Mar. 7th, 2025 06:05 pm
march 7 2025
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travastilait's been a while since i've posted here! i've been meaning to, but between being busy and not knowing what to say it's kind of been on the backburner... but here i am, finally! hi everyone!
i won't go into too much detail, but this year has been a little tough for me. i'm grateful that i have a very wonderful support system. balancing work, school, hobbies, and a social life is much harder than i expected (especially with the cold weather putting a damper on my mood some days). it seemed a lot easier last semester, but i had more online classes then, too. recently, i briefly deactivated my twitters because i found myself mindlessly scrolling to pass the time, and it's kind of put into perspective that i need to find more stuff to do in my spare time. it hit me the other day that i haven't played a video game in, like, forever. same with reading books. this is a very big welcome to any recommendations for both! for video game genres, i like cozy games, mmos, puzzles, visual novels, and (j)rpgs. as for books, i'm pretty open to any genre, but i do like horror / psychological ones. you know what i'm gonna expand and ask for anime/tv/movie recs too, why not. go wild.
this isn't to say that i'm deleting twitter for good or anything, i'll use it sometimes to rt / post, but it's definitely not my choice of social media anymore. i really thrive with posting paragraphs of stuff, and any random thoughts i have i usually dump in my friend group chats. twitter's just become a space that doesn't really bring me much joy anymore. i don't think it has for a long time. if it wasn't for yaoi fanart i probably wouldn't use it at all. i hate what elon's done to it, and it's so negative, too. tumblr, honestly, is really fun to use for fandom-- i love side blogs so much. everyone should move back there.
related to being busy and having lower energy, i haven't written as much as i'd like to this year. but i've been really happy with what i've written so far! i made a pledge to write 75k, and it... might seem doable still, but it's going to take a lot of work on my end. so far, at least, i've managed to do my 1-fic-a-month plan, and i hope that reading more will inspire me to write more. my writing process feels, like, so slow sometimes. i really struggle with being a perfectionist about my words even if i can edit them later. gonna attempt to work on this habit! finding some time to roleplay has been helpful when i get stuck on my stack of fic wips, too. right now i'm exclusively working on nintama fic because ninjas cannot leave my brain.
if anyone wants to take a peek at my most recent fics, here's incognito and i'd rather die by your hand than by your word, both gifts for dear friends of mine!
fic exchanges were really helpful for making deadlines for myself, but my fandoms are so niche that i'd most always be a ph and i feel a little bad about it, LOL. maybe i'll try nominating some things and see if anyone takes a bite at my tags. i've thought about offering to write original works, but i'm a little intimidated by it. writing fic with pre-established characters takes a load off of having to create really strong impressions of characters that only exist in my head. i think there's some fandom fic events that are focused more on themes that i might try out...
going back to ninjas! ohh i love ninjas. if you're ever curious about them please let me know, i'd love to help introduce people to this fun fujobait franchise. something about smaller fandoms is really cozy because it forces me to be social + create what i want to see because it doesn't really exist otherwise in the english sphere side of things. i've made a lot of really good friends, and our fansub discord server is a lot of fun, too!
my birthday is soon! i'll be 25 on march 18th. my spring break is coming up, so i'm going back home to celebrate my birthday with my family during the break, and then i'm coming back to my place to spend my birthday with my friends. i'm excited! i've never really worried about getting older because being young kind of sucks LOL i'm sick of my early 20s get me out of here!!!
this got longer than i expected but if you managed to get this far: i love you.
i won't go into too much detail, but this year has been a little tough for me. i'm grateful that i have a very wonderful support system. balancing work, school, hobbies, and a social life is much harder than i expected (especially with the cold weather putting a damper on my mood some days). it seemed a lot easier last semester, but i had more online classes then, too. recently, i briefly deactivated my twitters because i found myself mindlessly scrolling to pass the time, and it's kind of put into perspective that i need to find more stuff to do in my spare time. it hit me the other day that i haven't played a video game in, like, forever. same with reading books. this is a very big welcome to any recommendations for both! for video game genres, i like cozy games, mmos, puzzles, visual novels, and (j)rpgs. as for books, i'm pretty open to any genre, but i do like horror / psychological ones. you know what i'm gonna expand and ask for anime/tv/movie recs too, why not. go wild.
this isn't to say that i'm deleting twitter for good or anything, i'll use it sometimes to rt / post, but it's definitely not my choice of social media anymore. i really thrive with posting paragraphs of stuff, and any random thoughts i have i usually dump in my friend group chats. twitter's just become a space that doesn't really bring me much joy anymore. i don't think it has for a long time. if it wasn't for yaoi fanart i probably wouldn't use it at all. i hate what elon's done to it, and it's so negative, too. tumblr, honestly, is really fun to use for fandom-- i love side blogs so much. everyone should move back there.
related to being busy and having lower energy, i haven't written as much as i'd like to this year. but i've been really happy with what i've written so far! i made a pledge to write 75k, and it... might seem doable still, but it's going to take a lot of work on my end. so far, at least, i've managed to do my 1-fic-a-month plan, and i hope that reading more will inspire me to write more. my writing process feels, like, so slow sometimes. i really struggle with being a perfectionist about my words even if i can edit them later. gonna attempt to work on this habit! finding some time to roleplay has been helpful when i get stuck on my stack of fic wips, too. right now i'm exclusively working on nintama fic because ninjas cannot leave my brain.
if anyone wants to take a peek at my most recent fics, here's incognito and i'd rather die by your hand than by your word, both gifts for dear friends of mine!
fic exchanges were really helpful for making deadlines for myself, but my fandoms are so niche that i'd most always be a ph and i feel a little bad about it, LOL. maybe i'll try nominating some things and see if anyone takes a bite at my tags. i've thought about offering to write original works, but i'm a little intimidated by it. writing fic with pre-established characters takes a load off of having to create really strong impressions of characters that only exist in my head. i think there's some fandom fic events that are focused more on themes that i might try out...
going back to ninjas! ohh i love ninjas. if you're ever curious about them please let me know, i'd love to help introduce people to this fun fujobait franchise. something about smaller fandoms is really cozy because it forces me to be social + create what i want to see because it doesn't really exist otherwise in the english sphere side of things. i've made a lot of really good friends, and our fansub discord server is a lot of fun, too!
my birthday is soon! i'll be 25 on march 18th. my spring break is coming up, so i'm going back home to celebrate my birthday with my family during the break, and then i'm coming back to my place to spend my birthday with my friends. i'm excited! i've never really worried about getting older because being young kind of sucks LOL i'm sick of my early 20s get me out of here!!!
this got longer than i expected but if you managed to get this far: i love you.