https://alexidavis.com/ Recent content on Alexi Davis .com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © 2023, Alexi Davis Sat, 16 Dec 2023 19:42:23 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-12-16-if-anything-i-smell-sweeter/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 19:42:23 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-12-16-if-anything-i-smell-sweeter/ When I first started calling myself a different name than the one my mother gave me, I was 11. It didn’t stick (online handles formed in adolescence often don’t - don’t @ me if yours did) but it felt right to be called something else. My mother, in her infinite logic and wisdom, named me - as a baby marked F - after her dead grandfather’s surname. Ostensibly gender neutral, gender was never my problem with the name. https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-12-06-im-working-on-a-book/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:41:42 -0400 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-12-06-im-working-on-a-book/ I wonder, if I talk about my novel “publicly” (as public as a blog nobody reads can be), will I gain motivation to work on it? Let’s find out! So, the idea for Alec Martin came to me in a haze of annoyance. I read an urban fantasy book by a very well recommended author that I really enjoyed, up until the last few chapters where everything I thought it was building to was incorrect and I was pretty disappointed with it. https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-11-19-more-life-updates/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:33:42 -0400 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-11-19-more-life-updates/ We have health insurance! And mood stabilizing medication! And weekly therapy! And, it turns out, if you just add spinach to everything you eat, your brain is a lot nicer to you by default. Who knew? Project-wise: I’m still playing with watercolor. I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, I got a new set of W&N Cotmans that are absolutely gorgeous. (Protip: Mix the Alizarin Crimson with the Ultramarine for an absolutely beautiful purple! https://alexidavis.com/micro/2023-08-20-enchiladas/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:41:52 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/micro/2023-08-20-enchiladas/ I’m making enchiladas! The chicken thighs are in the slowcooker with garlic, chopped onion, chili-infused olive oil, and of course generous salt & pepper. Once they’re tender enough to shread, I’ll add green chilis and some chopped jalepeño, along with enchilada sauce (from a can, bc I am lazy) and cook that for a few more hours. Then it’ll be time to wrap the filling in tortillas, throw so much cheese on top, and pop ’em in the oven. https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-08-07-life-updates/ Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:33:42 -0400 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-08-07-life-updates/ I feel like the reason I don’t write here a lot is that I feel like I don’t have anything to really say. My personal life is mundane and boring but keeps me busy enough to not really think about anything else very much. I quit my dishwasher job at the beginning of July, mostly because it was killing my hands. (I kind of need those.) I’m in the process of being hired at a new job that’s a completely new field for me. https://alexidavis.com/micro/2023-04-22-hey-were-on-hugo-now/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 04:05:06 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/micro/2023-04-22-hey-were-on-hugo-now/ I was playing around with Hugo for a few other websites that I manage, and I liked it so much I’ve decided to swap this site over from Grav. (I do really like Grav’s backend system, but Hugo’s themes looks much nicer imo and look how cool this one’s functionality is!) https://alexidavis.com/contact/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 03:41:58 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/contact/ Get in touch There are many ways to get in touch with me if for some reason you wish to do so. You can email me: alexi at alexidavis.com You can follow me on twitter (while it exists): @_spdwgn You can find my music: dunjunhexplorer.xyz https://alexidavis.com/about/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 03:41:49 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/about/ About the Site I’m still figuring out what this is going to be. Probably, some of the following will be involved: I make music, and I like music a lot I Have a Gender and Pronouns and I think about it sometimes I like cooking and finding and modifying recipes I like crafting and making artistic things with my hands I’m learning to draw and paint, as well I have ideas for fiction writing (mostly fantasy and sci-fi in various iterations) I both love and hate computers and touching them I have various mental health struggles (and some victories) I have some communist political ideas (but I am also a dipshit) About Alexi I’m still figuring out what I am going to be. https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-22-mental-health-analysis/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:42:38 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-22-mental-health-analysis/ I don’t feel like I’m in a depressive episode (bipolar I baybee) but it’s almost 4pm and I’m still in bed , and I didn’t even stay up as late as normal last night… This could be a fluke, or it could be the first sign of an oncoming episode , and trying to figure out which one makes me so tired I feel like staying in bed all day. But I’m not going to do that. https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-21-to-do-list/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 03:42:26 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-21-to-do-list/ put music links up on music website write something (anything please just write) brainstorm comic ideas (for sketchbook) research character design (in art) journal more https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-11-current-project-ideas/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:42:16 +0000 https://alexidavis.com/blog/2023-03-11-current-project-ideas/ a comic (web or otherwise) concept album where there’s an evil sorceress but she’s the protagonist draw a tarot deck make and sell handbound sketchbooks Skyward Force video game much more basic games first to learn how to make games