The last time I dedicated myself to acquiring tier gear was with Abethany and her Magister's set. In fact, you can see her wearing it in the icon I used for this post and for the profile pic on Abethany's Twitter feed.
Despite the fact that I think it's ugly...
...I have nevertheless decided that I will make the effort to collect all five pieces of the latest tier gear, the Bloodmage's Regalia (and later Sanctified Bloodmage's Regalia).
Reason? None, other than I haven't pursued such a thing in a very long time indeed, nearly four years actually. Anyhoo, that's the new goal.
So it is written!
P.S. Here's what Abethany looks like now:
Despite the fact that I think it's ugly...
...I have nevertheless decided that I will make the effort to collect all five pieces of the latest tier gear, the Bloodmage's Regalia (and later Sanctified Bloodmage's Regalia).
Reason? None, other than I haven't pursued such a thing in a very long time indeed, nearly four years actually. Anyhoo, that's the new goal.
So it is written!
P.S. Here's what Abethany looks like now:
Patch 3.3 contained a lot, including new content in the form of a new sprawling dungeon featuring the Lich King and the new Looking for Dungeon (LFD) tool.
How did the first day go? Well, that was a mix of really good with really bad.
Good:
• The Frozen Halls are neat. Fun, quick, nice aesthetic, interesting quest line, and just a delight. I had to PUG the first part since there weren’t enough guildies and despite none of us having ever set foot in it or read a word about what to do, we were able to comport ourselves with enough competence to complete the first section and be ready for the Halls of Reflection.
• The new Looking for Dungeon (LFD) tool is great—when it works, it works really well. I was usually able to join a PUG for the random heroic dungeon in under five minutes, with one notable exception described below (plus an additional incident that took about 20 minutes). I thoroughly enjoy how it groups people together and the fact that you can teleport right into the dungeon is the bee’s knees—when it works. The grouping of people together seems to work well, we all seemed to be evenly matched and we all held our own well. There’s one very bad thing about the tool which is described below.
• The Core Hound Pup is absolutely adorable!
Bad:
• Server congestion was severe, hampering the ability of the LFD tool to teleport people to dungeons and the Halls of Reflection, in particular, were shut down and I had a very frustrating time trying to PUG it to complete the Frozen Halls quest line I had to stop because a couple of the PUG members from the previous group got d/ced. I ultimately had to stop playing altogether because my character was trapped at the dungeon loading screen with no way to escape it, I just had to sit there and wait to time out and be disconnected from the server entirely.
• The LFD tool no longer allows you to look for help for a quest. You can only look for dungeons. This is extremely frustrating. It’s compounded by the fact that since the daily dungeons have been (rightfully) replaced by a weekly raid quest, there’s no way to LFD to complete it. I tried pretty much all day to find a way to complete the quest but to no avail.
I think once the servers calm down that things will be just swimming and awesome, with the exception of the weekly raid quest in particular, and miscellaneous group quests in general. Not being able to get help for quests is unfortunate but being able to get metric tons of emblems of triumph through the LFD tool is good.
All day I've been thinking about making this post ... or not making it. John Lennon's murder was certainly an important event in my life ... one of those "I'll always remember where I was" moments, and I really am too young to be a first generation Beatles fan.
I have memories of their animated show and some of their songs that I formed during the course of the band's active years ... but I didn't really "discover" the Beatles until 7th grade ... that's 1977 and deep right on the cusp of the first solid round of Beatle-revival-mania. At that point, though, I was bit HARD by the Beatles bug. Before long I owned all their U.S. albums ... and was informed enough to know the difference between the U.S. and U.K. releases (a feat that, in those pre-Internet days, required many trips to the library's reading room and microfiche files).
But today is not a day I particularly want to mark. I'd rather do that with his birthday (October 9th) than the anniversary of his death. Still, THIS is the day the world seems to prefer commemorating ... and I've seen some very lovely and heartfelt ruminations on the subject today.
John Kovalic, for example, posted the text of an article he wrote marking this occasion 19 years ago ... and many people simply posted links to videos set to John's music. One that struck me in particular was the clip that John Wick posted of the song God which begins with an audio clip from the Monday Night Football broadcast on December 8, 1980. In it, Howard Cosell interrupts his own broadcast to announce the tragic news. Another poignant clip shows that the news of John's death was, in fact, Walter Cronkite's lead story on the CBS Evening News the next night (at the time, CNN was less than 6 months old ... and cable TV was still a luxury you could only get in the densest population zones).
