touching grass
Aug. 16th, 2025 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javertIt was a little less hot today (it was quite nice, actually) so we went out for a bit. It made me realize not only we have a nice, large park ten minutes away, but it's even got water... So maybe there is hope for me getting back into walking and writing outside like I used to do last year. Depending on the weather, I might try to set up a new routine for myself next week, even...
( Some yapping follows... and pics! )
I made the list of things I said I wanted to talk about, and realized that I keep forgetting I can make polls since I have a paid DW account... so I'm making a poll! It's my first time making one, hopefully I don't fuck it up. It's anonymous and should be open to anyone (who's registered on DW) so please vote freely. I may or may not take it into account. (Joking... or am I...)
( Some yapping follows... and pics! )
I made the list of things I said I wanted to talk about, and realized that I keep forgetting I can make polls since I have a paid DW account... so I'm making a poll! It's my first time making one, hopefully I don't fuck it up. It's anonymous and should be open to anyone (who's registered on DW) so please vote freely. I may or may not take it into account. (Joking... or am I...)
Poll #33495 Blaugust Democracy
This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
What should I blaug about next?
View Answers
Do the remaining sunshine_revival challenges
1 (6.7%)
Finish the Fannish 50 post I'd previously started
1 (6.7%)
Talk about my relationship with fandom exchanges
5 (33.3%)
Talk about zines (zines I have, zines I've been in, zines in general)
3 (20.0%)
Talk about kinks (my kink journey, kinks in general)
3 (20.0%)
My Internet anecdote/memories (as mentioned in a previous post)
2 (13.3%)
May-August Manga Wrap-Up
Aug. 15th, 2025 09:51 pmbluapapilio
I finished 1/2 Prince and it gave me a headache I am so glad to be done with it, my nostalgia for it took a blow... 
I read some of Yugioh Duelist vol. 1, I think I'm going to slow down my reading a little because I'm finding Yami Yuugi's new personality too irritating. I read the first chapter of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, I look forward to seeing where it goes from there! I completed volume 16 of D.Gray-Man and I look forward to reading it more regularly! I read volume 6 of Kuroshitsuji, I'm very curious to get answers! & Finished volume 93 and reading some of volume 94 of One Piece. Reread the first 3 chapters of the SquEni Formation anthology for Touken Ranbu, funny and cute! I finished volume 1 of Gekkan Shoujo Nozaku-kun and look forward to reading more. I read 2 chapters of Red Raven, I wanted to read more but was having concentration issues so will read more another time. Read volume 6 of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card-hen, things are getting dicey! Re-read the first 2 chapters of Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark, I look forward to reading more later! I reread Croquis and have decided to pass it along. 
50 aggretsuko icons!!!
Aug. 15th, 2025 11:50 pmjavertWe're watching Aggretsuko right now because Noah has never seen it and we paid for Netflix to watch ASOUE, so might as well use it while we still have it. It's my third time seeing season 1-3 and will be my second time seeing season 4-5. Actually, my last rewatch (and first watch of 4-5) was earlier this year a little after we moved lol. We watched so much furry stuff with my bf while Noah was away... I kind of want to try to convince Noah to watch ODD TAXI too because it's so good...
(AHHH, I SHOULD HAVE NOMINATED ODD TAXI FOR FIAB... Oh well... Next year...)
( Mix of characters from season 1 to 3, only ones I like (so no Haida) )
I also wanted to make that list of the stuff I said I'd talk about today but now it's so late I don't feel like it anymore. Tomorrow. It's hot and I spent the whole day feeling bad because of it. We played cards and started a puzzle though, which was nice.
(AHHH, I SHOULD HAVE NOMINATED ODD TAXI FOR FIAB... Oh well... Next year...)
( Mix of characters from season 1 to 3, only ones I like (so no Haida) )
I also wanted to make that list of the stuff I said I'd talk about today but now it's so late I don't feel like it anymore. Tomorrow. It's hot and I spent the whole day feeling bad because of it. We played cards and started a puzzle though, which was nice.
Game Check-in: Expedition 33
Aug. 14th, 2025 10:00 pmbluapapilio
Spoilers from Gestral Village and Stone Wave Cliffs's endI missed that there was a Manor door in Gestral Village! Inside was a kitchen and a statue switch. Then I fell through the floor?? Anyway this area has some Easter eggs, like the Gestral(?) surrounded by food and a piece of cake that said Exp 33 on it, and the real life photo of what I'm guessing is the game's staff celebrating the completion of the game. Also an Energy Tint.
