Introduction: Welcome to the Archives
Howdy folks. It’s been a minute since I’ve posted up on any sort of blog, and I’ve been meaning to get back around to this for sometime now - so needless to say I’m very happy to writing this little update. For anyone reading this who doesn’t know me, my name is Aaron, I’m an Irish writer, gamer, musician, DM, and aspiring creative director, and sometimes I make some internet content like this. I’ve had some previous blog iterations - a WordPress blog called Loran Lounge, and an obsidian vault public digital garden - but neither of them really got at what I was really trying to achieve with them.
The WordPress blog was cool but was too template-y, and I also started treating it way too seriously and burnt myself out on making content. The Obsidian one had more of that digital garden vibe I was going for, but it had very little customization and was resultantly not very aesthetically interesting, and was just not ideal to use either. So after considering for a while, I finally caved and decided to design my own site with some help from coder friends of mine and the assistance of Claude Cowork. The result is this little blog site which I feel finally fits the criteria of what I’ve wanted from my previous attempts, and I intend to keep this one updating over time, and will try not to abandon it like the others.
What Will I be Posting Here?
You can probably see from the different category tags / pages available on the site, but I’m mainly going to be throwing up essays, reviews, posts like this, some D&D content, personal writings etc. This is by all means just going to be an archive of me, my creative endeavors, and all the other little projects I will be working on as time tips along.
Life Update
I’ll keep this brief, but anyone who knows me personally knows that I have had a hectic time this past year. 2025 was not great for me - between family grievances, break ups, and general life tumult - but thankfully, 2026 has been shaping up to be a hell of a lot better for me, while also in some regards being equally stressful. I’m in a wonderful relationship now, and am soon wrapping up my Research Master’s in Comparative Literary Studies (and cannot wait to be free from the shackles of academia more than anything in the world). With that comes the uncertainties of job precarity and financial security, and all the wonderful stresses that comes bundled with that. It can be a lot at times but I’ve got a better support network around me than ever to help me through it and for that I am forever grateful.
The Trials and Error of Content Creation
Some of you have probably followed my efforts this past year at engaging in a bit of content creation. I made a video or two late 2025 announcing my intention to take myself seriously as a creative, while creating a new series called Journey of a Creative Director which I very quickly abandoned. After a little hiatus, I returned and began making some short form content on TikTok and Instagram, fleeting between game / book / show review content, life vlog content and a “writing every single day series”. This was also shelved fairly quickly, and the ultimate lesson I took from these endeavors was a) I just don’t have time for content creation while I’m finishing up my masters (without sacrificing other things in life that I’m not willing to) and b) I hate short form content.
All to say, there is still a part of me that wants to create content so badly. There are video essays festering in me, and an unrelenting urge to make video edits. Sadly, it’s simply too much to do while job hunting AND writing my Master’s thesis. But I still really want to, and intend to really embody this passion for content creation within me once I am free from academia and actually have time to pursue my creative interests. This goes beyond content creation - I want to write novels, and have been on and off for some time now, I want to make games, I want to make music, etc. I yearn to be a creative, and it really has been killing me not being able to embody that side of me because of constraints of academic life and other uncertainties. To be brutally honest, I have grown to hate academia, and wish to be free from it and far from it as soon as possible - and I’m very close to that. MY priorities will always be friends, family, and lifestyle stability (having a job, a place etc.) but it is of great importance to me to start integrating my creative passions into my life, and this blog will be a great part of that going forward. It’s not a new ongoing project with set expectations or quotas, its not a social campaign that I will be actively advertising. It’s an archive, of what creative efforts I do indulge in going forward. I’ll shape and hone it over time, and will hopefully be proud one day to look back at it, and the collection of creative works, however big or small, that have found a place in it.
Upcoming Projects?
As detailed above, I’m in no place right now to make assurances here, but there are some things to address. My good friend Max and I have big intentions of getting our podcast underway soon - Loose Juice - and I will be posting about it here whenever that happens so keep an eye out. When my Master’s does finish up, I also intend to start working on my novels regularly, and will be using this blog as a place to post updates, preview chapters, etc. Other than that, we will see what the summer brings us, but know that I am starving for a bit of content creation, and might just have the time to start working on that soon.
Love Ya’ll
I know there will only be a select few of you reading this, if any at all, but those of you that are are the real ones in my life who always support my notions of creativity no matter how fleeting, fragile, or overly ambitious. I appreciate you all more than anything, and know that when the day comes that I have a creative project really worth showing off to the world, ya’ll will have played a significant role in allowing whatever that is to exist. Ya’ll know who you are, so know that I always love and appreciate you deeply, probably more than you could imagine. On that note, I’ll wrap this up. Have yourselves a damn good one x