tidy up and post

_config.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ permalink:           pretty
 # relative_permalinks: true
 
 # Setup
-title:               What does ~rogbeer put here?
-tagline:             That which probably doesn't fit anywhere else on the Internet
+title:               ~rogbeer's corner
+tagline:             where ~rogbeer stashes some stuff
 url:                 http://tilde.town
 paginate:            1
 baseurl:             "/~rogbeer"
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ sass:
 
 # About/contact
 author:
-  name:              Tony Chen
-  url:               https://phtan.github.io/
-  email:             phtan90@gmail.com
+  name:              ~rogbeer, whoever he is
+  url:               ""
+  email:             ""
 
 # Custom vars
 version:             2.0.0
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ plugins:
 pages_list:
   Archive: '/archive'
   'RSS Feed': '/atom.xml'
-  'What ~rogbeer is focused on at this point in his life': '/now'
+  'Contact': '/contact'
   "What's with the name, ~rogbeer?": '/rogbeer'
   'What would people give, for a cassette tape?': '/swap'

_posts/2021-06-14-sunny.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "Content warning: emotional blackmail"
+---
+
+Content warning: emotional blackmail. 
+
+"If you don't do what I want you 
+to, I'll kill myself." 
+
+My mother said that to me when I was ten years 
+old or younger. Yes, my mother. I didn't know what to do. I didn't even 
+think to call the police. My siblings - a younger brother and a younger 
+sister - were there as well. 
+
+"Well? Do you want me to jump down from 
+nine storeys high, or not? Shall I do it now?" 
+
+My brother and I refused 
+to give in. But my sister rushed to Mummy and said, sobbing: "I love 
+you, Mummy, please don't jump." 
+
+Fast forward to my fifteen-year-old 
+self: I came in first in my cohort, in academic performance. 
+
+At 
+twenty-three years old: I felt unwell (mentally or otherwise). My 
+university class-mates started avoiding me. 
+
+Now, at thirty years old: 
+Looking back, it was hardly surprising that I suffered a break-down. I 
+had to attend to my wounds - emotional or otherwise - from my childhood. 
+All those years, I had been avoiding it, pretending everything was fine. 
+Now I feel much better, thanks to a Biblical God. And I wish - and 
+practise - kindness towards my mother, because that's what my god wants. 
+
+If you're suffering similarly right now, I hope my message encourages 
+you.
+

contact.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: Contact
+---
+
+you could:
+
+- send me internal mail, if you are using the shared computer at 
+[tilde.town](http://tilde.town).
+- look for me at [Mastodon](http://im-in.space/@rogbeer).
+
+I log-on to the above two cyberspace-places irregularly, so please don't 
+expect fast replies.

now.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page
-title: what I'm up to now
----
-
-I'm pursuing these, just to list a few (in no particular order):
-
-1. Waiting for the results of my submission, of 
-[seven photos](https://alls-futility.tumblr.com/post/614080452947591168/a-series-of-seven-photos-as-yet-untitled-the), 
-to [Singapore
-International Photography Festival](http://sipf.sg).
-2. Getting re-acquainted with the ground, as a way to have fun and delight.
-I got a reminder about that, from Vaishali Iyer's [blog-post](https://thestillspace.org/2020/03/22/ode-to-the-ground/).
-3. Determining if [a writers' group](https://www.meetup.com/Writers-Collective/) is helpful for me.
-4. a pleasure for me: staying in touch with friends. This includes chatting over software like WhatsApp.
-5. keeping my time free to do whatever I may become excited about.
-
-This has been a [Now-page](https://nownownow.com/about), written on 31st March
-2020.