about
my HTML journey
The very first time I started playing around with HTML was in a browser game years ago, in which I followed a Youtube video tutorial that showed you how to edit the text to make it look like you were rich. Later on, I would code my own "diary" on my computer in middle school, but I had no idea on how to actually publish it. With coding sites like repl.it and Github, I learned where I could host my own sites and kept one on repl.it for a while. I learned about Neocities after browsing the Internet for more free hosting services and soon I started coding my site again. And again, and again, and again, as I've gone through multiple layouts within the short time it's been up.
cdMILK
I am a high schooler interested in web design and regional development. I spend what little free time I have during the school year practicing the violin or guitar, reading, and updating this website. Lately, my favorite meal has been salmon sinigang. On long breaks, I play video games or do fiber arts. My favorite video game franchise is Ace Attorney. I haven't successfully made any clothing for myself, but I did crochet this guy at the very beginning of 2022:
My pride and joy, Birbo
I am constantly thinking about everything, especially the future. You kind of have to as a high schooler, but even if the constant reminders about college weren't present, I'd be worried about it anyways. I prefer to keep those thoughts at the back of my mind by doing other things, like coding. Wait a minute...
I also like stationery; A few years ago, I used to run a journaling account on Instagram. I'm trying to use up all the stickers I have now so I can get new ones, which is why you'll see plenty of photos of stickers plastered onto things around the site.
why handcode it?
The main focus of my website is the blog. I've used multiple blogging platforms in the past such as Dreamwidth, and it is undeniably more time consuming to write a post, format it in HTML, and then uplaod it to Neocities. So why handcode it? Because I am a masochist find coding satisfying. It takes hours to figure out how to make something look the way you want it to, especially when you've had no formal training or classes relating to coding. I've had to compromise multiple designs and I have pages filled with old layouts and layouts I could never get to work. But the satisfaction that comes with code finally working as I've intended it to is worth the hours.