[{"content":"I don\u0026rsquo;t know if this is worthy of being called a blog site. I wish that I could say I will be committed enough to write something daily, but I know myself all too well. I built this with every intention to share parts of my day to day life. Truth is, my day to day life is often very boring to others, but very exciting to me. I\u0026rsquo;m a touch techy, a pinch nerdy and a smidge outgoing. I\u0026rsquo;m mostly very private about my personal life. To those of you that find this \u0026ldquo;blog\u0026rdquo; and read it, I sincerely appreciate you. I also apologize right here, and right now in advance for two things. Number 1, this might be really boring. Number 2, this might be the only post you will ever actually see on this site\u0026hellip; Either way, I thank you for stopping by and showing interest.\n","permalink":"https://www.robatodesu.com/posts/welcome-to-the-new-blog/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI don\u0026rsquo;t know if this is worthy of being called a blog site.  I wish that I could say I will be committed enough to write something daily, but I know myself all too well.  I built this with every intention to share parts of my day to day life.  Truth is, my day to day life is often very boring to others, but very exciting to me.  I\u0026rsquo;m a touch techy, a pinch nerdy and a smidge outgoing.  I\u0026rsquo;m mostly very private about my personal life.  To those of you that find this \u0026ldquo;blog\u0026rdquo; and read it, I sincerely appreciate you.  I also apologize right here, and right now in advance for two things.  Number 1, this might be really boring.  Number 2, this might be the only post you will ever actually see on this site\u0026hellip;  Either way, I thank you for stopping by and showing interest.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Welcome to my words."},{"content":"July 10, 2025 marked the 4 year anniversary of one of the scariest moments in my life. That horrible day has replayed in a loop in my mind daily since it happened. I\u0026rsquo;m not the type of person that knows how to deal with my own stress very well. I ignore my own feelings and issues to make sure that I can keep everything and everyone else together. I know it\u0026rsquo;s not healthy, but it\u0026rsquo;s gotten me this far.\nThings could have been much worse. Thankfully, no one was hurt during that incident. It was almost immediately after that incident that I realized something I never really knew about myself. I really enjoy writing. I had to compose myself and sit down to write down the events that occurred. I felt that if I didn\u0026rsquo;t do this immediately, I wouldn\u0026rsquo;t remember what just happened. I used to wake up in the middle of the night and write down dreams and this felt just like that. The more I wrote, the better I felt. I ended up writing a short story about the event that would prove useful later on.\nI\u0026rsquo;m new to the world of sharing my thoughts with others. I\u0026rsquo;ve never been huge into sharing via social media or any other platform. I do enjoy a good lengthy, in person conversations though especially if it\u0026rsquo;s with older generations that have so much to say. I don\u0026rsquo;t know how you came to find yourself on my site, but If you read beyond this page, you may learn a lot about me and the things I enjoy, as well as not enjoy so much in my day to day life. I don\u0026rsquo;t have anything specific to share, but I also don\u0026rsquo;t have many topics that are off limits to share with you.\nOne of my favorite hobbies is collecting hobbies. I\u0026rsquo;m not sure if that\u0026rsquo;s a thing, but I have so many hobbies that I can never keep up with them. My primary hobby is my work. I live in Southern California and I work in Post Production. I love what I do for a living. I don\u0026rsquo;t know how to do anything else. I sincerely enjoy being part of the film making community. Keeping up with trends and technology in this ever changing landscape is challenging. No two days are ever the same when you are busy and there is never any slow time if you are open and willing to learn new things.\nI should have actually started this with an introduction. \u0026ldquo;Robato Desu\u0026rdquo; is a very informal way of introducing myself in Japanese. The phrase simply means, \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m Robert\u0026rdquo;. If you are interested in Post Production, learning about my different hobbies, or just want to see how long I keep up with this hobby, I hope you find something of interest here and come back to check in, and yes learning Japanese and Japanese culture is has remained in the top 3 of my hobbies since birth!\nThank you for joining me and reading my words.\nRobert\n","permalink":"https://www.robatodesu.com/about-me/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eJuly 10, 2025 marked the 4 year anniversary of one of the scariest moments in my life. That horrible day has replayed in a loop in my mind daily since it happened. I\u0026rsquo;m not the type of person that knows how to deal with my own stress very well. I ignore my own feelings and issues to make sure that I can keep everything and everyone else together. I know it\u0026rsquo;s not healthy, but it\u0026rsquo;s gotten me this far.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"About Me"},{"content":"Last updated: July 2026\nThis is a personal blog. It is a static website — there are no user accounts, no comment system, no contact forms, and no advertising or third-party tracking scripts. The short version: I don\u0026rsquo;t collect personal information about you, and I don\u0026rsquo;t have anything to sell.\nWho runs this site This site is written and maintained by Robert (\u0026ldquo;Robato Desu\u0026rdquo;). If you have a question about your privacy here, the best way to reach me is through the social media links in the site header.\nHosting and server logs The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Like virtually all web hosts, Cloudflare automatically processes standard technical information when your browser requests a page — such as your IP address, browser type, and the page you requested — in order to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. This data is handled by Cloudflare under their own privacy policy, which you can read at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy. I do not maintain a separate database of visitors.\nAnalytics If site analytics are enabled, they use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is privacy-focused: it does not use cookies, does not fingerprint your browser, and does not track you across other websites. It reports only aggregate figures like page views and general visit counts.\nCookies This site does not set advertising or tracking cookies. If you use the light/dark theme toggle, your preference is saved in your browser\u0026rsquo;s local storage on your own device. That setting never leaves your device and is not sent to me or anyone else.\nLinks to other sites Pages here may link to external sites, including my social media profiles. Once you follow a link off this site, this policy no longer applies — those sites have their own privacy practices, and I\u0026rsquo;m not responsible for them.\nChanges If this policy changes, the \u0026ldquo;last updated\u0026rdquo; date above will change with it.\n","permalink":"https://www.robatodesu.com/privacy-policy/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast updated: July 2026\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a personal blog. It is a static website — there are no user accounts, no\ncomment system, no contact forms, and no advertising or third-party tracking\nscripts. The short version: I don\u0026rsquo;t collect personal information about you, and I\ndon\u0026rsquo;t have anything to sell.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"who-runs-this-site\"\u003eWho runs this site\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis site is written and maintained by Robert (\u0026ldquo;Robato Desu\u0026rdquo;). If you have a\nquestion about your privacy here, the best way to reach me is through the social\nmedia links in the site header.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Privacy Policy"}]