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On Guilds.

Let me talk for a moment about fantastic guilds and guildies. Here is a short list of exactly what I want from a guild: 1) The ability to come and go without being kicked from the guild. 2) Friendly guild members who chat with me even though I'm not there raiding/pugging with them every week. 3) Green guild chat. Possibly full of crazy people who think that the time is completely different from what it actually is(US mountain time). Here is what I get from my guild: 1) Boo. The guy is always on. Always responds to my blathering. And he's pissed.... all the time... and I mean all five meanings of the word. Pick a few... he's always at least two meanings.****** 2) Ruune. She's like the salt in the stew right? The not quite good that makes everything good? The Aussie who abuses you and doesn't know how to spell dammy(She thinks its spelled "Susan"). Yeah... gotta have shammies or whatever she currently plays around. 3) Jess and Mr. Jess. Jess talks ...

Books!

I love books! I know it's the New Year, but I stayed up past midnight and my kids woke up early. At the moment I despise the celebration surrounding New Years. Back to books: The Hunger Games Trilogy. Everyone I've talked to who has read it have said that they simply could not put the books down. My experience was the same. The third book-WARNING SPOILER INFORMATION-was a bit of a shocker, however. The books center around these games in which 24 children are selected to compete in a game in which only one will survive. The first two books reminded me strongly of the games that were played back in Rome. What I mean is, I enjoyed reading them. Even though children were getting killed. I felt at a remove-the books didn't really affect me that much. Is that how the Roman crowds felt as they watched human beings destroy each other? It wasn't happening to them, it was happening to other people. It was fun, it was like a parade. Prime time entertainment. In the third book, h...