Old Internet, New Beginnings

 This journal is yet again another foray into me trying to find my way back to the old Internet roots I just missed the boat on but was too young to fully immerse myself in or grasp the fact that one day all of the web would be either filled with bots or full of people all screaming over one another, vying for everyone's diminishing attention spans.

I did try to make a Neocities, and it is still an ongoing project, but the amount of time I need to devote to coding is too much to do in bulk, so I try to fix my site sporadically and when I actually remember I have the project going on. 

It's been a really long week. Life hasn't been the best since the year started, and I'm genuinely at the tipping point for my job. I've started looking for new opportunities, but I still feel like I'm losing my mind. It's very hard to stay motivated in such a toxic environment, although it's been hammered into me that I should be grateful that I have a job in the first place. Point being, I'd like to keep my sanity, while still making money to save up to go back to school.

Anyways, here's my weekly roundup of what I've been entertaining myself with:

• The Department of Truth Vol. #30 - I have strong feelings about this issue, which I'll talk about below.
• Still reading my borrowed copy of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which is starting to be a slog to read through. Beautiful prose, beautiful sentiments, but I much prefer Ocean Vuong's poetry to his half-poetry, half-prose thing he's got going on.
• Poetry by Richard Siken - The first poem in this link, which was definitely written for Condor of the 1975 Pollack film, all blonde and gorgeous, with Robert Redford's angel face.

( The Department of Truth Vol. 30 Review )

( Project Update )