(i wear rose tinted glasses for irlen's syndrome, so i really love this one ok. Also the long cunt ass nails OMG)

Garth - Named after Garth from Wayne's World (aka Goose, Goog, Bahgo, Chug, Chuggy, Goo Goo, Google, Gunk, Gungo, Gagogo, Go Go....the list goes on. Mostly we just make noises at this point.)
Born sometime in the early fall of 2008, was a gift from an ex boyfriend. I got him when I was 19. Literally still a teenager.
100% the definition of an Orange Cat. Used to weigh 26lbs and has lost half his weight after going on a strict diet. But he is a generally enormous cat. He is obsessed with his toys. When he was younger he had one stuffed mouse named Mousey Baby he treated like his best buddy. He also has a favorite small furry mouse named Pinky. His favorite color is pink- he truly gravitates towards it. I think it must look cool and bright to him. He absolutely loves Christmas and opening his presents (and will get jealous if you are opening presents on your birthday and he gets nothing.). You would have know idea he is an older senior, he still has the craziest zoomies, a gorgeous coat and eyes, and talks nonstop. Used to shit under my pillows as a kitten. Can sit on command. Will eat literally anything (especially if it makes him make a sour/yuck face while he eats it). He will befriend literally anyone and anything. He could care less about other animals, and knows that people=food and pets. But he does have an attitude, so petting him is like Russian Roulette at times. He also drools, and has a freakish amount of saliva when he licks you. He has hyperthyroidism and he makes pee crystals. So he's not cheap. But he's orange (and oh so handsome), and that's what I always wanted.

Storm - Named after Storm of X-men (aka Pidgeon, Tooty, Bean, Tootsie, Tuts, Turtle Dove, Popcorn, Peanut, Poptart, Popcicle, (those 4 often said as one long name) Peepee, Peep, Beebee/Baby, Princess)
Born sometime in the late Fall of 2014. She is my forever kitten. Found her under a building at work. She screamed nonstop then, and continues to scream. She doesn't meow. She screeches. I do honestly think she fried her vocal cords as a baby because all she did until we caught her, was scream. She is the princess of the house, very shy around people and has never met another animal up close besides Garth, but would probably die on the spot of fear if she did. She doesn't totally understand how to play, unless you are violently flinging a feather on a string. She craves danger. Has used all 9 lives and is probably in debt to the devil tbh. She loves to be held like a baby, or to be paraded around the house by her daddy (and only daddy. mommy does not do it right apparantly.). You can do literally anything to this cat and she does not care. She has never bit or scratched me in anger, just when we're playing Blanket Monster and she will not actually bite my skin if she gets me by accident. She's perfect. She went in her litter box the day I brought her home and hadnt even shown her what it was yet. She's a genius. That happens to be her only talent. Again, all 9 lives are gone. She is not bright, and certainly has a death wish. But she's pretty.

You have literally read this story on every other neocities website. I miss what we had. Like a lot of kids and teens back then, the internet became my life. I remember a girl in 5th grade, looking at me with her arms crossed, looked at me condesendingly and said in a snarky tone, "you use the internet?". It was not cool back then, and now almost no one can go anywhere without a phone in their hand. While I do love social media for what it is (I've had twitter and youtube since they were created), I miss the old internet. I would spend hours and hours, my entire life, looking for images, looking for adoptables and Petz downloads. I was in forums, and had my own webpages, my own downloads, my own real space to create. I have never been good at coding. It's not something I have ever REALLY sat down and studied enough to make my own layouts or whatever. I can edit one that's premade though! And I appreciate and love every layout designer, all the way back to livejournal. You are my heros. But making a piece of the internet my own has always been my greatest hobby. I used to feel embarassed about that, and still sort of have a shame around the fact that my hobby is "the computer" still at my big age... But I have realized I am obviously not the only one. I have also very much missed having a hobby I don't monetize eventually. Youtube, etsy, you name it... Every hobby has eventually turned into a business. Which of corse is great, but I need a place where it's not a job. This is never a chore. I can leave for lengths of time and come back when I need to (please, for the love of god neocities, never ever abandon us). Recently as of May 2024 I've started to hyper focus on here again because html and css are the only things that can completely wipe my brain of anything else. When I am working on this site, I am thinking of nothing else in the world. And I really, really need that right about now. I'm sure a lot of you can relate to all of this, but it's so good to see this community continue to grow, and for the general public to slowly start realizing this is where we fucked up.