This is the section for the more old-web-feeling stuff which was always foundational to this website :) anything that isn't my own art or doesn't belong on my homepage goes here!
Take a look at my °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*: projects ･°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ that have their own individual pages!
Shrines
Resources
bloggif used to make the sparkly text that's the header of this page!
Guide about CSS border images
GifCities.org, search for gifs!
Pseduo-Blog
Online Community Wishes
I desperately want more engagement with the online art & web scene. Like the thought of collaborating with other artists makes me giddy, tbh. I want a world where someone online not only reads the silly little opinions I have but comments on them, shares their thoughts & critiques, and I regularly go check out their website and do the same. (If you want that, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME VIA emailme@deathsurplus.com)
I bring this up because of the newish social media platform Perfectly Imperfect (pi.fyi). Geared as a free, old-web style social hub that isn't harmful like other forms of social media, I gave it a try. ... I don't want to see content from people I don't know endlessly (small doses is fine) unless it's the start of a new, mutual relationship. I want to TALK to more people, not LOOK at more people. Read more...
Grind... is this the subculture I'm in?
So today I stumbled upon this video about a genre of fiction called grind fiction. Upon some very brief and obvious reflection I think I fit right into this aesthetic. But it also seems like grind comes with certain philosophical aspects too. The commenter @totaaaally called the video & the larger culture: the "anti-thesis of non-chalant ... in other words, being sincere and earnest." That's a core tenet of my philosophical beliefs already.
I'd never exactly connected the philosophical importance of being authentic and railing against irony to my interests in aggressive inline skating, street fashion, EDM, music festivals, Splatoon 3, the old web, and thickly outlined artstyles before, but upon watching this video I think I finally get what they all have in common. And that understanding also goes towards answering a question I had while watching the video: would I still like grind even if I didn't like the visual aesthetics? Read more...
