing with the online world, and i think we should make that experience our own, rather than leaving it in the hands of tech company defaults.

 thats just my thought :) if you read this and have any other thoughts or comments to add feel free to share them!