Beat all but the last guy in the Hidden Arena, failed the challenge at the last little section on the Gestral Beach, fed the fountain in the Red Woods 5k Chroma but ran out.
I finally got the baguette outfit for Maelle, only there's no baguette!
Beat the big Bourgeon off the path to Stone Wave Cliffs, it swallowed both Maelle and Lune at one point. >.> Got nice upgrades from it though and found a lost Gestral and a Pictos.
Ookay back in the cave I left off at in Stone Wave Cliffs. I also took out the Petank here after figuring out how to corner it.
Turned up brightness all the way so I can stop leaning into the screen trying to see and stop getting lost...still get lost. 😂
Took down the boss Nevron, got the Pictos and...is the outfit behind that Manor door Sophie's?! If I were Maelle I'd feel too awkward to wear it;;
Got the Breaking Shots Pictos from the platform challenge, I need to train a couple more Pictos soon.
Went back and I think I got all the stuff from the submerged houses before continuing on. The lamps turning on as you walked through the dark was so creepy. And just when I thought the Lampmaster was easy to beat it came back hahah, still not too bad.
AND THEN THE WHITE-HAIRED MAN APPEARED WTF my heart was in my throat!!!
I cried but mostly in shock. Why did he knock Maelle into the vision like that? Are Lune and Sciel okay since the Lampmaster came back?
Unfortunately because I was spoiled I already know the name of the man who showed up,
I want to cry again fuck. Gustave. How can things go on like this? Is this why the guide I was looking at only shows Act 1 stats for him??? Why did he have to die in the baguette outfit. 😭😭😭
Sciel comforting Lune when she must be hurting herself.
So the old guy's name is Renoir. He and Verso are from Expedition 0. Renoir thinks immortality is a gift from The Paintress, that's why he kills the Expeditioners...
Game Check-in: General state of things
Aug. 14th, 2025 09:53 pmbluapapilioI needed a list of games I've started/not finished so I can lay it out and decide how to proceed.
Currently focusing on:
Expedition 33: I'm in the thick of it and I think I'll be able to finish it straight through at this rate.
Persona X: I can't beat Miyazawa so I looked up a guide. I needed Morgana so I used the 300 pulls reward, got him and leveled him up. Now I'm just too lazy to try again. Multi-level boss fights are annoying. I'm doing dailies, events and some character training here and there.
Passively playing:
Wind Breaker -Rising Heroes-: Still doing dailies and reading conversations sometimes but have fallen behind on main story and events stories.
Etheria Restart: I've read all the main story so all I've been doing over and over is dailies, some event stuff and training characters...
Occasional checking in:
Genshin Impact: After being away for a while and especially after playing WuWa, Genshin moves so slow and it can be hard to figure out how to do some things (think I'm currently lost in the desert part of Sumeru).
Honkai: Star Rail - Sunday's POV, pre-Amphoreus I think?? Oh yeah, decorating Caleus' room, did that. Oh, I was trying to do a few Penacony things I didn't care about;;
Wuthering Waves: I remember I was having a lot of fun doing stuff with Carlotta And Cantarella. I think I was trying to do a few things in Rinascita like the fishing stuff.
Reverse 1999: Honestly haven't seriously played in a while.
Forgot to keep playing/got stuck:
Trails through Daybreak: Was enjoying it I just forgot I guess?? And just when Aaron came into the picture.
Baldur's Gate 3: I have no excuse. This game is a bit more complicated than my usual so I probably got bogged down by looking at guides.
Dragon Age: Veilguard - I stopped right after THINGS went down, I guess it took a lot out of me and I haven't gone back in since;;
Metaphor ReFantazio: Was still greatly enjoying it but there was a big suspenseful moment I knew was not going to go well and I couldn't handle it I guess, I'd love to tackle it though so I can move on.
Noctilucent: Before Dawn - Was really enjoying the story, but I was just doing dailies for a while and not reading it so I just naturally stopped playing. Want to get back into it before something like an EoS happens. x_x
A Date with Death: Just forgot to keep playing, I was still enjoying it. Can't remember what Day I got to.
Limbus Company: I haven't played much of it but it was intriguing, I just need to get back to it.
There are a few Switch games I should probably add to the list but...that's ancient history at this point...aha. e_e;;
Currently focusing on:
Expedition 33: I'm in the thick of it and I think I'll be able to finish it straight through at this rate.
Persona X: I can't beat Miyazawa so I looked up a guide. I needed Morgana so I used the 300 pulls reward, got him and leveled him up. Now I'm just too lazy to try again. Multi-level boss fights are annoying. I'm doing dailies, events and some character training here and there.
Passively playing:
Wind Breaker -Rising Heroes-: Still doing dailies and reading conversations sometimes but have fallen behind on main story and events stories.
Etheria Restart: I've read all the main story so all I've been doing over and over is dailies, some event stuff and training characters...
Occasional checking in:
Genshin Impact: After being away for a while and especially after playing WuWa, Genshin moves so slow and it can be hard to figure out how to do some things (think I'm currently lost in the desert part of Sumeru).
Honkai: Star Rail - Sunday's POV, pre-Amphoreus I think?? Oh yeah, decorating Caleus' room, did that. Oh, I was trying to do a few Penacony things I didn't care about;;
Wuthering Waves: I remember I was having a lot of fun doing stuff with Carlotta And Cantarella. I think I was trying to do a few things in Rinascita like the fishing stuff.
Reverse 1999: Honestly haven't seriously played in a while.
Forgot to keep playing/got stuck:
Trails through Daybreak: Was enjoying it I just forgot I guess?? And just when Aaron came into the picture.
Baldur's Gate 3: I have no excuse. This game is a bit more complicated than my usual so I probably got bogged down by looking at guides.
Dragon Age: Veilguard - I stopped right after THINGS went down, I guess it took a lot out of me and I haven't gone back in since;;
Metaphor ReFantazio: Was still greatly enjoying it but there was a big suspenseful moment I knew was not going to go well and I couldn't handle it I guess, I'd love to tackle it though so I can move on.
Noctilucent: Before Dawn - Was really enjoying the story, but I was just doing dailies for a while and not reading it so I just naturally stopped playing. Want to get back into it before something like an EoS happens. x_x
A Date with Death: Just forgot to keep playing, I was still enjoying it. Can't remember what Day I got to.
Limbus Company: I haven't played much of it but it was intriguing, I just need to get back to it.
There are a few Switch games I should probably add to the list but...that's ancient history at this point...aha. e_e;;
🔊 Daily music
Aug. 14th, 2025 05:20 pmbluapapilio"The song talks about the difficulties
that people face while traveling to the East."
OTYKEN - STORM
that people face while traveling to the East."
OTYKEN - STORM
i forgor to put a title
Aug. 14th, 2025 11:24 pmjavertI feel like there was something I wanted to blog about today, but I completely forgot what it was... A likely story. I fear the heat is very quickly melting all of my remaining braincells, of which I suspect there are not many. So, you know what, let's get experimental tonight. I'm doing this stream of consciousness style.
( I genuinely have no idea what you're going to be in for right now. Stay tuned. ETA: It's mostly rambling! Surprise! )
In other news... Here's an icon I originally made for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
iconthat but because it was technically past the deadline I didn't end up posting it to the comm, oop:
I miss making icons... I really do just feel like making little things lately. I'm hoping to try to draw something bigger tomorrow, though. (This makes it sound like I'm about to decorate the Sixtine Chapel or whatever, but no, it's just that 99% of what I've been working on lately hasn't been larger than 250px until I sized it up for better viewing!!!)
Before you go, check out this art of myself I did for my personal website layout that I really like:
( I genuinely have no idea what you're going to be in for right now. Stay tuned. ETA: It's mostly rambling! Surprise! )
In other news... Here's an icon I originally made for
iconthat but because it was technically past the deadline I didn't end up posting it to the comm, oop:I miss making icons... I really do just feel like making little things lately. I'm hoping to try to draw something bigger tomorrow, though. (This makes it sound like I'm about to decorate the Sixtine Chapel or whatever, but no, it's just that 99% of what I've been working on lately hasn't been larger than 250px until I sized it up for better viewing!!!)
Before you go, check out this art of myself I did for my personal website layout that I really like:
miniblog
Aug. 13th, 2025 10:21 pmjavertGoing to be a very short & to the point blaug paust today, because the weather is really fucking me up and I don't have enough braincells lmao. So here's the quick rundown:
Or if it's not that hot where you're at, please keep us in your thoughts as we suffer... 😢
- Wplace has been working again with no server issues today, so, with Noah's help, I was able to finish Eusine!!! Yippee!!
I don't know what my next project is going to be... Someone at the town nearby is drawing a bunch of Pokéball sprites so maybe I'll do more Pokémon stuff there lol. I also kinda wanna draw stuff where I used to live... - My Pokémon Starters clique is officially released! Technically my fanlistings collective is also (I added it to my index/nexus, even) because I finally finished copying over my fanlistings, cliques, etc, but I still need to sign up for everything I selected, lol. Maybe I'll actually be able to sign up at TFL this week after all!
