5 posts from 2007

In 5 words or less, who are you? 
Submitted by dejablu503.

The best, and last, hope.

I play World of Warcraft. I'm leet. I'm uber leet. I'm 1337.

I'm only that good because of the Guild I am/was in.

What's a Guild? Well, in the game, it's a collective of players who group together to take on bigger and bigger monsters and other challenges that a single player would have no hope to overcome.

Unfortunately, the group I was in was corrupted for the inside. One of the most blatantly offensive members of the group was the real life husband of the Guild leader. After proudly and loudly commandeering his wife's account to kick out members of the collective (the only one with power to do so), the Guild leader still refused to even say a stern word towards the man.

Real life relationship or not, some things cannot be tolerated in any group where adherence to the rules is necessary for cohesive collaboration.

So the key people in the Guild left and formed a new group. I was one of the charter members of this new group.

Still, I can't help but feel bad for my previous leader. She worked very hard and, in the end, she chose to disband what remained instead of recruiting new members.

So today, I'm feeling guilty and sad. It's a Monda, though, and a gloomy one at that. I pick good days for my moods.

Anyone else in a mood for grapes? Ice-cold white grapes.

Mmm... Yeah. Grapes sound mighty yummy.

What? You were expecting a post with more substance... um... OK...

Does anyone really take Michael Moore seriously anymore? The man is a mockery of himself lately, letting his own Psyche delve deeper and deeper into self destructive paranoia. I didn't like him before and, after he was exposed as a fraudulent, fact-altering, effeminate successopath, I care for him even less. Let him angrily lisp somewhere else where, like Jesse Jackson, there's always a camera, just not where I'm forced to look at him.

No, I think GW is a moron mouthpiece for the Bible Thumping Fundamentalists, I just dislike Moore intensely.

No, Moore is not a hero. He made things worse for Flint, MI than he improved with his mockumentary.

Yes, I do think Moore and Morgan Spurlock should be forced to fight to the death. I doubt they would get around to fighting, what with them fellating each other from all the liberal love going on.

No, I don't think being a knee-jerk liberal is a good thing at all.

No, I don't think being a cold-hearted capitalist is a good thing at all.

I think if you polarize yourself, you're a f---ing joke: A stereotypical, unthinking automoton bent on forwarding a belief system without regard of it's real effects on the world. I don't believe in anything, but I have some pretty good ideas.

Where do you go to get away from it all?
Submitted by Hops.  

Interesting question, I guess it depends on what "it" I'm getting away form in the first place. I doubt anyone can claim there is one single, all encompassing "it". Today's "it" maybe work, tomorrow's "it" may be your relationship, the next day's "it" may not even be formed yet, but merely lurks in the shadows waiting to pounce like a cat... and a cat could be exactly "it" as well.

From the drudgery of day-to-day life? I hide in the World of Warcraft.

From the memories of an awkward past? I hide in gregarious and extroverted banter.

From my own inner insecurities? No place to hide. Not even the great Stewart Smalley of SNL fame could convince me some days that I'm good enough, smart enough or, dog-gone it, people like me. Luckily those times are few and far between. I know I gotz mad skeelz.

Today, as nice a day as "it" is, I want to hide someplace near the Canadian Border where there is a firepit, a stack of cord wood, a cold lake and a bunch of towels. Throw some brats, chips and beverages, and I'll invite everyone. Bring some Parrot Bay, pineapple juice, ice and "forget" your two piece bathing suit. Heh... I'd only invote YOU.

Sorry for the absence. After Mom's passing, I had to really get my life into perspective. While I'm still a work in progress, I thopught it would be a good time to get everyone up to speed on how I'm doing.

I'm good. Great even. Not fan-fricking-tastic, but good.

I've lost 70 pounds. Yeah, it sounds like a lot, but when your BMI shows you need to lose another 30-40, it puts it all in perspective. The good news is that I'm fitting back into the suit I had made for me on my 21st birthday, back when I really was God's Gift to Women.

I'm uber l33t in Word of Warcraft. I'm a level 70 Gnome Warlock currently questing with my guild in Karazhan. For the uninitiated: I'm at the top of my game in an area of the game that requires 10 people, all at the top of their game, to group together. The point of it? To get the rewards for those people at the top of their game.

The wife now plays WoW together. She's getting to be a high level herself, and we started alternate characters together. That way she's not just relying on my big character to carry her through the hard parts.

We have a new 3 season porch we're loving, loving, loving and we're getting a new 1 1/2 stall garage.

I can't think of much else, besides sappy, weepy crap about how this Mother's Day hit me like a ninja kick to the nuts, but I think every holiday or special event will... and not just the first year after her death. It may be a bit late, but tell your Mom how much she means to you. Do it now. I didn't as often as I should and, because I had already sheduled a visit, I missed out by two weeks. I missed out telling my Dad by one week.under similar circumstances. God, in whatever format he exists in, has a sick fucking sense of irony. Maybe it's a lesson in telling people you love how much you appreciate them being in your life. Maybe it's a punishment for some commandment violated. Maybe it's a random event that has nothing to do with a diety, but a unfortunate coincidence. Whatever it is, learn from my mistake.

Ooh... I got all preachy: I must be getting back to "normal"...