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First off, sharing straw bird puppets, link courtesy of Kerry :) The title was hilarious by itself, but they are actually pretty cool looking (and hilarious with the googly eyes, to boot).
And now, this graph, which I would have to say really doesn't work the other way around (ie. "Why I don't have a boyfriend"). Ha ha ha.
I haven't played in quite some time, and I think the bulk of that is realizing that when I go back, I have nobody to play with. Dad's credit card expired, and my mother is saying he can't renew it, so playing with Dad is out. Favorite tank doesn't play anymore. Favorite healer is probably playing his main on another realm. Guild is probably gone, since they were in a state of disband-ment the last time I was on my main (I've been avoiding logging into my hunter for that very reason--don't really want to deal with yet another guild change/merge). It's a bit of a cowardly thing to do, but I also hadn't played the priestlet much, so it was helpful and I got her up a level or two last time I was on... which I can't actually remember...
Last night I was dreaming about being in WoW. I was dreaming about running an instance again, as a gamer, and simultaneously also dreaming about being, y'know, in the game and talking to Kylian, my tiger/nightsaber. He doesn't talk back, but somehow whenever I dream that I'm in the game, I'm always my hunter and I usually end up talking to Kylian, and he's a good listener--very comforting (Pueo, my owl, is generally a grump in comparison and usually snoozes if I try to talk to/confide in him). I never really remember what all I say to him, but I usually imagine I'm griping to him, although sometimes I'm laughing with him (he wuffles or chuffs) so it can't all be complaints. At times he turned into various other feline companions I've had in the past, but mostly he was Kylian. The original Oraxia, when I first took the handle, was an elf with a snow leopard; a later human character took a black panther/jaguar.
Anyhow, it was an unfamiliar instance, and mostly I didn't recognize the people I was with save for a few familiar friends (and Kerry's character as a level 80, which... well, I would probably bet money/yarn on that never happening). In the dream, I'm a lot better at knowing what to do and how to play my class than I am in real life :/ At some point, we fight Onyxia, my "big sister" of the black dragonflight, which I've never done, and then a couple of bosses that likely don't actually exist (because I don't know enough Lore to conjure appropriate ones). There was loot, there was strategy talk (even with Kylian for the moments when I was part of the game rather than the gamer), but when I logged out, Kylian tried to come with me. And he couldn't, and he looked really sad about it :( I felt kind of bad about it, that I couldn't bring him with me into reality.
Mostly I attribute this to loneliness. But I also think Blizzard really needs to get on this whole stuffed animal hunter pets thing--that's at least one way to bring your best in-game friend into reality. (Although, truth be told, it probably wouldn't look as good as I want it to... it's really hard to find stuffed animal tigers with a face that I approve of...) This morning I briefly considered the idea of making a big stuffed Kylian myself, but getting the stripes right is kind of hard and I have little experience sewing stuffed animals or fur. Knitting something like that with very little shaping experience sounds like a nightmare, and while crochet seems viable and sculptural... yeah, probably not. I don't really want to have to do all that knitting/crocheting and then have to spend eternity brushing it out to give it fur -_- It's just nice to have something like WoW--goal-oriented with the instances and such--to do with people you enjoy spending time with and not have to worry about the drive home afterwards. Maybe what I need is a D&D game... :/ Who knows.
I always seem to be writing posts like this, but there's really no point. It's not going anywhere. I just need to get it out so I'm less sad. Or something.
[EDIT: Also, I have lost the Food Network on my TV. Granted, I wasn't supposed to have it in the first place, but... Noooooo~! T_T Alton Brown, I miss you!]
And now, this graph, which I would have to say really doesn't work the other way around (ie. "Why I don't have a boyfriend"). Ha ha ha.
I haven't played in quite some time, and I think the bulk of that is realizing that when I go back, I have nobody to play with. Dad's credit card expired, and my mother is saying he can't renew it, so playing with Dad is out. Favorite tank doesn't play anymore. Favorite healer is probably playing his main on another realm. Guild is probably gone, since they were in a state of disband-ment the last time I was on my main (I've been avoiding logging into my hunter for that very reason--don't really want to deal with yet another guild change/merge). It's a bit of a cowardly thing to do, but I also hadn't played the priestlet much, so it was helpful and I got her up a level or two last time I was on... which I can't actually remember...
Last night I was dreaming about being in WoW. I was dreaming about running an instance again, as a gamer, and simultaneously also dreaming about being, y'know, in the game and talking to Kylian, my tiger/nightsaber. He doesn't talk back, but somehow whenever I dream that I'm in the game, I'm always my hunter and I usually end up talking to Kylian, and he's a good listener--very comforting (Pueo, my owl, is generally a grump in comparison and usually snoozes if I try to talk to/confide in him). I never really remember what all I say to him, but I usually imagine I'm griping to him, although sometimes I'm laughing with him (he wuffles or chuffs) so it can't all be complaints. At times he turned into various other feline companions I've had in the past, but mostly he was Kylian. The original Oraxia, when I first took the handle, was an elf with a snow leopard; a later human character took a black panther/jaguar.
Anyhow, it was an unfamiliar instance, and mostly I didn't recognize the people I was with save for a few familiar friends (and Kerry's character as a level 80, which... well, I would probably bet money/yarn on that never happening). In the dream, I'm a lot better at knowing what to do and how to play my class than I am in real life :/ At some point, we fight Onyxia, my "big sister" of the black dragonflight, which I've never done, and then a couple of bosses that likely don't actually exist (because I don't know enough Lore to conjure appropriate ones). There was loot, there was strategy talk (even with Kylian for the moments when I was part of the game rather than the gamer), but when I logged out, Kylian tried to come with me. And he couldn't, and he looked really sad about it :( I felt kind of bad about it, that I couldn't bring him with me into reality.
Mostly I attribute this to loneliness. But I also think Blizzard really needs to get on this whole stuffed animal hunter pets thing--that's at least one way to bring your best in-game friend into reality. (Although, truth be told, it probably wouldn't look as good as I want it to... it's really hard to find stuffed animal tigers with a face that I approve of...) This morning I briefly considered the idea of making a big stuffed Kylian myself, but getting the stripes right is kind of hard and I have little experience sewing stuffed animals or fur. Knitting something like that with very little shaping experience sounds like a nightmare, and while crochet seems viable and sculptural... yeah, probably not. I don't really want to have to do all that knitting/crocheting and then have to spend eternity brushing it out to give it fur -_- It's just nice to have something like WoW--goal-oriented with the instances and such--to do with people you enjoy spending time with and not have to worry about the drive home afterwards. Maybe what I need is a D&D game... :/ Who knows.
I always seem to be writing posts like this, but there's really no point. It's not going anywhere. I just need to get it out so I'm less sad. Or something.
[EDIT: Also, I have lost the Food Network on my TV. Granted, I wasn't supposed to have it in the first place, but... Noooooo~! T_T Alton Brown, I miss you!]