about me
hey, I am monocyte or mono for short. I'm a medical student from turkey and this is a blog where I talk about stuff that I care about or the things that happen in my life. my interests include:
reading manga (this is a semi new one, I welcome any new recommendations)
listening to music. I particularly enjoy metal, rock, post-punk, synthwave and genre bending artists. if there is a weird mix like jazz, country, electronic, opera and metal I'm on that shit. (yes that's real and I love that band). I also welcome music recommendations. (reach out to me!)
I use linux and try to use open source software if I can but I'm not too deep in that rabbithole.
I also do origami! I'm starting to branch out to kusudamas from single sheet pieces and it's fun.
couple fun facts
I am really allergic to cats but that does not stop me from petting stray cats.
actually I'm allergic to almost all pets plus pollen and god I hate spring.
I use an sd card on my phone to download and listen to music like a caveman. I don't use spotify or other streaming services unless I don't have the thing I want to listen downloaded. you can check here for my reasons and my process. (actually for the updated setup check out this blog post.)
I'm not on any social media apart from youtube, if you count that. I disable shorts on it though, I find them to be too distracting. (this is also outdated info, i'm on instagram, unfortunately.)
my vision is really bad without glasses. like can't see faces from a meter bad.
I'm an ear rumbler. I can contract the muscles inside my ear (musculus tensor tympani if you are a nerd) at will and it makes a rumbling sound. I have to close my eyes to do it though. I don't know, it isn't all that useful. I can also open my eustachian tubes at will too.
I like coffee more than tea despite living in the country with highest consumption of tea per capita. I still like tea though.
I write without capital letters most of the time. I think it gives off a warmer and more laid back tone.