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palmistshouse 1 year ago

I’ve never heard of WEC before, I’ll have to check it out

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

There's definitely plenty in it to like for Neocities people. It's a lot of fun to flip through, even if I find it a little obnoxious sometimes

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poptartbox saddleblasters

1 year ago

this is absolutely my favorite site on neocities. every time i come back and make an update, this is the first place i come to. i hope you never stop writing here. and if you do, then i hope i can continue to learn about your experiences some other way.

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

thank you so much! i'll try my best to never stop writing, though i'm sure the frequency with which i post on here will continue to be sporadic, unfortunately

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1 year ago

My friend Balckwell's novel is now free! A lot of what you might have read on my website started out as conversations with him. If you've enjoyed any of my writing, then please take a look at his! https://balckwell.itch.io/only-in-dreams

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vegacollective 1 year ago

This sounds interesting, we thank you for sharing! UBWU

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balckwell 1 year ago

great idea

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siqu 1 year ago

Seems like after awhile all the "first times" get locked behind long grinds -- "first times" are "successive" in a way, a trail of continuity -- and it's hard to see if they even exist anymore, or if they're worth the effort, and if it's too late anyway. When you find a "successive" path, maybe it makes an opposing vortex against the infinite. One could hope all scattered dots connect and unlock such paths, maybe

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

@siqu Normally I don't think it matters all that much and I can just focus on whatever I've been working on lately, but sometimes looking at my life as a whole, I get sad about "first times" that have been lost, even if like you said they're not really worth the effort anymore. There's so many!

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angelsaremathematical saddleblasters

1 year ago

thank you for commenting on my post about studies! i added your comments to the end of the post!

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angelsaremathematical 1 year ago

i also got sucked into reading your essays. very interesting read. you have a great website. you are cool

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

for some reason i made a weird custom twitter-type thing where only i can post

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suboptimalism 1 year ago

i've resisted the urge to do something like this for years

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saddleblasters standardbody

1 year ago

Thank you for writing about Bandits in Print! I'd love to read your notes on the other books in your reading list if/when you get around to writing them

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standardbody 1 year ago

thank you for your kind words. i have more (less coherent) notes on a variety of books, i'm currently attempting to rationalize my workflow so i dont have to manually write out/format my writing into html. unfortunately i know nothing about computers and everything is broken. but remain vigilant!

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siqu 1 year ago

w.r.t. changing others, it's inevitable so may as well embrace it. Depending on how you influence others, they may enjoy the changes and thank you for it. Reading some of your essays contributed to writing again for some sanity, so thank you (´･ω･`) Weird how writing can be both an exercise in pointlessness but also the spark to change for the better

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

I think it's easier to influence people positively when we're just interacting over the internet. E.g. if you like my writing you can keep reading it, and if you dislike it (or just find an individual piece boring) it's easy to forget about it. But with real life relationships, the good often has to be taken with the bad, so I feel a little sad seeing my bad habits (i.e. anti-socialness) infect someone else

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Writing is nice, because whenever I sit down to write (or to read something you or someone else wrote) anything can happen. There's always the potential to think new thoughts or to become a new person for a few moments, as long as we can stay out of depressive spirals.

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michaelmas 1 year ago

I think in many ways, nostalgia is just a constant cycle. I used to think I felt nostalgic for a year or two ago, that I was happier then, till a week or two ago when I read my diary & thought things sounded "simpler" & "happier" only a few months ago, when that is not the case. I'm just as happy now as I was then, even if it's a lack of happiness. This is to say that I think nostalgia is largely illusory.

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michaelmas 1 year ago

I make it a point to remind myself that the times I am living right now will eventually be nostalgic for me, and rather than nostalgia being a narrowing, burdensome thing that puts me into some sort of narrative, it’s instead cause for me to live as well as I can, right now. Hope your feelings ease up soon, maybe not happiness per se, but that your necessary sadnesses and miseries become easier to bear.

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wiichicken saddleblasters

1 year ago

the thing about listing is so true. i love making lists, i should make a list page on my site...

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amari-ga-shin-da saddleblasters

1 year ago

Thank you for following!! I really enjoy how simple, yet extremely in depth your website is, I could spend hours reading your whole site and not even be done :3c The subjects of your writings are really interesting too! I'ts cool learning about/hearing your thoughts on Chinese topics, so like I said I don't think I'd get bored reading your site at all (plus your cover image is adorable!)

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amari-ga-shin-da 1 year ago

Also to answer your hat question, I don't think the hat in Binetsu has a specific name, but I think it might be either a toque or an Andean chollo? I did also look up "knit hat with bobble and ear flaps," So maybe try that heehee ^^;

saddleblasters 1 year ago

Thank you! a lot of the illusion of depth on my website just comes from it being disorganized and changing how I do thinks every few months. A lot of the older essays in particular are pretty silly and I need to revisit those themes soon. I read your diary and like all your drawings/character designs! If you like rabbits, there's a popular Shanghainese candy brand called "White Rabbit"

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amari-ga-shin-da 1 year ago

Oh oh I have a bag of white rabbit in my room right now actually :D I like keeping the wrappers since the designs are so cute, thank you for visiting my website also!!

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

Made a place to put lists

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

As with everything on this website, I'm sure this will very quickly become a massive pain to navigate as I add to it. Hopefully I'll be inspired to think seriously about organization someday!

balckwell 1 year ago

you've mentioned your brother's quote about lists often enough now that it's seeped into my brain and i fully believe it

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balckwell 1 year ago

i should start making some lists

suboptimalism 1 year ago

dunno if it's quirky enough but i got this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGFeBHV8v2U

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suboptimalism 1 year ago

i designed a list page a while ago but never uploaded it... maybe it is time

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suttaslime 1 year ago

this is a great idea! i look forward to following this as it grows. going through the music now - i'm familiar with tentenko, but hadn't heard of MikaTen

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aleph-0 1 year ago

I like your writing style. It's atmospheric.

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onlywonder saddleblasters

1 year ago

Hello! I just redid the JRock webring and invite you to re-join! Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your interest! https://onlywonder.net/jrockwebring/

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saddleblasters 1 year ago

It's been a long time since I've written an actual essay. In this last week of National Poetry Month, I'm sharing this piece about Du Fu (my favorite poet?). I hinted at it earlier in the month, and, well, it's gone through quite a few transformations since then.

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