i am an idiot for placing data segments in the machine code without either telling PC to skip or making strict data segments, super ouch, but it works!

src/main.S

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                               ; ensure 16-bit mode (unnecessary?)
             clc
             xce
-            rep   #$30
+            rep   #$20
 
             phk
             plb
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@
             ldal  $00C056     ; select "low res" graphics
 
 ; ok, we are done toggling switches, let's go make a string
-            rep   #$30
+            rep   #$20
 
-            phk
-            pld
-
-hithere     strl  "hello world"
             ldx   #2
 :loopy      nop
             lda   hithere,x
-            stal  $000400
+            stal  $000400,x
             cpx   hithere
             inx
             bcs   outbrk
@@ -42,41 +38,6 @@ hithere     strl  "hello world"
 
 outbrk      brk
 
-; y u no work
-*            ldx   hithere+2
-*            ldy   #$0400
-*            lda   hithere
-
-*            mvp   #$02,       #$00
-
-*            brk
-
-*            lda   #"H"
-*            sta   $0400
-*            lda   #"e"
-*            sta   $0401
-*            lda   #"l"
-*            sta   $0402
-*            lda   #"l"
-*            sta   $0403
-*            lda   #"o"
-*            sta   $0404
-*            lda   #" "
-*            sta   $0405
-*            lda   #"W"
-*            sta   $0406
-*            lda   #"o"
-*            sta   $0407
-*            lda   #"r"
-*            sta   $0408
-*            lda   #"l"
-*            sta   $0409
-*            lda   #"d"
-*            sta   $040A
-            brk
-
-
-
 ; Important locations
 SPEAKER     equ   $E0C030
 PRODOS16    equ   $E100A8
@@ -93,6 +54,32 @@ ERROR       brk
 QP          adrl  $0000
             da    $00
 
+hithere     strl  "this was excruciating"
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