- I remembered to sign up for the hAPPy birthday flash exchange on the very last day, and I'm glad I did, because not only have I already finished my assigment, I already have a gift... 👀 Very excited to see it...
Or if it's not that hot where you're at, please keep us in your thoughts as we suffer... 😢
暑い...
Aug. 12th, 2025 04:26 pmjavertThe heatwave is Hitting and I don't feel like doing anything... That I'm even able to sit at my computer is already a miracle ngl. Although in fairness the main reason why I don't just stay in bed all day is because we only have one fan and we only put it in the bedroom at night lmao.
Even my social energy is sapped... Sorry if I take a while to get back to you/reply to comments, I promise I have them saved so I remember to do it once I'm less desiccated. Wplace has been struggling so I don't even get emotional support from drawing my little pixels onto the world 😔 I started copying the big intro pixel art of Eusine from HGSS and I can't even finish it... Tragic...
That's as far as I've gotten right now... Someone else drew the heart when the servers were back up earlier today..!!
To appease my pixel desires, I ended up drawing some pixel art fanart for one of Japanese mutuals I just found on Bluesky again a few days ago!! His username is ZXX and he has gijinka OCs based on car manufacturers... Of course, predictably, my favorites are the French brands lmao. I had a really big phase back in 2017 when I drew a lot of fanart (including a comic!!) and shipped Peugeot/Citroën (NO RIBA!!!) really hard. I'm speaking in the past tense but honestly I still ship them LOL. They have that smug & rat-like top x stern & tsundere bottom dynamic... You know...
I made the art extra big to ensure Bluesky wouldn't absolutely destroy it, but I can post it at the "normal" size here (which is already sized up):
From left to right: Citroën (my meow meow... my car blorbo...) Peugeot & Renault!! Fun fact: every car logo I can recognize rn I owe to car brand yaoi. This is the only reason I've ever been able to memorize that shit.
I actually own two of ZXX's doujins and a couple of prints, that I purchased back then... I'd love to get more at some point. Owning zines & comics made by people I know is so fun. I should talk about zine stuff at some point this month... I don't really have the juice to plan posts right now @_@ but hopefully soon..!
Ah, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that signups forpokepodproject are open! If you like Pokémon and you'd be up to write or podfic at least one ficlet, you should definitely sign up! We have a limited number of participants this year and we've already gotten a lot of applications. Though even if you miss it, I'm sure there'll be leftover pokémons or pinch-hits to adopt at some point.
In webdev news, I think I'm more than half-way done setting up my fanlisting stuff at this point... I don't know if I'll be done this week LOL but maybe. I Want To Believe. 🤞
Even my social energy is sapped... Sorry if I take a while to get back to you/reply to comments, I promise I have them saved so I remember to do it once I'm less desiccated. Wplace has been struggling so I don't even get emotional support from drawing my little pixels onto the world 😔 I started copying the big intro pixel art of Eusine from HGSS and I can't even finish it... Tragic...
That's as far as I've gotten right now... Someone else drew the heart when the servers were back up earlier today..!!
To appease my pixel desires, I ended up drawing some pixel art fanart for one of Japanese mutuals I just found on Bluesky again a few days ago!! His username is ZXX and he has gijinka OCs based on car manufacturers... Of course, predictably, my favorites are the French brands lmao. I had a really big phase back in 2017 when I drew a lot of fanart (including a comic!!) and shipped Peugeot/Citroën (NO RIBA!!!) really hard. I'm speaking in the past tense but honestly I still ship them LOL. They have that smug & rat-like top x stern & tsundere bottom dynamic... You know...
I made the art extra big to ensure Bluesky wouldn't absolutely destroy it, but I can post it at the "normal" size here (which is already sized up):
From left to right: Citroën (my meow meow... my car blorbo...) Peugeot & Renault!! Fun fact: every car logo I can recognize rn I owe to car brand yaoi. This is the only reason I've ever been able to memorize that shit.
I actually own two of ZXX's doujins and a couple of prints, that I purchased back then... I'd love to get more at some point. Owning zines & comics made by people I know is so fun. I should talk about zine stuff at some point this month... I don't really have the juice to plan posts right now @_@ but hopefully soon..!
Ah, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that signups for
pokepodproject are open! If you like Pokémon and you'd be up to write or podfic at least one ficlet, you should definitely sign up! We have a limited number of participants this year and we've already gotten a lot of applications. Though even if you miss it, I'm sure there'll be leftover pokémons or pinch-hits to adopt at some point.In webdev news, I think I'm more than half-way done setting up my fanlisting stuff at this point... I don't know if I'll be done this week LOL but maybe. I Want To Believe. 🤞
