It’s been almost a month since my last post. I suppose I’m just going to talk.

Since I’m unable to view the Odyssey site at work, I’ve been using most of my extra time to learn Joomla. I messed around with PHP Fusion but so far I prefer Joomla. Getting back into php and mysql has been fun; I’m a noob but I’m still having fun with it. However, I am having Photoshop withdrawals. Sorry [http://www.pixlr.com/app/] just isn’t cutting it anymore.

I work 12 hour shifts so needless to say on days I work I don’t have a lot of extra time. Last week I logged on about an hour and a half before I had to leave for work and figured I had time to jump in a 25M ToC……I had to bail after 1 wipe on Anub’arak (the only boss that drops anything remotely useful) because the raid took too long. Sometimes I’ll queue up for a daily dungeon, those are quick right? Well, if I’m on Hitomi I get stuck healing shitty dps that care barely break 2k but the queue isn’t too bad. If I’m on Mikayo I have to either queue before I take a shower and risk missing the group invite when it pops or sit there and waste 20 minutes waiting. I need to just stick to transmutes on days I work, lol.

I bought ‘yellow’ nailpolish but it just looks gold =(

I finished The Lightning Thief almost 3 weeks ago but I only just saw this past week. I don’t want to be one of those snobby people that are pissed when they walk out of a theatre complaining that the book was better…..buuuuuuuuuuuuuut, it was. New Moon didn’t change the story too much, they just had to leave a lot out because they simply didn’t have enough time to cram everything into the already-too-long movie. The Lightning Thief actually changed things so I’m interested to see what they do with the sequels if they continue with the book series. The end of the movie dialogue between Percy and his dad was just cheesy. C’mon guys….

Man, I wish I could checkout EJ, etc. so I can gauge whether I want to have my main dps spec stay affliction or switch to the love spec of my life: destruction. Some are saying we should stay affliction, others are saying destruction. Last I read of the 3.3.3 post on EJ 0/13/58 is your top dps spec if you’re wearing T9 but is the lowest if you’re wearing T10. Argh.

Anyway, I think that’s enough useless babble and yes, the pictures are random. Cute but random.

Double Fal’inrush, Defender of Quel’thalas …… are you kidding me?!?

Well, Sindragosa is down in both 25M & 10M. Lich King will be down this coming Sunday in 10M. It’s funny remembering back a few weeks to when we were wiping on Putricide and Queen Lana’thel and now the fights are just silly. It’ll be nice when Lich King is down and we can start doing hardmodes next week.

I’m raiding with my brother’s guild, Questionable Conduct on Mikayo. I’m having fun but it sucks when the two character’s raid schedules clash, like tonight. However, QC raids pretty late whereas Odyssey starts at 7PM server so it doesn’t happen often. There was a pretty big learning curve these last 2 weeks from having played as only destruction for months and months to switching between affliction and demonology. I feel pretty confident with both now; just need practice. (Thanks to Tragedik and Caremeter – xoxo)

With the Lich King out and hardmodes becoming available, I wonder how far out the next expansion is going to be. I give it a month and a half (maybe 2) before Blizzard nerfs ICC the way they did Sunwell before WotLK came out. We’ll see I guess. I don’t know how realistic the September/November release date rumors could be…….7 months without new content seems to be pushing it.

Current books while I wait for the House of Night Series’ Burned:

• Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief
• Laurell K. Hamilton’s Danse Macabre (hopefully there’s less sex in this one, jeez)

The Lightning Thief

Danse Macabre

Oh, and talk about a lootwhore (and why everyone hates paladin loot) – I cleaned house tonight but I don’t feel too bad after wishing I had more crit/MP5 pieces:

• Faceplate of the Forgotten
• Crypt Keeper’s Bracers (I’ve had these for a few days but just enchanted/used them tonight.)
• Gauntlets of Overexposure (WAAAAAAAAY better than t10)
• Leggings of Dying Candles
• Boots of the Funeral March
• Purified Lunar Dust (HEY! It’s still loot!)

Obviously I don’t want to run around with a million MP5, it is the worst stat. However, since I primarily spam FoL there comes a point where I’d rather have MP5 over haste………..but not for Valithria Dreamwalker!

I’m told this is old but it’s still funny.

So I join a TOC25 pug this morning. Death’s Choice is reserved so I know it’s going to be a caster heavy group but that’s fine. It’s just my alt and there are only a few things I need despite the fact that I haven’t played Mikayo in awhile.

Gloves of the Lifeless Touch drop and I’m looking at my pawn values and it’s a 100pt upgrade from my 9.25 gloves because of hit rating. However, I’m over hit cap so this would be a great swap.

I normally roll terribly but surprisingly roll highest for this item. I’m asked to pass the item to a mage who is wearing Overlook Handguards. I wonder why are they asking me to pass? If I decide to give them to him I’ll just open trade. I say I don’t want to pass and that’s when fake Jesus stepped in….

If joining a PUG and actually winning an upgrade but refusing to pass because an undergeared stranger needs it more means I have no game class then I’m as trashy as they come.

**Note my recount. I was #11 on the gearscore list……..lol.