One Of The Things I Spent So Much Time, And Really Enjoyed Working On During This Entire Penacony Arc

once again i changed the tumblr names of my main tumblr and my sideblog, and i have come to accept that i may have username commitment issues.

preservation girlie era begins

i thought it was going to be a repeat of my argenti pulls where i reached hard pity and emptied the jades i accumulated in preparation for his banner when i saw the erudition logo on my screen, BUT aveturine immediately showed himself right after himeko showed up on my screen ₊*ˈ˚·(๑˃̶̡̢̥ ॣಐ ॣ˂̶̡̢̥๑)·˚ˈ*₊ now, i only have to worry about getting his lightcone so i’ll just have to play religiously again for the jades. and for the new addition to my husband collection: aventurine (๑ↀᆺↀ๑)✧

i just want to remember that luck was on my side when i pulled for aventurine with jades enough for one 10 pull (ㅇㅅㅇ❀)

last saturday, i took some time off my games and work to assemble a small flower made up of entirely building blocks (they're not really lego pieces so i won't call it lego). the tiny flowers and the flower pot kept falling off every time i add a piece, but after the initial frustration of having to restack the tiny parts each time they fall, i found myself too absorbed completing everything, and even added a few pieces to add more details. now i want to buy another one, and buy an acrylic casing to keep all of the tiny building block models safe from dusts and our cats at home.

ofc there's going to be a photoshoot of the final output with pocket kaveh (´｡• ◡ •｡`) ♡

yk part of why i did go back to tumblr was so i could have another platform to talk about the games i obsess with (animal crossing new horizons and genshin impact then) instead of posting about it on my ig stories since not all of my friends are into those kinds of content and as much as i use instagram more than i do facebook, it's not really suited for long posts 😅

so yes, i guess i should really talk more about the current games i play, and it's not a lot.

i'll tag it under farts to keep up with art, fart, heart.

perhaps i’m really biased towards kaveh, but i want—demand—him to participate in a summer patch because i feel like it just suits his creative nature, and being someone who practices design and art, it only makes sense that he’d find the time (and budget, i guess) to travel around and enrich his knowledge and appreciation even more. yes, i’m probably just biased, which is why i toured most of the simulanka realm with kaveh.

(also, i could’ve cropped the genshin watermark on the photos, but i guess that’s just for another time. i do wish they can do something about that since hsr has an option to hide the game’s logo when taking photos. that said, i do think that between the three current popular hyv games, genshin’s camera option is the most optimal since it captures the scenery the way you last framed it, where as with hsr and zzz, i’d take a few minutes to set up the scene i want to capture just to get the desired composition.)

this summer patch isn’t really something that i was super excited about compared to the previous summer patches, but i really liked how the simulanka world was designed, especially with the origami characters of the forest of blessings! actually, it’s because of the realm itself that i kept on coming back every time i log in because i just like going around there and taking photos. in spite of feeling nonchalant about this, i do feel that sadness i always feel after summer patches because even in games, i am bad with goodbyes (T^T )

natlan patch is tomorrow, and i can already see how busy my week will be as a hyv games enthusiast (not sure if i should be proud of it because gacha is another form of gambling, and i play genshin, hsr, and zzz so what does that make me, right?).

for genshin, it has to be wriothesley because i’m not known (by my friends and even family, i mean) for having great interest over manly and muscular men, but as cringe and maybe tmi? as this will sound, this 2D man ✨awakened✨ something. like i hear rihanna’s only girl (in the world) in my head when i see him on my screen. his character and personality endeared him even more, which propelled him to the third spot of my favourite genshin husbands (my top 1 is kaveh, and my top 2 is thoma).

as for star rail, it’s sampo koski. normally i don’t like it when i’m confused by someone, but sampo is an exception, and i will not deny that a huge chunk of why is because i actually like the way he looks and how goofy he is. yk, as a simple girl, i see someone with a face i like in whatever media i’m consuming, he becomes a candidate in my husband collection.

in anime and manga, i think the most that sticks out like a sore thumb in my husband collection is levi ackerman simply because i don’t usually like the popular characters, but he’s such a well-written one that you can’t help but root for him and pick him as a favourite. some may think he’s a little overrated, popularity-wise, but i guess he is for a reason.

Who’s the “odd” one in your blorbo mansion?

Like the one where all your favs are like “girl why is HE here?” And you’re just like “idk I think he’s neat…”

today i found myself feeling unusually productive in carrying out my task avoidance list: i decided to update my CV, create a skeleton for a website where i’ll post my art (original and fan art), muse about my online accounts and presence, and so this main blog just went through a mini-overhaul. sana ganito rin ako sa work, but i’m not gonna talk about that atm. even my overthinking at work has reached burnout levels, i don’t know how to recover swiftly from it.

and because i’m working on a website for my works now, i’ve decided to use my main blog for more personal posts! mostly when i have no time and energy to get my journal and when typing feels more convenient than writing. this’ll be an archive of sorts.

anyway, i know i’m not really obliged to explain the reasons for my doing things, but i’m just wired to do so, i guess?

in two days, i’ll be officially a month in, in my new workplace, and though this was supposed to be the last resort of all the last resorts (since i told myself i’d like to take a break in teaching), i’m glad that it turned out this way.

i’m proud of how i’m holding up so far considering i still have unprocessed emotions and trauma from my previous workplace (counselling sessions were put on a halt because i ran out of funds to pay my counsellor, and i have to find a definite time i could talk to her once more because i’m back to working again). perhaps it’s the reasonable workload that allows me to actually have a brief moment of centering myself and reassuring that i’m not in the same workplace anymore, and that my bosses are not my previous bosses anymore when i feel a trigger start. i’m also proud that i haven’t really super embarrassed myself, and i hope not to in the coming days, of course. moreover, i’m really proud of my students this term because i can see them do their best to perform as expected, but are also aware and open to receiving feedback. if only we can show the works of our students, but data privacy, ofc.

i still don’t know how to describe my relationship with teaching since i was burnt out for the most part, but i’m approaching all of this with an open mind, and open heart, and an open spirit. anyway, among the recurring themes in my life is restoration, so let’s see how things will go from here. o (◡‿◡✿)

Daily Gratitude

August 26, 2024

What are you grateful for today?

Welcome to my gratitude support group! All are welcome to be a part of the gratitude crew. Re-blog, write a note or send an ask as often as makes sense for you (just once, every day, twice a year, a few times a month— doesn’t matter!)

I tag parts of the crew almost every day. If you’d like to be on the tag list let me know.

All posts will be tagged ‘resiliencewithin’s daily gratitude group’.

Prompt (if you want): Something you are proud of (big or small).

today marks my second month in my new workplace and all i am is glad that i am where i am now in this season. ( ᵕ̤ ‧̫̮ ᵕ̤ )