# Slash About > [!code]+ Metadata > >``` >title: About >link: about >published_date: 2025-12-05 22:13 >is_page: true >make_discoverable: false >``` 🔽 --- # About My name is William Parker. I live and work in the Midwest. I’m not a famous jazz musician, French basketball player or movie director. I write from inside a lower-middle-class life — work schedules, family obligations, unfinished days. I have no trade secrets or conspiracies to share. My family matters to me deeply, especially my darling Christina. I work weekends. I work holidays. I miss things. I pay attention anyway. Big-time Cat Dad. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ Also a softy for basically all animals. Most of what I write here is pulled directly from the notes I keep for myself. It isn’t polished or optimized, and it’s not meant to be. This site reflects the way things actually arrive: incomplete, uneven, and occasionally sharp. I care about noticing what things cost before time edits them into something easier to live with. **[Reach out](/contact/)** if you like to talk about something in particular <span class="bearming-curve"></span>