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A poem atop a river in the woods. A clock floats. The poem reads: "Hot coals are difficult to hold. / Your hypnotic swerve radiates / an unfamiliar forge's warmth. / ~ / ~ / ~ / (END)

December 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

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If this message reaches outside, can anyone offer me insight as to why I feel surrounded by lies and silence?

December 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

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August 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

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soweli sewi li lape. mi awen e ona.

soweli sewi li wawa. ona li wile lape lon sewi. jan pona li awen e ona.

August 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

nasa ala sama...
ala monsuta ala...
mi ken ala sona e ni.

ni li sitelen pi musi lon ilo. insa sitelen: jan li lape la soweli li lawa sewi e ilo nasa. ilo nasa li toki: "nasa ala sama, ala monsuta ala" anu seme.

August 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

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"Alma, I'm too autistic to figure out how to defeat Fascism. What do I do?" Alma, hands on her lap, patiently looks up into the Hunter's glowing eyes and says, "I'm here to help."

A seriously kitted-out lance user in Monster Hunter Wilds stands before Alma in their shared space at the desert canyon camp. Without much expression - other than the malice of an immortal half-dragon genetically engineered to protect humans against their own demons - she asks: "Alma, I'm too autistic to figure out how to defeat Fascism. What do I do?" Alma, hands on her lap, patiently looks up into the Hunter's glowing eyes and says, "I'm here to help."

August 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

this is the image that represents my body unsplash.com/photos/old-w... tag urself which dilapidated farmhouse are you

August 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

more times i see myself hunt the big monster (and do it really well) i can honestly believe that we can defeat capitalist greed (and warmongering) (and lies myths profit tune death machine) it's a different method... and a different reality. but i know LOVE and triumph over DUNG. come on lifeforms!!

August 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

toki pi toki pona li sama ni.
ni li linja ilo toki. ona li ken luka
tawa ona ante la ona li pana nanpa.
toki pi toki pona li sama ni. ona li ken
taso pana sona e a lon pi pilin sina.
sina ken pilin ala pilin tawa ni.

(toki pona is an interface to honesty)

ni li sitelen pi ilo sitelen. ijo insa sitelen ni li linja toki nasa pi ilo majuna.

it's a photo of an old IBM connector that looks like a VGA connector but twice as tall (assuming screws are lateral).

photo citation: https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/weird-computer-connectors-buses-list/2587

August 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

standing desk ideas for veterinarians

an image search for "cat trees" on unsplash

July 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

music rerelease (plus a lot of unreleased songs!) progress update: my todo-list dwindles! yaye

pic: screenshot of fooyin and helix showing my work. my "todo-list" text is in the alt text.

## albums that DO have cover art
- new albums arts!
- [x] heartgarbage
- [x] bug hospital
- [x] ruptured binary
- [x] alone.
- [x] finger painting
- [x] severed

- album arts that required no editing
- litmus
- one unknown

- albums with old art that might editing
- lifeblood path, etescant, untitled
- pianodrone (cool but just a photo.)
- low viscosity (cool but just a photo.)
- live at reunion (i have no idea. it is bad)

## album audio notes

### finger painting
this is the second EP i made. i never released it.
might be cool if i actually learned the songs now.
and played them on piano instead of crappy synth.

### heart garbage
- [x] the recording for heart garbage has been recovered.

### live at reunion
- [x] has been split into songs.

### ruptured binary
- [x] demos have been condensed and trimmed
- [x] popular cut of j 00 included

### alone. ("ghosts" basically)
- [ ] can add bedpiano 1 and 2
- [ ] need to recover more from old drive
- [x] 4.25 had a silence at the start.
- [ ] might add a couple newer recordings (remixed)

## overall
- need all filenames normalized
- audio/volume may need normalization

July 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

It is I, the most obstinate and regrettable destroyer of the English tongue. Whose well of serpentine vocabulary and eagerness to stretch its grammar like taffy comes not from an expensive education... I'm simply autistic

A pleasant window-lit view of a mechanical taffy maker which stretches thin and folds back in a mass of not-so-sticky confectionary goop.

July 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

ni li sitelen leko mi la "lon supa" pi seme Alawen

1) soweli suwi li lukin ike. "ona li mu wawa."
2) soweli lili li kama ona. "mi lape tawa soweli lili."
3) ona li jo e soweli lape lili. "ona li ken lon."
4) ona li lukin pilin seme. "mi ken ala kama sona pona tawa ma ni."
5) ona tu li pilin pona tawa ona li pilin olin. "jan pona li ken lon pona."
6) ona wan li pilin ike. luka ona li len e sinpin ona. "taso mi ken ala."
7) moku li kawa. "mi moku la mi kama awen."
8) ona li lape insa tomo pi kasi suli wawa. kasi mute li lon. "mi wile lape lon kasi suli tomo."
9) ona li lape lon supa. soweli lili li lon lukin tawa ala. "la taso mi ken ala."

