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\nHumming Birds at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica<\/p>\n
The past few days I have had this odd desire — to return to FFXIV, and to a lesser extent, FFXI.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\nHumming Birds at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica<\/p>\n
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\nIlluminated Bamboo at the Hanatoro Festival in Kyoto, Japan<\/p>\n
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\nFireworks on the Space Needle, after the Super Bowl. Seattle, WA, USA.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
-pyra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading