So, blogging, huh? Honestly, I'm not really sure how to start a blog. I've never known how to start journal entries either, because, well, who am I talking to? Myself, I guess. Hello Skitty of the present and future! Here's what I'm thinking of right now, half an hour past midnight: What's my vibe? Or rather, how do I want my vibe to be? It's not an easy question to answer. My first impulse is cute and pink and fluffy and sparkly. I mean, I've been a girly girl forever basically, and even at 29 I still try to buy everything in pink first. My site so far is definitely leaning in the cute and sparkly direction, that's for sure. A lot of the time I lean into girliness in a lot of different ways; I like shojo anime, "girly games" from the days of Style Savvy, and the 00s Barbie movies. A specific sort of sugary hyperfemininity brings me a lot of comfort and joy!

Sometimes though, a more detached and chill coolness seems appealing. What if I did something sophisticated and abstract? Or dark and creepy? I mean, it's not like I'm solely watching Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper on repeat! What if I were Serious Skitty, Somber Skitty, Sophisticated Skitty? But honestly, the thought of trying to do that reminds me of when I was thirteen and obsessed with Interview with the Vampire and writing journal entries about the world being a savage garden (thanks Lestat!). I can take other people seriously but not myself I guess? Well, who knows. Maybe you, whoever is reading this, exists months in the future and is reading this on a site that's chic, or gothic, or subtle. Maybe there isn't a single sparkle, and you're thinking "Wow, this Skitty must be quite the serious character". Who knows?

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Today's website update: I mainly just fiddled with zonelets to make the javascript for the post titles and date work (it seems I was forgetting to include .html in the file names), and then I de-Americanised the date format. I will only accept day-month-year! It just makes the most sense!!