SNACKPACK'S BLOG
3/1/2025 Okay I've Done A Horrible Job Of Remaining Active
It's been 8 months since I last updated this site. If I'm being entirely honest it may be 8 months before I update it again.
I'm editing this in NeoVim right now. Isn't that exciting? I'm still learning how to use all the macros and what not, but there's something about overcomplicating trivial tasks that makes me feel alive. I was using Brackets before. It's a perfectly servicable program. Easy to use. Intuitive. NeoVim is a learning process, but I'm having fun learning and ultimately that's all any of this is about.
In other news I have insurance now. I need to start pursuing a psychiatrist so I can get my ADHD treated and start keeping up with my various hobbies (like upkeeping this website). I really enjoy the dumb things I do to fill my time, but it's been really hard to actually get anything done since THE OUTBREAK! It would be so easy to blame it all on the residual trauma of a global pandemic, but honestly my plug moved away and now I don't have cheap access to prescription amphetamines. Alas, I do have insurance now, and a recommendation letter from a therapist I received 4 years ago... It's possible I could actually pursue treatment now.
No waxing poetic this time. If you're reading this then... damn thanks for wasting your time for a sec. Sending all my love.
8/9/2024 First Post
I've been unhappy with the state of the internet since facebook overtook myspace. Corporate consolidation of the online space has steadily made it less diverse, less personalized, more alienating, cursed with the same affect as millenial gray. You have to make the effort to find sites and communities outside of the pervue of corporate owned social media. It's not THAT hard, you'll still be sitting on your ass or laying in bed afterall, but the effort is there.
I used to draw on this Oekaki board called Eevzy Place when I was a kid. I was pretty active, crudely piloting my mouse to the best of my ability for hours to render shoddy art and share it with the community there. I didn't know what a tablet was yet and struggled to get my lines as straight as the other artists using the site. I was impressed and inspired by what the other users were creating.
Oekaki boards are practically nonexistant these days. PaintBBS has been replaced with Procreate, Krita, and Photoshop. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, all things come to an end. People are still sharing their art online. I can't help but feel like something was lost though.
I'm getting old I guess. Reminiscing about the good ol' days when things were simple and made sense. Am I just nostalgic for a past colored by the rose tinted smog that is lost time? Whatever the case, I can't help but yearn for an internet shaped by the users. Fact of the matter is the internet WAS more intimate, less dominated by mega-conglomerates that profit from the personal data they leech off their "customers." We all know by now that we are, in actuality, the product.
I started this website for a few reasons. First, I admit I am nostalgic and felt a glimmer of that childhood wonder while perusing Neocities other hosted personal sites. I want to make something cool for others to randomly stumble upon. Second, I like learning new skills, and HTML seemed like something I would enjoy picking up. It's not as difficult as I had expected it to be, and I'm having a lot of fun. Third, I think it could be a cool jumping off point to exploring more of the so called "indie web." Perhaps I may be able to find some sort of community and contribute a little to making the internet cool again. Maybe not. I don't really know.
If you read all this, thank you. I hope you got something out of it.