faefetti diaries 🌈✨ march 2025 🍀 vol.001
mood: a lil shy
over the last few years, after a lifetime of high-highs and low-lows, i have found a lot of peace and joy in cultivating a mindful gratitude practice. being an audhd lady means (to me) intrinsically poor dopamine regulation, always seeking the next thrill, resulting in chronic ungroundedness and eternal yearning for the Next Big Thing to hold my attention. i felt unfulfilled and a bit empty unless i was laughing til my sides hurt, or weeping til my soul ached. no gray space. meanwhile, beneath my hungry gaze, a gentler part of me was desperate for consistent presence as life whirlwound all around me, desperate for anchors and solid ground, a steadfast and faithful flow.
it took ☆ages☆ to realize that active yet calm participation in my life was a choice, a decision to step away from both ennui and overzeal, embracing all whimsies as they came, not just the explosive ones. i had to unhook myself from my addiction to stimulus, to overexposure, and instead engage with my joys rooted in peace, not escapism nor exhilaration. this took years of technique and ritual, many loving readjustments necessary to instill this ethos. little did i know that, with practice, the palm-sized joys proved to be just as - if not more - rewarding as the crescendos.
welcome to the faefetti diaries. 🌈✨💗
the energy signature i’m bringing to this space. ✨
this lil blog series is a love letter to all of the teeny, trifling, modest microcosms of enchantment that i capture throughout each month. this is my safe space to share my modicum of bliss, from tea leaf blends to new art supplies, from 10sec videos that made me laugh out loud to cute flowers blossoming in my yard, from an empowering affirmation to tarot card decks, and beyond.
i have a few pockets of guaranteed sweetness that consistently spark my joy (music🎶, video games🎮, good food🍒, and books📚) which get focused moments of glory here. but i also carve out space for all miscellanea that make my life a lil more magical.
the faefetti diaries are, first and foremost, a self-luv space where i can reflect upon my pleasurable little life.
however, i am also hopeful that this nook can inspire others to carve out space for daily, bite-sized bliss. 💞
🌼 march was a particularly interesting month of joy-seeking as tensions rose in my personal and celestial lives, the eclipse season revealing uncomfortable yet necessary truths (as always lol) and the mercury-venus retrograde igniting mindset shifts re: my interpersonal relationships. i had to chase felicity in quiet spaces, untouched by others, coaxed to a blossom within my inner-garden. i’m in the midst of redefining my social spaces, and am hopeful that sharing my acute pockets of gratitude can invite others with similar joie de vivre to dance alongside me.
i admit - i feel slightly vulnerable sharing these tokens of doogy delights. yet, i also think it’s important for me to share the art of treasure-seeking with the world.
thank you for tuning into the first ever faefetti diary. i hope you enjoy this joy-full foray into my whimsical lil world. ๋ ࣭ ⭑๋ ࣭ ⭑
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タリング 【eng cover】~ trickle
🧿 as a japanese language student and linguistics enjoyer, i’m always down for playful and creative transliterations. the vocaloid utaite community has always been a magical mix of these two worlds, n trickle has been dropping bars for a while now :-3 plus a fun vocal range!! enjoy this unhinged ditty.
