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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
I took out a bunch of the junk that was hanging around the site. I should be on spring break from college right now but I have an essay that's a few days late because I didn't have time to do it among the FIVE ESSAYS I was assigned. Last week was the worst, but right now I'm just chilling, hence why I remembered this website exists. I really want to get back into this especially because I'm just sitting around a lot.
I have had zero time lately to do anything lol. I started a ten hours a week job this semester and I'm busy taking mostly science classes. My course on cell biology and genetics isn't too bad, but I still absolutely despise chemistry.
I was messing around yesterday researching vocal ranges (instead of doing my afforementioned late essay) and I realized I can hit notes all the way down to an F3. The internet seemingly can't agree whether that makes me an alto or a mezzo. :)
-Lavender Doyle
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Today was another where I didn't do much. I forgot to take my pill this morning so I've been blasted with the full force of my ADHD. I have spent the entire day (it's like 7 pm at the time of writing) procrastinating one ten minute math assignment lol. I should not be struggling this much, but here I am. Don't do ADHD, kids. Now, after adding a chatroom to this site and half a bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper later, I still have not started the assignment.
On a happier note, I had some cookies today and they were really good. I also went to Walmart and found a shirt on clearance for only a dollar, so that was nice. Both of my classes were also basically optional attendance, so that was a huge plus too. :)
-Lavender Doyle
Monday, December 2, 2024
Today I didn't do anything with the website, but I did start learning Blender (for reasons even I don't know). I have made a donut. It has no sprinkles yet, though.
I would say something profound now, but it's 10 pm and I'm exhausted lol. :)
-Lavender Doyle
Sunday, December 1, 2024
I added a part to the website called "science thoughts" where I can put my more sciency ramblings. I uploaded some of my stargazing pictures to the stargazing page today and I think it's still really nice. I'm liking the way this website is turning out, even if it's not super fancy. I'm still enjoying the vibes. I am going to have to fill in some of the empty pages at some point though lol.
My plants, as it turns out, are completely fine...mostly... I did have one casualty, and that was the sad little Monstera I've been trying to keep alive for a few months. I got it for free at a plant giveaway thing. It was just a stem cutting, and the people that propagated it didn't give it long enough to build up a root system that could support itself. I tried very hard to get it to grow and survive, but still I found it dead this morning. Count Phabian the emo nerve plant is actually thriving more than he was when I left him, besides being a tad thirsty. Maybe I just need to neglect him more often loll. Somehow Phernanda de Crassula, my varigated Crassula obliqua, is showing zero signs of thirst even though I haven't watered her in like two weeks. I guess that's just the magic of succulents or something.
I should make a page for my plants one of these days.
-Lavender Doyle
Saturday, November 30, 2024
I spent a good portion of the day redecorating and even completely rearranging this site. Last night I had a grand total of three pages and now I have an amount that I'm not going to bother to count (not because there're too many but because I'm too lazy to look lolll). I'm really happy with how it's turning out, though I'm still struggling to wrap my head around how on Earth I am going to make any kind of layout beyond the single thing in the middle to work. Flexbox is really, really, really confusing. I'm sure I'll figure it out at some point and feel really, really dumb for not understanding it earlier. Needless to say, the Dunning Kruger effect hit me hard today.
I left my plants in my dorm over Thanksgiving break and now I'm really worried for them (especially Phabian the emo nerve plant).
Something I just learned about today is Watsonian vs. Doylist perspectives, named after Dr. Watson, the POV character of the Sherlock Holmes stories and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was the real-life author of those stories, respectively. The Watsonian perspective is the in-universe explanation for something (ex. a sequel to a movie happens because a new, mysterious threat has come for your favorite characters), and the Doylist perspective is the real-life explanation for that same thing (the sequel to the movie was made because the studio that made the first movie wants more money). I'm not sure why I found this so fascinating, but I did, and I wanted to share. :)
-Lavender Doyle