Random Rantings Of Shrinn

Elysse Da Druid

2011-03-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

is insanely fun!
Everyone knows I didnt care for Wrath Xpac too much... if u didnt, u do now. However, I am really digging Cat. I havent played Shrinn, the mage at all this Xpac, but I am totally into Eylsse mah druid!
Pictures to come... let's see if I can remember how to take a screenie... lol

Know I haven't been around for awhile... heh

2010-11-30T16:26:00.001-08:00

But this is kinda cool... I have always attempted to live with the motto "practice random kindness & senseless acts of beauty." I do lose sight of this vision every so often, however this sounded cool to me:

David's 2nd Annual
Pay It Forward Day
December 1st, 2010

‘Tis the Season! A random act of kindness goes a long way so…

PAY IT FORWARD!!!

What can you do?
ON DEC. 1st...
• Pay for someone’s cup of coffee…
• Buy someone some groceries…
• Get the next person’s gas…
• Help someone out…
• Donate something…
• Be creative!!!

When you do something for someone there’s a good chance they’ll do something for someone else. If not, at least you’ve done a good deed for someone.

So on December 1st share some kindness and spread some joy! It can be as little as a few dollars or as much as you want. No one needs to know!

Join me, won’t you?

(I'm trying to make this a national event so spread the word. Maybe one day it'll be a nationally recognized day!)

I won't be offended if you don't decide to participate, but please... spread the word!

random randoming & all that jazz....

2010-02-03T04:22:00.000-08:00

So, I now have an Oomkim, heh! & Her stats are greater then my main's, That would be Shrinnpoof. I have been squaking with Grai/Fal AKA my one & only, That IF I would only random dungeon up & do some random raiding that MY GEAR could look like his toon, Fanabb's. I forsee a few issues/concerns with that....

1) I am a CASUAL player....I do not have time to be hard core.

2) MY PC doesnt have any extra add ons that allows me to know what my current sustained damage to a single target is @ this time. So I dont even know what I really bring to the table.

3) Yeah I have like 3 or 4 peices of T9 or what ever...but the fact that I'm not even sure what kind of gear I have should be a GREAT indicator to you, my dear friendly reader, that I Am SO NOT HARD CORE!

Anybody out there watch Grey's Anatomy? Yeah, see when I talk to my hunny about WoW, I feel like that blonde when she was trying to be "Heart surgeon hard core" & compared to Grai/Fal, (In this instance we would have to consider him Christina Yang...i love the character she plays in that show...) So, I lament, I am NOT hard core. I very rarely get a chance to be on the PC during the week, except in the mornings (like NOW!) I guess I shall continue to save deer in the back of pick up trucks & He will continue to be a Cardio God!....lol

Thanks for stopping by!

~Blessed Be~

2010-01-30T21:33:00.000-08:00

Please bear in mind, dear, gentle reader, that my mother sent me this......lolxxxx

You gotta love this! Make sure to read to the end...
Never under estimate the power of women!
While the C-5 was turning over its engines, a female crewman gave the G.I.s on board the usual information regarding seat belts, emergency exits, etc.

Finally, she said, 'Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your captain, Judith Campbell, and crew take you safely to Afghanistan '
An old MSgt. sitting in the eighth row thought to himself,
'Did I hear her right? Is the captain a woman? '
When the attendant came by he said 'Did I understand you right? Is the captain a woman?'
'Yes,'! said the attendant, 'In fact, this entire crew is female.'

'My God,' he said, 'I wish I had two double scotch and sodas. I don't know what to think with only women up there in the cockpit.'

'That's another thing, Sergeant,' said the crew member,
'We No Longer Call It The Cockpit'

'It's The Box Office.'

******Lord, Have Mercy! lololololllolollolool....But wait, I continued to scroll down only to find**********

Quote of the day:
'Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater.. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit.'

****Okay, this I REALLY needed to see Susie! Heh, the apple dont fall far LadyBug! :P ************

Ode to Wrath....Sigh

2010-01-07T21:08:00.000-08:00

~~~I am trying to get back into playing this silly assed game that makes me more angry then it is worth sometimes, kinda....

~~~Just one question/comment/concern, AKA gripe/bitch & moan....why must alot of these new instances seem to purposely hurt my eyes? Lookit, Blizz, I already got headache problems....lulz...Blargh!

