Birthday, EQ, whatever
This turned out to be a much longer post than I planned so...
Well I am now officially less than a year away from 30 and honestly I really don't see what people fuss about. So you're getting older...big damn deal so is everyone else. If you haven't reconciled with that then you never will. Of course my semi-blase attitude about my age might spring from the fact that my great grandmother is turning 93 this year and it's kinda hard to call yourself old when you compare my age to that.
My birthday was a really quiet weekend with family. It wasn't what I had planned originally but it was nice. I seem to have a lot of quiet birthdays. J asked me several times if I was ok cause I was kinda quiet Saturday. I was actually pretty tired I couldn't fall asleep Friday so I ended up staying up till one then Megs rolled me out of bed at 9:30 so we could get the belated Fathers day present for Ted (we did 2 birthdays and fathers day this weekend). Mom and Ted came over to help install my vanity in the back bathroom as well as my present...a matching finish medicine cabinet and J meanwhile put the guts back in the toilet. So I now have 2 working bathrooms or we thought we did till this morning when I poured water down the sink to hear it leaking from the pipe. Luckily there was a towel under the sink still. We got new tires put on the truck (amazing how much of a difference 4 new tires versus several bald tires make when you are driving). Dad, Estelle and the Mo came up to have lunch with Megs and I Friday. Memaw and Mama drove to Mom's to see us. And of course Megs flew in. It was great to spend time with everyone. I went over and visited Krys and Joe after lounging around the pool Saturday. (No burn or tan and no use of sunscreen! The trick is in the timing) They were doing well we hung out and BSed while watching movies.
Oh yeah and one of my favorite highlights of this birthday? A hysterical card Crystal and Staci got me. It has a picture of a gorgeous guy wearing only a pair of jeans posed with one hand on his head and leaning against the wall. It reads "For you birthday wouldn't you like to see him take it all off?" Knowing who gave it to me I know there won't be a nekkid guy in it but the inside sent myself as well as all of the girls on my row into fits when we opened it. Inside is the gorgeous guy winking at you and holding the wig above his shaved head. To be honest I really preferred the bald look on him. I posted the picture at work cause it still brings a smile to my face.
I still want to celebrate with my friends here in B.R. maybe this weekend we can go down to N.O. and hit the Dungeon. Had a blast the last time we went there. Not a single bad song was heard that night. Plus it would be nice to go back and not be the DD. >p
Tae got Melyss a kickass earring for my birthday. I am so excited. Oh and speaking of EQ... I am seriously aggravated with the new officer. Part of that is the fact that no one mentioned making him an officer (my first notice of that was when he revamped the guild site and started telling us what we needed to do). My first thought was 1 who the fuck are you? 2 Who the hell do you think you are? 3 Why the fuck are you trying to make drastic changes in the guild when we don't know you from Adam? Well the answers to that are: 1 Apparently old KoT (must be really old I don't remember him; dunno if RL friend of GL or not) 2 The person who will lead us into being a real guild (funny I thought we were...) 3 Someone with their main in an uber guild (Recon to be exact...which may have something to do with him being an asshole...well that or J is influencing my views on his guilds rivals). Anyway this guy waltzes in and starts wanting to know what our recruiting policy is (Recruit who us? *blink blink*) Then he starts telling us that we need to do some raids. And tops it off with we need to set up a points system. Well, gee, um... did the Knights suddenly become an uber guild? Last time I looked we could barely field 2 groups of 50+ without serious planning/coercion. We have to be one of the most laid back guilds in the game. It's a family more than a guild. And here we have someone who wants us to raid for more than the occasional one to help a guildy out. I mean seriously if you want to raid we are SO not the guild to be in. And recruiting is simple if we meet someone we like who is unguilded (or we see that they are looking for a guild) we invite them and do a 2 week trial if they fit in after a couple of weeks we keep em. It's a delicate balance to maintain a happy family. One person can throw the whole thing out of whack and this guy wants to start seriously active recruiting. He wasn't here for the several guild splits and the schisms a few people caused. I am still amazed how much one person could fuck with the balance. Or one rogue officer which is why this guy rubs me the wrong way. Between Nuli who invited a whole cadre of little whiny greedy shits into the guild and the 2 assholes who joined us then when people took a break to play DAOC tried to force us to hand over the guild to them (or worse merge it with Nuli's baby the Honorless Knights) since no officers were ever on and they couldn't do anything without us (the officers) to plan their every move I find myself truly annoyed and worried about this guy's attitude. I agree that KoT needs to do more stuff together but we all have limited times we can play at. Plus if we want to raid we can join public or do joint raids with guilds like HaF. If he wants more than that he might as well go take his alt and put it into Recon. I'm not sure I want this guy bringing people into the guild who think like him. If you want to raid go join a raiding guild but don't try to turn the family into one that isn't what we are about. Mainly I am bitching here to keep from venting my opinion about this guy on the guild boards. I have seen other major splits start this way and all the warning bells are going off. I do wonder who this guy is. I know some of the older knights but I really don't remember him. I would hate to insult a friend b/c I misunderstood what they were about but if I don't know him I think I have a valid reason for doubting his motives. I don't know what his real motivation is behind his plans for the knights. I do know I don't want some stranger trying to majorly change our guild b/c they don't understand it. All I want for my guild is that the whole family get along reasonably well and that we continue to have such a close-knit group. Anyway enough ranting time to go crash.
"Which way?
Which way what?
Which way do you want to go? Up or down?
Well, I suppose as I am pointed this way... down.
She chose down? She chose down!" Labrynth
Well I am now officially less than a year away from 30 and honestly I really don't see what people fuss about. So you're getting older...big damn deal so is everyone else. If you haven't reconciled with that then you never will. Of course my semi-blase attitude about my age might spring from the fact that my great grandmother is turning 93 this year and it's kinda hard to call yourself old when you compare my age to that.
My birthday was a really quiet weekend with family. It wasn't what I had planned originally but it was nice. I seem to have a lot of quiet birthdays. J asked me several times if I was ok cause I was kinda quiet Saturday. I was actually pretty tired I couldn't fall asleep Friday so I ended up staying up till one then Megs rolled me out of bed at 9:30 so we could get the belated Fathers day present for Ted (we did 2 birthdays and fathers day this weekend). Mom and Ted came over to help install my vanity in the back bathroom as well as my present...a matching finish medicine cabinet and J meanwhile put the guts back in the toilet. So I now have 2 working bathrooms or we thought we did till this morning when I poured water down the sink to hear it leaking from the pipe. Luckily there was a towel under the sink still. We got new tires put on the truck (amazing how much of a difference 4 new tires versus several bald tires make when you are driving). Dad, Estelle and the Mo came up to have lunch with Megs and I Friday. Memaw and Mama drove to Mom's to see us. And of course Megs flew in. It was great to spend time with everyone. I went over and visited Krys and Joe after lounging around the pool Saturday. (No burn or tan and no use of sunscreen! The trick is in the timing) They were doing well we hung out and BSed while watching movies.
Oh yeah and one of my favorite highlights of this birthday? A hysterical card Crystal and Staci got me. It has a picture of a gorgeous guy wearing only a pair of jeans posed with one hand on his head and leaning against the wall. It reads "For you birthday wouldn't you like to see him take it all off?" Knowing who gave it to me I know there won't be a nekkid guy in it but the inside sent myself as well as all of the girls on my row into fits when we opened it. Inside is the gorgeous guy winking at you and holding the wig above his shaved head. To be honest I really preferred the bald look on him. I posted the picture at work cause it still brings a smile to my face.
I still want to celebrate with my friends here in B.R. maybe this weekend we can go down to N.O. and hit the Dungeon. Had a blast the last time we went there. Not a single bad song was heard that night. Plus it would be nice to go back and not be the DD. >p
Tae got Melyss a kickass earring for my birthday. I am so excited. Oh and speaking of EQ... I am seriously aggravated with the new officer. Part of that is the fact that no one mentioned making him an officer (my first notice of that was when he revamped the guild site and started telling us what we needed to do). My first thought was 1 who the fuck are you? 2 Who the hell do you think you are? 3 Why the fuck are you trying to make drastic changes in the guild when we don't know you from Adam? Well the answers to that are: 1 Apparently old KoT (must be really old I don't remember him; dunno if RL friend of GL or not) 2 The person who will lead us into being a real guild (funny I thought we were...) 3 Someone with their main in an uber guild (Recon to be exact...which may have something to do with him being an asshole...well that or J is influencing my views on his guilds rivals). Anyway this guy waltzes in and starts wanting to know what our recruiting policy is (Recruit who us? *blink blink*) Then he starts telling us that we need to do some raids. And tops it off with we need to set up a points system. Well, gee, um... did the Knights suddenly become an uber guild? Last time I looked we could barely field 2 groups of 50+ without serious planning/coercion. We have to be one of the most laid back guilds in the game. It's a family more than a guild. And here we have someone who wants us to raid for more than the occasional one to help a guildy out. I mean seriously if you want to raid we are SO not the guild to be in. And recruiting is simple if we meet someone we like who is unguilded (or we see that they are looking for a guild) we invite them and do a 2 week trial if they fit in after a couple of weeks we keep em. It's a delicate balance to maintain a happy family. One person can throw the whole thing out of whack and this guy wants to start seriously active recruiting. He wasn't here for the several guild splits and the schisms a few people caused. I am still amazed how much one person could fuck with the balance. Or one rogue officer which is why this guy rubs me the wrong way. Between Nuli who invited a whole cadre of little whiny greedy shits into the guild and the 2 assholes who joined us then when people took a break to play DAOC tried to force us to hand over the guild to them (or worse merge it with Nuli's baby the Honorless Knights) since no officers were ever on and they couldn't do anything without us (the officers) to plan their every move I find myself truly annoyed and worried about this guy's attitude. I agree that KoT needs to do more stuff together but we all have limited times we can play at. Plus if we want to raid we can join public or do joint raids with guilds like HaF. If he wants more than that he might as well go take his alt and put it into Recon. I'm not sure I want this guy bringing people into the guild who think like him. If you want to raid go join a raiding guild but don't try to turn the family into one that isn't what we are about. Mainly I am bitching here to keep from venting my opinion about this guy on the guild boards. I have seen other major splits start this way and all the warning bells are going off. I do wonder who this guy is. I know some of the older knights but I really don't remember him. I would hate to insult a friend b/c I misunderstood what they were about but if I don't know him I think I have a valid reason for doubting his motives. I don't know what his real motivation is behind his plans for the knights. I do know I don't want some stranger trying to majorly change our guild b/c they don't understand it. All I want for my guild is that the whole family get along reasonably well and that we continue to have such a close-knit group. Anyway enough ranting time to go crash.
"Which way?
Which way what?
Which way do you want to go? Up or down?
Well, I suppose as I am pointed this way... down.
She chose down? She chose down!" Labrynth