I used to have another neocities before I left it behind for a desire to make something a lot cooler. on that website I play the persona of someone exploring computer tech for the first time and putting their soul into their geocities website. oh, I guess said persona is just me as a kid.
that website was originally for a "webcore" project, so it was gonna be incredibly basic. eventually all sorts of wonderful, visually painful memories of browsing the internet back in the 2000s came flooding back to me. when I wasn't looking at everyone's websites with the worst gradients imagineable, I played future classic flash games until the sun set on the horizon...
but enough about my nostalgia, like the header says, i'm Cosmo, or Calamari, whichever you prefer. I'm just a guy born just in time to have lived through the peak decade of the world, and I think sparkling water is awful and you should just have a soda instead. I've gotten into programming when I was a bit younger, and now i'm putting my HTML knowledge to the test here. my family and I moved to the United States when I was I think 14 years old, I can hardly remember. I love it here! plus I got an accent to steal!
this website has gone through a ton, but this page is the core of everything, I refuse to change it no matter how boring it looks compared to the other pages hehe
Originally Elfilin was the mascot, but I recently changed it to Bandana dee. Bandana dee is such an underdog, feels like a "little brother" character and the message of their character being anybody can do what they set their mind to is something I really relate to. the definition of determination. I also chose Kirby as a co-mascot since they're the first character to introduce me to gaming, they're my favourite general fictional character, and I wouldn't be the same without Kirby. plus they both fit with the space/starry aesthetic.
Waddle Dees are also super super cute!!!!!! there's a handful of Kirby aesthetic sites out there, but I don't see much love for these lil pumpkins. I love these things so much my selfsona is also a waddle dee! I think waddles, as far as the kirby series goes, are a good representaion of something common (cappys also! I may be influenced by the anime a bit.) you could easily be a waddle dee on popstar, with those little things about you that make you unique... sort of like humans in a way. but that's not rly the reason they're all over my site, I just love them a lot and think they're precious
if I didn't choose Kirby theming, I would've chosen either Starfox or Mario.
anything else you might wanna see about me can be seen on twitter @map1ewood and on the community tab on Maplewood (tag @8bitmapleleaf). other than that, if you like the way I design elements from the old web, check this out!
want the new and old button to calamari soup? use them anywhere you'd like!
"thanks, but how do I use them?"
right click the images, and choose "inspect" on the drop bar. the link to the original image will be highlighted. copy the image with ctrl+c. you can also right click and choose "open image in new tab" in the drop bar, and copy the link in the search bar.
in your website's code, copy-paste ------> <a href="https://cosmic-calamari.neocities.org/"><img src="https://files.catbox.moe/fqfmjj.gif" alt=""></a> anywhere you'd like.
you can learn more about HTML here. or here! neocities also has resources on their site somewhere...
~contrary to the aesthetic of this site my favourite color is a soft shade of green called "Seafoam Green", my other favorite colors are yellow, blue, and pink
~my favourite song is Old 45s by Chromeo
~my favourite type of food is Spicy
~almost all my hobbies can be done on the computer. I like drawing, making music, playing silly video games, talking to my friends and walking far places I never been to
~my favorite game series is Kirby, of course. but other than that my favorite is probably either F-Zero or Mario & Luigi