Hi, I'm Jan. *record scratch* You're probably wondering how I got here. My online handle for a long time was darumin, but I'm trying to use robo-dendron these days. My pronouns are he/him/his, I live in California, and I'm 31 years old. I work as a software engineer. This website is a mixture of my love for art and tech as a vehicle of information and self-expression.

I've been on the Internet for a very long time. I was a teenager in the dawn of social media, so my brain has absorbed a little too much nonsense. My favorite color is green, and I'm learning the piano and Japanese. I do cosplay sometimes. My heroes lately are the archetypal monk scribes of old, with their burlap hoods and synchronized chanting. There's just something about them. What else...

I live in a shared space with my sisters. I'm a writer and an artist. I'm definitely a product of the Internet. In fact, I practically grew up on a Gaiaonline forum. I met someone named Lara (pseudonym or what, I don't know!) on that site, whom I still think about to this day and is a great influence on me, despite my having lost contact with them. They said to me that "we owe a debt to art from the moment we consume it." Imagine that! Art is a cycle of love and our debt to the initial love, from the dawn of creativity to now, like Adam and Eve and original sin. I cherish that principle..

In this section, I previously wrote about anticipating a big trip. That trip is past. I went to the Philippines to reconnect with my heritage. The events leading up to that trip, this entire year, made me want to come back and revisit this site.

Want to know more? Here are some more facts.

• I have brownish red hair right now, a natural color that is the product of continuously dyeing and bleaching my hair.
• I love coffee, particularly completely black cold brew.
• I'm a music lover and play some instruments. Trying to be a jazz pianist.
• In terms of dress, the way I carry myself, the umbrella over any if not all of my interests, I'm definitely a product of my high school phases, like being a punk, a theater kid, a goth.
• When I first wrote this page, I said I was nonbinary and pro LGBT (still am), but I said it in a largely rigid way. I think now, in terms of gender at least, I stand on shifting sands.
• I was raised Christian. When I first created this page, I also mentioned I was an atheist. I don't know where I am right now, but that's okay. I do things like pray from time to time. I think ultimately religion is a prison that tries to assert itself on mysticism and spirituality, which concerns itself with our personal stories, i.e. our interpretations of the divine.
• I'm a firm believer that we must exercise the rights of the people whenever possible. I am largely anti-institution. I say NO to prisons, to the police, to capitalism, etc. Our compliance with institution is compliance with complacence. That being said, I am not looking for my mind to be changed, or for a debate!
• I have a pet turtle named Poirot and I love him. 🐢

Feel free to message me if you have more questions. I'd love to hear from you. Bye for now!

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