continued WoW rambling
I did think of something else I enjoy in wow-- helping my friends. This week's weekly raid is Flame leviathan, which is a complete cakewalk, but I have friends who are kindof :/ about going on raids. So I lead that. Or I'll take people through instances that they're unfamiliar with, showing them the ropes. And I'd miss that.
But right now my life routine is sortof "get up, read the internets, sign in to WoW" -- the urge is right there even now. I've developed this habit of clicking on WoW or Firefox when they're not open, even if I just fucking closed them or I'm trying to do something else.
I have a severely bad attention span. I can't do one thing at a time. If I'm writing a story, a paper, I'll be tabbed out to check facebook (despite wanting to quit), see if there's been any new posts on consumerist, new news headlines, maybe run around in Improbable Island for a little bit.
Even when I was writing last night's post, I was talking to a friend online, just to be a minor distraction instead of a major one. I have a need for more of my brain being used (listening to music while playing, listening to music while reading, I want more hands so I could read and knit at the same time). I have a need to be plugged in -- When the internet goes out, taking out my phones, my brain goes "bwah I'll just twitter about how I can't even... twitter to complain. grrr." But I can't, like, watch a movie I've seen before without wanting to also read something. Or I wish that i could listen to music and my spanish-tutorial CDs at the same time.
So that's bad. That's a habit I should get out of.
But then it's also like, how much have I not done because of this? I have a half-finished scarf, a maybe 5% done cross-stitch (i need stuff to do with my hands), a pillow case I want to make, a walking stick that I have pieces for but I haven't even cut the wood to size. I have a book shelf full of books I haven't read. and I've not really applied much of anywhere in terms of looking for jobs.
So my subscription runs up aug 22, and I'll play till then. But then I'll have to see what I want to do with it, whether Cataclysm looks cool enough over Rich's shoulder for me to keep playing, or if I've developed some other hobbies. Gonna try to not play AQ or something like that. Improbable Island at least has some limiting factors in terms of "days" so you can't play too much.
But right now my life routine is sortof "get up, read the internets, sign in to WoW" -- the urge is right there even now. I've developed this habit of clicking on WoW or Firefox when they're not open, even if I just fucking closed them or I'm trying to do something else.
I have a severely bad attention span. I can't do one thing at a time. If I'm writing a story, a paper, I'll be tabbed out to check facebook (despite wanting to quit), see if there's been any new posts on consumerist, new news headlines, maybe run around in Improbable Island for a little bit.
Even when I was writing last night's post, I was talking to a friend online, just to be a minor distraction instead of a major one. I have a need for more of my brain being used (listening to music while playing, listening to music while reading, I want more hands so I could read and knit at the same time). I have a need to be plugged in -- When the internet goes out, taking out my phones, my brain goes "bwah I'll just twitter about how I can't even... twitter to complain. grrr." But I can't, like, watch a movie I've seen before without wanting to also read something. Or I wish that i could listen to music and my spanish-tutorial CDs at the same time.
So that's bad. That's a habit I should get out of.
But then it's also like, how much have I not done because of this? I have a half-finished scarf, a maybe 5% done cross-stitch (i need stuff to do with my hands), a pillow case I want to make, a walking stick that I have pieces for but I haven't even cut the wood to size. I have a book shelf full of books I haven't read. and I've not really applied much of anywhere in terms of looking for jobs.
So my subscription runs up aug 22, and I'll play till then. But then I'll have to see what I want to do with it, whether Cataclysm looks cool enough over Rich's shoulder for me to keep playing, or if I've developed some other hobbies. Gonna try to not play AQ or something like that. Improbable Island at least has some limiting factors in terms of "days" so you can't play too much.