crystal tower

well, it's certainly been a while. honestly i never forgot the site, i've just be unwell recently and writing diary enteries wasn't really a priority. i'm not going to disclose too much personal information, but i had to stay in the hospital for a little while thanks to my body deciding to have an oopsy. i think i'm getting better now though. i've been trying to take better care of myself as well, so it's not like no good came out of it. in a way i honestly kinda miss my iv drip.. feels a bit empty without it stuck in my hand.

i got to prog p1s with some friends and.. almost friends? the other day. it was so fun... we got eric down to like 15% on our first day of prog! granted we're very op by now and haven't tried it w/o echo yet, but i'm still pleased that we already got so far. i love progging.. and it's honestly nice to finally be able to say i've tried savage even if it was like, in a very op state. i heard p1s isn't really that hard anyway, though we are also planning to do p2s and p4s. maybe 3. honestly i hope we can just get things to work out in the long run and do the current tier at some point and hopefully the future tier when that comes out.. i'd love to, so i hope we can.

went to the arcade with my gf this week and we stayed over just outside the local city. it was very fun! we got to play a bunch of fun stuff and eat a ton of good food. the import stores there always have the best fresh pastry bun type stuff, i only regret that there's unfortunately no way to bring back a lot of the refrigerated or frozen food.. though i did indeed get my bubble tea so all is well

the arcade was real fun. it's expanded a bunch since the last time we went, i was honestly suprised at how much it's grown. they even have a whole project diva future tone machine now.. somehow it's both easier and harder than playing it on console.. and of course, i got my few runs of jubeat in. shame we didn't get more time on the taiko machine but it's understandably very popular.

in general, i think i'd forgotten how much i like travelling, fatigue and pains be damned. at least the trains help there - no travel sickness, no overexerting myself - and i just enjoy them in general anyway. very quaint and cute, and i like watching the world go by through the windows.. in general, i love going places, seeing things, watching life go by, getting to be a part of the ambience. just walking around the city is enjoyable, and interesting too. i wish things were less expensive, but even just sitting around and vibing is great, especially when you're with someone you love. as embarrassing as it is to say something like that so boldly LOL

Man am I SLEEPY recently

I keep having things I want to write about but by the time I think of writing them out I've already forgotten lol. What have I been up to these last few days..? Mostly just Island Sanctuary. It's got that sort of menial task farm sim feedback loop that I just love. I've never been so excited to do almost nothing. I know a lot of people think that it's boring or something but it has a very strong grip on me.. hell, it's fun to just AFK there.. it's my own little cozy space. I guess I could also do this with my housing plot but at least I don't have to spend gil on IS...... I want to renovate my house but I'm already spending money on other things!!

I did indeed enjoy my 'G'raha Day'. My little guy who is so warm and so soft and so welcoming and wonderful and cute who I love so much.. I wrote him a little thing. I'm still not sure if I want to brave the idea of posting my art on either site but I did draw him a couple more times also.. and take screenshots.. and make a bunch of posts about him.. the usual. I miss him dearly and hope that he comes back in 6.3. Well, like, obviously he'll be in the Alliance Raid quests but I want him in MSQ. I MISS him!!!!!! Let him in

Weh weh weh I don't know what to add next to this site. Art or writing feels obvious and easy but I'm still on the fence about sharing it. Just having an online diary is OK I guess but I want... something more than just that? Hm. Maybe I could work on my links/resources/recs collection or something. It would be mildly useful, especially for myself since I lose stuff all the damn time. I dunno. We shall see.

Island Sanctuary is everything to me now. That is all.

Couple hours after starting this site yesterday I stumbled across a similar (though more.. focused?) web host, waifu.ist. It's a site dedicated to making shrines for your most beloved character!! My love for Raha combined with my love for site making made me insantly sign up and start building something. It's not much yet but I'm excited to add more to it. I'll probably have my own silly little shrine here as well, perhaps something less organized and just something cute and feelsy.. we will see

Tomorrow is 6.2 release. I'm both excited and nervous.. There's at least 3 new pairs of shorts for male characters to wear, plus my beloved Island Sanctuary, a bunch more un-genderlocked clothing including a set I've ALWAYS wanted and never thought I'd be able to use, and plenty of other QOL changes and extra profile frames and the like. On the other hand I'm a little apprehensive, mostly because there isn't a single crumb of Raha in the trailer and I'll be big sad if I don't get to see him, though there's also other things I'm conflicted over (big Varshahn is one of those things.. I don't want it, please no). Overall it'll probably be a decent patch though, Island Sanctuary and shorts for guys can carry it I'm sure...... +_+ Considering his role in the Alliance Raid questline, I guess I'll likely see Raha again in 6.3, so.. eh.. It'll be a while, probably not until next year, but hey, I have a whole farm sim to have fun with in the meantime. >_<b

Gonna grind out some last minute PVP rewards and parses today. Maybe more site stuff. We'll see.

Well I suppose this is a start.

Truthfully I have longed for the feeling of website editing and hosting for a while, but have put it off for various reasons I won't bother listing. In the end I will always really love HTML and CSS and all of that kind of thing, and after being encouraged by my GF, I guessed I could give it a try.

Now what to actually do with the site, I'm not sure. I'd like to stick to this, after all! Having a place to collect my art or writing could be fun, even if I end up making those pages indiscoverable, though I guess there's no harm it being seen, I'm just shy..

I'd love to have one of those typical old "I LOVE xyz!!!" character shrines for the other LOML, but what I could do to make it special and different, I don't know. Ultimately it is by me, for him, so that itself is pretty special. Maybe lol. That's one of the things I'm most excited to work on <3

It's not like I really want this site to be big, to be well known or loved by many people.. Honestly, that sounds more scary than it does fun. It's just here to make me happy and perhaps be something for me to reflect on in the future. And as long as it can carry out that role for me, then it's good enough!