July 16, 2026
One of the problems I'm sure every fledgling webmaster deals with, or at least I do, is: IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH? To which I answer: STOP WORRYING. This ain't some damn contest! This is just me trying to express myself. So what if the website looks a little bit shoddy? In the web revival, shoddiness is your friend. :) And so what if it doesn't contain the same exact kind of content that every other Tom, Dick, and Harry has on their site? Come to think of it, that's actually a good thing. That's why they're so customizable. And who cares if you update your blog every ding-dang-dong day?
I must admit, I'm coming off a long, long struggle against the algorithmic thinking that is so prevalent on social media, having just said toodle-oo to it myself. I guess at the end of the day it's not about how many "likes" you get or how many followers you have, but the blood, sweat and tears of a hard day's work. After all, isn't that sort of why we're returning to some of those old web aesthetics? For the freedom that they offered? I guess the bottom line here is, this ain't social media, and I need to stop worrying.
I guess I'm a little on edge because, to quote the Cranberries, "all my life is changing every day, every possible way." I'm moving into a new house, I was meeting with a vocational guidance counselor, she asked a hard question, I got overwhelmed, and I have this bizarre sleep disorder that's been affecting me. All in all a Perfect Storm of things. And all in all you're just another brick in the wall. :)