Adri's Headspace

Leaning into Curiosity is Cool!

August 6 2026

Hiiiii! I'm really excited to start blogging again. But less stress this time. A lot less stress

A few months ago, I was tapped in not 1 but 2 discord servers I'm in to play the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV. I have a really terrible history with that game. So many bad memories of people I do not fuck with anymore. FFXIV was a game that I urged all of my friends to play so we could have an online space to hang out in. Another thing to do together and appreciate each other's company. But it turned into a weapon of abuse and manipulation. I swore that I wouldn't touch this game again. But here I am, 6 years later, back in Eorzea.

Everything is About Race: MAGFest 2026 Panel

May 2026

View the full PowerPoint Presentation here including the videos described within the recording

Everything Sucks Now (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

November 2025

I remember my childhood very well. I remember coming home from school each day, 4:20pm on the dot, going to the corner store with my older sister and spending the dollar allowance my mom gave me on chips, soda, and a few pieces of candy, and running home to our apartment to catch the very end of Hamtaro. There was an abundance of free time that I didn’t know what to do with and yet I still craved more. New episode of Code Lyoko starts at 5:30pm on Thursdays, so I have to be ready for that. New episode of Pokemon drops at 11am on Saturday but I need to wake up early to catch Spider Riders and maybe even What’s New Scooby Doo?. Oh but that new game I keep seeing in the commercials, I have to write that down for Santa to get me for Christmas, even though it’s months away. There were so many moments of my life that were penciled into my schedule. Everything was a memorable event. The anticipation of waiting for the next thing is what carried me through my entire childhood. Yet here I am, almost 30 years old, struggling to find the same sense of gratification and I don’t think it’s entirely my fault.