January 25, 2026 @
Added a bunch more sprites. I'm probably going to have to split my sprites page into subpages because even now there's literally over a thousand on that page and it's a lot to load at once. Other than that, things are just great right now :)))))))))). Really digging living through historical events.
But yeah, I am still taking sprite requests for a nice little distraction from my rage and depression. Stay safe out there.
January 13, 2026 @
I got the Billboard Top 10 song quiz updated and split my pixel page so that sprites are on a separate page now!
On a completely unrelated note, I wish wish wish I had more writing skills because I want to write a fic with 004 and Murderbot (from Cyborg 009 and Murderbot Diaries respectively). There's so much there that could be so interesting- particularly comparing Albert and Murderbot's desire to not be a weapon/equipment and contrasting their views on being human (vs. personhood), where 004 wants to be human but feels that he can't call himself human because of his complete cyborg rebuild, whereas Murderbot has no interest in being human (and difficulty and trauma in regards to being seen as a person at all). Even just some fanart would be great, but, alas, I am devoid of that talent at the moment as well. Maybe at some point I'll at least write a meta and put it on my crossover shit page.
Anyway, please wish me luck in my ongoing job search! I have come to realize that there is no option to stay in my current job. I am completely burnt out. Change is very difficult for me but I'm at a point where I'm willing to risk it (though also there's a great deal of change with my current job at the moment too that's also not helping the burn out).
Also, I usually don't bring up politics directly on this site often because it's a little escape for me from the current situation, but I do want to make it clear that anyone who supports ICE, Trump, or Republicans in general is not welcome here. Fuck off. RIP to Renee Good and the countless immigrants who have died in ICE's concentration camps and CECOT.
January 7, 2026 @
“I'm going to get this site updated over the weekend,” xe said, naively. Oof, nope. I'll try and work on it for real this coming weekend I guess. Otherwise, I also need to update my Billboard Top 10 song quiz and I'm probably going to split my pixels page to have sprites on a separate page to reduce the load time. I'm super tired rn tho because my job sucks and everything costs too much. 🙃 I guess I did at least get quite a few sprites made, so that's nice, I guess?
December 30, 2025 @
Oops. I have been working on Marvel chara sprites, but I also keep getting sidetracked with JoJo ones. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oh well. It's my site anyways. I do have a list of characters to work on, but if you think I'm missing a particularly obvious one, email me!
On a completely different topic, I do have a tiny list of Christmas music that doesn't immediately make me want to scream.
Grissom's Begrudging Christmas Playlist
That's about it. Just about anything else makes me want to throw the speaker/CD/whatever across the room.
December 28, 2025 @
Ughhhhhhh. Last Saturday (the 20th) I had my first meltdown in years. It was a culmination of a bunch of factors all combining while also not having any access to my normal coping methods to mitigate the issues. Sensory overload + forced Christmas stuff (which I already dislike) + lots of social interaction + my phone being screwed up + my own issues with time management + no personal space + dysphoria from my period + unplanned/spontaneous activities = a miserable Grissom only hanging on with bloody fingernails.
This threw me off for the next few days and I'm only just getting my full social energy back. At least Christmas was relatively handleable. (The secret, of course, is taking one's own car to family events so that you can leave when you want). I did get a nice squishy cube thing that's really nice to fiddle with which is probably my favorite, along with a set of pots to replace my mismatched thrift store set.
I did enjoy the time off, and got quite a few sprites I had been meaning to work on done. I'll update that page once I'm done with this log. I have most of my site pages updated to be more accessible (adding landmarks, aria-labels, and image alt text) except for some of the biggest ones, which will take some time to get through. I do have another four-day weekend coming up for over New Year's so that will probably be my priority.