Anyhow, here's some fun & games of the very newly turned Boomkin Elysse....

~~~THAT instance is TOO danm bright, ouchies on my eyes. Ouchies, BIG ouchies on the headache I always have. That random dungeon finder loves to put my @$$ in there, heh. Know what tho? I'm learning how to play the game all over again it feels like. Taking just a few months off can be kinda fun when you come back, even if it's only part time 'backness'.

[I love running into random hotties in IF...you know who you are....*wink wink, nudge nudge*]

Anyhow, I'll be playing little bits & peices here & there, gotta try to get Shrinn a dragon, seeing how Elysse has one that she can't fly FIRST! teeheee! So, more then likely, I'll remember to snap a pic here & there & write a thing or two about it. In other words, I may actually start posting more then once every few months...heh!

~Blessed Be~

Don't look for me on WoW...

2009-09-28T08:25:00.001-07:00

Not interested in playing so you won't find me there, if you've been looking for me. Just an FYI, I'm not a huge fan on the xpac anymore, was fun @ first, but I just don't have the time to play anymore & get into the game like I used & there's alot of new stuff to learn. So, don't look for me there, on WoW. Cuz you wont find me. I'll be playing with my stoopid Apps on MySpace! LOL!

www.myspace.com/thepoetivory or www.myspace.com/exiledelite

Feel free to join me for Vampire fun or Mafia fun or in YoVille! heh!

The Btch $ B@ck!!!

2009-06-24T05:14:00.000-07:00

Yep, I log into Shrinnpoof, & for some reason that big ole sweaty queen from my sister land (England) (Sorry England, when you grow up you may be as soulful & weary as us northerners ;P) starts singing in my head...

Mind you, my head hurts, ALOT....ALL the time, however, Sunday night I was beaconed to from our bedroom, AKA Grai/Fal's office "Hey, you wanna run a quick wing of Naxx?"

WOULD I??????????? DO I??????? WILL I????

Jeezus H..... of course!

O, wait, there is a handsome young man already @ that computer....lol.

Hey, Kid, mind getting off that thing so I can raid my very first Wrath raid ever?

AnyWho....it was nuttin to write home to Mom about....why? Cuz Mom doesnt play WoW Sillies! But I'll tell you guys! hehehe! (Mom does read the blog however, from time to time, Hi Mom! Love you! *snicker*)

Okay, So we did the spider wing, i guess, idk the names of anything, why? cuz I'm just not that into it, even if I was (& I admit I could be) I just don't have the flippin time!

I just had so much D@MN Fun! My gear sux *Shrug*, my DPS is prolly @$$, but I had a blast! So, is that hard core 'nuff fer ya? Mah B*tch was back Sunday, stone cold sober, as a matter of fact! ^.^

went back to the neuro today...

2009-06-10T09:24:00.000-07:00

so, yea, went to see the neurologist today. asked my how the hea d was & all that. did explain about the loss of feeling in the hands/feet & lower back & tingling that I woke up with on Monday morning. I went to work anyhow, ya'll, don't get too worked up about it. Just know that all this info does continue to go on file, I did REMIND that doctor that I KNEW I have migraines & the whole reason I even went to the doc in the first place is due to the fact that this seemed to be um, 'bigger' then that....lol!

He asked me if the meds were working...to which I replied "they would probably work alot better if I could remember to take them." I managed to say it with a straight face, arent you proud? Seriously, the memory issue...part of the reason I'm going to you folks here....I remember the one in the AM, not the PM tho...so he wants me to 'try' for another 3 months to remember the night one & go back & report about that...lulz!

Anyhow, if ya'll see me bee boppin aroud azeroth in the PM, ask me if I remembered my meds, ok? lol!

gotta go to work, just waiting for the nails to dry, thought I'd update :)

Thanks fer stoppin in!

~Blessed Be!~

musings...rantings...blah, blah, blah

2009-06-07T01:04:00.000-07:00

Jewel sings this great song, cant get it outa my head....

"If I could tell the world just one thing it would be, we are all ok. And not to worry 'cuz worry it wasteful & useless in times like these. I won't be made useless. Won't be idoled with despair. I gather myself around my faith that lights the darkness most fear.

My hands are small I know, but they're not yours, they are my own, yes, they're not yours, they are my own and I am never broken.

Poverty stole your golden shoes, it didn't steal your laughter. And heart ache came to visit me but I knew it wasn't ever after. We'll fight not outta spite, but someone must stand up for what's right, 'cuz where there's a man who has no voice, there ours shall go singing.

My hands are small I know, but they're not yours they are my own, but they're not yours they are my own, and I am never broken......

In the end, only kindness matters......

I'll get down on my knees, and I will pray....

I will get down on my knees and I will pray.

My hands are small I know but they're not yours, they are my own, I AM NEVER BROKEN...."

