Wed Sep 16: I think I am allergic to gelatin. I usually never consume it because it isn't vegan, but due to stress I haven't been checking labels as carefully or putting pressure on myself to be perfect. Call it a vegetarian lapse- I will resume my preferred diet when I move. However, I ate some pop tarts with gelatin and felt like I was getting very sick for two days. The same thing happened when I had multivitamins with gelatin. I still find it difficult to accept that it was the cause due to gelatin allergy/sensitivity being so rare, but I may have induced it with years of veganism following years of vegetarianism. Or, I never knew I had it because of my diet. Regardless, my body is feeling a bit better after sticking to veg food with fewer ingredients, and I am getting back to my usual levels of background abdominal discomfort and joint pain.
In the meantime, I made a button for myself!! I used the app Pixsquare on my iPad to make it, along with the icon of my cat, Leon. His pet page is an unformatted photo dump for now.

Tues Sept 14: Recruiter chat went well; I don't think I have the exact background they are looking for, but I was honest, so if they have a genuine interest I will speak to a hiring manager next. I don't know enough about the specific project to be excited yet; the most interesting thing is that it would allow me to move overseas for the first time. I now have the rest of the day to do as I please. I've added a link the the previous updates I post here, it is just a text dump.
Edit: Part two... I feel quite bad today. Pain flareup, my joints feel bad, headache and abdominal pain that comes and goes, brain fog and strange sensations like I am falling in place. Like slowly descending inside myself. If anyone has this same thing, let me know lol

Mon Sept 14: I should be boxing up donations and preparing for the recruiter chat tomorrow morning, but I am so tired! I looked into ways to inspect pages on iOS, and found a bookmark hack here. It works okay for what I need. It looks like there are also apps to help as options but I have not yet tried any.
PetraPixel added a widget section, so I am inspired to try to host the calendar widget and edit it!

Sun Sept 13: Went out today with a friend for ramen and groceries, it is good to get out of the house! But then I was tired and had to lay down for the rest of the day. Watched some Uprooted (rpg play VODs). I did finally make a TamaNOTchi, actually two (below)! I also added cbox chat (near bottom of page).

Thurs Sept 10: Still living out of my suitcase but feeling a bit closer to finally moving. I have a donation of my extra things scheduled for next Tuesday and a chat with a recruiter that day as well. In the meantime I have to find ways to busy myself without access to a computer or most of my belongings, and without spending any money or acquiring anything. I have been working on a pixel art animation of a shining trophy, I would like to personalize it to "give" to sites that have really inspired me. I enjoy some parts of it, but animating moving highlights on really skinny sections is a bore. Any suggestions and constructive criticism (specific and actionable) for the website are highly welcome!

Tuesday Sept 8: I am moving cross-country, and I already moved my computer, so all I have with me now is an air mattress and what can fit into a suitcase. Usually my creative outlet is making something on my desktop, or with crafting supplies, but those are also already at my destination, so making this website on an ipad has been my only outlet for weeks. I only had three followers, but noticed today that it went back to two... maybe I update too often, and it is annoying? Maybe link collections are not useful? Maybe the huge amounts of images are just too much, maybe there is not enough original content yet... I shouldn't dwell on it. Every time I come back here, it is time well spent for my own good.