I am 26 years old, and my birthday is December 7.

I love cats, history, watching movies, doodling, playing video and board games, listening to music, cooking, and having fun!

I am currently a PhD student in American Studies! My areas of academic focus revolve around popular culture, media, the Internet, video games, and so on! I am really interested in affect and discourse analysis in these areas. I'm also really into medieval history in particular, even if I don't study it so much anymore these days!

I am a 2w1 INFJ, Sagittarius sun Leo moon Gemini rising, Earth Tiger!

I love my awesome sweet husband Sasa - you can view my Sasa dedication page here ^_^

My first forays into website building were when I was about 8 years old on Neopets - although I definitely don't consider myself a professional at this or much else in my life (I think I'm much more of a jack of all trades), I've always loved the "old Internet" and have had a lot of fun building this site!

You can also find me here:

Letterboxd
Last.fm
Steam
Toyhouse (not super active)

Movies

• Andrei Rublev
• Girl Shy
• Om Shanti Om
• The Secret of Kells
• My favorite directors are Andrei Tarkovsky, Pablo Almodovar, and Aki Kaurismaki! My favorite movie topics include history, Christianity, counterculture, art, food, and heists!
• You can see my whole personal movie canon here!

Music

• Children of Bodom
• nobonoko
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
• System of a Down
• I really enjoy folk, metal (particularly melodic death and black), picopop, bossa nova, and cumbia!

Games

• Stardew Valley
• Roblox
• Pentiment
• Fallout New Vegas
• Pokemon
• Animal Crossing
• Tomodachi Life / Miitopia
• I mostly enjoy sim games and some RPGs; I also really like party games and board games!

Foods

• Gyoza/guotie
• Zha jiang mian
• Mapo tofu
• Chicken soup of course...
• Sushi (I love ebi and engawa)
• Spicy ahi poke
• Japanese curry
• Brie
• Popcorn
• Chocolate cheesecake
• Vanilla bean ice cream
• Watermelon
• I love Chinese and Japanese food the most! I also like spicy food even though my tolerance is a bit mid...

Other stuff

• Neopets
• Webkinz
• Decora / maximalist style
• Cats
• Picrew
• Summertime
• Sewing
• History
• I am really focused on aesthetics! I love to decorate with cute and colorful things!

My older website can be accessed here! I initially created it after a rough period of my life and no longer identify with it in whole; I will no longer be updating it, but decided instead to archive it as it meant a lot to me at the time!