The past few days I have had this odd desire — to return to FFXIV, and to a lesser extent, FFXI.
I played 14 for about 6 or 7 months, completed 2 relics, and was on my way to being decently geared. I found the time commitment was very strange. From lvl 1-50 it was a casual game. Then suddenly at lvl 50 the game became a complete time suck. My work schedule never allowed me to try Coil runs as I never had a consistent enough schedule to join a group. But maybe now it is a different game.
As to what I’ve been up to, in the (more or less) 4.5 years since I’ve had a new post, I have been traveling and continuing to work on my photography. Here’s some of my favorites from the 6 months.
Humming Birds at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica
Illuminated Bamboo at the Hanatoro Festival in Kyoto, Japan
Fireworks on the Space Needle, after the Super Bowl. Seattle, WA, USA.
As a side note, I’ve begun to reread all of my old posts. Some of them are really embarrassing today, some of them are still funny. But I am making the decision to leave them all posted, at least for now. I originally took down the blog because I forgot to keep the software updated and it was compromised. This time, that should not happen, even if I forget about it for a year or so again.
-pyra