LEMON MELON COOKIE ~ TAK feat.初音ミク
🍋🍈🍪 sometimes life is sour … sometimes life is sweet … what would happen if we integrated both of these truths? thankfully, miku is here to teach us that ups and downs are natural (and maybe even a lil delicious??) via bouncy beep bops and a wiggly dance! thank you miku-sensei! 🤟
thought i was dead ~ tyler, the creator ft. schoolboy q, santigold
💚 i have been deeeeep in chromakopia for the last couple of months. this is my first time fully exploring tyler’s music and i’ve been having a blast!! i was drawn to the album via balloon (feat. doechii) but have landed here as my current favorite song. bro is a menace lmao and i appreciate his vision sm. currently pondering which of his albums to explore next…
オーバー！！ ~ iyowa
✨ back to vocaloid :-9 i’m glad to see iyowa twinkling a lil more in popularity lately. their music is sooo quirked up in the best ways; i adore the melodic cacophonies they create alongside squeaky vocavoices. this song in particular is a reproduction of one of my favorite works by them. it’s been a joy watching them mature their technical prowess, even down to the manipulation of the vocaloid. it’s just a stylish lil song about an astronaut traveling across space to find her cat :-)
fujii kaze: tiny desk concert
🎐 i’ve been spending a lot of time rolling around tiny desks while playing pokemon pinball (more on that below!!). this production in particular caught my ear; he has a stunning voice, such good control, and the backing band is so groovy and smooth. really great and confident performance! ALSO the jumpscare i experienced when i realized he’s the original composer of the vtuber eye reveal song LMAO 😭
p.s. ⭐ i tossed all of these songs into a youtube playlist for your consideration :-)✧
i’ll update it with every faefetti diary, with maybe a couple extra doogy musical treats each month ♡
i’m eager to witness this musical journey and its evolution! 🍒⋆⭒˚｡⋆
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in a fit of boredom, my partner announced to no one in particular, “i’m going to download roblox right now!!” i’ve already done my time in dress to impress (and dutifully slayed), but had yet to explore… well, anything else. i was excited for the invitation! we spent the night jumpin from game to game, having fun playing silly shooters and grass simulators and one piece mmos and witnessing literal ten-year olds cuss each other out on voice chat in roblox squid game. way too many of them have seen the show btw.
it was on night two of our roblodyssey that we stumbled upon collect all pets. google describes it as a pet simulator, which might be roblox jargon i don’t understand, because you are not simulating the pet. (don’t let my avatar - shown below - fool you. that’s just how i look without trying.) i’d consider it a semi-idle cookie clicker-esque experience, with an added rebirth system to start “fresh” once hitting a certain threshold.
“fresh” meaning: you unlock an entire skill tree that slowly makes the game progression both faster and more challenging, each unlock leading you to a more expensive-yet-useful perk, a never-ending grindfest that preys upon my ‘number getting bigger = more dopamine’ maplestory brain. and my partner’s runescape one. yyyeah it highkey has us in a chokehold.
listen… it’s been fun. i’ve been putting it on my second monitor as i do other stuff and it’s been a silly time. i like all of the little dudes, and i enjoy how i look like as much of a creature as the pets themselves. i think people have to double-take when i run past them, my little tubes-for-legs absolutely booking it across the stage at +75% run speed, a well-farmed stat boost. tell me my team of baddies don’t look menacing af.
the last thing you see before we fucking get you.
collect all pets has been both a bonding and decompressing experience for me and my partner, afking in the middle of the map and chitchatting between quests and gambling (for pets). we keep each other updated on our achievements and the shinies we unlock. at this point, spaceman is hours ahead of me as this is his #1 chill out hobby of the moment, but i am quickly catching up. 😈 maybe next month i’ll have a new crew of freaks to reveal to you all.
so, what has been keeping me away from chronic pet collection? i recently found myself lost in the handheld emulator sauce. i’m almost always in the mood to play an old-school psx jrpg, or obscure gameboy monster collector, or underrated snes platformer with the most beautiful pixel art you’ve ever seen. thus, when i discovered the beauty of the miyoo mini plus, i knew i had to get one.
well, after like a week of researching which console was right for me (a perfectly joyful activity for the average gemini♊︎), in which i landed on the one that was 1. within my smol price range, 2. had an active modding community, 3. featured a dope OS, and 4. bared resemblance to my personal favorite retro (ugh) handheld. like, the gameboy color was my first console ever, so there’s definitely some inner-child healing happening here hehe. :~)
last week, i spent an entire evening moving over ~170gb of roms onto a reformatted sd card. it was kind of A Whole Thing, but i stayed focused and followed the directions and, well, i now own a kickass lil powerhouse of an entertainment system. it’s been SO fun to pop in and out of some of my favorite childhood games, plus a ton i’ve never been able to explore before. 💫
my current list of miyoo joys:
expect some modding/aesthetic upgrades over the next few months~ 💞
hamtaro: ham-ham heartbreak (gba) was my first game played upon installation. i’ve played and beaten this game many times, and it recently occurred to me why it went platinum in my house; it’s a language game, all about collecting words for your ham-ham dictionary!! i mean, yes, you’re also saving the world from heartbreak. but you’re also being a lil ham ham linguist!! 🐹💬 and some of the puzzles are still brain-bendy after all of these years hehe.
