This is a small redesign I've been wanting to do for a little while now. Returning to dark background, eliminating a great deal of cluttery links and blocks, and so on. Getting some cache modules installed. I even reduced the number of posts per page (it's actually 5 now instead of 10. That may help, or maybe not.)

For a base, I took an existing Drupal layout (it's called 'decayed' if you're interested) and tweaked a lot of stuff here and there. Jon helped me with all the photoshop manipulation here (including finding some REALLY gorgeous looking flower and butterfly brushes - he says they're free to use, if I knew where they're from I'd credit it ;.;). And I'm reminding myself how much I hate CSS! :D though it isn't quite as bad this time around. Float and clear are my friends.

Not quite done tweaking with all the details yet. I'm going to expand the Announcements section some, for example. Still need to make a final decision on what blocks go where, and how I'll make up for the info that gets cut out.

I'll be working on this more later (and possibly a real post. Maybe?!) but for now it is PSU TIME!

(This was actually written yesterday but I forgot to post it.)

Why oh why do they always release updates right after I've updated. Why~. I should just stop being stupid and automate already but I'm so nervous to let a script do my updating for me, for whatever silly reason.

I'm kind of inclined to just wait until Drupal 7 to come around though, since with the captcha and various brute force protections I'm protected enough.

The site itself needs a facelift but who knows when I will have time for that... or inspiration to work for that matter. Hard enough just to write for my games, and I've been repeatedly letting Selina down too. Doesn't make for helping me feel like I'm much of any worth, since I mean... what else do I do with my life?

Though, again on the Drupal side of things, I had to adjust my Views *again* because the block filter was broken. I swear, the people making the Date module keep screwing with how dates work. I have a feeling it'll get changed again, too, because there's still a lot of weird errors going on with it.

I make characters like Ziziri: a cannibalistic Full Moon Lunar with a hyena totem, my entry for a barbarian game I may or may not get accepted for. She's even more of a violent catharsis than Huntress, who turned out to be fairly well-spoken and subtle (well, she IS a Day Caste), while Zizi truly relishes and *thirsts* for killing. I'm amused this Lunar could end up more evil than any of my Abyssals. :P

Nekira, if you're reading this, I'm really sorry x.x but I need more time alone. :( Forum games are just less... 'direct' communication for me, so I feel safer with them in my current state of mind. Next week, though, I'll definitely contact you. With many, many apologies.

Speaking of forums... I'm still open for more character applications for Outcastes on the Open Sea. More high quality RTJs would make me happy. For those of you new to RPoL, don't shy from commenting on this entry (well, could email too but I'm not really checking my email lately *sigh*) or clicking the "Request Access" link on the game page and sending me a PM that way.

In RP, anyway. I've been playing Huntress in my Abby RPoL game again and it's *really* cathartic right now. Particularly the hunting, killing and eating mortals part. Hmm, sounds kind of Digital Devil Saga-ish. :P

But I've just had a really rough day. REALLY rough. "I want to crawl into a hole and die" rough. I've got this all-consuming rage inside me for the continued delays on my documents, and I feel constantly stifled from expressing it because Jon wants me to RATIONALIZE. And he asks me why I ask him all these questions and put him on the spot -- well, he's the one handling all those responsibilities, so who else am I supposed to ask? He has the gall to suggest I take care of it myself, when if I was in a state to do so (i.e. not anxious, etc.) I would have done it myself *from the start*.

I had no idea captcha was enabled for comments. Sorry people. I actually hadn't intended that, since there's already captcha for user registration and the mail forms. :P

Anyway, I will be going out today, gasp, probably to the Montreal planetarium! I've been locked inside too long writing code and RP posts, sheesh.

next things to work on
- Paypal donation button. Hopefully I don't chicken out on doing it again. Just to let people know, if I upgrade to the next level of VPS it'll be $60/month out of my pocket. Ouch, yeah. I expect to be slowly ramping up until I get a dedicated server, though, and those start at $100+ a month. (Also I won't be actually upgrading till my loans are squared away, so that may not be a couple months still.)
- bbpress dice roller plugin, 'nuff said. I'm all lazy after all the coding stress from the past couple days, but I really do want to get it done.
- Emberdays prep. Sheesh. I am so not sure how tomorrow will work out. But I'll give it a shot. :(