I got the name "Porcelina" from a Smashing Pumpkins song, "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans." I was moody and listening to a lot of loud music at the time, but the song in question was very quiet and melodic, at least by Smashing Pumpkins standards. It seemed fragile, which was how I felt at the time, and the idea of porcelain summed my emotions up well, so I went with it. The song itself meant nothing to me – it still doesn't – but the name has survived all this time.

The site has always been just me – I was one of the few young women with a domain in the early 2000s who did not offer hosting, I believe – but I do have a few projects within. Although I'm hardly involved in the fandom world, I got involved with fanlistings over time. It gives me an opportunity to celebrate things I love while also connecting with interesting people from around the world and simultaneously developing my web design skills. Intensité is my collective, found here.

Free College Applications, found here, has a far more practical purpose. It's a simple idea that has since become one of the most visited college admissions resources on the Internet. I would eventually like to move it elsewhere, but it's not a priority right now.

And that's really it for this little place of my own. Simplify, simplify, simplify. And onward.