i’ve already sunk 15+ hours into pokémon pinballs (gbc and gba). i mean, they’re just banger pinball experiences, right in my very pocket. and the rumble-pak somehow works on the gbc rom!! so cool!! 🤩
i’ve played pokemon romhacks in the past, but nothing extensive. however, i was happy to discover how easy it is to patch roms to play em on my miyoo!! i’m currently partial to pokémon rogue emerald, an incredibly fun and immersive roguelike based in rse’s poké-engine. i’m definitely accessing an ancient nook of my brain devoted solely to pokemon meta-gaming obscura, left behind when i deserted my childhood dream of becoming a vgc pokemon master. it’s both nostalgic and stimulating. having a dope time!! and i’m excited to try some more romhacks. i’m lookin at crystal clear and emerald seaglass for my first proper pokehack forays~
when shouting “hamha!🐹” over and over starts to get stale, i have been dipping my toes into a ~classique~, none other than chrono trigger. its 30th anniversary just passed, and, i mean… it’s just time, y’know? (HAHA!!! we have fun here.) i haven’t played it since late high school (nearly 15 years ago lol), and seeing all of the beautiful, delightful, nostalgic anniversary fanart threw me into a state of yearning. i consider this one of the best games ever made; i’m humbled every time i return to the smooth controls, stunning ost, and thoughtful storytelling. and, just to be clear: frog is everything to me. 🐸🗡️
y’know… i’m going to also use this space to admit that i… kinda like chrono cross more. sometimes. it’s the ocarina of time/majora’s mask issue where oot is objectively the better game, but mm personally altered my brain chemistry, and both hold an equally special place in my heart.
🎲 other gamer gurl thoughts: i’ve been jumpin on world of warcraft every now n again to pump dps as an arcane mage. mythic+ has been fun! 🧝♀️✨ can’t wait for the new pokemon tcg team rocket set~! (also can’t wait to get absolutely none thanks to scalpers! 🙂👍 /doomer) i wish monster hunter wilds wasn’t $70 lol. pain. excited for atlyss’ controller update. been craving a good cry; maybe it’s finally time to play spiritfarer? 🌈💗
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🍳 a lil something about me: i’m a breakfast babe. i love having a hearty, delicious treat when after my morning yoga n meditation sesh, made by my own hand, using colorful and delicious ingredients that excite me. ☕🥓🍊💗 for the last few months, my go-to breakfast has been chili eggs on mayo toast with a fruity protein yogurt on the side!! :-9 i’m usually the type of person to rotate meals semi-often, but this brekko has been so ez and delicious that i keep falling back into it hehe. it’s extra spicy, with a layer of creamy smoothness from the kewpie mayo upon fluffy italian bread toast. so so good!!
when i’m not enjoying indulgent breakfasts, i’m often grazing on little snacks til dinner. my current bite-sized joy is bowls of berries!! 🍓🫐🥣✨ i’m keen towards raspberries in particular rn - strawberries (my usual fave) have been SO unreliable lately, utterly flavorless. every now n again, i’ll pick up some blueberries or golden berries too… but these lil juicy garnets of yum have been joyful and satisfying ;_;💕 perfect for an outdoors nosh as the weather warms up. btw we had our first 75F day of the season last week ahh!! so ready for sleepy book + hammock days~
speaking of reading: it’s been hard for me to sit down in my reading corner without a big mug of tea at my side. 🍵 i’m currently partial towards chocolate rooibos with a dash of honey for something warming, fragrant, and rich. on nights that i’m looking for something lighter, i’ve been leaning into spearmint blends. refreshing af. now that i’m thinkin about it, i’ve been craving a london fog latte lately. maybe i’ll brew one up soon and share my lil recipe in my next diary n_n
💗 honorable mentions: peeps!!!!, asiago bagels with garden vegetable cream cheese, fresca n olipops n poppis (unfortunately just bought out by pepsico… sniffle…), freeze-dried peach rings, penne a la vodka pizza, and the lil café latte-flavored hard candies i keep stealing from my partner’s snack stash. 💗
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cardcaptor sakura (vol3) by clamp 🌸
crying in h mart by michelle zauner 🍜
👽 up next 👽
🦀 the hike by drew magary
🪷 greenteeth by molly o’neill
🏰 jumping back into my two towers reread !!
