Why?

Why do this?

Why Not?

I'm so fucking sick of not having a website. I knew this would be easy^[1] if I only found the right tools. I found the right tools.

OK, but for real why?

Social media isn't so hot. I miss the blogosphere. I used to have a blog where I wrote about playing a druid in world of warcraft^[2]. That host faded away. I'm a creative type, and writing long form is good. Having a site where I can post whatever I want it wicked nice.

I attempted a wordpress blog, but that didn't last more than a single post. I forgot it existed. It was so much work to figure out how to design it and then logging in was annoying (don't ask).

I will admit launching this has taken a tremendous amount of work on my part. I saw lark's page and went "fuck, I want that." And then a month^[3] later, I've got this. I'll write up a dedicated page for my philosophy and reasons for what I did but it mostly comes down to wanting as much control over my website as I can figure out. I'll also create a how I did this page, so other people can make their own.

Thanks for reading! That's all for now, so I can have a first post up. :)