After all that thinking, I realized I don't really have anything in particular to say to mark this occasion. (Perhaps next year for the 30th anniversary.) But I DO I want to sit back and just listen to some of John Lennon's songs.
I have memories of their animated show and some of their songs that I formed during the course of the band's active years ... but I didn't really "discover" the Beatles until 7th grade ... that's 1977 and deep right on the cusp of the first solid round of Beatle-revival-mania. At that point, though, I was bit HARD by the Beatles bug. Before long I owned all their U.S. albums ... and was informed enough to know the difference between the U.S. and U.K. releases (a feat that, in those pre-Internet days, required many trips to the library's reading room and microfiche files).
But today is not a day I particularly want to mark. I'd rather do that with his birthday (October 9th) than the anniversary of his death. Still, THIS is the day the world seems to prefer commemorating ... and I've seen some very lovely and heartfelt ruminations on the subject today.
John Kovalic, for example, posted the text of an article he wrote marking this occasion 19 years ago ... and many people simply posted links to videos set to John's music. One that struck me in particular was the clip that John Wick posted of the song God which begins with an audio clip from the Monday Night Football broadcast on December 8, 1980. In it, Howard Cosell interrupts his own broadcast to announce the tragic news. Another poignant clip shows that the news of John's death was, in fact, Walter Cronkite's lead story on the CBS Evening News the next night (at the time, CNN was less than 6 months old ... and cable TV was still a luxury you could only get in the densest population zones).
After all that thinking, I realized I don't really have anything in particular to say to mark this occasion. (Perhaps next year for the 30th anniversary.) But I DO I want to sit back and just listen to some of John Lennon's songs.
Going to see 2012 in the theater with one's disaster-movie-loving spouse. Actually, it was more entertaining than I expected. We made snarky comments (kind of like MST3K). There were just a handful of people in the theater, and none of them close enough to overhear us. We decided that the Woody Harrelson part really should have been played by Gary Busey, and that the writers missed a great opportunity to have the President (played by Danny Glover) say "I'm too old for this ship!"
There were multiple humorous references to Wisconsin in the movie. Chris suspects there are multiple versions of the movie, in order to reference the audience's home state. Has anyone seen the movie outside of Wisconsin?
There were multiple humorous references to Wisconsin in the movie. Chris suspects there are multiple versions of the movie, in order to reference the audience's home state. Has anyone seen the movie outside of Wisconsin?
- 19:15 @sirjohncard Maybe YOU with a cone on your head? #
- 11:54 19 years ago today, a very bad thing happened to the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon # - 15:27 @cbart315 Yeah, yeah...29, not 19...damn rented fingers... #
- 18:10 "Someone might have better explained the high cost of living..." #
As you stand there and listen, rain begins to fall in fat, heavy drops from the sky, raining down and plopping on your head and on the concrete. You hear more swearing from above and then the slamming of the sliding door that leads to the balcony up above. You hear panting and sobbing, a man's voice, strange to you to hear that save from someone being savagely beaten by you and your mates. Even then, that's not from a grown man. Between the blubbering and the hiss as the rain begins to fall harder you think you hear the words:
"Fuck... fuck... I killed her... I fucking killed her..."
...before his voice lapses into sobs again. It sends a shiver up your spine to hear him and you don't get the feeling he's screwing you around. Then you hear a thump, hard, against the sliding door up above, rattling it in its frame, then again, a thump. Another one, harder and his voice becoming hysterical.
"No, I killed you, I killed you!"
His voice rising to a girlish shriek that's making your legs turn to jelly.
"Fuck... fuck... I killed her... I fucking killed her..."
...before his voice lapses into sobs again. It sends a shiver up your spine to hear him and you don't get the feeling he's screwing you around. Then you hear a thump, hard, against the sliding door up above, rattling it in its frame, then again, a thump. Another one, harder and his voice becoming hysterical.
"No, I killed you, I killed you!"
His voice rising to a girlish shriek that's making your legs turn to jelly.
So I've been hinting at this recently, but here it is officially.
I've just sold another novel. :-)
Pyr--the sci-fi/fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books--will be publishing my novel The Goblin Corps. Too early yet in the process to discuss release dates or anything, but as soon as I know, you'll know.
This makes Pyr the second publisher, after Bantam, to which I've sold an original (non-shared-world) novel. :-) The official announcement can be found here.
I've just sold another novel. :-)
Pyr--the sci-fi/fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books--will be publishing my novel The Goblin Corps. Too early yet in the process to discuss release dates or anything, but as soon as I know, you'll know.