🍀 my march reading wrap-up 🌈
my favorite reading partner, cooper, taking my spot on The Reading Chair whilst also carefully positioning himself between the peeps gummies and cheddar popcorn (off-screen).
dallergut dream department store by miye lee, translated by sandy joosun lee 🌈💭 so so cozy, whimsical. it was reminiscent of a season of rilakkuma and kaoru - heartfelt, low-stakes character vignettes in an utterly soothing world. as an oneironaut (a nightly lucid dreamer), i loved the magically mundane dream logic. both the author’s note and translator’s note add a layer of sweetness to the journey. the translator described this book as ‘unpretentious’ which is apt. it’s a very simple execution, which may leave something to be desired for those looking for incredible amounts of depth and plot.
angels before man by rafael nicolás 🪽🥀 directly from my review: “i was breathless nearing the end of this book. such deliriously tragic head cinema. i adore the tonal shifts between act one and two; blushing, soft-lipped whimsy into mania, horror, spirals upon spirals. the prose is violet, poetic, lush, visceral. lucifer is a phenomenal and devastating character. i'm unwell lmao. and, currently sprinting to the nearest b&n to get the special edition cover.” ★botm runner-up.★
the wild robot escapes by peter brown ⚙️🐮 charming, thought-provoking, and kind. it’s not as good as book 1, but not detrimentally so. i love how accessible this story is whilst delivering hard-hitting, depth-embracing questions: where do i belong? what is my purpose? how can i be myself without fear? what is “home”? and how can i get there? 💕 my heart is so full. peak middle grade goodness.
orbital by samantha harvey 🛰️🌏 i’ve never read anything quite like this - def in a league of its own. this is a lyrical novella, a love-letter to the planet earth, through the eyes of six astronauts over a 24-hour period. it’s a floaty, heady lil story. i want to revisit it in the future with a globe in front of me haha. super recommended for poetry enjoyers; delicious and meditative purple prose galore!
return to the dallergut dream department store by miye lee, translated by sandy joosun lee 🚂💤 i didn’t think i’d return to this world quite so soon, but the first one was such a good bedtime companion that i found myself missing the sleepy vibes whilst curled up in my blankets hehe. it’s just a lovely lil duology. pleasant af, a touch peculiar, with so much heart.
sunrise on the reaping by suzanne collins 🌅🕊️ oh lord… it’s been days and i’m still devastated 😭 the best kind of fanservice. i’m so well-fed from the enrichment of this world and its cast. i’ll use this space to say: if you haven’t yet read the hunger games series, this is a wonderful time to start. it’s timeless, all-ages, thoughtful, and entirely relevant to [gestures vaguely] in western society rn.
the wild robot protects by peter brown 🌊🤖 a lovely conclusion to a lovely trilogy. it’s definitely the least fun, but still 100% worth a gander. i’d consider this series to be at least a 4⭐ experience across the board. i’ll miss you, roz! i’ll def be back one day to revisit this sweet lil series. 💕
⋆˙⟡ my book of the month ⊹ ࣪ ˖
🐦⬛🌾 something in the woods loves you by jarod k. anderson 🌳🐿️
i slowly flowed through this book over the course of three months, picking it up intermittently, waiting for the pull to reenter this mystical, gentle, viscerally honest space.
every time i reentered anderson’s affirmative prose, it was exactly what i needed to hear, eerily resonant to my current lived experience, a mirror of a conversation held with loved ones, a continuation of deep thoughts i stored away for a kinder moment.
this is a must-read for anyone who lives alongside depression. it’s vulnerable in the best ways, where i felt naked before its words. i must have over 100 highlighted sections. endless gentle wisdom for the wounded soul. i’ve been struggling with depressive and anxious flare-ups for a few months now, mirrors of my younger days that i thought were managed and soothed. it’s nice to read a book that reminds me that healing is never linear.
it may be a little intense for those in the throes of ideation and inner-drowning, but there is such a softness in the aesops and his path to recovery. a lot of anderson’s healing is rooted in choosing magic and kindness, trying over and over again, choosing community (in both humans and the earth), and staying reverent towards the subtle glory of Life Itself, despite the horrors.
i am swept up. i will read this over and over again throughout my little life. and i will continue to choose whimsy, mushrooms, spinning under the moon, and seeing myself in the eyes of caterpillars.
“maybe this isn’t a time for ideal, i thought. maybe it’s a time to learn to love the mess.” 🪻
find me on storygraph and/or bookworm to keep up with my bookish journey!
