It started out as a general purpse blog. But it seems to have devolved into a one-topic affair. So in the interest of keeping from being monotonous, the general World of Warcraft update will be short.
* I am now Level 44.
* Additions to the Hit List: Ripsi, Gazou, Galpha, Ashanta, Darkmane, Great, Marro, Xevious, Deearrspider, Stargazer, Zerres, Pir, Makerboilers, Tino, Bitailed, Sig, Davidaid, Urghak, Cain, Liquor, Darktemplar, Moomoocow, Raige, Aistrel, Kyuss, Devilshammer. Total entries now: 52. Total Avenged: 1. Maybe I should make a "WoW most wanted" deck of cards, like the US did with numerous wanted Iraqis. You know, Where Saddam was on the Ace of Spades? Ahh, Never mind.
* I have a mount now, a Black Stallion. Yeah, that wasn't one of the choices available in the last blog entry. But I don't care, since none of you voted anyway. I didn't realize the choice was available until I realized that they sold horses in Menethil Harbor as well as the Eastvale logging camp, where I first looked. The downside is that I now owe Winchester 75 gold. Well, I do intend to repay all my debts. Even if they're rich enough that they don't need what gold I offer.
* For some reason, I can't create new characters. Which sucks, since I wanted to try the mage class. I do have one new character, a rogue. Yeah, I created a rogue, despite my antipathy to rogues. His name is, appropriately and also ironically, Ihaterogues. Which is kind of against the WoW naming policy, but I don't think that this is the reason why I can't create new characters. (Blizzard: PLEEASE correct me if I'm wrong.)
* Next patch should implement honor system. Whee.
I'm sorry if I talk too much about games, but gaming is a large part of my life. I first started playing computer games at age 3 and it's been an obsession since. The cancer has since spread to arcade games, pen 'n' paper RPGs, Magic: the Gathering and other card games, playing card games, and even Dance Dance Revolution. (I'm actually quite good at DDR.)
But the gaming has crippled my social life. Kind of expected it, really. At first, I didn't care. Now I have trouble in social situations; I feel awkward when not talking about games.
This probably explains why I've only had one girlfriend. She and I met at a summer program when we were about to enter junior year of high school. Things started out fine, but I started caring less and less about our relationship as time passed. Part of it, I'll admit, was because she told me she wanted to leave high school a virgin. I could deal with it, but the fact that the relationship would yield no carnal results lessened my interest in her even further. After about 20 months of being together, we broke up.
Women intimidate me. I always have the feeling, when talking to anyone, that if you don't respond immediately to what they said, they think you weren't listening. My conversations with my one girlfriend (I won't reveal her name) were littered with awkward pauses, many of them because I was thinking of a way to say something in a way that wouldn't offend her. It became obvious early on that she didn't share my love for the games, and I kept wishing that we could get off the phone or or off AIM so I could feed my addiction.
So what have I done? I have created a profile on MMODating.com. Yeah, I'm desperate. I just wish that I could find a special female someone who loves games as much as I do. Also, It's been almost a year since I've gotten even a hug from someone not of my family.
What hasn't exactly helped is the fact that all the guys on the hall are gamers of some sort. All the ladies think we're a bunch of gamer geeks. Which we are, but I wish that weren't the only thing they saw.
I don't know how to end this. I guess I'm just going to go back to gaming now. God, what a life I live.
save me...