Rosy @ rigelatin.net

a round-up of things that have been on my mind of late.

despite my best efforts otherwise, i've been spending a lot of time playing final fantasy xiv this week. ( ffxiv stuff )

i've also been getting back into figure collecting recently. i never really stopped, but i definitely wasn't paying as close attention to the figure market as much as i was in 2018. back then, i would spend hours browsing myfigurecollection while procrastinating my writing goal. (i wrote 1,000,000 words in 2018; i went slightly insane during the process.)

anyway, i didn't really have space for all my figures in my old apartment, so after i moved i planned to get new shelves to display them properly. now that i have said shelves i've been unpacking all of my figures... i have more haikyuu!! nendoroids than are reasonable to own, but i was missing two of the core team, so of course i needed to buy those. then i snagged an edward elric i didn't have for a good price. then i fell in love with this sakura miku so i had to get her...

and all this after paying for my preorder of gsc lightning, which set me back more than expected (even with the weak yen) due to Fucking Tariffs. i paid for her at the start of april and i still don't even have a shipping number because i chose the (cheapest) shipping option, which takes months to deliver...

and every day new things get announced!! and i want them!! IT'S A STRUGGLE. right now my next priority is adorable arts lightning because i bought the cloud and tifa from this line a while back and they're surprisingly well made for square enix in-house figures. usually square has so-so quality at best, but this line is really well done and they're a nice size (a little bigger than nendoroids). unfortunately i have no idea where to get this lightning for an affordable price... i used to import directly from japan (see above re: weak yen) but seriously tariffs can fuck the hell off. we'll see what i can find.

in recent years i haven't been great at keeping up with tv (too much time spent playing video games instead) but i do like watching things with friends. currently i'm watching black sails and witch hat atelier (back to back, hilariously) one night a week with friends. we've just started season 2 of the former, and it's excellent so far. flint is a fantastic character; i never know what the hell he's going to do next. as for witch hat i'm really enjoying it! we had to skip this week's episode so i'm a little behind, but coco is darling and i want to know more about qifrey. perhaps i'll read the manga once the anime's done.

i think that's all for now. until the next miscellaneous update.