Bugs' Journal

Spent way too long fighting with the marquee code today. Turns out what I was looking for was adding behavior=alternate in the marquee tag. How long did this take to find out? Four hours. Maybe five. I had to take a break to eat. Anyway, after that I returned some library books and did the laundry, and enjoyed a long sit outside. Not a super active day, on the scale of days, but a good one.

Top three sodas?
Cream soda, root beer, big blue. The order changes :P
Favorite Halloween costume you've worn?
I went as a whoopee cushion as a kid/preteen. Pretty fun.
Favorite ice cream flavors?
I like mint chocolate chip, soft serve vanilla, regular chocolate, and coffee. My favorite as a teen used to be birthday cake icecream, which is bright blue and yummy, but my taste buds changed so now it's just barely too sweet. But my icecream preferences have remained pretty steady otherwise.
Side-note: I know I'm 24 but with the pandemic I feel like that's the first time I've ever said "as a teen" and it's kinda trippy.
Do you think animals and humans have a special connection?
I think everything that is capable of recognizing something as kin has a connection. We're animals, and we recognize allies and enemies, so in general yeah that's a special connection we have with animals we don't have with plants. But it's not innate- you learn to be scared of bears and friendly with dogs, you aren't born knowing tooth from tooth and claw from claw.
Do you like haunted houses?
I love haunted houses. Allegedly I was featured in a college newspaper as a kid for going through their haunted house so many times. I was like 'sweet I just have to walk through this room a few times and I get candy, infinite candy glitch'. I was a little scared of the sound of chainsaw from somewhere I couldn't access, though. I didn't have any idea if someone was back there revving a chainsaw or if it was super high quality audio. Still don't, but I didn't know you could take the chain off at the time.

Went to a citrus fair yesterday! There was no citrus, but it was cool. I also got some blood drawn for testing. Right now I'm waiting for my partner to shower so we can go grocery shopping.


What drives you to get up every morning?
I'm happy to be alive. I wasn't for a long time, but now I'm just so happy to be here. I'm also lucky to have a partner who I get to see as soon as I wake up, but that's not as big a factor as you'd figure.
How do you spend your free time?
I have a LOT of things I do for fun. But mainly I read, I like fics and I like scifi. I also like disaster analysis videos and true crime*.
*RESPECTFUL! NON GRAPHIC!
What are your hobbies and how did you get into them?
I have a lot of different art hobbies, because I see something cool and go "can i do that?" and usually I can. I also enjoy hiking, I probably got 'into' it by wandering around the creek by my childhood house. I bake, because during the pandemic there was a joke about learning to make sourdough, and I went huh I wonder if I could...and I can. There's more but the main goal is to learn and have fun :) Oh yeah, and I make balloon animals, people usually find that cool.
What goal are you working toward right now?
Ugh, job search again. I'm also working on catching up my medical care. Boooring adult stuff. I am also working on making my neocities look cool, but I'm not sure if I have a goal in mind for it, so it's sort of working for fun and not for a goal.
What subjects, current events, or causes are you passionate about?
I've been having a hard time being an advocate since the pandemic, but I care deeply about hunger in america, ceasefire in gaza, and global trans rights.

I had an interview for job corps today! My application is moving along nicely. It sounds like a good use of my time, and plus they help with a LOT of stuff (glasses, bus pass, license...).

Anyway!

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!):
I have many! Probably my all time favorite fic author is Esama. They scratch a specific worldbuilding itch with their assassins creed fics that I just have not been able to find anywhere else. I'm also a big fan of chinashopbull. Their portrayal of spiderman in their fic 'I Like Birds' is utterly unmatched, and they have very strong characters. I've not seen many, if any, people get characterization that dynamic.
Hobbies:
A lot of stuff! Jack of all trades, master of a few. Recently I've been learning HTML and trying to revitalize my creative side. Posts like this, trying to make quotev quizzes again, and lots of pixel art (so fun). I also really like going to new places, and riding the bus for the joy of public transit.
Favorite fic tropes:
Okay. So nobody writes these anymore, but they all hold a place in my heart.
-Road trip to run away from the FBI. Bonus if it's because one of the characters is an alien or a neko. I just love it.
-Characters are all actually in a single characters head. I know there's a lot of complexities about D.I.D. and this type of fic portraying a fantasized version of that, but I just enjoy stories about systems in general.
-Magic made me genderbent. Same thing, yeah i know why people don't write this anymore, but it's so fun and a great way to explore the subject if done right. And i'm Hungry.
Favorite fic genre:
I like adventure stories that are motivated by emotional drama. Telenovelas with swords, lol. I also am a big fan of whump.
Favorite holiday:
Halloween! I love the way the streets fill with happy people.