July 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

musi ICO (SCEA, 2001) li musi lili lon MusiSupaTu.

jan li kama lili tawa tomo ni, la tomo ni li wawa sewi monsuta. taso jan lili pi lawa mani li kama tomo ni, la ona wan li wile ala lon tomo ike. tan lukin tawa nasin weka, la ona li pilin pona tawa jan meli walo wan. nimi ona li Joda.

ona li lon.

The European cover art for the 2001 PS2 game ICO. It's a yellow-green wash for a distant sky. The land seems to be part of an empty white castle. A windmill faces the sea. Ladders and strange columns rise from everything, and arch their bridging toward the white castle that looms. Through a gap in the structures, two small figures run toward the sea. The leading figure is smaller, has little horns, and carries a stick. They are holding the hand of (and pulling along) the other figure, who must run and stumble to keep up.

July 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

Look at these goobers. (Art from a fan wiki).

Now, how can I save the world? I guess... barrel

July 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

I was a pretty lonely kid and "raised" by games made by thoughtful people, usually Japanese games. So I reminisce. I aspire to make art as well as my favorite artists do. It's not about the "visuals" or "quality" but the heart.

I just wrote this note on another platform so archiving.

(in alt text)

I love Monster Hunter. Even if the world outside ends for a lot of us, I am really glad that I got to experience the wonderful games made in this series. There is something so sensitive and quiet about the little details that often go overlooked. It's not a game about hunting only. It's a game about a world where despite it all, people band together to pursue what they love.

There have always been little stories like that, and it's not always a serious game. However, it makes me cry. I can't explain. The little expressions, or dialogue, and the settings and characters just going about their lives in this world... I feel like I'm already dead. There is seemingly very little sanity or goodness in this world. But in that world, I can see a beauty and humanity that I know is possible.

July 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

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The hunter's felyne friend, known as a Palico, helps out with hunting and gathering. However, they are also a very talented crafter. Every doodad in the tent is something they made. They're often inventing new mechanical devices.

You can play together, but it's nuanced.

Sometimes, a nap is enough.

July 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

Alma is a researcher. She likes tea, books, and collecting artifacts. Her favorite is this head-sized rock that looks like a face. I wonder if it was a gift, or a fossil.

Nata's life is terrible. I'm glad she's talking about him doing something other than sit there by my tent all day.

July 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

i know my MCE means that i need to focus on saving the world (an impossible task for just one girl) and as a result i feel a lot of shame for enjoying life at all, anything about it. when all is immersed in sorrow. however. i found out. you can ask Alma what's on her mind *if Erik is your handler.*

I ship my hunter with Alma. They are lesbians. The relationship is allowed. As long as she's not the handler. Thank you, Erik.

July 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

#art #albumcovers
the music... rerelease...
should all be ready soon...
coming to itch as well as bc.
probably. unsure. just have to.

July 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

mi toki tawa musi ni. ona li lon ma pi musi nimi sama "jan alasa tawa monsuta wawa" [Monster Hunter]

ona li pilin unpa ala. ni li lon ala insa mi.
ona li pilin lape tawa ma. ma ona li pona.
insa lipu pi musi alasa monsuta la
jan mama e ona li toki e ni:
alasa ni li monsuta kipisi.
ona li wile tawa.

jan alasa ni li lukin tawa sina. ona li insa tomo pona ona, la ijo anu ilo mute li lon supa lon poka lon sijelo ona lon ale. taso, ona li lukin ike. oko wan lon sinpin sina li lukin suno la selo ona lon ni li lukin jaki. taso, ona li pilin lape tawa ale, la ona li len e ona kepeken len luka suli la len sijelo suli la taso ona li len ala e sijelo ona sewi pi wan insa tu. ona li lukin, la ona li pilin ala. insa tomo ni, la ona li moku, li lape, li pali tawa pali ante, la ona li pana kiwen tawa ilo ona.

