it could be wrong, but it should have been right;

officially halfway through the year. it doesn't feel like i've made that many of these posts, but considering i've been numbering them purely based on what the last week's one was numbered, it seems that time has, in fact, marched on...

...actually i just checked and today is the start of week 27. hmm. it seems i made the first post for the year on the 7th. i guess i'm writing about the past week so it still works? i'm not changing the numbers at this juncture :')

main struggle this week has been pain. my left knee, which is not the one i injured in april, is very unhappy with me. my best guess is that i've been overcompensating for the injured right knee (which feels a lot better) and so now i'm even more lopsided. i'm getting by, but oof. take care of your knees, folks.

checking in on my 2025 project list that i posted last december:

• i have posted exactly one fic and have otherwise not been working on it at all. i've been trying to get back to it, but no luck yet.
• i've written 61,307 words of original work! 🎉 this i'm pretty happy about, since it's been years since i've written this much about my ocs. i really missed writing about them, even if it's almost entirely unpublishable mess.
• the first two site goals i did in january (wol site and crystarium.net), otherwise i've made no progress. i do finally have a clear idea of what i'd like to do for the fanlisting collective revamp, but it's hard to sit at my desk for too long with my knee this fucked. was planning to start on it this week, though. redcrown revamp is... tbd. i did write a bunch of content for an unreleased site but i'm stuck on the layout.

in any case, i have once again shot for the moon and landed somewhere more reasonable. still, i'd like to work on the website stuff in particular. lately i've been browsing a bunch of personal sites and i'd like to refresh redcrown.net to be more reflective of me, since it's my primary space on the web. sometimes i think about making a "real" blog but i like dreamwidth a lot for this purpose (hence this post).

as usual, i've been playing too much final fantasy xiv, although i have been reducing that lately to play trails sc instead. (i'm on the final chapter and boy will i have thoughts once i finish). will probably complete trails sc this week, so that'll be nice.

another week gone... how does this keep happening

raid was a little touch-and-go this week; our healer for aloalo had some pc trouble and it nearly seemed like we weren't going to get to run at all, but it worked out in the end. i think we'll probably clear this coming weekend or the next, we're really cleaning up. extreme farm went very well and i miraculously got the zelenia wings with a terrible roll, which makes me grateful that i'm doing it in a static environment. (the downside is that i still have to run this fight 60+ more times even tho i already have the mount, but the ex farm group is really fun to hang out with and i like this fight, so i don't really mind.) i continue to be thrilled i'm not doing savage anymore this tier, LOL. such a weight off my back.

( photo of catboy under cut )

on thursday i had a big power outage due to strong winds, so i ended up playing trails sc on my steamdeck for like 4 hours straight, lol. made a lot of progress in the plot this week, but to the point that i played a little too much and i've thus been taking a break the past few days. i'll probably go back to it midweek or so. i'm still really enjoying it, but too much of a good thing, etc. i have many plot thoughts but i'll post them later on.

i keep forgetting to charge my kindle, and thus i haven't been reading... i really need to get back to it. i don't lack for books to read, but i've really been lacking in motivation to read, unfortunately. still, i'll try to charge my kindle today so i can get back to it.

i should finally receive my contributor copy of volume 2 of the cloti zine soon, and i'm really excited. leftovers have opened and are selling out fast, so if you're interested and missed the zine earlier i'd def recommend checking it out. i'll be posting my fic tomorrow, most likely; i may even remember to link it here. this was an absolute dream of a zine to be part of, and i feel really lucky i got to participate again! really well organized and the result is absolutely stunning — i cannot wait for the absolute oodles of cloti goodies coming my way.

oh! one last thing: i opened a new fanlisting this week, for red mages! listen, as a red mage main, i had to. it's always been one of my favorite FF jobs and it's fun to build a little website for a thing you like, so! here we are. should work fine on mobile but is optimized for desktop.