there are many little battles in my life that I have lost, will possibly lose along the way, but as long as I get back up EVERY single time that I fall, the war is NEVER, EVER over. This old girl still has a hell of alot of fight left in her, no matter what comes her way & I just needed to get up in the middle of the night & write about it.

Shrinn dinged 80 today & I am so fuckin sick of lookin at the back of her cute lil gnome head I could spit, but she made, that lil bitch got there DAMNIT! HUZZAH!

Now, I go play my druid....she doesn't have to sit down to replenish mana after every freakin fight! lmao!

Anyhow, I can't sleep, so I needed to write, thanks for listening...ya'll come back now, 'hear?

~Blessed Be~

Here's Johnny...Er, His name is John, if you please!

2009-04-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

Yeppers, School pics back, I got the fun little CD with the photos so here's mah boi!!!!

This one is my desktop backround....

this one is hanging on the wall! :P

Thanks fer stoppin'!
~Blessed Be~

Guess I got all worked up over nothing...

2009-03-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

So, yea, yesterday was an epic fail from the word go.

We show up @ the hospital & apperantly I got scheduled with a nuero surgeon, wrong doctor. So, the nurse comes in to let us know that she is sorry for the extra wait, but we're waiting on the "right doctor."

Um, okies, if you say so....

Well, the doctor comes in & lets us know that I have nothing to worry about. There is no cancer, no tumors, no nothing & tells me I am having migraines. There are 8 different medicines I could take, but one is already off the list, Imitrex, because I have tried it & it not only makes me physically ill, but it makes my headaches worse. So, he shines that damn light in my eyes, & again reiterates, there is nothing wrong with me other then migraines.

Grai & I both explain to him that the reason my nuerologist sent me to a specialist is due to high levels of hystiosites & nuetrophil in the spinal fluid test results. To which the doctor replies, " those are very non specific." He then tells us that he can give us samples if we can met him by 12:30 PM in his Orchard Park office. We let him know that we live a 2 hour drive away & as long as it's no later then that, sure, we can meet him.

We find finally his office, which was a cluster fuck in and of it's self, & I let the receptoinist know what's going on. She has me fill out a piece of paper & says they will be calling him. I fill out the paper & give it back.

We wait long enough for Grai to go out & have a smoke & I get called up by a nurse. She says they no longer can give out samples & this doctor does this to her all the time. She basically says go home. I explain to her that it's a long drive home & once we're there, we can't get back. (At this point, we're barely limping the car home & we can't get all it's little issues fixed right this moment)

His office is right off of 219, so since we know we can point the car south on 219 & get home, we head south.

When we get home, there is a message from a mildly snotty woman on our machine that I have an appointment with this doctor @ 3:45 pm...

Um, HELLO? WTF? I thought I just told you ppl that once I'm home, it's where I've got to stay. Plus, I can't just go willy-nilly to a specialist with out a referral or my insurance will not pay you for it.

So, I am a freakin wreck anyhow & I get home to this message & I'm about to look for a semi-automatic weapon, FOR REALLY! My love, the best friend I have ever had, sees all this on my face, hears it in my tangent & offers to call my nuerologist in this town.

My head is screamin' & I am worn the hell out. I felt like a deflated ballooon & then I come home to this crap. Of course I want him to make the next call. I have already called the Orchard Park doctor & spoken with two different people there. Honestly, he looked like he was ready to stand right next to me with that imaginary semi-automatic. I was livid. I mean, REALLY...is this what we call health care? I sure as fuck hope not.

So, he calls my nuero here. Talks to the receptionist. I told him it was my nuero's nurse that made the appointemnt & we really need to speak with her. ...

...

...

A couple hours later, Grai says, "Guess they're not calling." So, I called & tried to speak with the nurse. Busy, can she call you back? Yea....

about 45 minutes later, as I am dozing in the recliner with the puppy, "Ring, Ring" So, I wake up & answer the phone, the puppy wakes up & my son has to try to play with the dog & talk to me all at once. GRRRRRRRR

Grai comes out of his office, AKA our bedroom & grabs the phone for me.

Apparently, Roswell was supposed to hook me up with the right doctor but did not.

I heard him tell her that our (mine, his, the nuero here & her) concerns lie in the high test results of the spinal tap. He also tells her what the Roswell Doc said...the very non specific thing. He explains that running back & forth to Buffalo from where we live is just not a possiblity, especially for mirgraines, for cryin out loud!

So, at this point, we're at the mercy of two more doctors figuring out what the hell is going on. The nurse was awesome, she really was. I have nothing but good things to say about the nurses I came in contact with yesterday, other then that Orchard Park office. They all need to get their heads outa their asses, if you please!

