Raye Pierre's Elusive Journal

Web-Dev Log 2 + Random Thoughts

Hello everyone, I'm Raye Pierre, and Today, I'm talking about a lot of things and I'll be giving you an update on what happened today.

[Today's Topics]

-Status Update Page Fixed!!!-

I have finally found the solution to my issue with the buttons of the Status Page not working and that would simply relate to where I but the DIVs in the first place. I find that annoying as hell but it makes sense in the end. The DIV where it shows the Status Report is place below every single DIV that is made to replicate the desktop. I put it on top and Voila, it works suddenly. The buttons just decided that I can do the collapse window magic trick again. I also discovered that you need to add a cursor-change effect for every JavaScript toggle and that's quite a pain. Had to update at least 6 CSS pages and that's always not pleasant. I might have to make 1 CSS page as a universal design for many but I'd prefer to use different pages of CSS cause there's so many aesthetics I'd love to try out.

-Chatbox Implementation-

I have finally implemented a Chat Box section for you and I to communicate better. I still don't have a comments section so for now I'm making do with this setup. Chat Box wasn't that hard to setup since you just sign-up to CBox(the service provider) and the rest is just tweaking. I did test it and I'm proud that it works. Now I just wish that peeps would finally sign my guestbook or talk in chat cause i wanna talk to peeps and see some life or activity on my page.

-More Assets and Aesthetics?-

I'm still planning on drawing assets on my website. Heck, my Splashpage, About Me Poster, and About Me Wallpaper, needs some progress. Honestly, I've been drawing Icons mostly cause it's easier to draw and I'd like to take things slower since I've been growing tired. You may have noticed that some parts of the website don't have some certain items from aesthetics. Take the hyper-realistic Frutiger Aero Butterfly for example. I prefer to draw every asset and I don't wanna use anything realistic cause it feels like it doesn't match my vibe. This makes me question on where do you draw the line if the things you draw matches the aesthetic or not. I don't wanna stick to conventional rules but I have to replicate the style in some way or possible.

-Monster Hunter World or Rise: That is the question-

Monster Hunter World with the Icebourne DLC inside a bundle is on sale until April 15 and if you don't know me, I LOVE MONSTER HUNTER. I grew up with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PSP and It's the best game I played in my life. I also poured in 1k hours at some point which is as crazy as how many hours I poured into Minecraft. I discovered something else that makes me happy though. Monster Hunter Rise with the Sunbreak DLC is available too. I don't have a lot of budget to get both and I can't choose which from which cause I love both of them. I definitely can't get Wilds though; that game struggles on my computer and, JEEZ, it's expensive. I'm more likely to go for Rise first cause it's lighter than World and It has things I haven't seen yet. Unlike World, I already played the game on my college PS4 up until I met Bazelgeuse where I completely felt satisfied and stopped. I could either start anew with Rise or gain all that progress back once I get back to World.

-Social Media Basically Ruined me-

As much as I don't want to admit it; it affected me. I believe I'm not the type to Doomscroll and to get obsessed with keeping up the content grind for views. However, it still affected me cause there was a point in time where I post things 1-2 people interact with my post and made me angry. I wanted to engage with people in a healthy way but everything felt lifeless and dead. I started to develop a feeling where I crave the company of others and It frustrates me if I don't get that company. Nowadays, I became much more proactive with communicating with people but it's best to engage with people naturally instead of relying on the algorithm. When I setup my guestbook, the social media habit of mine begins to wonder. "Why set all of this up if no one's willing to see?" I hate that voice in my head so much since everything is fine and everything comes naturally.

-Tempo of things (I need a slower tempo)-

Like I said, I wanna take a break for Web-Dev but it's gonna take a while since i wanna prioritize on art since I barely worked on them. I still have to attend Art Fight in the future so I gotta draw my OCs soon so, oh boy. Mentally, I need a breather too cause I've been feeling lonely despite the amount of peeps I'm surrounded with. Physcially, I need more sleep. Academically, NOT looking forward for the future activities. It's filled with essays and group projects which is the most stressful activity EVER. I'm struggling but I've been surviving well enough so worry not about me.

That is all for today and I hope see y'all in another time.

With love, Raye