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I was in a conversation with someone who angrily told me, "I hope you wake up in a world full of windows that only open to let in dirt and stone." I was hit with the inexplicable knowledge that I had just been told to go to Gnome Hell.

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I was in a conversation with someone who angrily told me, "I hope you wake up in a world full of windows that only open to let in dirt and stone." I was hit with the inexplicable knowledge that I had just been told to go to Gnome Hell.

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Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

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You know that arthurian legend where sir Gawain ends up marrying an ugly hag who turns out to be under a spell, where she's an ugly hag for half the time and a beautiful lady for the other half, and instead of choosing himself whether he wants her to be beautiful at night for himself and ugly during the day with others, or vice versa, he lets her choose, and that breaks the spell for good? The moral of that story is that women are much happier if they get to make their own life choices, and they are far less likely to give you grief if they're happy.

Anyway my point here isn't about the moral of the story, but the middle situation is a lot what it's like to date a goth. Like out in public you've got the most well-composed and put-together etheral creature at your arm, but as soon as you come home they'll shed all of that and boom:

You're dating a pyjama goblin.

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Have some good old video game funnies

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The creator of Bluey announced he helped write the screenplay of Ice Age 6. He also publicly admitted it was one of the worst experiences of his life and he only did it for the money.

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neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

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not a dream

I haven't been posting much recently

It's not because I don't love you or don't care

Never think that

I love and care about all of you and you matter to me

But I've been struggling physically, mentally and financially

and to solve the first two problems, the third one I had to try and solve by working even more and even harder

but then exhaustion got to me and I got even worse and even more ill

I had like 23 working days in a row and it still wasn't enough

but I am trying to find some light at the end of the tunnel mentally and emotionally

spend all my free times in the nature with Ragnar or sleeping

bedrotting a little but at least I don't have to think about anything if I sleep

so things have been bad

But I'm not ready to give up

and I hope you aren't ready to give up on yourself either

love you miss you take care kisses

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Check out this ultra-high-resolution 3D scan on Uhura's TOS uniform. You can download it too, if you like.

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Manufacturers only. Vintage signage, Lace Market, Nottingham, April 2012.

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there was snow on the window i took this picture from but i saw this sign and immediately thought of your blog

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