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this is a [now](https://nownownow.com/about) page. you can make your own, if you like!

**this page last updated: 2024.09.24**
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1. 😊 **feeling**: <a href="https://www.imood.com/users/rainbowpink"><img src="https://moods.imood.com/display/uname-rainbowpink/fg-000000/bg-ffffff/imood.gif" alt="The current mood of rainbowpink at www.imood.com" border="0"></a>
2. 📚 **reading**: [Shimeji Simulation](https://mangadex.org/title/28b5d037-175d-4119-96f8-e860e408ebe9/shimeji-simulation) by tsukumizu
3. 📺 **watching**: [American Horror Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Murder_House)
4. 👾 **playing**: [Fields of Mistria](https://www.fieldsofmistria.com/)
5. 🎧 **listening**: <span id="song">&#8987;</span>
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    <p><small>
    latest played song on <a href="http://last.fm/user/ameiro" target="_blank">last.fm</a> powered by <a href="https://github.com/biancarosa/lastfm-last-played" target="_blank">@biancarosa/lastfm-last-played</a></small></p>
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<img src="../journal.png" alt="a green hobonichi weeks-style bullet journal sat on top of a thicker journal with green artwork on it; they are turned on their side so that the progress through them is visible." style="max-width: 100%;">
<figcaption>my progress this year</figcaption></figure></div><div style="padding: 0;">

## journaling
I'm about halfway through my first thicc journal (more of a [commonplace book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book) really) and my first bullet journal, both of which were started in June of this year. I picked up the journaling habit (again) back in March, so I have two other journals I finished before this one (both A5 size), but this is my first thick journal of this style (it's square with grid pages). I'm really enjoying writing again -- I thought I wouldn't  have much of anything to write about, but being able to go back and look at how I was feeling a week or a month ago has proved really useful for my own well-being and mental health, so I'm very happy with where I am on this habit currently. ![<3](../img/emoji/pastelhearts.gif)

## retrospring eos
a bunch of people have been hosting their own instances of [retrospring](https://retrospring.net/) in preparation for next year's end-of-service for the site, and I've joined a couple in preparation and to go ahead and reserve my username in case one of them takes off with my friends. I'm currently on both [melospring](https://spring.love4eva.net/) and [fragsturztaube](https://ask.absturztau.be/) in addition to retrospring (until it's end of service), so if you end up joining, give me a follow and I'll follow you back! ![:D](../img/emoji/cuteyay.gif)
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## fountain pens
Finally got the other two pens from the Sanrio x Platinum Little Meteor crossover (blue for cinnamoroll, purple for hello kitty) along with some nice lake blue-colored ink to go in the cinnamoroll blue one. (I'm currently using the first bottle of ink I ever bought, [PenBBS 223 - Chongqing City Blue](https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/brands/227-penbbs/inks/5910-penbbs-223-chongqing-city), in the hello kitty purple).

also I recently brought my bujo to bed to jot down some stuff before I fell asleep and knocked it (and my sparkly pink jinhao fountain pen) off the nightstand in my sleep and broke the lid of my sparkly pink jinhao ;w;

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<figcaption>rip to ur lid, lil homie <img src="../img/emoji/cinnasad.gif" alt="cinnamoroll sad"></figcaption></figure>

## this website
I've been working on converting this website over to [jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/). I'm having a much easier time with it as opposed to [zola](https://www.getzola.org). It's written in ruby as opposed to rust, which I have more experience with, and seems to be better documented; at least, for a beginner like me it is. :'3 It's slow going, but I'm enjoying it!

## gaming
I bought [Fields of Mistria](https://www.fieldsofmistria.com/) and have been playing a ton of that and [Stardew Valley](/games/sdv). Playing it for our archipelago games reignited my interest in the game, so I'm back on my modded bullshit uwu

I'm still playing [Divinity: Original Sin 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/435150/Divinity_Original_Sin_2__Definitive_Edition/) with Amara, her son, and Egg; and also [Baldur's Gate 3](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/) with [Fiona](https://www.twitch.tv/powerforge), Egg, and Amara. I stopped my solo playthru of BG3 so I could experience the story with everyone, because that's been more fun for me. ![xD](../img/emoji/cuteyay.gif)

## home server
I decapitated the server I built earlier this year and set it up inside of my front closet, but I uh...set something up improperly and have to login for any of my daemons to startup... ![>w<;;](../img/emoji/eheheoops.gif)

So I'll have to drag it out and re-setup the peripherals so I can fix that flub. ![>~<;;](../img/emoji/eugh.gif)

I already miss my [pihole](https://pi-hole.net/). ![cinnasad](../img/emoji/cinnasad.gif)