You found the Optimistic Grumpus!

Please be gentle, it may not want to be found

I'm a large nonbinary thing currently experimenting with autism as an identity label as it seems to explain some of my experiences of the world. The Indie Web seemed like a nice place to try doing that!
While I was around in the old days of HTML, I missed out on really getting to try it out. NeoCities (I will be committing to that spelling, camelCaps please me) seems like a nice place to build something in relative peace and anonymity. If what I end up building is a greater sense of self and identity then great!

So what will the grumpus post? I intend to banish the concept of cringe. I believe I am so heavily masked that even in my own head I am not free. Therefore I intend this to be a place where I experiment with long-suppressed aspects of myself.
I want to dispense with some of the vices which harm me. These include:

• A deep fear of managing to perform normality, or at least an acceptable level of quirkiness
• Executive dysfunction, it being hard to start things and maintain inertia due to a need to do things the "right" way, which I may not live up to
• The black-and-white thinking of needing to either post here regularly or not at all
• The need to get things right or else not do them at all (related to the above, but separate in my mind)

Posts may include but will not be limited to:

1. Lists and collections of data I find interesting
2. Journal entries which I might like to hear from people on
3. Topics I find interesting

It can be quite uncomfortable to try to provide a list of one's interests. My own seem to change like the seasons! However, these ones feel quite static:

Speciality coffee

I brew with a V60

History

I'm fascinated by the suffering of our human family and the systems we build for ourselves and each other

Population statistics

I'm not sure why

Social issues

I spend a lot of time thinking about injustice but rarely feel confident to voice these thoughts

Literary sci-fi authors such as Gene Wolfe and Ada Palmer

Although my media comprehension skills are non-existant

Language, linguistics, and etymology

I am a dilettante here, as in many things

So I'll aim to simply post things here and avoid premature optimisation. The functionality and appearance of this site will grow in line with my use of it.

Posts!

• Examples of Linguistic Rebracketing in English
• The 10 Most Populous Cities In India
• Colourify - A Brief Experiment With JavaScript

Inspiration!

• Glen's Minneapolis Coffee Shop Guide, featuring interactive map!
• The colour scheme I'm currently into

To Do List!

• Learn how to wrap text appropriately, this site looks horrible on my wide monitor!