thank you for this entry. resonated a lot

Totally resonated with me too. Sometimes it feels like I’m going to be the last one wearing a mask, still trying to give a damn at the end of the world.

Keep up the good work!

love this sm

Congrats on two years. If you're not part of the audience you're writing for, you're doing something wrong. It's a good sign that you enjoy reading your own writing.

Heyo, congrats on the two years!

Happy belated site anniversary. I like the parody index page. Hope you'll be around for a long time.

have enjoyed and been inspired by your work and site a lot. happy anniversary

Dedication to the constructive, especially through difficult periods where it seems futile or slow-going, is a sign of maturity. May those seemingly fragmented desires congeal into a laser-like focus that helps you to achieve your dreams.

Kids have it good these days with well-seeded torrents and dozens of pirate anime streaming sites, and the legit options aren't too terrible either. Though it's a shame simulcasts killed off fansubs which often had a lot of heart and soul put into them.

Subs these days are terrible. They all look like Netflix's minimum effort subs. Fansubs were a real art form that I hope comes back one day, they looked so good and were so readable.

I feel you on bookbinding mistakes. I make them more often than not, honestly- it's part of the charm. To save you one of mine: cardstock is not a strong enough cover for a book you want to keep in your pocket. I was trying to make a mini composition book and that crumpled very quickly.

I used to bind sketchbooks with cardstock, but they weren't really pocket carries. Even then they were pretty worn out by the time I got to the end of them.

I usually use chipboard covered by fabric for larger bindings nowadays! Keep meaning to experiment with wood. Still struggling to find a good cover material for pocket books though since it needs to be thin and sturdy, and those traits don't often come together.

I'm at the stage where I'm still experimenting with making good bookcloth. So far my last couple of batches haven't been up to standard, so at most I use them for spines. Still need to get the basics right before I start to think about long term durability.