December 17, 2025 @
Phew. (_　_)。゜ Okay, I am feeling better than I was yesterday. It didn't help that I was writing that late at night, ofc. But I also remembered that my doctor did recommend I up my anti-depressants/anxiety meds a little for the week I have PMS and now I do feel a bit better. Not, like, amazing, but functional. I didn't even cry at work today! So things are actually better on that front, now that my brain chemistry is less terrible. So I'm going to keep on working on making my pages more accessible for screen readers and we'll go from there uwu.
December 16, 2025 @
Good news, I got the Love Calculator game done. I based the code off this terrible old one, but a lot more complicated, including quadratic formulas for the results. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, even if stackoverflow seemed a bit horrified by my code.
Bad news, I'm having serious PMS bordering on PMDD and my job sucks super hard. I am so tired OTL. I do at least have a job interview on Friday, though! Anyway, I need to get to sleep (which is really hard, I always get serious insomnia for the week before my period). PCOS sucks so hard. But hormonal BC hasn't helped and I'd have to go to a gyno to get an IUD or implant, which I really don't want to do. The only one I can go to is the one I went to the last time. She treated me like I was lying the entire time when I told her I wasn't sexually active and had no plans to start. I'm also hesitant to try an IUD or implant because it'll be a lot harder to fix if I have a bad reaction to them... I hate feeling like this...
December 14, 2025 @
Finally got all my pixel shit updated! I mean, there'll be more pixels, especially of Marvel characters and, eventually, JoJo sprites, but the other pixel stuff I've had sitting around has finally been put up. I also finally made the relationship builder thing public-facing. I had the idea for a while now, but I wanted to wait until I had everything else together to put it out. Relationship Builder sounds sort of clunky-ish, but I couldn't think of something else that would fit. The Shirahime page I borrowed the idea from called it 'Coupling', but that seemed inaccurate. Like, the word "coupling" feels to me like it means specifically two people in a romantic and allosexual relationship. But I specifically wanted to include poly ships and qpr options. If you have a better name for it, email me and I'll probably change it.
I do also have an idea for a 'love tester' game type thing. I found an example of how not to do one a while back and I already have some ideas for how to tweak the incredibly bad formula from that to make it work in a consistent but interesting way. It's getting almost time to update my Top 10 Song Quiz page for the end of the year, as well. I am trying to eventually make this site more interactive, on the level of some of the older sites that I'm emulating my own after (to a degree- I do want to keep some more modern web design practices).
Christmas is also coming soon. I don't actually like Christmas and I only celebrate anything with it out of social obligation rather than liking it. I don't like receiving gifts, I hate the commercialism, I don't care about the Christian stuff, and I hate the music. I hate Christmas music (╬ಠ益ಠ). I've at least gotten gifts for other people mostly handled, but I'm also not able to do as much as I want because everything fucking costs too much and I'm so fucking tired all the time. Whatever.
December 10, 2025 @
Okay, so I didn't get a ton done on the site today. I have way too many pages to get through for adding basic navigation for screen readers... I did finish some pixel stuff that will go up probably tomorrow, so there's that, at least. Also, I did not do fantastic in that job interview on Monday, but I don't really feel too bad about it because it turned out the job I was interviewing for was a lot more public-facing than I thought it was from the description. My current job is exhausting and makes me miserable, but at least I don't have to talk to the public. And I mean, even when I was doing retail I was out of social energy by lunch each shift. I need to find a job where I don't have to talk to anyone... and that pays enough to afford my apartment (they're raising my rent by, like, 18% at the start of January ಥ_ಥ). I can afford that, but it's going to be hard.
Anyway, on a completely different note, does anyone else like to look at the code on sites? It's not all the pages on this site, but my pixel sprite page at least does have some commentary and stuff hidden in the source if you want to look 👀
December 7, 2025 @
Currently working on going through all the site and finally getting the html accessibility up to snuff. I am so, so sorry as to how long it's taken to everyone who uses a screen reader. Otherwise probably not going to be much for the next few days because I'm going to be pretty busy. At least I took Wednesday off, so that'll be a good day for site stuff.