Thanks for taking the time to check out my site, first and foremost! This site's mostly a creative outlet and place to store stuff like my art and tabletop concepts, plus a fun little project to play around with HTML. A friend of mine got me into the idea, so I'm finally pulling the trigger on it. There's something appealing to having an old school website of my own instead of using social media or other junk to spout my opinions.
I'm Sif (obviously,) a handle I took because I used to play a ton of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, and one of the gods in that game is Sif Muna, god of magic and mystery. I like short names like that, and I love things like magic and mystery. I'm not into any sort of 'occult' junk in real life. It'd be neat if any of it were real, but it sadly isn't. Still, I like to think that this world still has mysteries left for us.
I've got a few hobbies when my work schedule allows it, I used to play a lot more videogames but now I've settled into stuff where I can chill out and do things at my own pace usually. I play stuff like Vintage Story, Crusader Kings, Dwarf Fortress and occasionally things like Ultrakill or various other junk. I'm more into tabletop games personally, they give me a lot of freedom for creativity and you get to spend time with friends while you play. I used to play and run stuff like D&D 5th edition, but have since moved onto systems that do more of what I actually want. I play and run a ton of GURPS, which is a universal toolbox kit that lets you tailor a campaign to whatever sort of style and flavor you feel like. Cyberpunk 2020 is also a fun system for me, and I've started looking into a similar system by the same studio called Mekton Zeta. I've also ran stuff like Ironclaw and Albedo Platinum Catalyst, but not really anymore. I also like skirmish wargames like Infinity, but I rarely have others to play with.
I don't really watch shows or anything but sometimes I'll like a specific movie or series. My musical tastes are also pretty specific. I like individual groups or artists over genres. Just a few examples are Health, Clutch, Geto Boys, Scattle and Carpenter Brut. I like higher energy stuff generally, but there's some more relaxed stuff I'm into as well.
I like to draw a little, but I've not done that as much as I want to. I'm not very good, but I've made a few passable things here and there. I mostly like drawing cute critters and similar things, that's largely my motivation aside from making art for tabletop characters. Cute stuff's nice, I think the world needs more cute things. If it wasn't clear enough from that already, I'm gay. I don't really tell other people I know publically about it. My immediate family knows and they're fine with it, but in my line of work I don't really expect people to treat me the same way if they did know. I don't think gay people have any huge struggle ongoing right now, but sometimes I have a hard time with my own feelings and the expectations others have for people like me.
There's a concept that polite society and people revolve around masks. You have your public mask, the mask you wear for friends and family and so on. What's nice about this site is that it lets me wear a mask that's closely aligned with my full honest thoughts and feelings. Not all of them, of course. But more than most. If you read this far, I'd be really happy if you signed my Guestbook!
I can be reached at sorcerous.sif(at)gmail.com. I don't really use social media or anything, if you want to get in touch with me or chat or whatever, just shoot me an email!
