Thought I made it clear now--

Hello everyone!

Ascian-trash reporting for duty! I still exist. It's been a rough couple of months and only because I've been properly mourning Emet-Selch and thus does the ADHD come in and voila, hyperfixation. It's been eat, sleep, breathe Emet-Selch-- I've actually hit on some REALLY good RPers and I've created a lot of really fun stories and gotten to know my Emet-Selch muse. He is a monster, I haven't had a muse hit me THIS hard (dare I say he is bigger than Citan Uzuki-- I am afraid to say this, but it's the truth).

In non-FFXIV related news-- for my 40th birthday, my husband and I went to California. It was fun but it was also bittersweet as I had to deal with problematic family issues and the fact that my grandmother STILL does not have a headstone. This is of course typical of my family, no surprise. Also dealing with the constant jealousy and vitriol from my Aunt Cathy was also pretty damn amusing. But for all of that, there was an overwhelming surge of nostalgia of being back 'home'. Like I hadn't been back there in 16 years but it still felt like only yesterday that I was a teenager and wandering those streets, and of course it was just as much fun showing where I grew up to my husband.

And Disneyland was ALOT of fun, and I bought the Enchanted Tiki Room Dress, I bought Haunted Mansion Minnie Ears, I had DOLE WHIPS and BENGAL BARBEQUE and ate TONS (more than I should've, probably). Vacation was nice though and it was a nice little respite from real life.

So how has everyone else been?

So reading "Let's Plays" of Fire Emblem has seriously affected how I react to how a character levels in "Fire Emblem Warriors". Like when Chrom leveled and didn't gain an inch of strength, Lucina levels and gets that stat- and I am like, "Chrom, what is wrong with you? You're being showed up by your daughter from the future!". As if Chrom could talk back to me, hahahaha! But seriously it is a fun game, and while I'm not a fan of the overall style of Fire Emblem, I am a fan of the "Warriors" franchise, I find it fun in a hack and slash sort of way-- (also, seriously Chrom is the best dad, I would LOVE Chrom as a dad, he is proably in to BBQ's and profuse dad jokes.. at least that is how I imagine him.)

This weekend, my goal is to add a RP thread to my RP comm, musehalla, and I will invite anyone to drop in and play with any of the characters listed on the user info. For now I am going to shy away from Bakerstreet as I really sort of want to find my RP voice again, and I don't want to be overwhelmed; start out slow and steady. Also, if you know a series that I am into, feel free to ask what character I would play from that series-- perhaps we can get a PSL going or something if we find mutual ground. (only series out of bounds is Xenogears/saga-- Citan Uzuki/Hyuga and co is permanently retired-- just do not have the energy to invest in that series when it comes to RP, I just can't do it)

On the icon plate, there is a new challenge and I've picked the 80s for that challenge, it's a sweeping generalization but I don't like to pigeonhole myself into a set series, I like to be able to have variety on what to icon, and I feel that the nostalgia will do me good! Also, new texture set up at hiraethe, it's a departure from the usual grunge and there are a lot of textures that I am excited to use myself! When I make textures, my process is "would I use these?", and I've already used several of them on icons, they are really lovely and I definitely will be planning another set along those lines. But bright grunge is my usual style and goes so well with my anime/manga stylized trappings. (just call me shoujotrash, it's all good.) So far though the new style has gone over real well and it's really just taking stock photos and bluring them, overlaying or super zooming them, as well as adding colour effects when at all possible.

So now I have a new icon challenge to focus on-- this one will be involving the 80s~

As usually, I don't post icons over at this journal-- however if you are interested, my icon community is over at hiraethe where I post all of my responses to challenges and all that-- I've been trying to once again draw away from 'shoujo hell', but it's the colours and the sparklies, can't help it~!

Hope y'all are having a good start to the weekend!

note: Walmart is selling 'soylent' now. I did a double take and was like "WTF!" Oh boy! People now come in 'strawberry' flavor!