So I have been playing World of Warcraft for....8 and a half years? I got the little WoW 'anniversary' gift earlier this year, so it's over 8 years for sure. I do a little of everything on there - raiding, pvp, lore-grinding, professions - but my raison d'être is Achievement Points. I love to collect things. I must have ALL OF THE THINGS ( Read more... )

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Me, to Milks: The cheesecake is ready; would you take it out and bring me a quarter?

Milks: *Takes cheesecake out, cuts it up in quarters, then comes back and hands me a quarter. As in, the coin.*

NB: We make small cheesecakes. A quarter is not as much as it sounds. :D

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At 3:30 this morning Tilson woke me up to go outside. I opened the door and he took off at a dead run, barking. Yep. That wasn't a good sign. And then this incredible nauseous smell, like burning garlic, filled the house. I think it came in through the open window in the office where the cats access the outdoor enclosure ( Read more... )

Ok, no quite, but yesterday my father-in-law and I went to our local Cineplex to watch the live satellite broadcast of La Traviata from the MET. The experience itself was pleasurable - imagine seeing an opera in real-time but with the added bonus of getting constant close-ups on the faces and the parts of the stage that are important, AND being ( Read more... )

If you go to Starbucks (at least in Ontario) this week, the free 'Pick of the Week' download card for iTunes is Coeur de Pirate's 'Adieu'. I quite like this song and had already purchased the entire album, so thumbs up for a good pick ( Read more... )

Upon logging into WoW to do some herbalism on one of his characters: "On some level I am a bit disturbed that I log into a video game several times a day to pick flowers."

Yep. o.O

Best holiday wishes to everyone.

I really enjoyed Hugo. I found out by serendipity that it would no longer be showing as of Wednesday this week so Milks and I had an impromptu movie date tonight. It was lovely. I do agree it was somewhat slow at the beginning, but the beauty of the set and the music and the child actors more than made up for any pacing issues. And when the ( Read more... )