Hello again! Sorry about the rambling nature of the last entry, I was more concerned with writing something just to fill out the space and make sure the scroll element was working properly. Not that the things in the entry aren't accurate to what I believe, but the structure of the post definitely left plenty of room for improvement.

In other news, the first day of class at my university has gone reasonably well. My first class of the day was a Design class specifically tooled towards what I am trying to do in life, which is probably going to be game development. The professor is the same one that I had last time for my drawing class, who is amazing. It was also cool to find out that this professor has at least some familiarity with the video game world, because they had not mentioned previously that they did. The other class I was supposed to have today was cancelled because the professor was sick, and I hope they feel better soon. Sucks that it happened on the first day of class though.

I also got the opportunity to speak with a fellow student who I knew vaguely from my previous classes for some time, which was really nice. It's funny, as isolated as my generation of people are, much of it is self-imposed/learned behavior. Often if I go even slightly out of my way to try to connect with someone they are very willing to talk, it's just that most people have trouble making that initial connection. For a long time I thought 'something must be wrong with me, nobody is approaching me!' when in reality the problem is more like nobody is approaching anyone.

I'm also working on a game in my free time that I'm really excited about. I don't want to say a ton because a lot of the details aren't ironed out yet, but rest assured that when they are this place will be hearing about it.

All in all, I'd say a pretty great start to this period of classes. Not sure how often I'm going to update this blog, might be daily, might just be when I feel like it. I hope whoever's reading this has a great rest of their day and that maybe I added some extra perspective to it.

Hello people of the world! This is my first blog entry and I'm happy to finally get around to implementing it. This website is something I'm working on in my spare time, and I often take long breaks from projects like that.

My life has been going exceptionally well, to start off with. I just got back to university after winter break, and I was sad to leave my family but after just a day back at school, I'm excited at all of the opportunities for socialization that it offers.

I am someone who has always been comfortable with solitude, but I think after 2020 I (and the world at large) got too comfortable with it, and at this point I welcome opportunity for in person connection. As someone who grew up online, it's disconcerting to realize that in our excitement for the global connection offered by the internet, we allowed ourselves to be penned into walled gardens by large companies which only have the bottom line in mind.

In my opinion, going forward we need to make real efforts to convince people to ditch social media and return to the web as it used to exist. This can be difficult. Often when I bring up just the subject of social media and the harm it does at a massive scale I am looked at as if I am suggesting they join my cult, which in a way I suppose I am.

Fortunately, the effects of the harm caused by social media are becoming severe enough that even the average consumer is beginning to notice. This means that part of the job of convincing people to leave these platforms is being done for us.

Alright, first entry completed. Thanks so much for reading and stay sharp out there!

Fortunately, the future has not yet occurred...

Fortunately, the future has not yet occurred...

Fortunately, the future has not yet occurred...