This makes Pyr the second publisher, after Bantam, to which I've sold an original (non-shared-world) novel. :-) The official announcement can be found here.
- Mood:
ecstatic
The browser, not the OS. ;)
Get the (beta, of course) download here. It's light and will take <1 minute soup to nuts for you to get going.
I dunno. I launched it up and I noticed there's no one-click way to open a group of bookmarks, like one can on Safari. Therefore, Safari > Chrome so far.
I'll use Chrome for a bit though and see how it works and everything, play around with it and all. There might be a hidden gem that makes for a more enjoyable browsing experience.
But not being able to do in Chrome what I can do in Safari is kind of a major hassle. I use the one-click method a very great deal.
Get the (beta, of course) download here. It's light and will take <1 minute soup to nuts for you to get going.
I dunno. I launched it up and I noticed there's no one-click way to open a group of bookmarks, like one can on Safari. Therefore, Safari > Chrome so far.
I'll use Chrome for a bit though and see how it works and everything, play around with it and all. There might be a hidden gem that makes for a more enjoyable browsing experience.
But not being able to do in Chrome what I can do in Safari is kind of a major hassle. I use the one-click method a very great deal.
I am just delighted by these videos. I posted 'em before but now there's a new one out, so here you go!
lj-userpic: The Force!
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Richard's mind blasts in 140 characters...
lj-tags: thoughts
Richard's mind blasts in 140 characters...
- 06:29 Morning one and all. What a great weekend. The house is decorated for the upcoming Holidays. #
- 07:52 Bah there goes the day. Number crunching time #
- 20:00 I have turned off the Caps Lock key on my keyboard. I am a typing ninja. #
- 21:05 @grandoglwiki that reminds me I need to upload more stuff. #
- 08:32:20: Thanks for the good wishes @AzLA_Conference @World_Warcraft! Nervous? No, not me. (HA!)
- 08:34:12: I also say YES @Intellagirl. If you can take notes in class, you can tweet during conferences and pay attention. #geekpoll
- 08:37:05: Moreover, @Intellagirl it was reading conf tweets (on a conf I wasn't attending) that sold me on Twitter initially. So much value! #geekpoll
- 10:28:57: What is the hashtag for the conference, @AzLA_Conference?
- 10:31:50: Dang it, that nice check made out to me in Euros? I won't see the money for another month or two. *sigh*
- 21:05:40: Thank you, @grumpator! It was a real pleasure to meet and talk after the preconf! I look forward to more such opportunities!
- 21:07:07: I like bit.ly @buffalorick -- with an account (free), you can see how many clickthroughs you get on relevant links anywhere.
- 21:08:07: @AzLA_Conference Thanks! I'll use #AzLAConf09 for any other twittering I do. Was much too busy to do it today! (Nice to see you there tho!)
- 21:10:51: The #WoW talk seemed to go well today but ZOMG I'm exhausted. Fell over, woke long enough to eat and chat w/ friends; zzzzz coming soon.
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- 11:34 Hooray! We're getting the HD version of Comedy Central now—but I see The Daily Show and Colbert Report are still recorded in SD. :( /sigh #
- 11:37 @ms_monkey That sounds made up! #
- 13:13 Gosh, that's a lot of back-to-back Pearl Harbor shows on the History Channel. Oh! Right. #
- 13:34 @TheCreide Purple! It's the bestest color! :) #
- 13:35 @film_girl Linx! #
- 14:30 @leahdemilio<
/a> Those are horrifying. -Horrifying-. # - 15:30 Reading up on things for tonight's #DnD. :) Tonight, the gang faces—wait! No spoilers! :) #
- 15:48 Ooh, looking forward to #DnD tonight. Hee! :) There's gonna be ... stuff! And such! :) #
- 15:52 Tomorrow, however, is ALL about #WoW. If 3.3 drops, which everyone expects, then I shall be •parked• and gallivanting across Northrend. #
- 15:53 @geeksdreamgirl Mondays are McDonald's 'cause of #DnD. Tomorrow is tacquitos, I dare say! #
- 17:53 Wherein I explain why we suck: bit.ly/5no27l #
- 18:08 @ms_monkey Oh noes! What's wrong with kitty? #
- 18:10 @PhilippaJane Besides which, aren't humans natural too? Part of the animal kingdom and everything? ;) #
- 18:58 All #DnD players present! One has coffee because: "I like the Devil inside me." (see blog post). Hee! :) #
- 20:20 Cyclops attack! #DnD So far the players have rolled a couple ones. Woot! ;) twitpic.com/smlvy #
- 22:22 #DnD stop! The gang worked on freeing
a village from the clutches of drow slave masters! Next week: Thrilling conclusion! :) # - 22:39 @LizDanforth Huzzah! :) Gratz on success! Yay! :) It sounded like you worked super hard on it! :) #
- 22:40 @Nikchick But you can skip it—unlike other games. Non-skippable credits suck. #
- 22:56 Wow, I'm glad I checked: Comedy Central HD is airing The Daily Show -20 minutes- behind schedule. 10:30? No. 10:50. What the what!? #
- 23:05 @alachia That's interesting—I was on that very thing today. I actually went & got french fries w/ lots o
f salt for that very reason. Winter? # - 23:49 Already anxious for 3.3 tomorrow. I'm going to take @Abethany_Mage's frost spec out for a spin—that's her original spec (now arcane). #
Oops! Almost forgot to post!
