Hey there, !

Recently I was reminded that I once wrote about being under the same moon - a poem from Li Bai called 静夜思. It goes:

床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉

It's a poem about someone far away from home, looking at the snow on the ground, seeing the moon in the sky, and reminiscing about their hometown - things far in the past and far away.

It reminded me that I used to blog AGES ago on another site - vincentjrold.blogspot.com - which for some reason I named 'Junc'. Maybe because it was junk that I just wanted to put somewhere?

Anyway in the interests of reminiscing I thought it would be fun to go back and look through some of the old posts...see what I remember.

BANNER for teh BLOG! - I used to love Photoshop, but I wasn't that good at it. However, I remember making this banner and thinking it looked SO COOL; I had these amazing light show effects, it was a cat jumping out of a CHEST and It looked like I was 'writing' on a scroll! So fantastic.

Friends, Facades and Fireworks - an early move into Life Update-type territory? Still early themes of facades, masks, labels, and then also food. So not much has changed, I guess?

Tumblr has cool pika-choors - this post has like 2000+ views and I was SO HAPPY ABOUT it...until I realised that it had got picked up because of a cool photo on Google Images and everyone was clicking through to my blog because of it. Doesn't matter, vanity metrics are cool too :D

2010 - look at this guy, full of hope and optimism for another grueling year of Year 12 ahead. Such memories.

adversity and humility; further thoughts on man - man I loved thinking about this shit. STILL AM, STILL LOVE IT.

水調歌頭 - OH MY BAD it wasn't the other chinese poem, it was this one that was about looking at the same moon!

Thank you for joining this nostalgia trip - let me know if you find any other cringey gold on the old blog :D

Chat soon :)

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✔️Real Life Recommendations

1. Beyond the Infinite 2 minutes - 4 stars but it's so fun!! - this time I link you straight to the SBS On Demand service because it's so good I want you to be able to watch it as soon as possible! It's a short film - maybe like 70 or 80 minutes, and it really just revolves around one idea; a screen that you can see 2 minutes into the future. It commits to this one idea, and goes enthusiastically at it for the whole time - such a simple idea, and executed so well! The whole thing was filmed on an iPhone as well, and it's low-budget, sure, but so much fun. Watch it!!!!

2. Elchi - an Indian restaurant in the city that is superbbbb. I have never been to this place before and was eating a vegan menu, but it was still bloody delicious! The service was impeccable, the food was super flavorful and varied, and the vibe was super relaxed (in a really good way). There's this gunpowder gobhi (crispy cauliflower) that tasted so umami and meaty (but was vegan), there was a Palak Patta Chaat which had perfect texture combinations of crispy and saucy, and then a really interesting Gulab Jamun and Vanilla Bean Blaze which was a hot/cold ice-cream + fried dough combination that SLAPPED. Go try it out if you have a chance!

🚌 Adventures on the Information Super-Highway

1. The Struggle Is Gone - the obstacle is the way, as some might say. Friction is annoying but also friction can be good for you in the long term.

2. GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay - wtf? Meme stock actually is trying to acquire eBay??? What world is this!

3. Cursor Camp - another neal.fun web classic! Take your cursor to camp and have some fun.