Fringes

I avoided tribe quests for a long time cause they felt super grindy in ARR and I truly can't stand ff14 moogles, but have actually really enjoyed the Omnicron questline. The story is excellent, no surprise. It made me go back and start the DoW/M quests from stormblood on (also motivated because I don't like tanking dungeons but still wanna finish leveling WAR). I'm glad it takes place in the Gyr Abania region cause I really like the visuals of the field maps now that I've gotten over my trauma from the aether currents. 

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Also slowing making my way through the variant dungeon:

we can ask the past to take us back

I realize I like listening to Rezz much more on a lower volume, which is surprisingly since I like my thump-y bass. A new favourite:

Smithereens

The three things I have to say about Joji's new album:

1. I like how everything sounds
2. Each track is a little short to listen to on repeat one
3. But the transitions between some tracks make it a little jarring to listen to as a full album too

Aside from Yukon which is my clear favourite but also released as a single beforehand, I don't have a strong preference between the rest of the songs. "Before the Day is Over" and the first part of "BLAHBLAHBLAH DEMO" is most often what I feel like listening to. 

doman enclave

 A most on theme gatherer glam / location combo:

suan

I don't really remember when was the last time I made a Chinese dish that is like...not self contained aka meant to be eaten with rice and other dishes. Probably a mapo tofu months and months ago. The format just do not lend itself well to cooking for one. But the specific combination of leftover vegetables lent itself well to making a 魚香茄子 and cabbage with vinegar (why I type one name is Chinese and the other in English I have no idea). I am heavy handed on the vinegar in both dishes, it makes it very 下飯!

In other meal news, made a curry with lentil and an unbelievable amount of spinach. Feels so nourishing to eat a lot of vegetables ^^

Zot

Ok this is the 3rd glam I made for dnc's Hades weapon, and like each before (1, 2), I like it a lot now. BUT I do think the most canon Ktiseos/Shadowless body pieces are the best fit. 

I sure do wish there was a slider for toggling the strength of battle effects.

shetland

Welp another outfit from Permanent Style that I am crushing on and its making me want a cool brown v neck sweater, preferably with speckled yarn. I've been so good at not wanting any new sweaters cause I can't afford the responsible enough cashmere that I want, minus the one cream cardigan I got from Patagonia as it's recycled cashmere. I have also been kinda avoiding brown clothes since its a difficult color to buy online, slight color inaccuracy make a big difference. 

Previous PS inspo: 1, 2