oddish1

About Me and This Site

Who is Oddish1?

I am a freshly-graduated computer science student! I'm currently looking for jobs, but am definitely enjoying being out of school with free time to devote to projects like this one!

My Stats

  • * pronouns: he/him
  • * age: 25
  • * location: washington state, USA

My Favorites

These lists are by no means complete, and are really just compiled off the top of my head. Over time I will come back to refresh them, in the hopes of one day making complete lists. But for now this'll have to do.

๐Ÿ“– Books ๐Ÿ“–

I am generally partial to science-fiction or fantasy books. But I do like a lot of other types of books.

  • * Mistborn (2006); Brandon Sanderson
  • * Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024); Annie Jacobsen
  • * The Hobbit (1937); JRR Tolkein
  • * The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (1954-1955); JRR Tolkein

๐ŸŽต Music ๐ŸŽต

I like basically any and all music that exists. So it's always tough to answer, "what's your favorite kind of music?" but nevertheless, here's an attempt!.

  • * The entire Minecraft Soundtrack
  • * Pretty much all classical music
  • * Charlie XCX
  • * Troye Sivan
  • * Sabrina Carpenter
  • * Olivia Rodrigo
  • * Chapelle Roan
  • * Noah Kahan
  • * Billie Eilish
  • * The Mandalorian Soundtrack

๐ŸŽฌ Movies ๐ŸŽฌ

Fun fact: My first job was working at a movie theater in high school. I really like movies!

  • * Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
  • * Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  • * The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
  • * The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • * The Holdovers (2023)
  • * Dan in Real Life (2007)
  • * Treasure Planet (2002)

๐ŸŽฅ TV ๐ŸŽฅ

I watch too much tv... but I also really enjoy it. I realize some of the shows on this list are objectively not very good, but we as individuals have only subjective opinions... so... this is what I like.

  • * The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)
  • * Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
  • * Schitts Creek (2015-2020)
  • * Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
  • * Chernobyl (2019)
  • * Rick and Morty (2013-Present)

๐ŸŽฎ Video Games ๐ŸŽฎ

I really enjoy video games, but don't play them all that much for some reason...? As a result I have a big backlog of games to play โ—‰_โ—‰

  • * Minecraft (2011)
  • * Rimworld (2013)
  • * Crusader Kings 3 (2020)
  • * Stardew Valley (2016)

What is This Place?

This site acts as a place for me to put whatever I want on the internet! (แต”แดฅแต”) I have always admired websites of old with simple html/css and maybe a slight amount of php or javascript to add light functionality. That is the web that I grew up on. Then social media came around and everyone stopped making websites. Fastforward to about a year ago, and I started to realize that some people still did make their own websites. I learned about the indie web or small web or whatever people want to call it. So I decided to completely forgo social media (except youtube for now) in favor of just posting things on my own site.

I have already been more active here than I really ever have been on my own social media accounts. I never liked the lack of creative expression most social media affords it's users. This will be a place for me to nerd out on things that I like, share whatever I want, and hopefully inspire some other people to do the same.

HTML and CSS are easy to learn and I really think that everybody can and should build their own personal websites from scratch ... maybe some day I will write my own indie web manifesto. >_>