Claudia Snell

These things were 'Now' but are now 'Back Then'

Now //

What I'm working on:

I had intentionally stepped away from working on websites for a bit so I could focus on my stupid mental health. I'm feeling better so I'll be getting back to work on the Hyperfocused Salad.

Side quests

  • I'm (re)learning to crochet and sew.
  • I'm making a workspace in part of my garage so I can do messy projects without destroying my house.
  • Planning for this year's garden.

What I'm reading

What I'm watching

  • The Pitt is over but I'll be rewatching it because I know I missed some things.
  • I started watching Rooster.

What I'm listening to

Other stuff

  • I'm still working on spending less time on social media. Some days, I do pretty well but other days... not so much
  • I started using Vivaldi as my preferred browser and have started the process of moving to Proton mail. I've got a lot of work to do there.

Now //

What I'm working on

  • I'm still collecting and writing content for Hyperfocused Salad.
  • I've made a bunch of updates to this site: redid the color, cleaned up some stuff, added reading lists, added light/dark controls, and moved the links to my social to the footer.

What I'm watching

  • Watching The Pitt and Wonder Man.

What I'm listening to

Other stuff

  • I'm trying to spend less time on the socials, more time reading personal blogs, less time dealing with bullies, more time with supportive people.
  • I had to add another cat bed to my office. I now have three cats who want to be the only cat that's sitting near me while I work. Things were getting competitive so I added a small cat tree and now everyone is happy again. Until next time they decide to be asshats.

Now //

I'm busy but not much has changed.

What I'm working on

  • I'm still collecting and writing content for Hyperfocused Salad.
  • Finding ways to get more involved in community - IRL and online.
  • I've started planning the next round of updates to a couple of my other projects.

What I'm watching

  • I'm working my way through Hawkeye, Echo, Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again. I also watched The Outsider and Bad Santa.

Now //

HOW is it already halfway through December??

What I'm working on

  • I've been focused on collecting and writing content for Hyperfocused Salad.
  • Started working through Mindful Design.
  • Finding ways to get more involved in community - IRL and online.

What I'm watching

  • So, December turned into October, I guess. I watched Welcome to Derry and then rewatched It and It Chapter Two. Welcome to Derry is really intense. The opening/into is perfection. Do not skip it. Bill Skarsgård is the best Pennywise. He's terrifying. I'll definitely watch it again.
  • Other stuff I'm watching - The Righteous Gemstones, Rain Dogs, White Lotus, and random episodes of old TV shows like Golden Girls, Law & Order, and ER. Rewatched all of X-Files, again.

Now //

November has been pretty terrible so far. I lost one of my dragons, Sam, to a sudden illness. I'm still processing the loss. He was a sweet boy and is missed so much.

What I'm working on

  • Halloween is over so I've changed the theme for this site back to the regular colors.
  • I'm writing new content for my sites. Yes, Hyperfocused Salad is going to happen, soon.
  • I got a very simplified version of my "serious" site updated claudiasnell.com.
  • I contributed two three colors to @meodai's project, color-names. I'm responsible for Crucible (#555b59), Blade Runner Red (#d43c35) and Chaos Garden Marigold (#ff6301). If you like color, you should check it out.

What I'm listening to

I'm still listening to the Halloween25 playlist I put together for myself. I may have to rename that so it makes more sense.

Now //

What I'm working on

  • I changed the colors on this site again. Then I reorganized some things and added some other things. There's a Team Blog now (it's posts about the cats and dragons). I'm moving the photoblog posts from the AngleOfView.com site to this one because the stuff I have been posting makes more sense here.

  • I'm starting to work on getting my older photo posts moved into my photoblog. It's going to be a long, slow process. I've also added a section to the homepage where I can feature some of older things. This setup wasn't working out the way I wanted so I'm going a different direction.

  • I'm still working on Hyperfocused Salad. I've got the site built and I'm working on adding more rewriting and rethinking the content before I launch. I'm hoping to have it ready to go by the end of the month. I am totally not going to have that ready for the end of September October. Maybe by the end of the year?

What I'm listening to

I'm still listening to the Halloween25 playlist I put together for myself and also, some Primus.

What I'm watching

I'm still watching lots of X Files and, despite it being October and I should be doing my yearly October Movie Festival, I just can't seem to get started on the list of things I wanted to watch.

Now //

What I'm working on

  • I'm still working on Hyperfocused Salad. I've got the site built and I'm working on adding more rewriting and rethinking the content before I launch. I'm hoping to have it ready to go by the end of the month. I am totally not going to have that ready for the end of September.
  • I'm starting to work on getting my older photo posts moved into my photoblog. It's going to be a long, slow process. I've also added a section to the homepage where I can feature some of older things.

What I'm listening to

I've made my Halloween25 playlist. Here it is if you're interested.

What I'm watching

I've been rewatching X Files and will be starting my yearly October Movie Festival soon. The music playlist is an indication of how that list is going to look.

Now //

What I'm working on

  • I still working on Hyperfocused Salad. I've got the site built and I'm working on adding more content before I launch. I'm hoping to have it ready to go by the end of the month.
  • I had updated this site's design so it was looking like vaporwave but decided to bring back the original design and update the colors.

What I'm listening to

I'm still in a Metal sort of mood so it's lots of Black Sabbath, Nine Inch Nails, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and other similar stuff.

What I'm watching

I've been rewatching Burn Notice and I have X Files on my list next. October is coming soon so I'll be planning my yearly Horror Movie watching list soon.

Now //

What I'm working on

  • I built a site for my cat, Kubrick, who is also my personal wellness coach.
  • I built myself a 'link in bio' site as a stand-alone project.
  • I started work on a new site that will be sort of a 'zine and sort of a digital garden.

What I'm listening to

Lots of Metal and in particular Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. I'll post a short something about what Ozzy's music meant to me soon.

What I'm watching

Lots of old comfort shows - House, Columbo, Six Feet Under. I also (finally) got to see Sinners by Ryan Coogler. It's as excellent as everyone had said! Yes, I was late to the party. I don't go to theaters so I had to wait for the DVD release. It's now part of my collection of vampire films.