about me
the basic bio
i go by mouse, i use they/she pronouns, i live in the wretched USA in the spectacular pacific northwest, and i am Years old. i'm gay and i'm chilling. i have a really amazing partner and 2 really amazing cats. i have some physical and mental health problems that can make maintaining and being up-to-date on this site diffcult -- they make doing many things in life difficult, really -- but i try very hard to not indulge in misery. i made this website to have fun on da world wide web -- you can read a bit more about my mission statement below!hobbies & interests
i love drawing! i like character & costume design, world building, and making silly comics. i don't have much confidence in my writing or creativity, but i have been getting very into my own characters as of late, regardless! although it's very much a wip, you can check out "my ocs" in the nav bar to see some of them. :-) or you can check out "my art" to just see all my drawings and such. i also love video games! i have played them my entire life, and they have been a genuine respite for me. i feel when done right, they can be the apex of artistic vision and creative outlet -- interaction just adds so much to an experience, don't you think? but i also try to not take them that seriously ... they are games, after all; they should be fun!my favorite genres tend to be explorative, character-focused games, with action-adventure-stealth mechanics. it's hard to really pin down what it is i tend to like, since it sometimes feels like it's all over the place ... but some of my favorite titles are outer wilds, pentiment, metal gear solid, bloodborne, zelda, pokemon ... too many!!! i love video games!!! i hope to make a few someday ... and maybe they'll even be fun to play! astronomy / astrophysics is another longterm love of mine! i don't do much in terms of a hobby, but i subscribe to various newsletters and like reading about breakthroughs in research. my favorite topics are black holes; naturally, i also really like stellar evolution & the many ways stars can fizzle out. in the future i will have some sections of this site dedicated to astronomy! yahoo!
more later!
sorry!! these are so hard to write ...about the site
why make a personal website?
i've always enjoyed using html & css since i was single-digit-years old on neopets. having not had an outlet for that kind of creative work for some time, making this website has been a welcomed challenge! but i didn't just pick this back up for no reason.with the deteriorating state of social media ( i write this at the tail end of 2023 ), i was feeling discouraged and agitated. i started pining for the days of yore, when customization and unabashed self-indulgence was the norm in online spaces. that's when i remembered ... neocities.
i had this website in skeletal form fermenting in their servers for quite a while, but i was taken over by a newfound sense of urgency -- and so, i started working on it again. a few months later, and here we are!
what's the goal here?
my intentions for this website are basically what i just said: i want to be as silly, cringe, genuine, & unashamed as possible. i want to create for the sake of creating, without worrying about impressing others or upholding expectations. i want to be stupid & i want to be me!
i'll be making & posting whatever i want, whenever i want. blog posts, drawings, creative writing, stupid memes, games, collections, so on & so forth; if i'm inspired by it, i'll put it up here! and in doing so, i hope to let go of some internalized shame issues & get more comfortable being myself. :~)
additional things to note:
✏ while the main site's mobile theme is still a wip, the ocs, art, and vg journal sections are fully mobile-friendly.✏ this was developed using firefox. testing on other browsers is minimal, so feedback is welcome.
✏ i want to make this site accessible! no intrusive popups, no bright flashing lights, prioritized readability, etc.
✏ i am using css, html, & javascript. functionality may be hindered if you disable js!
✏ there are no ads here. ( and with luck, there never will be! )