not the lava lounge

tired from a night of reading translation theory (delving perilously close to linguistic esoterica), i decided to take a break and fiddle with my blog. i thought the dotty look would suit me but it just feels really pa-lounge-y faux-70s trendoid. the strong colors and star motif of the previous template worked really well with the whole sairo idea. will keep this for now and see how it feels on my next login. if there are actual people reading this (and not just those wacko marketing types), do tell me what you think of this renovation.