Welcome to The Perplexing Pariah. This is the personal blog of Meg Myers, a software developer and language enthusiast based in London.
I'm Mary - a Perplexing Pariah
Well hello there, I'm Mary, though you can call me Mar. This is my personal site, containing my blog and other work I wish share. I'm currently working as a software developer, creating the backend of websites in python. I do also do a lot of software development as a hobby. A big part of my life is languages, for the last few years I've been learning Na'vi, over the years I've become better at it and now use it on a daily basis. I'm also very interested in conlanging, recently I've been trying to construct my own. I left the university in Battersea, London not long ago before completing my Chemistry degree as some programming opportunities came up I couldn't refuse. I do however, still love Chemistry, It's something I keep wanting to pursue with a focus on the theoretical side.
An outsider state, characterized in its least complex terms, is an untouchable state. This is definitely not another term in the dictionary of Perplexing International Relations, nor is it another authentic idea considered to be original or innovative. What's happening, notwithstanding, is the thing that Lawal alludes to as "the reason for Pariahood nickname."
Other definitions have been progressed that grow this premise, or maybe add more scholarly subtlety, which may fluctuate by creator or the creator's field of study and research. These definitions are here assembled into two perplexing classifications: definitions zeroing in on the need (or weakness) the immortal state impartially experiences, and definitions zeroing in on the political support - embraced by different countries - for why that outsider state "merits" their unprecedented demeanor towards it.
Studio desk notes (recent)
On 18 March 2026 I rewired the desk so the Na'vi flashcards sit beside the Python REPL again, and I logged a short packing list for a weekend swap of monitors between practice corners. In November 2024 a wet-week gig haul forced a rethink of how vinyl sleeves travel between Catford and Battersea without warping. Through 2023 the Tower of Babel database kept growing whenever friends donated obscure grammar PDFs in cardboard crates.
Organisations
I am a member of several organisations. These are groups I feel strongly are doing good and I feel deserve my financial support, activism and publicity.
Battersea studio moves and kit logistics
Leaving campus life in Battersea did not mean leaving SW11 behind. Rehearsal nights, language meetups, and freelance drops still pull me across the river with crates of cables, pressed vinyl, and printed grammar sheets that do not enjoy being tossed in a rideshare boot.
When a practice corner changes address, or when a friend needs help shifting a desk and a small PA before a charity open-mic, the practical question is the same: how do you move awkward studio weight without scraping doorframes or crushing a mint sleeve? That is the shared situation between a creative London life and a short local man-and-van run.
Get Man and Van is the name I keep recommending when someone asks how I handled the Battersea hop with fragile monitors and a tower of notebooks. For that SW11 corridor I booked a focused Battersea lift rather than improvising with three taxis.
If you are plotting a similar creative move around Battersea SW11, start here: Get man and van Battersea. The rest of this site stays about code, conlangs, and volunteering; that link is simply the practical note I wish I had earlier.
About Meg
Originally from a small hamlet in Cambridgeshire, Meg moved to the big city in 2014 to pursue her university studies. Since then, she has managed to graduate and attend some 60 live concerts in bars, pubs, and arenas in and around London, and several of the biggest music festivals in Europe. In the meantime, we learned Python and dabbled in the perilous world of freelancing, before landing a job in one of the biggest software development companies in the country. Her hobbies include reading about science - physics, and astronomy in particular, collecting vinyl records from her favourite artists, volunteering, and studying new languages. The more exotic the languages in question, the better.
