my first, I suppose
I have been wanting to divorce Instagram for like 4 years, in fact we have been separated for 2. I just can't seem to wrap my head around socialising on the internet under Zuck's oppressive, giant thumb. I already have WhatsApp (rip). And social media already is such a mindfruck (typo but I'll keep it). I knew there had to be something else for me... I don't know when I had the bright idea to make my own website but over the last week and a half it's basically all I've been thinking about, which is saying a lot because I am in my final semester of a masters of teaching tiny children and supposed to be thinking about research. I know close to nothing, NOTHING about coding or websites or these things. But now I am interested. So I bought a domain name for NZ$15 to create my archive and have been working for the past two days to make it into somewhere I could dump my pictures and musings. But but but I have too much to say (that I don't want my 6th grade classmates I never spoke to but still follow on Instagram to see) and its development requires a level of skill I simply do not possess yet. Then by some miracle (reddit), I found you, bearblog.dev. I like this. I like the privacy and peace and quiet. I'll use the website for something else. But here as I type into the void, I hope I find some people like me or maybe find the ability to a write coherent narrative. <3 sam