(Originally written in October of 2020)
Once upon a time, in 2017, there was a student at the University of Washington who was told to create a website. This website, she was told, could be any number of things built using any number of tools, so long as it served as a record of the next four years. It was to contain her academic work, her collegiate activities, her failures and successes, and most of all, her thoughts and reflections on what she had done and what she needed to do. Minimum requirements were stressed several times. Seemed easy. She made a website, gave it a dark theme because bright lights hurt her eyes, and promptly forgot about it. It was not enjoyable, you see, and she had a strict philosophy of only doing that which is enjoyable or unavoidable, an Epicurean mandate which execrates Weebly web design as taking the best aspects of two lovely things (coding and graphic design), throwing them out the window, and forcing you to watch. She did not want to do it. So she didn't. Reader, that student is me. It is now 2020, and I have run out of evasive maneuvers. I tried Wordpress. The whole host thing made my head spin. I tried GitHub. The source code seemed a monster. Google? A demon I deal with only reluctantly. A flash drive containing scans of my exams and papers? I have but one and it already contains my repository of reggaeton. Where would I put my reggaeton? No, I am out of options. I'll go down with this ship, complaining all the way. When I began this portfolio, Donald Trump was eight months into his presidency. When I end it, he will either be just booted from the office or starting his second term. There's a pandemic. The world is intermittently on fire. We put children in cages. Sickness is rising from the melting ice. It's been a long four years, and I am tired. I would prefer not to be writing this, but here I am, and here you are, consuming my words for obscure reasons of your own. Much joy may they bring you. Comments are closed.
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