Hello there! I'm Xochii!

I created this site as a fun project to hone my HTML/CSS/Javascript outside of work! Before that, I had a now deleted Friendproject. I'm no professional by any means. I know my basics.. but I wanted to keep these skills sharp! I have tons of hobbies that seem to consume my identity that I phase in and out of. Here is where I will briefly explain all my passions- short so you can still explore what I really love about them more on this site!

About me > [General]

I am studying computer repair at the moment. I have platinum blonde dyed hair that I like to have silver sometimes. Sometimes I dye the natural part of my hair black. I love my technology, but I also *highly* value my analog. I absolutely love to journal & I love my Hobonichi Techo! Among everything I listed below, I find sunlight, animals, food, and our relationships to be the greatest joys of life!

About me > [Music]

I am passionate about music in general. My favourite genre is electronic- though I love EVERY genre. Yes. Even country. I love physical media and high quality music files! I dabble in preserving music and keeping Discogs and Last.fm as accurate/up-to-date as possible! Maybe you would be very surprised to know how much music gets lost over the years. Whole record labels can disappear practically overnight. It's just as interesting as it is heartbreaking. I recently got some Audio Technica ATH-Eq300M! I like that they have the best of both worlds of both headphones and earbuds. But my favourites are JVC HA-S350 if I'm not using the default apple earbuds. I plan to mod my Ipod with Rockbox very soon!

About me > [Fashion]

Fashion has always been a huge part of my identity. I always used it to represent how I feel. J-fashion has been a huge constant throughout my life.. though I barely started wearing it now. It's odd to look at yourself and realize you are what you wanted to be and look like as a child. That goes for my bright coloured shirts and anything gothic. I remember dreaming of dressing how I do now.. it all started when I saw 3 women wearing Moi-Meme-Moitie. I love to consume any kind of fashion media, I appreciate the artistry aswell as craftsmanship.

About me > [Art]

I've always drawn. As children do. But I learned to draw around the 4th grade when my best friend Bowie showed me how they drew anime characters. I was enamoured from then on. I don't draw as much now, or maybe I should say I don't *only* draw now! I've branched off into painting, sewing, crocheting, coding (I consider it to be visual art in a way),scrapbooking.. I want to try to do everything! Part of why I like fashion is because of how much it flirts with art. Well.. it is art. Art that we need. But art we need is in everything aswell. Why have function over fashion for everything... when we can have function and fashion? Interesting and ornate lampposts make for much better scenery than (much more obviously) mass-produced bare-boned galvanized steel lampposts. We interact with art everyday. Art is never useless. The art we subconsiously take in everyday. The art we make with our two hands.

About me > [Computers]

I've been around computers my whole life. But anyone born after 1975 can say that. I was not the type to take electronics apart, but I always found software to be particularly interesting to me. I fell in love with Game Development fairly early and Web Development not too long after. Though I would never really start coding until much later in my life, both have been constant interests in my life. I adore the problem solving that comes with coding and programming.. and you can extend that to my interest in computer repair aswell. The first door to Web development was through one of those visual CSS/HTML editors. I was a kid... So I would make really dumb things like fake stores and forums. Or just litter a site with my personal interests without it being a personal site, so to say. That era aside, one of my first personal sites was made to look like the text-based interface of a Commodore 64. A wonderful piece of technology.

But who am I outside of what I like & consume?

I consider myself to be very introspective. Though maybe its a consequence of daydreaming so much. I feel like I always have 3 separate streams of consciousness at once. I also consider myself to be somewhat socially anxious, though I walk the line between overbearingly outgoing and socially anxious alot haha! I love to talk to anyone though I'll be pretty shy at first. Shoot me an email!