Anyhow, that's really I have the time or energy to discuss at the moment. I've been trying to write this post since about 8 AM...it is now just after 10 AM! LMFAO!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Blessed Be~

And in more interesting & possibly fatal news....

2009-03-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

Um, yea, so I wish I was kidding about this. Last Friday I got a call to go into the nuerologist's office. I do not have psuedo tumors according to the spinal tap. & That's exactly how we bagan our little conversation.

He then explained to me that there are several abnormal other results in the test that are routinely run on spinal fluid.

There a couple of such alarmingly high numbers of these tests, that this doctor was baffled.

He did some research & still can not give me any definate results as to what this means, so he is referring me to a specialist in Buffalo, NY @ Roswell.

Anyone who does not live in this area, the word "Roswell" means nothing to you, unless you know some one who has had to go there. The word "Roswell" struck an immediate panic cord straight thru me. It is a great cancer specialized hosptial. & I do mean, GREAT! They are one of the leading cancer centers in this country.

My nuerologist also wrapped up our visit by saying a couple of times that it may be a tumor, cancer, an infection or nothing at all.

It took me awhile to share all this with you, because it didn't really start sinking in until about yesterday.

I need to remember that I do not know anything just yet. I need to remember that God Orderly Direction doesn't put anything in front of me that "He" doesn't intend to see me thru. I need to dwell on more glorious & truimphant things...

I need to find my mom's new cell number so she doesn't read this here before hearing it from my lips & get real pissed at me. O, yea, thanks Susie, I had just memorized the old one not that long ago, too! :P You know my memory ain't what it used to be & now I am probably ACTUALLY brain damaged! hehe! O, but Mom, it's not self induced this time!

So, yea, just trying to keep everyone abreast of the situation with me. & I intend to save this message till I can find Mom's number, cuz she might just take the 5 hour car ride up here to kick my ass if I forget to tell her first again! O, wait, it would be nice to have an excuse to see her! LOL! *Sike*

Thanks for stopping by!

~Blessed Be~

I was wondering...

2009-03-01T05:53:00.001-08:00

I was wondering....

When the hell is spring coming??

So is our new puppy, Tek, wondering when the hell it's gonna get warmer so he doesn't freeze his "business" off during the housebreaking process!

Thanks for stopping!

~Blessed Be~

Good news, Bad news, & in other news...

2009-02-23T23:03:00.000-08:00

Bad news first....The new job just let go a whole butt load of people today. Like BRAND new people...Some of these people they just hired last Friday. Yea, tell me about it. Ok, did I give you a moment to collect your jaw up off your computer desk? Good. The good part is that MY client, the client I work on the phones for, did not let any one go.

*Phew*

Just the idea of letting all those people go today because we lost one client...*shivers*....Sobering stuff in these scary times, my fine fellow blog-o-shere readers!

Our whole entire flippin household was sick this weekend. Poor Babe, AKA Grai...We spent a large portion of our day in the ER. Diagnosis? Pnuemonia. My son & myself get a head cold, this poor bugger has to go & get spots all up on/in the lungs & what not! Yikes! This is why I make the motherly/wifely STRONG suggestions to go to the ER on a weekend, no matter how much unfun it was.

In a further health related topic, I go for my LOVELY spinal tap on Wednesday....Dun duhda, Dun dahda! I am hoping that just the test will start to eleveate the pain in my head. *prayers said, fingers crossed*

Ok, I like to save the good stuff as a like 'follow up' to the bummer stuff, ...

While we are in Buffalo, we will be picking up our brand new addition & Grai's Valentine's Day present. Yep, we are finally gonna have a baby together. SO OVERJOYED! Ok, these pictures are not MY ...ops, I mean OUR boston baby, but here's what boston babies look like....Boston Terriers are SO Cute & they still grow up to be quite handsome dogs. Think the Frontline "spokes dog?" ... Heh, new word. Nice!

His name will be Tek, short for Veritek, like Jason Veritek, the captain of the Red Sox team. Yeppers, Grai's a big fan. I am a Mets fan, but I like the Sox too. I mean, heh, 1986 happened to all of us, you know. It's easier for ME not to have hard feelings in that situation. Yea, somehow we reconciled our differences, considering him getting with me has been very lucky for his boys! :P

Plus, I was thinking that if we got a girl I would name her Vera....cuz if you put the two names together it kinda sounds like Veritek...lol! But Grai liked Vera from the Flloyd song & that's cool too. Win, Win! I love it when a plan comes together.

