About

This is a personal space.

This site does not give a shit about algorithms or optimization. It’s here because I just want it to exist.

I use this space to archive stuff I like and relearn / practice my sick HTML skills.

When I was 4 or 5, my dad brought home a magical little brick that completely hooked my imagination: my very first Game Boy Color. The screen might’ve been dark and greyed-out, but back then, my eyes only saw vibrant colors.

The tiny pixelated characters wandering around Johto felt almost real, and since I couldn’t read yet, I would wander the towns making up conversations in my head with everyone I met.

I don’t think I ever made it past Cherrygrove City because I just couldn’t read the words on the screen yet. Every time I restarted my “progress,” I always picked Cyndaquil. Love that little guy.

Fast forward a few years, and my grandparents gifted me a Game Boy Advance SP (the AGS-101, thanks Grandmere) along with Pokémon FireRed. This was peak Pokémania.

I would play for hours, dragging my trading cable everywhere my mom took me on errands. If I ran into another kid playing the same game, it was an instant connection — and having a trading cable brought the game into real life. I'd go onto play during the peak days of Platinum and HGSS over wifi. Multiplayer just isn't the same these days!

Those were the good old days, before I knew anything about EVs, IVs, or natures, when catching them all actually felt like a possible goal.