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life update: the saga of the old apartment has ENDED! despite giving ourselves a MONTH to clean things up, we were unable to finish the checklist to the extent that we had planned. but im hopeful that my gf would at least get a portion of her security deposit back after charges.

we’re settling in nicely with this neighborhood. we got 2nd place at trivia night and won a gift certificate! it was my first time ever, and our first time as a team. we sat in a booth next to the trivia host and he thought we were very sweet the whole time ahahah. he’s seen plenty of teams get into fights about answers. a few of my gf’s friends were able to swing by to see the new place too! my friends live far enough that it’s a whole Day trip for them so we’re still figuring out the schedule.

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October 02, 2025

life update: well pretty much all of the boxes have been unpacked! the next step is getting rid of them. i’ve given a few to my dad to store in his attic, but we still have a bunch left. lowkey i want to recycle them instead of keeping them around to use much, much later. we have tables set up for our studio !!! gf installed hanging shelves too. we’re thinking of returning the futon we got the first week here (should’ve gone with the air mattress first instead of trying our luck). the seat depth is non-existent and it’s not very comfy to sit on. cant read on it. cant play guitar for shit.

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September 26, 2025

life update: the apartment is coming together! right now the prioritiy is to have all the boxes unpacked by the end of this week. thankfully we have many windowsills that can hold many of our items before we’re able to thrift a coat rack and more dressers. as for the old place, the lease officially ends in october so we still have time to get it cleaned up. it’s unlikely that my gf will get her full deposit back but we’re hoping for a portion.

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September 19, 2025

life update: today, i conclude my first week at my new job! the first two days were a bit awkward. i had hours at two different locations so i had to do some traveling and one time i totally screwed up clocking in (forgot to switch sites on my work iPad) (i think it’s nuts that I have a work anything). i was reviewing policy and my job expectation is 90% productivity. can i do it? probably, but it’s going to take me a few to figure out time management. i like my coworkers for the most part, although i definitely have a preference for location. both gyms available are really cold lol.

site update (cont.)

September 18, 2025

it’s time to bite the bullet and make a new blog post about this site update that i’ve been screwing up LOL. the previous one took me three days to write because it was documenting those three days. transferring my site into hugo is … difficult to say the least.

i created yet another quickstart to test out the documentation and have figured out (mostly) exactly where to put my assets for to hugo to pull onto my about page (look. there’s assets folder in root and another in themes but there’s also page bundles in themes > content. GAH.)

site update

September 17, 2025

i launched this website two weeks ago and since then i wrote the code from scratch, scrapped that to frankenstein other people’s layouts and codes, scrapped that and replicated the previous set-up from scrach again, scrapped that and rebuilt the website with a static site generator: hugo.

this is basically a massive answer to the first question of my previous blog. big thanks to nenrikido, without whom i wouldn’t learn about static site generators in the first place.

coding update

September 12, 2025

note: bigger blogpost to document thoughts and progress on understanding what the hell im doing here.

i created three buttons the other day with html and css after taking a look at sadgirlonline’s button maker and taking a screenshot of my results to put into the asset folder. the button maker has a feature to make an image of the button, but i find it to be low quality and currently the screenshot method captures what i want. however this method does involve painstakingly adjusting the parameters of the capture box.

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September 10, 2025

life update: this past week has been jam-packed with things to do, people to call, and forms to sign. my gf and i started the month by getting the keys to our new apartment. we’re paying double rent for the old and the new places because the idea was to use this whole month to deep clean. however, on the 2nd, we woke up with bed bugs.