Hello, I'm Mary, a college Freshman. For as long as I can recall, I've always had to be doing something. My hands have always had to be busy. Of course, I did lots of various crafts as a child, but Junior High is when I first taught myself how to sew in order to make cosplays. Since then, I've deviated from cosplay and make my own clothes. I was accepted to FIT, the best fashion design school in the country, but decided not to attend because I received too much scholarship money in-state.

Two years ago, my brother got a DDR machine. For the summer, it stayed in our garage, and I got pretty darn good by the end. My brother then took it with him to his college apartment. Throughout this, we were also looking for a Pump It Up Machine (basically the Korean equivalent to Dance Dance Revolution) and it currently sits in my house. I'm not anywhere near good enough to compete, but I'm at the perfect level to get the max exercise and to impress people, haha.

A year ago, my father bought me an iPad. I figured that I was obligated to learn to draw, so I taught myself. My Senior year, I realized that I hate medical science, so I dropped my anatomy class and took art instead. I also took Theatre for one year, and my greatest regret is not starting sooner. My favorite memory ending High School was performing a monologue in front of the entire theatre department's family. That, or the tornado that happened during graduation.

I've played guitar for about 10 years and I've played flute for 6 years, the latter of which I find much more fun to play. I considered a music degree, but I'm a little too nervous to play in front of people. I was in marching band for 4 years. My favorite music genres have always been rock and metal, not really influenced by anyone other than my own curiousity. My favorite bands are W.A.S.P. Megadeth, and Mayhem (I know, I know). (Because of my music taste, I guess I have to clarify that I am strongly opposed to fascism and any sort of hatred towards oppressed groups.) I also really like cute things and Asian music (specifically NCT). Thank you for looking at my page! ^^ There's much more about me I'll put here, but I know people tend to skim through about pages.

I made my first neocities site back in summer 2019. It was nothing more than a one-day 90s site and not coded with any css. Late 2021, I made another joke site, but it was a bit better. You can still access this one via the transcend tab. Shortly thereafter, I started working on an actually good site. This can also be accessed the same way. My senior year, Jopping became an inside joke in my calculus class. My teacher (who is awesome, btw) went along with it and I was like "what if I bought Jopping.net?" The rest is history. I had some trouble figuring out a layout I liked for a while and I recently just developed it.

Pretty much as long as I can remember, I always loved Asian style clothes and was jealous of the uniforms that my cousins overseas had. Honestly, depending on the day, I feel like dressing more punk or more cutesy (I know there's probably better terms for this, but whatever). The way I dress depends a lot on the weather and time of the year. The way I dress had REALLY made me stand out for better or worse, but it was soley because it made me comfortable. My favorite thing in fashion, and this is what my brand identity would have been, had I stayed in the fashion industry, is unique jackets. I often get asked why I don't make every piece of what I wear. To that, I say it's time and availability. I can buy a white button up and I don't really like making pants. Jackets are what makes an outfit unique and what I usually make. You can see the things I've made on the Designs page. The red jacket is what got me accepted to FIT.

Though my father is Vietnamese, he was born in California and hasn't spent more than a week in the country. My grandfather was a DIA agent and,from my understanding, his job was to find missing Americans in Asian countries. To name a few places, they've lived in Hawaii, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, and they've spent some time in basically everywhere nearby. As such, I live in a mixture of all these cultures and haven't felt more attached to one more than another.

You've probably seen him somewhere on my site. This is Taeyong of NCT and SuperM. I've liked NCT for about 2 years because a different member, Shotaro, is from the same semi-small town in Japan where my father used to live. I was going to see NCT 127 January 13th of 2023. A few days before their US tour leg began, all members except Taeyong landed in America. He said that he had the flu, and I was freaking out thinking I wouldn't be able to see him. The day of their first show, he flew in. When I finally got to see them, I was blown away by how amazing his stage presence was, all while still recovering from jet lag, the flu, and a back injury. From there, I grew a great appreciation for all the songs he has wrote and how amazing of a dancer he is. The 7th sense is one of my favorite songs of all time. He has written over 30 songs for NCT and deserves praise for being the leader of a 20+ person group. Oh, and Jopping is one of the more stupid songs he is in, and that's where the name comes from. haha.

• Emperor
• Sodom
• Mayhem
• Megadeth
• W.A.S.P.
• KISS
• DIO
• Rainbow
• Rob Zombie
• Slayer
• Skid Row
• Quiet Riot

Without a doubt, the highlight of high school for me was my Senior year Cal BC teacher. Not only did he teach very well, he was super funny and someone you could joke around with. The first thing you'll notice in his room is that there are large posters with quotes of things he has said such as "I'm about to Jopp on people's heads like Mario on a goomba", "I want you to suffer", "I'm medicated, it's okay." Since we live in a post-covid world, all of his lectures are recorded and we would always try to get him off topic or say something funny. He put up with me and my friend's stupid conversations. Every day, we'd be talking about something stupid. To give an example, we talked about how we could dump 999 pounds of oil into the ocean because if you round that to the nearest ton, that is 0 tons of oil. A classmate put up a football calender, and our sports teams do not have a great reputation, so I would cover the calender with NCT posters. I started the inside joke of Jopping in his class, and he would let me put my drawings at the very front of his board. Awesome teacher. He made me want to get my teaching license.