D&D was fun! The gang's working on freeing a village from the clutches of evil drow slave masters. They're having the villagers build a fortress, but ... why? Next week, on an all-new D&D: The exciting conclusion!
The PCs encountered this situation on their way to something else. They're hoping to meet with a scholar who should have vital clues as to how to locate a city—a whole real city—trapped in the fey realm. Eee! Exciting!
Meanwhile, here's the only pic I thought to take:
D&D was fun! The gang's working on freeing a village from the clutches of evil drow slave masters. They're having the villagers build a fortress, but ... why? Next week, on an all-new D&D: The exciting conclusion!
The PCs encountered this situation on their way to something else. They're hoping to meet with a scholar who should have vital clues as to how to locate a city—a whole real city—trapped in the fey realm. Eee! Exciting!
Meanwhile, here's the only pic I thought to take:
Got this via Twitter:
Renton, WA opening their shelter at the Highlands Neighborhood Community Center, Tues 12/8 8pm-7am to assist residents during the cold wave.Eep!
One of my D&D players texted me asking if we have coffee, hot tea, or cocoa because everyone in the carpool is cold—because it's like a million degrees below zero or something here in Seattle. Seriously, it's cold for here (which means pants instead of micro skirts for you Canadians and Alaskans).
Anyway, we suck because we don't.
• The Insta-hot is broken (as chronicled on my Twitter feed) so there's no instant hot water. We have a lone kettle, but it has no whistle.
• We never have coffee because that drek's from the Devil, clearly, and we're having none of the Devil's tomfoolery in our house.
• We rarely have cocoa because @Unicorness doesn't like chocolate and I don't like hot drinks.
Now, @Unicorness does have tea, lots of it. But I haven't a clue as to which ones are suitable for hot drinking. I've never paid attention, I must admit, because the only time I have tea it's iced, the way god intended. Wait, is there really a difference? I just assume there has to be.
And you know the part that's really wild? I don't know how long it takes water to boil in that kettle. Um. Five minutes? I'll go with that and see what happens. If it doesn't take that long, the worst thing is that there's less water than when I started because it'll steam harmlessly away, right? Isn't that the purpose of a kettle, after all?
Now then ... where does she keep her tea...
Anyway, we suck because we don't.
• The Insta-hot is broken (as chronicled on my Twitter feed) so there's no instant hot water. We have a lone kettle, but it has no whistle.
• We never have coffee because that drek's from the Devil, clearly, and we're having none of the Devil's tomfoolery in our house.
• We rarely have cocoa because @Unicorness doesn't like chocolate and I don't like hot drinks.
Now, @Unicorness does have tea, lots of it. But I haven't a clue as to which ones are suitable for hot drinking. I've never paid attention, I must admit, because the only time I have tea it's iced, the way god intended. Wait, is there really a difference? I just assume there has to be.
And you know the part that's really wild? I don't know how long it takes water to boil in that kettle. Um. Five minutes? I'll go with that and see what happens. If it doesn't take that long, the worst thing is that there's less water than when I started because it'll steam harmlessly away, right? Isn't that the purpose of a kettle, after all?
Now then ... where does she keep her tea...
- 12:39 @kellykinns Of course it is! ;) #
- 13:24 QaQ nuq ta' SoH Sov? SoH laH jaH DaqtlhIngan DaH...vIHHa' ghobe' vor vaDtuq... #klingon (translate: bit.ly/7sW5K0) #
I have another poll up for painting, this time it's about which tutorial you'd like to see me do next. There are a few options from the models I have kicking around and your feedback will really help me get some motivation!
For being awesome here is a picture of a Winter Troll. I painted him over the weekend.
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For being awesome here is a picture of a Winter Troll. I painted him over the weekend.
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