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🌈 daily tarot pulls ✦ as a tarot reader, enjoyer, and academic, i tend to prefer tarot with a focus, an idea or query that can directly attach itself to the card’s wisdom. yet, every few years, i get bit by the ‘daily pull’ bug, welcoming in an extra layer of magical focus to my mundane. this is one of those moments for me. i wonder why? i must be craving more direct magic, a more grounded interaction with the whimsy in my life, rather than a free-flowing beckoning. ✨ i pull a card every morning after breakfast, layering my nourishment to the physical and spiritual. the way i read em: upright cards are energies captured around me, while reversals are vibes that i’m meant to expand outwards. it’s always fun to see how these subtle archetypes manifest every day. very revealing work.
🌷 my mini pink altar ✦ on the shelf behind my pc desk (the space where i spend most of my time), i dedicated one layer to a lil pocket of pink panache, gathering some of my favorite tchotchke of the moment and putting em all on display. one may ask, “what kind of magic occurs here?” and the answer is … “i’m not entirely sure!!” i think i just enjoy having something cute and uplifting to gaze towards when i’m hobbling around my space. i sometimes put my daily pull here, but i prefer it next to my manekineko statue at my desk. so, perhaps, i’ll let the magic approach me. i feel like it can surprise me with its very kawaii secrets.
☕ coffeeshop trips ✦ for better or for worse, i’ve been going to a lot of medical appointments lately. to soften the blow of, um, being chronically ill, i promised myself that i’d prioritize getting a lil treat when possible. this, gratefully, has been a common occurrence!! it’s definitely a blessing to be able to get a teddy graham breves and blts on birdseed bread and lavender butter cookies and peppermint matchas at least once a week. just this afternoon, i enjoyed a brown sugar + honey + caramel iced latte with a slice of veggie quiche after a vet day (coop is a-okay!). 🍯 this is your sign to treat yourself the next time you head out of the house on Serious Business.
“i try not to get too Corporationpilled but damn…. i luv these lil guys……..” ~ me, to dooglandia
🐥 it’s peep season!! ✦ this arguably should be expanded upon in my yumz section, but i am also considering peeps as an entity and friend-shaped.
i’ve been a peeps fan since a lil lass, gobbling up everyone’s uneaten chick-shaped orbs of pure sugar. these have always been a divisive snack (marshmallows in general, really), but it’s never been too deep for me. sweet? soft? cute? yeah. i fear i’m devouring the whole row in under two (2) minutes.
idk when it started, but peeps started showing up ‘off-season’ (a.k.a. not eastertime) and i’m thrilled about it. i’ve been blessed with more delightful flavors and, now, plushies. omg i happened to see a peeps x sanrio collab online yesterday. like chill!! i’m already subservient to your pastel charms! there’s my melo and kuromi bunny peep plushies somewhere out in the big wide world. i suppose if i’m lucky on my journeys, i’ll get to talk about peeps even more next month… consider myself on the hunt.
despite the semi-recent peep accessibility, monching on these lil dudes hits different during springtime. it hits a nostalgic spot in my heart, receiving a thoughtful easter basket from my grandparents filled with peeps and marshmallow eggs and a new plushie (if i was lucky), a patch of cutesweet fulfillment for younger-doogs. i love when i can capture moments and nourish my inner-child. she would’ve LOVED a plushie of these lil guys.
wow!! this means you’ve made it to the end!! 👏👏👏 u rock AND roll!!
thank you so much for being a part of my first ever faefetti diary 💫🌸🌈🍓
🥄 a teaspoon of lore: this humble space began as a membership perk for all of my party frogs, before i realized i wanted to expand my gratitude practice a lil louder outwards. so many of my loved ones have been asking for more externalized doogy joy, rather than sharing it in only sacred, secret spaces. this is my attempt to wear my soul inside out, a bit of bear-all, and a trust fall into being held more deeply by other earthlings who are just learning how to embrace their odd, creative souls.
i hope that i can continue to show up once a month to share my goodie bag of silly stuff and delightful doo-dads with you all.
thank you for witnessing me and my pockets of whimsy, magic, joy!
i’d love to hear about your very own glimmers in the comments below 💗 or whatever you wanna share, tbh! 🤗
take care for now, and have a kind april! 🌷
