about
me
icon by Pai (2016)
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松島美色布 - name: Meep Matsushima
- pronouns: æ/ær & ey/em
- age: 30something
- current location: Tokyo, Japan & the rainy city
- pets: Tiamat
- day job: currently: full time school librarian
soon: part time grad student & picture book author, too - hobbies I'm trying to monetize: poetry and short stories , picture books
- hobbies I'm not trying to monetize: fiber arts , doll photography , reading, writing about what I read , web revival (hi!)
- dæmon: Japanese raccoon dog
- currently: reading/writing/loving/&.
- more?: likes, hobbies, fandoms, etc. , & ask me anything & Johari
website
My Neocities account was registered in November 2022 but mostly sat gathering dust until August/September 2024, when I sat down and designed Pine Island Dolls . That got me back into indie web design, a hobby of mine (on and off, mostly off) since I was a tween.
My first ever website was called The Fantasy Library. That was in 1997 or 1998. I made little web shrines to my then-favorite books: Harry Potter, Redwall, and His Dark Materials. (I guess it's not a surprise that I grew up to be a real-life librarian.)
pine island is a translation of my surname, 松島 Matsushima.
pine island has gone through a few name changes: {para}noia (2002-2004), true love collective (2004-2006), and pink soda (2006-2011, when I lost interest in web design).
Most of my layouts have been lost to time but here is the oldest layout I could find: pink soda circa 2007.