July 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

toki lili ante... ni li pali tawa lipu mute mi. blog post. not finished site redesign yet. + ALT (x2)

(wan insa tu)

ni li lipu lili pi pilin mi. ni li ken ala pana sona ale tawa sina. sona ale pi sijelo mi anu lawa mi li ken ala kama lon. o kute pona tawa mi, la mi alasa e nasin ni lon tenpo mute taso ale lon sin mi.

mi pali tawa toki pona la mi ken ala pilin kiwen tawa toki mi. toki mi li pona tawa mi, la mi lukin pona tawa toki pona lon tenpo mute, la mi wile kama sona pi toki pona.

tan ala la mi toki lili tawa jan ante pi toki pona la mi pilin ike taso. taso, ni li taso kama tan mi li jan ante tawa ma ale.

ni li ike ala, la mi kama sona ni tan lukin insa anu lukin tawa sitelen pona pi jan ante sama. ike ala ni li pana sona pona tawa mi. tenpo pini la mi kama sona ante tawa sona pi jan mama mi.

sona pi jan mama mute mi li kama ike mute mute. ni li kama lon tenpo pini kepeken ala sin mi, la mi kama sin tan wile ala.

tan jan mama wile ala tawa mi la mi wile ala kin tawa mi. ni li pana pilin ike mute tawa mi lon tenpo mute mute. taso, mi awen tawa pali mi kepeken sona pi jan seme li ken pona.

jan seme anu seme li ken kama pona,
jan seme anu seme li ken pana pona.

i have this terrible idea for a lean web server. that is, as long as one has access to the means of hosting an https server, one could allow users to send in messages and their own content via the https URL requests they make.

the server will still collect those attempts, even if they 404. and then occasionally, given some kind of manually grown user authentication method, valid postings will be re-built into the static website.

anu la mi wile toki tawa pali mi.

mi sona seme ala seme tawa ilo kiwen, la mi sona mute ala mute tawa nasin pi kama jan pona.

anu la, mi wile toki kepeken jan ante insa sijelo mi, la ona mute li pana ante tawa nasin mi. mi lon ala. mi lon weka. mi lon moli. mi lon suno anu mun. mi weka ala. mi ala weka.

taso sijelo mi li lili. mi sama pip lili.

pip lili li lukin tawa ma mute la ona li pali mute tawa kama sin. ona li pali mute tawa pona ala pona tawa ma ni mi ale.

>>>

(tu insa tu)

pip lili li lukin tawa ma mute la ona li pali mute tawa kama sin. ona li pali mute tawa pona ala pona tawa ma ni mi ale.

taso, ona li tawa taso. ona li lukin tawa selo pi lukin anu kute anu pilin la ona li tawa insa ni. ona li pali lon tenpo ale.

mi pilin pona tawa ona mute. pipi anu jan.

insa pilin mi li toki ni:
jan li kama tan kasi. tan seko.
mi kama sin lon ma moli mute pi pilin ike.
ni li lon. taso... ni li ike ala, anu pona ala.

mi son ni. tas... m ke al taw po mut pi ten ale. mi ken ala tawa pona mute pi tenpo ale. ni li lon... mi son ni. taso, ni li ike ala.

ni li ike anu pona ala.

seme la mi lon pilin ala.

seme lon la mi pilin kulupu.

mi alasa la mi alasa kepeken sona ala tawa kulupu pona anu kulupu ike lili sama tomo ike mi. mi lukin la mi lukin alasa tawa tomo.

tomo seme a? ni li ken ala kute e toki wawa mi.

tenpo pini mute tan sijelo mi li kama sin kepeken mama mute mi, la mi alasa tawa kulupu pona la mi ken ala lon e kulupu seme lon tenpo mute mute. mi tawa la mi tawa.

mi kama la mi tawa. tenpo ni li pini.

tenpo ni li pini tan ni: mi kama lon insa mi.

mi kama lon insa pilin mi la pilin mi li pana kiwen insa sijelo mi, la tenpo pini la mi kama ko mute lili. mi kama kiwen lili la mi kama ante tawa pilin ike mi tan ko mute mute mi.

ko mute mute mi li kama lon tan mama mute mi. ni li ken ala kama ante... taso tan tenpo pini a. mi lon tenpo lon la ante mi li kama sin li kama sin la tenpo kama ale pi sijelo mi li lon e ma ni.

mi kama ante, la mi kama suli, la mi kama wawa, la mi kama sona seme. mi kama sona pi pilin pona. pilin pona li lon ala toki. pilin li lon nimi ala.

kepeken jan pi utala ike tawa mi lon sijelo mi li lili mute, la mi kama nasa insa sijelo mi. tenpo pini la mi pilin nasa mute. kin la jan ante li sona ala e mi.

ni li ala. ni li pona. ni li lon taso.

mi ken ala sona ale lon tenpo ale.

taso mi ken tawa. :)

July 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM

psychic timetrav'l'r [Alawen]

@jynell.itch.io

mi sona ala ale, la taso mi ken pali tawa sona lili pi lipu ni.

(I hope I transcribed this correctly. It's a community book of many authors. I am not sure what "toki e" is. Might be Esperanto. It's all quite beautiful to me!)

nimi sama ni li lon [+ ALT text]