The Arges: the eye you see at the top of your screen is "The Arges." it is named such from my OC, Arges. they are a cyclops with horns, and i made a simplified design that i thought made a cool icon for me.
i am a man somewhere between the ages of 18-25. you can call me 2S2D, Donny, Arges, whatever you'd like, really. i apologize for vagueness ahead of time; i value anonymity and cybersecurity greatly, as i'm sure you will discover upon browsing my website for some time. anyway, when i was young, i spent most of my time on the computer playing ROBLOX, watching YouTube, and trying to pull off playing other games. i remember trying many games that were intended for multiplayer, but i was the only one ever playing. i enjoy trading card games, video games, music, writing, fantasy genres/stories, computer technology, cybersecurity, and more. i am pagan in a vague sense, i have no particular religion but practice some magic and worship some gods.
the goal of this website is to serve as a public digital journal for myself, as an archive of my work, and as a sort of special place for me to gush a little. it may also in the future become my main website for my "brand," should i choose to go much more public with my music and other endeavors.
for some time, i aspired to become a game developer like the creators on ROBLOX. indeed, i wished to be one. i went to a vocational school that taught programming for a short period before bumping into legal trouble and being forced to discontinue my enrollment, graduating with a normal diploma. once i got out of high school, i sat down at a text editor for C#. i froze and realized that maybe this isn't for me, after many years of aspiring to become a programmer. it was quite upsetting, but i soon came to terms with it and am currently becoming a tradesman.
music has always made me very happy. marching band was the best time of my life, earbuds march me through rough days at work, and my headphones sing sweet songs as i work on this website. i learned to play piano while in detention and played trombone in marching band. now i currently make music with a digital synthesizer (a modded version of beepbox) for its ease of use. music, i believe, is necessary for the majority of people's souls to be whole. without music, it is easy for one's mind to be bogged down, but in music, it runs free, exploring emotions with such intelligent impunity.
as a man, i struggled a lot with my self image and how i should be "a man." many young men out there probably feel me on this. i coped by becoming a pathological liar. it didn't help that i was depressed from my home life, overweight, and felt like a failure. i became very bitter. once i got into detention, though, the counselors and even some officers taught me through example and therapy that i don't need to be so bitter, that i can relax and love and be loved, and importantly, love myself. men out there: please look into yourself and see what you think it means to be "a real man," if you're pressured at all by your peers, family, or society as a whole. i assure you, that you can hug your friends platonically, that you can say i love you to your father, and that you don't have to look like Ryan Reynolds to be attractive and manly.