Crash Site

Welcome to my Now Page, my thoughts and what I’ve been up to lately. Loosely inspired by my friend Jack Grimes’ format. You’re reading the 1/23/25 version of this page; when it’s gone, it’s probably gone.

Making

Well, mostly this page. Yet again in a “I have no clue what to make” cycle. Ugh. Working on customizing this site a bit more, I have no idea how to do CSS but I want to jazz it up a little bit around here.

I’ve decided to start a commonplace book, which I guess is a form of making? Not too many things in it yet, just a few quotes from Youtube videos and Disco Elysium, but I like it. Just writing shit down and having an actual notebook of cool shit is nice. I was able to pick up a cheap disposable fountain pen and I actually like writing with it, so I think once the ink runs out I’ll look at buying some cheap pens and ink from AliExpress.

Doing

Yesterday was the first day of the semester for me, woooo! (eh, not really woooo.) Classes got canceled on Tuesday because it was so damn cold, and that was a day where I had 2 classes and a lab. I’m really trying to get in front of stuff this semester, last semester I didn’t do too bad but I felt like I was constantly trying to catch up. Now that I mostly know what methods work with my medicated ADHD ass, I can try and get more shit done ahead of time.

Thinking

Is there some way to do social media without it turning into The Torment Nexus? Especially now that Hamburger Hitler is in power, it’s like my Bluesky feed (and to a somewhat, lesser extent) is a constant feed of Look What This Fucker’s Doing Now. Yet again, maybe this is just a “follow better people” issue, but I don’t want to completely separate my feed from current events, y’know?

Listening

Agghhhh I gotta listen to more stuff. I’m making 2025 my Year Of Actually Sitting Down And Listening To Albums. Maybe I’ll start with stuff off my friends’ Albums of the Year lists. I’ve already listened to a few, like Pulsar by L’Imperatrice (which goes SO fucking hard btw). If you’ve got recs, send em my way. I’ve got all my messenger platforms on my home page.

Playing

Over winter break I finished Disco Elysium, and holy shit. It’s SO fucking good. Hell, it’s so good I feel really motivated to replay it; I accidentally laser-focused on completing it and forgot to do a bunch of side quests. I almost never replay games, I complete them and then all the will to replay them or complete post-game stuff leaves my body, so that’s a real accomplishment.

This is incredibly niche, but I think my next game purchase will be the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer. I love a good racing game, especially ones with JDM cars, and the vibe of TXR is impeccable. I’ve played several other games, but none of them are ones I’d want to sink hours into: Shutoko Revival Project is super cool, but it’s built on Assetto Corsa which is WAY too sim-y for me; Night Runners nails the vibe, but it’s clearly still an early access demo; and booting up TXR 3 on PCSX2 is decent, but the handling just feels weird as someone who’s used to modern racing games. I just wanna go way too fast down the highway in a tuned Japanese car while blasting jungle and drum ‘n bass.

Watching

Soooo, I’m currently watching several series that could not be more different. I’m fairly deep into Delicious in Dungeon and I really just gotta finish it off. I’m loving the story, I’ve gotten to the “oh SHIT” twists and just need to sit down and watch more. Chilchuck slowly, surely realizing he actually loves his party of weirdos was a really sweet character development moment; I love when an aloof character realizes they actually care. Laios is still the best tbh. I’m also a sucker for episodes that give us an alternate point of view on the main characters, so I loved when it switched to following Kabru’s party.

Go Go Loser Ranger has a really cool premise and executes it pretty well. I’m not super familiar with tokusatsu, the most I’ve watched is Power Rangers as a kid and an episode of Kamen Rider GEATS (which is another show that’s on my radar) that I watched with my friends on Discord, but it’s still familiar enough that I don’t feel alienated. I’m currently at a “oh SHIT, it’s about to go DOWN” spot similar to Delicious in Dungeon. Seriously wondering what the whole point of maintaining a military-like Ranger Corps is, especially after they’ve purportedly killed all the boss monsters.

Finally, I just started Wonderful Precure as a light and fluffy chillout show, and it’s really cute so far. The first episode has a dog who loves her person so much she transforms into a magical girl to protect her, come on that’s adorable. Only watched the first episode, I’ve heard it stays cute and colorful while also talking about some more serious stuff like anxiety? I kinda like that.