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The One Where Jess Visits Azeroth

Apr 272011

I should be working on a drawing. It’s due tonight. But I hate that class therefor I am procrastinating. It’s my “Introduction to Drawing” class. Which hasn’t been much of an intro. There was no basic technique, just “draw this” and then grades based on use of line and shading (shading also wasn’t gone over for anything but ink.), and whole bunch of other things. Letter grades mind you. And there was no leeway, even though the professor knew most of us had no experience. I was even more shocked when we got to drawing people, and had no example video given. We had an example video (three in fact) for drawing flowers! I went to Barnes&Noble to find a book I could use just to pass that part. I ended up with a bunch, and the decision that I’d get through the semester and then learn my own way in my own time. It really should be a pass/fail course. You put in obvious effort you pass you draw stick figures you fail. Anyhoooo…

I went back to Azeroth last night. I’d been getting frustrated with Dragon Age 2 (love it by the way, but can’t post without SPOIKERING all of you and having rotten apples thrown at me) being buggy so I played WoW…on PATCH DAY Sarcastic smile ! And I started the new STV quest chain, because there was a pet involved. And I realized in the process…I suck at boomkin. I’m half dead before a SINGLY normal 85 mob is 1/4 dead. Now I understand most people are in heroic and raid gear at this point but it’s normal 85 mobs. So beaten up, abused, and run ragged by the sudden collection of NPC’s I had following me. I mean there was Bwemba the Troll spirit, then this Dwarf starts following me around. Why me? I mean have you ever had to deal with a drunken dwarf hitting on the ghost of a female troll? They don’t take rejection well, I’ll tell you that. It was ugly.

Then, THEN I get killed by the cute. I meet my future kitten.

Yes, YES I WILL Crying face

Who can refuse a face like that!! Not me. That’s why I have a Menagerie!

I didn’t finish the chain. I got tired of having my fluffy Boomkin feathers handed to me in clumps. So I quit, and logged my hunter. My hunter who was Squeeing with joy when ALL her pets (The BIG pets not mini pets, different kind of collector she is.) jumped to Level 85. Even Cowbelle the Pink Tallstrider!! She got invited to run a couple normal dungeons. Awesome sauce, because she can’t do heroics yet. Her gear is on the just hit 85 end. One was I forget the name, but the second was Vortex Pinnacle and I was expecting a place like that horrible one in Northrend. But no, it was quite fun. And Pretty…

And I only died twice across two dungeons. Once because someone forgot to change it to normal (and may or may not have actually been healing the tank…). I’m not mentioning any names here. But hilarity ensued I can tell you THAT. And the second time because I missed the thingy I had to go stand in to not get murdered by lightning. My Bad. But Hey, I trapped! mostly successfully even! I had a trap vanish when I got out of range, but I did manage to get my pet on it until my cooldown came up and trap it after all. Really loving my hunter. I sure wish I loved my druid that much. She’s reduced to archaeology and pet collecting still.

Maybe I should try feral offspec. Oh wait, I have a rogue and she can pickpocket…

Dem Bones

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Dec 132010

While everyone else is hitting the new zones, getting to 85, I am digging. I got fed up with the instant respawns swarming me, dying every time I turn around and getting nothing but rogue leather. So I started leveling my Archaeology. There’s no competition like mining and herb gathering. There’s no stress. Just a lot of travel and digging. I’m around 240/300 right now. I’ve finished one rare prpject, earning a Skeletal raptor pet and title Assistant Professor. You know what? It’s fun. It’s relaxing. It gives me time to think.

I realized that while Jessmyn is my favorite character, she isn’t the one I play best. Oh I can heal with her ok, I don’t dps with her that well really. But I do DPS really well with my hunter and priest. I also healed better as a holy priest. Yet Jess is the one with the litany of titles, pets, mounts, and professions. She’s the cook, the potion maker. She’s the definitive head of Squad Jess. And maybe that’s ok. Maybe it’s ok that I enjoy her differently.

I ran Blackrock Caverns with her as a Boomkin, and with my Hunter. With Jess I had trouble keeping up with cooldowns and eclipses. With my hunter? None. And mind you I haven’t played my hunter since last year. I had played my rogue A LOT. My hunter never saw anything past Heroic 5 man ToC. So by rights I should have been lost. But with a quick spec from BRK, and reading between the lines (Aha! steady shot still reigns to cobra shot, got it!)I HAD it. I did better than I did as a Boomkin.

So, I need to think. Where am I going to be when school starts? That’s another issue. Will I have time to be among the raiders? I don’t know. I don’t know how school is going to go. This isn’t a “work at your own pace” thing. It’s structured and scheduled, there are exams and papers and all that fun stuff. And to maintain “full time” status I have to take 12 credits per semester. That’s 4 classes.

With all this on my mind, I’m quite happy to just step back, travel the world and collect artifacts. I get a lot of screenshots this way too. In fact, a little announcement. I can’t possibly post all my screenshots here without turning my blog into a huge picture show. So I’m posting many of them to my Tumblr. Feel free to follow/subscribe there if you like to see whatever I come up with between blog posts.

For now…I’m off like a dirty sock. I have bones to dig…

Sweet Revenge

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Dec 092010

When I was but a young druid, just learning my Bear Form, I met Fandrel Staghelm. The Great Arch Druid, a legend, someone to be looked up to. Or so I thought. Instead he was arrogant, churlish, egotistical and mean. I instantly hated the man. For years I’ve wished I could see him fall. To be there when it all crashed around him.

Sometimes little girl dreams do come true…

Enjoy your stay in the Emerald Dream, you vile monster.

It’s the Cult of Personality

Cairessa, WoW 1 Response »

Dec 012010

Seriously. I’m calling my stable that from now on. I kid you not half my hunter pets have developed personality in their time at rest. Though my fox has no excuse. Do you know what he did? After we killed a big bad Rhino, he dashed RIGHT the frick past me an’ decided twas a great bloody time to play in the grass. By the time we were done huntin’ and gatherin’ skins I needed a drink. No, I mean, I know I’m a dwarf, I needed a drink more than usual got it?

So what does the fox do? Completely loseWeight Exercises he’s feckin mind.

I mean just what the hell?

What…I just…where’s the ale?

Maybe it’s my own fault. I did, after all name him “Loco”

Pets Were The Death of Me

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Nov 302010

I was in Burning Steppes, having learned through a chain of quests I could get a firefly pet. A pink one. Oh, sorry, Flamefly. Whatever! Isn’t it cute?