2 Years of Blogging

     2 years ago, I was bored and randomly decided to check out some google services. Came across Blogspot and decided to create this blog, using an old and simplistic design, cause why not. Didn't expect to be a big deal for me and be worth caring about in the future, but look where we are now.

    It's ironic how I say these things cause a lot of the time I don't feel like anyone cares about it. After all, there's still no one following it. But I'm still glad I use it. Plus, I've noticed some tweets I've made to promote these posts when they're new sometimes get likes, meaning people have likely checked them out.

    I'm glad to still be using this in different ways, from announcements, to thematic essays, to self-reflections and diary-like entries, etc. To make up for my inconsistency, I've tried making at least one blog post a month since August, and I've done pretty good at it. Within the past year, some of my personal highlights regarding this blog include my post reflecting on Cowboy Bebop 1 year after starting to watch it (which I rushed to type up at the end of the day and finished in time), my post announcing Songs From Dream Beach, my post thanking you all for the support for it, and finally starting my annual media consumption roundup.

    In the future, I may or may not start using labels on my posts to categorize them and make them easy for people to access. There's also some post drafts I have sitting around, like one reflecting on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 5 years after its release, coming from someone who was part of the series' community at the time. Was planning to get it out on December 7th but didn't have it done in time, so by the time it's finished it'll be late, awkwardly enough. But anyways, thank you to everyone that's taken the time to read through at least one post of mine. I don't plan to end this blog anytime soon, so I hope you all will stick around and check out future posts, maybe even earlier ones that are already out. Kept myself so busy with other things today (most of it being procrastination, unfortunately) that I had to postpone my planned first listen of We Can't Be Stopped by Geto Boys to finish working on this before the day ends. But yeah, see you all.

- Anthony “Salteh” S. • • •

Wasted Day

     Yesterday, to what everyone around me the day prior predicted, was a snow day. I stayed at home and sat at my desk with my schoolwork. I knew I had a huge opportunity to get my work done, as I barely got any done the night before, and I had a chance to be more prepared for the next day. Throughout it, my sister brought her friend over and we had a fine time, my parents went in and out, and we had a day off, among many things. Also throughout it, I went on different sites, looked through different things, even playing some stuff, promising myself that I'll get to my schoolwork to catch up on. That lasted the whole day.

    I can't even believe in what had happened. I had so much time on my hands to improve and be more prepared for school, but I wasted it all on useless things. I don't even know if I'll get to improving anytime soon. I'm just scared I'll keep procrastinating and failing at everything I was once good at.

- Anthony “Salteh” S. • • •