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Lynn, QC, PH.

I edit and proofread academic papers and books. I write here and elsewhere. I also talk way too much about P-pop and beauty pageants over at Pop and Pageantry.

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Category: Stuff that’s cool

  • Go subscribe to “Pangarap Kong Maging Hot and Other Stories”

    Go subscribe to “Pangarap Kong Maging Hot and Other Stories”

    I’m using a photo Bom posted on her Substack because I don’t want to share her photo here without her permission, plus I’m writing this post without her knowledge.

    Before the 2020s, I was on Tumblr a lot, and that’s where I made friends with Bom. we only met once, at the BGC Art Mart where I was selling stickers and notebooks featuring my illustrations, and we chat from time to time. I’m a big fan of how she lives her life, how she makes time to explore the city, and how she’s very into improving herself. She has a Substack, Pangarap Kong Maging Hot and Other Stories, and I always make sure to read whenever she posts something. Her writing feels raw, honest, and refreshing. One of my dreams is to see this become a book someday—the title is so catchy—and be its editor. I feel like she has a lot to say that people generally don’t say out loud or don’t realize that they’re also thinking and experiencing, plus her writing is deeper than the usual “single lady in the city” fare.

  • Hello again, Orisinal Games

    Pocketful of Stars, my beloved.

    One of the things I tried learning when I was still thinking about being a web developer was Shockwave Flash, which eventually became Adobe Flash Player. I took a short course at a place called ICS Here, if I remember correctly, and I learned to make a few animations but never really did anything with the skill.

    So I always used to admire anyone who was able to make complicated animations and actual games. Flash games were a huge thing in the early days of the Internet, and it was kind of a sad day when Adobe ended support for Flash Player. NationSquid on Youtube talks more about the death of Flash games. While Flash did present a few security issues, all I can really think about it is that it allowed so much creativity and it being discontinued has meant the loss of quite a significant chunk of Internet history.

    One site that contained a lot of Flash games was Orisinal Games by Ferry Halim.* There are a lot of cute, cozy games on there with the most adorable art. I decided to check it out tonight and found that THE GAMES ARE BACK thanks to a Flash emulator called Ruffle. I will forever thank these games for giving me a taste for cute and cuddly art, and for helping me kill time in a calm, soothing way any time I was bored at work.

    *I can’t be the only one who remembers Orisinal. Do leave a comment if you played the games too.

  • Current favorite online thing: GAKHED

    I feel like some curmudgeon who’s always romanticizing the Internet of the 2000s, but come on, social media is a scourge, and the dead Internet theory feels increasingly real. People just used to do whatever on the Internet back then, and there are sites that are still being talked about today. And there were so many different websites you could stumble upon* and end up bookmarking and visiting regularly.

    That’s why it’s always nice to see something that doesn’t quite follow whatever the rules are for having an online presence. Just take a look at GAKHED.

    Now, did I conduct thorough research into this 20-year-old guy who’s making heartwarming animal videos set to music that I think he created himself? Naw. I’m just winging this.

    Anyway, I’m on YouTube a lot, and his video “will you remember me?” came across my feed a while back and made me stop and watch and feel a little sad thinking about my aging dogs.

    And then not long after, “dandelions forever” showed up.

    And then there’s his website. It’s hosted by Neocities and I’m pretty sure veterans of the Internet will chuckle when they see it.

    I don’t know the guy, I haven’t followed him that long, but I really love what he’s doing. His videos are short! They don’t follow the let’s-make-movie-length-videos-bwahaha thing happening on YouTube these days (though I really wouldn’t mind watching hour-long videos of animals with chill music)!

    And let me mention his website again. He’s 20, which means he wasn’t online during that time of the Internet and probably just likes vintage online aesthetics. So cool. So whimsical. I don’t know if all this is authentic or if he just knows he can garner some interest because of what he’s doing, and I don’t care, I love it, I need to see more of this type of energy from people online, and I think it’s a good reminder that you can really still do whatever on the Internet.

    *God, I miss the extension.