diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index 10409af..b81d36b 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/fonts");
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/_assets/js");
 
+  eleventyConfig.addCollection("tagsList", function(collectionApi) {
+    const tagsList = new Set();
+    collectionApi.getAll().map( item => {
+        if (item.data.tags) { // handle pages that don't have tags
+            item.data.tags.map( tag => tagsList.add(tag))
+        }
+    });
+    return tagsList;
+  });
+
   return {
     passthroughFileCopy: true,
     dir: {
diff --git a/src/_assets/css/styles.css b/src/_assets/css/styles.css
index cd7c843..7ea76d1 100644
--- a/src/_assets/css/styles.css
+++ b/src/_assets/css/styles.css
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
   /* --text-light: #585858; */
   --border: #6a826a;
   --accent: #aa5757;
+  --content-column-width: 750px;
+  /* this width was 200 but i stretched it out to fit the gif */
+  --sidebar-column-width: 287px;
+  --line-padding: 8px;
 }
 
 html {
@@ -36,17 +40,21 @@ html {
 /* Format headers */
 
 h1 {
-  font-size: 2.5rem;
+  font-size: 1.8rem;
+  margin-top: 15px;
+  margin-bottom: 15px;
   color: var(--header-text);
 }
 
 h2 {
-  font-size: 2rem;
-  margin-top: 3rem;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  margin-top: var(--line-padding);
+  margin-bottom: var(--line-padding);
   color: var(--header-text);
 }
 
 h3 {
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
   color: var(--header-text);
 }
 
@@ -54,20 +62,26 @@ h3 {
 a,
 a:visited {
   color: var(--accent);
+  display: inline-block;
+  transition: transform .07s ease-out;
 }
 
 a:hover {
   text-decoration: none;
+  transform: translate(0px,-2px);
+}
+
+a:has(img):hover {
+  transform: none;
 }
 
 hr {
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-top: 5px solid var(--border);
 }
 
 body {
   color: var(--text);
   background: var(--bg);
-  /* background-image: url("/img/l_ash02_big.jpg"); */
   background-size: cover;
   background-attachment: fixed;
   line-height: 1.3;
@@ -75,22 +89,27 @@ body {
   justify-content: center;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   gap: 20px;
-  margin: 20px;
-  height: 100%;
-  /* padding: 0 1em; */
-  /* font-size: 1.15rem; */
+  min-height: 100vh;
   /* align-items: flex-start; */
+  /* background-image: url("/img/l_ash02_big.jpg"); */
+  /* font-size: 1.15rem; */
+  /* height: 100vh; */
+  /* margin: 20px; */
+  /* padding: 0 1em; */
 }
 
 main {
-  /* // margin: 0 auto; */
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: space-between;
   background: var(--container);
-  width: 750px;
+  width: var(--content-column-width);
   padding: 15px;
-  height: min-content;
-  /* border: 2px solid var(--border); */
-  border-radius: 15px;
+  min-height: max-content;
   box-sizing: border-box;
+  /* // margin: 0 auto; */
+  /* border: 2px solid var(--border); */
+  /* border-radius: 15px; */
 }
 
 
@@ -98,9 +117,9 @@ aside {
   position: sticky;
   height: min-content;
   top: 20px;
-  width: 200px;
+  width: var(--sidebar-column-width);
   margin-top: 30px;
-  display:flex;
+  display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   /* border: 2px solid var(--border); */
@@ -108,12 +127,18 @@ aside {
 
 .profile-img {
   width: 100px;
-  border-radius: 50px;
+  border-radius: 60px;
+  border: 5px solid var(--border);
   /* top: -70px; */
   z-index: 1;
   position: relative;
 }
 
+nav {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
 .sidebar-contents {
   padding: 65px 15px 15px 15px;
   border-radius: 15px;
@@ -129,23 +154,42 @@ aside {
   body {
     flex-direction: column-reverse;
     max-width: 100%;
+    justify-content: start;
     /* this is a pretty bad solution */
     margin: -20px 20px 20px;
+    gap: 0;
+    align-items: center;
   }
 
   main {
     max-width: 100%;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    margin-bottom: -20px;
   }
 
   aside {
     position: relative;
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: var(--content-column-width);
+    margin-top: 0;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+  }
+  
+  .sidebar-contents {
+    border-radius: 0;
+    width: 100%;
   }
 
-  /* nav {
-    display: flex;
+  .sidebar-contents>img{
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  nav {
     flex-direction: row;
-    gap: 1rem;
-  } */
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0rem 1rem;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
 
