crawling out of my exile to ask a question:

i have a Big Travel coming up & was curious if anyone here would be interested in pics?

sorry for not being on for the last few months. i just dont know what to do here anymore.

i am making grabby-hands at my phone & i promise to cry if i get to read it? :<

poke my head in here for the first time in nearly a month & find that some AI-bootlicker liked my posts. i feel gross now...

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly?

Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!

Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

having a Mood this morning & got the itch to listen to a particular song. did some cathartic head-banging. almost hunted down a link to share with folks and then actually /listened/ to the lyrics and no. not sharing this earworm. it's all a little too on-the-nose. <_<;;;

finally going to have a bit of spending money this week & idk if i want to splurge on merch or get a tattoo (either way, impulse control is out the window)

minor alt text nitpick: band members aren't just holding the Palestinian flag- they are mimicking the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima. i adore this choice! 🇵🇸

screenshot of the Portland Metro area with flags showing the local radio stations

fuck it- i think i'm done with trying to find a decent free streaming platform. back to radio with my old ass.

ever look at upcoming projects at your job and want to scream & cry?

i was not hired for this work. but no one else is going to do it. i just want a break, is that too much to ask for?

WoL, dragging 2815 pots of palm suryp into their Tuliyollal inn room: <nods to Wuk Lamat>
Lamaty'i: Is... is that normal?
Krile: Unfortunately, yes.

dusting off my oldest gDoc files and i hit a fucking jackpot!

i had a character profile doc for my chronic-wip-novel that i thought i had lost AGES ago in a harddrive crash. it's in my gDocs! i could cry with relief that i dont have to re-wrote all of that 😭

opened a short original fiction story i'd written back in 2009 & was immediately hit with the reminder that bbwriter!Shim was told All Contractions Are Bad

two sentences in & i'm itching to edit...

just realized that my next few months are going to be absolute mayhem at work & i probably don't get a vacation until next year...

If asked, Shimera will say she's Lominsan- they took her in at her lowest and it's home now.

For backstory's sake:
Her mom lived her whole life in the South Shroud & was 100% mooncat. Shim's dad was a wandering Ala Mhigan suncat. She was born & raised in the Shroud before running away.

i think assigning kpdh songs to my chronic-project ocs may have brought a spark of joy into my morning- esp assigning "How it's Done" & "Takedown" to men who would never listen to those songs
;p

🫂
i'd offer to let you hide in my office/cave, but idk if you can get here before the migraine hits. :<

sorry you're feeling that way, friend. if this platform isn't bringing you joy, then it may be time to let it go.
just remember, you can always come back & we'll be here if that's something you decide you want.
🧡

Idk. Might have to vanish from the socials for a bit- at least until I can knuckle through msq.

- Flying pancake acquired.
- 1.5 runs of new A-Raid complete.
- MSQ? Nope. Nada.

And I probably won’t be able to do anything of it until Monday & tbh I’m not sure I’m gonna have the motivation to do it. Idk. Losing the joy in your main hobby sucks.

A drawing of fireflies in a forest graveyard. The caption reads, "You don't have to get it all perfect in order to make a good life."

SKELE
You left that man in the cold until THIS YEAR when Mooncraft dropped! xD

LRP: I can FINALLY put Shimera in *swim shorts*! Y’all don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for this.
@_@

Illustration for the Final Fantasy 14 Online Moonfire Faire 2025 seasonal event. The Warrior of Light and Haurchefant are dressed in wetsuits, with Haurchefant holding his hand out towards the viewer, and the Warrior of Light holding a life buoy on his left arm. Behind them are multiple characters having fun in and around a pool. 

The Moonfire Faire is coming back to #FFXIV with a splash! ⛱️ sqex.to/q5mmp

📅 August 13 – August 26

Pack your beach bag and get ready to head to Costa Del Sol for some summertime fun!

🤝

Haj is such a chaotic little angel. Give them a hug for me? :3

Maybe I’ll try to fish up this little guy instead of doing MSQ? :q

Maybe if I love too much all at once I can use it all up and finally dispose of the heart that has caused me nothing but trouble.