why did i make blogging hard?

like. i didn't have to make my website using a static site generator.

i could have chosen something simpler, with a mobile app or something, and just done my blogging there.

better yet, i could have just decided journaling was what i would do. the barrier between me and an entry would be a lot lower there than it is here.

allow me to elaborate: my current workflow to create a single blog post requires access, remote or local, to a computer on which i have installed a set of applications which allow me to run a terminal command that will build and upload my website. in other words, i have to have my laptop, or my desktop, or remote access to my desktop. i suppose i can compose the post anywhere, like the notes app on my phone, but posting it is just so much bigger an issue. blessedly, strawberry-starter has the neocities API built into it, so i don't have to log into neocities to update my site, but i'm still limited in how quickly i can get my words out into the world.

not that i have that much to say i guess? at the moment, i feel like i'm having to stretch to find topics to post about on here. the platform i'm using doesn't have any sort of draft functionality, so i can't just save offhand thoughts to expand upon later. on the plus side, this prevents me from doing the impulsive microblogging, jokey type of posts that you would see on twitter or tumblr. i'm hoping to have my space be just a bit more mature than that (i say, using as few capital letters as possible)

at one point i was "blogging" or something and was keeping my drafts in notion. (blogging is in quotes because the truth is more embarassing and cannot be pried from me.) maybe that's where i'll go back to? i tried obsidian for a minute and it was just... a lot.

as for personal updates: the last week has been busy with a capital bee. i had to work late on friday, and we ran errands as a family on saturday. over the weekend we took the kids to the park, and the zoo, and i think they had fun at both. at the very least, wife and i did. the current week has been chill so far? all day meetings are a great way to kill time. i've made it to wednesday, and it's been pretty productive so far. now i think i get to coast through thursday and friday, and then its (ladies and gentlemen) the weekend.

that's all for now, but i have another, more introspective post in the hopper.

-grady c