Winter 2025 Update!

What's up guys,

I am so so so unbelievably happy to say that I have passed my NAPLEX and Iowa MPJE! To say that it is a relief is the understatement of the century, worrying about those exams has been my entire Summer and Fall and put so many other things in my life on hold. I was devestated when I did not pass my first NAPLEX attempt in September, proud when I passed the MPJE on the first try (some of my Illinois counterparts have not passed the IL MPJE after multiple attempts??), and almost emotional when I found out I passed my second NAPLEX attempt earlier this month. I am finally --DONE-- with being a student, I can now practice indepedently at work (with plenty of resources available for when I need help), and all of my exam worries behind me! Now I can focus on my passion for anachronistic web design an entirely different set of life problems demanding of my time and attention....

...but thats okay! Life is all about handling the obstacles as they come and finding time to have fun along the way. I am that much closer to having the life that I envision for myself, and can make more time for my relationship, friends, and family.

Anyways, while I was in my multi-month NAPLEX fugue state I did find the time to make some updates to my neocities. I toyed with the layout of my home page to make it a little nicer to look at on mobile (bigger intro box) and updated some graphics to achieve what I feel is a helathy balance between sleek Win7/Vista UI and Web 1.0 crunchiness. I also added an entire about me page made to look like a mock Wikipedia/Uncyclopedia page. I am proud of what my site has become and am so happy every time someone leaves comment on the guestbook on or my neocities profile, this community is so cool :)

Here is a list of some projects I am currently working on:

• Continuing to improve my website (currently putting a lot of work into the about me page. I'm also ready a few antique web design books to see if I can pick up any old-new tricks. Currently I am reading Web Pages That Suck (1998).

• Shell-swapping a Nintendo DS Lite. My DS Lite has had a broken hinge for years, but given its' one-of-a-kind skin, I opted to buy another broken NDS on ebay.

• continue/WIP

Summer 2025 Update!

Hey gang!

First off - I am officially a PharmD now! I had planned to put together a nice little graduation post for this page as a tribute to my pharmacy school experience, and maybe I will get around to it eventually, but it fell to the wayside in favor of other life stuff (I did make a graduation post on Instagram though!). I'm proud to have made it to the end of the program. I already miss my pharmily so much, but my closest friends aren't too far of a drive away and we all still keep in touch which is fantastic.

Anyway! I definitely have not been posting daily study updates/notes as I originally intended. As a result, this page is severely lacking and looks rather lazy.
I intend to fix this!

...eventually!

I originally made this website as a bit of a distraction from the sense of impending doom I felt (and still feel) about taking the NAPLEX. At my current pace of study, I anticipate I'll probably take the NAPLEX in late August. With a job offer already accepted, I can only hope my anxiety fueled ADHD fugue state has not delayed my licensure too far into to the future that my job takes issue with it! (and that's before I even think about the MPJE! 😭)

In any case, I am investing time into my success but hope to improve this website soon. In the meantime, here is a list of things I hope to finish/improve when I can eventually give time to this page again:

• While I still love the Frutiger Aero aestetic, I would like to rework my layout to resemble a Web 1.0 site with modern amenities. That would mean rewriting almost every page though, so I'd settle for making an "alternate homepage". To be honest, I might get my fix from just swapping out my current image backgrounds for era appropriate tileable gifs, though I've discovered lots of widgets and gifs/images that would function better in an entirely new layout.

• Proper integration of my WIP screensaver page.

• Proper integration of my WIP web-based CV.

• Consider depersonalizing this site so I'm not doxing myself so hard lol.

• Add more pharmacy based website content because so far very little on this website reflects my chosen profession!

• Rework this blog page to be thumbnails for lengthier posts that are stored in subpages of this blog page.

• Page showing off thie Clippy website buddy/music player I gerryrigged together w/ download for easy impliment if ever anyone else wanted to use it.

• Fan/Tribute pages? I have had ideas for my beloved childhood MMO Fusionfall and my oft beloathed pet (?) itemlabel "Peepy".

• Rework site-map so that it does not look like garbage.

• Mockup web storefront for Dr. Gette and my prospective supplement business.

• Join a web ring?????

• Proper credits page for assets I have used and very negligently not credited, like the sadgrl layout builder and lots of assets from the Frutiger Aero Archive page. Both of these pages have customs buttons I am meaning to link!

• ...and much more!


Wish me luck true believers! Ok I need to lock tf in.

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