sweet tooth extraction

i put the goodbye layout onto my profile. i think it looks pretty good. i think it's a good note to end on something slightly cyber and clean-- it was my trademark for a while, so it feels right. the song on it is sugarless girl by capsule! shoutout to nara for the recommendation~

isn't it so interesting how things can just... change so easily? or so quickly, in ways we could never comprehend before? 

elsewhere on the web, i updated my old neocities site's layout. you can check it out here-- what do you think? i don't do much there aside from test out code, so maybe it'll just end up as another test, but i think it looks good right now. i took the code from my pollen and salt layout that i used to have on friendrewind. i said this before, but i've been wanting to convert some of my old anyspace layouts into layouts for static sites or pages. i think a lot of them would work well for an about page, and it would keep jinpudding afloat for a while, at least.

other than that, i don't have much to do today. just some reading, and some applications. but i also want to get back to my bookbinding project... i had a plan, before summer break ended, to make a coptic-stitch-bound notebook with board covers. if / when i complete it, i'll show you guys a pic!

ah, and. this monday is the first meeting of the hallyu wave class i signed up for! i'm excited to see what'll happen. i'll tell you guys all the deets if we get anything good tomorrow~ ;3

 

sotd: sugarless girl by capsule

the disappearing act of a meatbun

i think i figured out a nice goodbye layout today. check it out below... 

mille-feuille

did you guys know that you could layer background-blend-mode?

here, run this through nein mc:

<style>

body {background-image: url(https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/69/d4/a5/69d4a5bb1fa95e2a1a743815c5fc64aa.jpg), url(https://decomail.space/bg/black/12.gif); background-attachment: fixed; background-size: 300px, 100px; background-blend-mode: overlay;}

</style>

maybe i'm late to the party, but i think this is really cool. if only i could actually use it right now... ah, well.

antiquity

animal jam classic.

truthfully, a part of me was a bit embarrassed to admit i played it for a long time. i don't know why. maybe it was because everyone else played roblox, and i felt like an awkward outsider because of it? eh. well, it doesn't matter anymore. i'm not really embarrassed now. 

break down

okay, into the friendrewind stuff. short, because it speaks for itself i think.

the other night, my friend selkie sent me over a post. (it's from napo, yes, but the evidence and screenshots are undeniable so stick with me here.) 

point-blank: friendrewind uses ai, is very likely vibe-coded, and the creator condones (or at the very least turns a blind eye to, which he obviously shouldn't) racism.

and honestly, this is just so... frustrating. how is it so hard for people to create a decent myspace recreation? spacehey was good, but the moderation's been in the dumps for ages now. friendrewind seemed okay, but then this popped up. and people are excited about myspace coming back, but as it turns out, they're just remaking it to scrape data off of users and sell it.

not sure about napo, it always felt cynical and edgy to me, but that's that. friendproject is a ghost town. but of course, those don't compare to what's going on above. it's just... why is it so hard? to find a place that feels right?

and i'm really sorry, you guys. i should've looked deeper into the site before i started yapping about it here. i should've stuck with my gut when i said that i wanted to stay on my blog only, or at least not on those sites. i'm really, really sorry. i'll be more thorough when i look at sites like these again, i promise.

sotd: legs to walk us, to drop us by pretend

red-shift, blue-shift

hihi! i am back... how have u been? 

decisions, decisions

new friendrewind layout! already... sorry i keep changing it all the time. i really don't know how i wanna present myself.

this time around, i was inspired by fluffy visual novels / otome games and all the cute songs i've been listening to lately. the question is, is jaejoong in love with someone? or is he the person the player (myself </////3) is thinking about? who knows, who knows... tbh, i'd actually choose "write a love letter", but it would throw off the composition's balance. 

one thing is for sure, though: i'm glad to edit my own background again. headers are fun, but they don't cut it sometimes. i also have to edit it for mobile, but it should be easier this time around since i didn't mess with the layout in grid or anything.  

well, back to the school grind... at least my writing class starts today! i'm excited. :) 

 

sotd: i'll always be here for u by 68+1 (....................sigh)

bento

it is disgustingly late, but i wanted to get this in before i go to sleep.

new friendrewind layout! already... at first i wanted to use the editing skills i had with my background blend formula, but i ended up taking a stab at the grid code again. i think it turned out pretty well, though i need to mess with the margin and width properties tomorrow. and it's definitely not mobile friendly, but these things happen.

i was inspired by bento boxes. don't think i executed it as well as i'd like, but i have tomorrow to add some more tweaks n whatnot. goodnight everyone! 

i wanna believe in you

new friendrewind layout, i think. not tested on mobile or tablet yet tho! and dunno how long i'll keep it. the dropdown links on hover won't change bg, even though i've tried a million different element tags for it. the link buttons also aren't vertically centering, even though i've tried changing the padding values on them. the nav bar throws me for so many loops, it's not even funny!!!!!!!!!!! i'm digitally dizzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but whatever. what do you guys think? due to these small things, i'm not sure. but i've been more into indie vibes this week, and wanted to make a layout that better reflected such.

also, orange. i don't like the color orange, and i've never liked citrus, but i feel like it fits the main theme song...

first bite

i did some sewing yesterday, which was nice. 

red herring (pt.3)

this should be the third and final post about ufotown-- at least, the final post in regards to just exploring the site's archives. i still want to look through old soompi forum archives and try to reach out in communities to see if anyone remembers anything, but! this should be the end of this chapter.

i get into some mental health topics (parasociality and its effects) towards the end of the post, so please be cautious. i marked when they begin so you can stop reading.

there's not much else we can get from the site's main pages, but they have a very in-depth faq page and some descriptive guides for each main section. so, let's start with the... 

red herring (pt. 2)

part 2 of exploring ufo town. if this hits a third part, i'm going to use the same image of akanishi from last post. might as well keep them all together, lolz. 

red herring (pt.1)

i did even more digging through iple a while back, and found a totally new (well, not really, but you know what i mean) site connected to it. 

leaf pile

NEW THEME!!!!!!! how are we feeling about it? i'm pretty hyped, to be honest. and i did deliver on it being more colorful, didn't i~? 

zomg zombie

GUYS GUYS GUYS!

look at this site................... this is so sick. i always love seeing people rebuild myspace and myspace clones. they even have a working comment form and old music players from flash, emulated in ruffle! and they've even rebuilt some old band myspace pages!!!!!!!!!!! thursday!!!!!!!!!!!! 

i'm seriously interested in the music player most of all, if i'm being completely honest. it probs relies on mp3 files rather than youtube links, but. i should get more used to that practice. youtube embeds take up a lot of bandwidth, actually...

anyway, just wanted to share that. goodnight, EEP!

new apples

i poked around for some info about iple using naver.

non-existent apple of my eye

GUYS. i'm so frustrated. on the web.

you see, we've got some lost media... (this is a long post, so buckle in~) 

absent rain

i'm sorry i haven't been very active here these days. i've been very tired for some reason. 

like a box of chocolates

aaaahhhhhhhh............... i may have lied. sorry guys :( new spacehey theme...

unbox

eep, i caved faster than i thought i would. while i was bored taking a break between study sessions, i made a throwaway account for FriendRewind. let's get into it.