Hello, world (again)!

Growing up in that — in retrospect, relatively brief — period of time when the Internet had already become popular, but social media platforms had not yet taken over, I had made multiple attempts to host a standalone blog.

The first was when I was, I don't know, 11? 12? I bought a domain (no idea with what money) matching the then really cool username I had on various forums, set up hosting (also no idea with what money), and installed WordPress. I don't know what I blogged about in that first iteration, because that website (and its really cool domain name) is long-lost to the digital abyss. I don't think I posted very much, though, and probably lost interest pretty quickly. The idea of having my own website and a blog was cooler than actually running them. ...more