this is the best document for me to use to try to triangulate the things i was influenced by at that age, as the radio & television set were by far the biggest influences on me:

http://hitsofalldecades.com/chart_hits/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2498

it's not the most exciting update, but it's a start. 

https://thejournalofj.blogspot.com/

....and, we've got the font updated, too:

so, here's the theme, if you want just the notepad without the goofy shit:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tPlsE_lBPc9t_Bq8-m5J0K-35m5usws/view?usp=sharing

this should line up well, just keep in mind the following:

- you need to title every post. if you post something without a title, it will misalign.

- it will eventually go out of alignment if your post is too long - well over 100 lines.

- new posts will realign, so long as those posts have titles.

- you want to use normal breaklines and not the weird ones it defaults to nowadays. i use the following as a template:

<div style="text-align: left;"></div>

that simple line will default everything to normal line breaks, and let the formatting work correctly.

it's entirely functional, but it has some limitations that are probably hardcoded into the html, and may even reduce to floating point errors within the processor. computers aren't as good at math as people think...

so, i'm ready to get going, now.

ok, so that took far longer than intended, but i've got my template down:

https://thejournalofj.blogspot.com/

the mechanism is that i'm writing in a little book, and i find it somewhere and scan it. hence, the lines - and the trouble i'm taking to line the writing up.

here's the trick - i used a 12 line image because that's when it starts to overlap, but even that will only take me so far before i need to reset. it's like a calendar - you need a leap year every four years to make up for the measurement error. but, i posted many test posts to make sure that the cycle resets on a new post, so long as i post it with a title.

i'll have to keep an eye on it and make adjustment if necessary but i think this is sufficient.

i just want to finish the template, and then i'll upload it for anybody, as i think this is useful and am happy to share it.

this will run from 1989-1996, and is intended as a preface - these are childhood year notes, from before i did any recording. the alter-reality will run from 1996-2013 and occupies the actual writing phase. and, current reality runs from 2013-death and is the cleanup and finish phase.