   .sidebar-contents {
     /* padding: 15px; */
@@ -153,6 +197,9 @@ aside {
     /* width: min-content; */
   }
 
+  /* a:hover {
+    transform: none;
+  } */
 }
 
 article>p {
@@ -160,6 +207,15 @@ article>p {
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+article>iframe {
+  padding-top: var(--line-padding);
+  padding-bottom: var(--line-padding);
+}
+
+header>h1 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
 /* body > footer {
   margin-top: 4rem;
   padding: 2rem 1rem 1.5rem 1rem;
diff --git a/src/_assets/img/143.gif b/src/_assets/img/143.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a9a251
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diff --git a/src/_includes/layout/base.njk b/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
index 62f6c97..f60826f 100644
--- a/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/layout/base.njk
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <main>
-      <header>{% include 'partials/header.njk' %}</header>
-      <hr/>
-      <article>
-          <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
-          {{ content | safe }}
-      </article>
-      <hr/>
-      <footer>{% include 'partials/footer.njk' %}</footer>
+      <div>
+        <header>{% include 'partials/header.njk' %}</header>
+        <hr/>
+        <article>
+            <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+            {{ content | safe }}
+        </article>
+      </div>
+      <footer>
+        <hr/>
+        {% include 'partials/footer.njk' %}
+      </footer>
     </main>
     <aside>{% include 'partials/sidebar.njk' %}</aside>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk b/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
index fd3e60e..b8a5105 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/navigation.njk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <nav>
-  <a href="/">/</a><br/>
-  <a href="/pages/">/pages</a><br/>
-  <a href="/about/">/about</a><br/>
-  <a href="/links/">/links</a><br/>
-  <a href="/contact/">/contact</a><br/>
-  <a href="/blog/">/blog</a><br/>
+  <a href="/">/</a>
+  <a href="/pages/">/pages</a>
+  <a href="/about/">/about</a>
+  <a href="/links/">/links</a>
+  <a href="/contact/">/contact</a>
+  <a href="/blog/">/blog</a>
 </nav>
 {#INFO: It's important to stucture your links with the slashes / on either side of the href /about/ to ensure the links are always from the root of the site.#}
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diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/sidebar.njk b/src/_includes/partials/sidebar.njk
index d7214b1..acaa36f 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/sidebar.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/sidebar.njk
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 </a>
 <div class="sidebar-contents">
     {% include 'partials/navigation.njk' %}
+    <img src="/_assets/img/143.gif"/>
 </div>
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diff --git a/src/anime/anime.json b/src/anime/anime.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a4bc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/anime/anime.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "anime"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/blog.md b/src/blog.md
index 83c6ef8..00d07eb 100644
--- a/src/blog.md
+++ b/src/blog.md
@@ -3,10 +3,3 @@ title: blog
 layout: layout/base.njk
 eleventyImport.collections: ["blog"]
 ---
-
-These are all of my amazing blog posts, enjoy!
-  {% for post in collections.blog | reverse %}
-   - [{{ post.data.title }}]({{ post.data.page.fileSlug }})
-  {% endfor %}
-
-<!-- post.data contents are at https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/discussions/2284 -->
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diff --git a/src/climbing/climbing.json b/src/climbing/climbing.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1cf5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/climbing/climbing.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "climbing"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/games/games.json b/src/games/games.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b4d6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/games/games.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "games"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/keyboards/keyboards.json b/src/keyboards/keyboards.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5675094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/keyboards/keyboards.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "keyboards"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/misc/misc.json b/src/misc/misc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5b3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/misc/misc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "misc"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/movies/movies.json b/src/movies/movies.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d834d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/movies/movies.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "layout": "layout/blog",
+    "tags": "movies"
+  }
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diff --git a/src/pages.md b/src/pages.md
index a740bd1..9b4dd2f 100644
--- a/src/pages.md
+++ b/src/pages.md
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ layout: layout/base.njk
 title: pages
 ---
 
-{% if collections.blog.length > 0 %}
-blog posts
-{% endif %}
-{% for post in collections.blog | reverse %}
- \- [{{ post.data.title }}](/blog/{{ post.data.page.fileSlug }})
-{% endfor %}
-{% if collections.music.length > 0 %}
-music
-{% endif %}
-{% for post in collections.music | reverse %}
- \- [{{ post.data.title }}]({{ post.data.page.fileSlug }})
+{% for tag in collections.tagsList %}
+  {{tag}}
+  {% for post in collections[tag] %}
+ \- [{{ post.data.title }}](/{{ tag }}/{{ post.data.page.fileSlug }})
+  {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
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