wordpress is stupid

there
i said it

now before the blood thirsty wp mob hunts me down and tries to murder me in my sleep
let me just say…

as a front end web UI developer i’ve had force my nicely written and commented markup into a few cms’.

you could say i’ve been around the block

a few times over

heres an excerpt from my daily conversation with wordpress…

how many times do i need jquery to load?
for every plugin? sure why not!

how may styles sheets do i need?
how bout twelve? great bring it… the longer it takes my page to load… the better

on and wait you want to put posts into pages? and pages into posts? sounds like you need another plugin… (whats the difference anyway?)

and about that fancy navigation trick you like to do?
sorry no dice. the core says have to use “page-item page-item-id666”

yes
wordpress has a nice pretty userfriendly (click heavy) admin side
yes giving a client a WYSIWYG editor is the beesknees

i’m sure if i wanted to use just the core as a jumping off point
for all the php i’ll have to learn to write for it
i bet it would be great
but i’m lazy
and 1/4 web developer

and

invasive markup makes me want to die.

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the longest months of my life

after 120+days
both of my daughters are now out of the hospital
they are doing fine
and by fine i mean still breathing
and growing and eating
they like being home.

still no word on which one is the evil twin
or what health / developmental difficulties they may have long term

if you’d like to see everything my little family has gone through in the last few months
head over to their page

start at the beginning

years ago someone in a random forum said to me “mr. proem don’t get married… don’t have kids… life will become mundane”

I would like to slap them.

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an open letter to bitcrush

dear bitcrush

i’ve been attentively listening since gridlock
which always felt cold almost emotionless to me
perhaps because there weren’t enough basslines
and the drums carried everything
there wasn’t much to hold on to
it was good
and well done
but not unlike eating salad without croutons

alyssa however loves the gridlock
which strikes me as odd
considering the bulk of her music intake is the antithesis of industrial

however

this In Distance record of yours,...
nonstop
for weeks now
makes me want to skip work
take a long walk with my headphones
hit up a coffee place
sit in the park
watch people

its overcast
chilly
maybe colder
like it has been

an instant classic in my house.
its an imaginary house
its small
with only four rooms

• one for skinny puppy, einstruzende, and the legendary pink dots
• one for nitzer eb and slayer, and the misfits [they can share really]
• one for old autechre [amber/tri repetae++]

[yes they get their own room]

• one for interpol, joy division, the smiths and the cure [again sharing]

worth its weight in whatever monetary value you carry
so,... thanks. Here’s to hoping you have an equally lovely follow up which im already waiting for.

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