Two, and three.

I wonder what effect it would have on WoW if you removed the randomness of loot drops. Would the same raiders who complain about pvp gear being "easy" to get complain if they knew all they had to do was kill Bossa and their T7 Helm would drop? No chance, we simply -know- it will happen. Yay now all the raiders can be geared out on their first run. Then they can simple kill the bosses again because its fun to raid. Much like how the PvP'ers go back and play arena even after getting a full S5 set. Or maybe we should change the pvp gear. Instead of S5 costs 10k arena points... you would have: "Spend 10k arena points for a random chance at -some- piece of S5". Then everyone could be happy. We'd all live and die by a random number. Yay we're all equally hard dice rollers. We can all participate in the activity we want and only hope we get rewarded for it. Yeah that would be exciting. Why blame the pvp/arena gear? Why not blame the drop system? I h...

My mom's the writer in the family. I'm too chatty, my bro's are rather pompous, my dad is technical, but my mom strikes just the right tone. BUT I finished reading Elantris and Arms&Fury had asked what I thought about it, and I don't think I've written about it already .... I have no real filing system for posts so it's a dickens of a time trying to find stuff. I have no desire to go back through and re-file either, so you'll just have to suffer through some double-posting of stuff. I'd recommend reading Elantris (my first broad impression), if naught else for seeing the dude who's gonna finish Jordan's series first attempt (I think it was his first attempt? must find out ...). I'm not sure how to describe his writing style-it feels like a first novel. Too much explanation, rather rough, not polished. Paolini's first two books have a similar feel (haven't read Brisingr yet). Sanderson uses deus ex machina a couple of times, or at...

How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? It takes me-wait, you ready?-1 minute. I'm serious. I've heard of people who takes upwards of an hour to get their game face on. That boggles my mind. I think-maybe-my wedding day makeup session lasted that long. I wash the face. I put anti-wrinkle cream on (my mum says it's never too early to start). I put my Loreal Bare Natural powder foundation stuff on, and I'm done. If I'm going somewhere special I put on my blush that's so light you can't really tell it's there and my bare chestnut eyeshadow that adds just a hint of color. Then I'll add my neutral lipstick that I end up rubbing off because I can't stand wearing the stuff. If you'll notice it's all neutral. I have a deep-rooted horror of bright makeup. I've seen too many women forget to put on makeup and look simply ghastly because their makeup wasn't enhancing what they had but covering it up. I guess that means I'm ...

Quick WoW update: I made level 66 last night. Only two more levels to go. I'm starting to prioritize +damage over +healing. Simply because recently I haven't felt at all like doing any kind of partying. Now having just said that... I -BADLY- need an underbog run. I've three or four quests there and then I'm done entirely with Zangermarsh. Terokkar Forest is now one of my favorite zones. I like fighting the bird people and the quests so far have been awesomely fast. I'm about to drop tailoring and pick up a gathering skill. The debate is whether or not I want to go mining or herbalism. I am unable to decide.

Wow insider already posted about this but incase you don't read them I will repeat the same here. http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-youve-all-been-waiting-for.html This blog had a contest for WoW fan fiction. The post I link to above was the winning subscription. I liked it a lot and wanted to share it with you.

"I'm a little hunter short and cute. Here is my bow, Here is my boot. When I get all worked up then I shoot!" And I can't come up with the last line. Needs to rhyme with the little teacup song.

I'm trying to decide if I should keep my random blog thoughts together or if I should simply make 3-4 posts on days when I have multiple thoughts. The mixed one has the advantage of a single place to go to read that days thoughts. The divided one allows commenters to only comment on the idea they want to talk about. Today I went with the multi-post for the reason you see directly above. But in this last post I'm going to combine a few ideas. Breana responded to my Focus post and let me know that my Focus was just relaxing and letting the good times roll. :P That may be. I'm still pretty thrilled that she saw my post and replied. GLDC isn't one of the blogs I regularly have corespondence with and so she still has that air of a Celebrety**. As opposed to someone else. Who is now you know... normal and well normal. I mean...normal job, normal someone distracting her from blogging, normal creepy guy next door, kinda thing. Just to be clear I wasn't very worried...

It is funny going back to old games and realizing how much I have changed in the last 4 years. I cannot stand loading screens anymore. Long waits every few minutes so you can "zone"? Bah get lost. But I remember thinking this was perfectly normal back when I played FFXI. Camera. Please please let me controll the bloody camera. I spent a good deal of time this weekend playing Jade Empire and cursing the developers for their choice of camera angle/controlls. Cutscenes. I used to love cutcenes. Now I wish violently for a "speed up the dialog button". But I recall thinking that about most bioware games so that may just be them. Grinding. My tolerance for just sitting and grinding out xp on mobs had evaporated. Back when I was single and had all day I didn't mind killing bufflegipples all day for 10 xp a pop so that I could level 4-5 times. Now? I don't have time to grind. If it isn't direct story plot... I don't do it. I would never have get Lulu's U...

Are surprises that don't surprise you. Things that make you sit up and go Oh really?! without the shocking Garhelkrjo -[sound of heart failure]. Like finding 10 bucks on the ground. Or getting a bonus check. Or getting a tip. These things brighten your day in a nice pleasant way. Like a massage. Selma is one of those things. The book of Mark is one of those things. Wulfa's latest present from me is one of those things. Orclette giggling and playing peekaboo from behind her mother is one of those things.

I. Has. KODO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (from the Brewfest boss) (it's very cute. It's widdle legs have to move sooo fast) (I lurves my kodo)