& Omigosh...Grai & I have been discussing the possiblity of me getting my own baby girl & us having one litter some time this upcoming year...ish. Huzzah! BABIES, BABIES, BABIES!!!!!!! I Just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE 'em ESPECIALLY when someone else has to carry em & push em out! Pardon me crassness on the subject...just sayin'

O, in other news, we got all the peices parts for mah new pc. The last of 'em shipped in last Friday. Motherboard was D.O.A. however, so we wait until we get the new one. LOL! Warcraft doesn't miss us all that much I think & I am actually not missing Warcraft all that much. But I am missing my peeps! Ya'll make sure you're STILL having enough fun in that xpac for the both of us now, ya hear? ciao 4 now!

Ok..."MAYBE" I'm alittle excited about the new computer...

2009-02-14T10:58:00.000-08:00

Yea, I caught myself writting a comment to a great friend of mine that is "retiring" from WoW. It said something along the lines of how I understand how fufilling "Real Life" can be as opposed to a virtual reality in cyber space. I claimed that even with my new "StupidPuter" on it's way soon, I am thinking more about Spring-Time & what I am going to do to my garden this year.

I say I caught myself...Yep...Caught me red handed this time! Wanna know how? Curious as to why I Caught myself?

Well I checked the bank this morning....KNOWING in every fiber of my being that I was setting my own self up for a dashing of my hopes...to see if any of my tax money had posted. Available balance says that our federal banking system must be doing SOMETHIN' right! Yep, federal tax money is there as available. It hasn't even posted yet, but it's there. & It's SCREAMING, "Spend ME Baby! Spend me NOW! Spend ME FASTER! O, Yea, Baby! That's the way I like it!" (Yes, my bank account today is a VERY bossy sex pot!)

So, Grai was pacing, as not to "hover", I think, over my banking info on the screen. I dumbfoundedly asked him to look again in a glance. Yea, he knows me that well. We speak with our eyes to each other very often & on Valentine's Day, I can admit I really DIG that. Kinda turns my cranks, if you take me meanin'. :P Well, he looked. & he double took, just like I had. I breathed in REAL deep, in thru the nose, out thru the mouth. Then he asked me, "Want me to take that 'wish list' on Nuegg & put it into an order?" & I said "YES!" I shouted, Yes, Hunny, give it to me...all the pretty, peices/parts for my new StupidPuter & all the shinies that are gonna save yours. (ok, only internally did I say all that other stuff, but I am SO FREAKIN Thrilled that's it's on it's way)

So, I'm caught! I am caught in a tide of good things. I am caught in my stupid thinking, waiting for the other shoe to drop & waiting for when it all turns to snot again. That's my messed up thinking. I FINALLY started giving credit to where credit was due....Good Orderly Direction. Long as I don't slip up & start taking all the credit back, Today, I am NOT Alone!

Thanks for hearing my lastest rant & thanks for stopping by!

~Blessed Be~

Starting a new "temporary" job today...

2009-02-13T02:29:00.000-08:00

Yep, you heard me correctly, I start a new job today. I go in for orientation & training a full 8 hour day today. Yep, it is a temporary position. I will be taking calls for a new client they have, but that job will only last about 3-6 weeks. There is, however, the possibility of it turning into something permanent IF they have enough work for me to do with their other clients & IF I am qualified for the change. *PHEW* That IS a mouthful! lol

Only problems I can foresee.....(be prepared, this is a longer story then the last)
1) I am currently having a heard time reading my own computer screen due to the headaches & vision issues I have been having.
2) I want to keep the job @ Fashion Bug, but for ONCE she actually has the schedule done before a Firday of the week priior & she is not willing to change it now.
3) I view this "temp" spot as like an audition & knowing me, that is just enough time for me to blow it! LOL!
4) I don't know my "new", "temp" schedule for the upcoming week till today! So I have to try to find people from Fashion Bug to switch around the schedule she's already made for me if I want to keep both jobs...

Ok, I give all the credit in the world to God & Kharma that I finally got this job. I need a 40 hr/week job to live. Fashion Bug can only give me 8-12 hours/week. I have to stay true to them though, as much as I can, till I know whether or not this 40 hr/wk job will become permanent.

Today I am trying to live a new way & not be all pissed off, or doubting, or selfish, or arrogant, or just plain an idiot like I can be! So, this is really my way of "journaling." Because I have alot of doubts. I have alot of fear & I can't live in the problem today. Today, I need to think about the solutions & NOT get hung up on feeding the less desirable wolf that fights inside me.

Solutions for now?
1) Go to the new job & pray my mind can be like a sponge & I will do well when the training is over & I start working on the phones. I have done telemarketing work before & there are no "cold calls" involved. These people are already customers.

2) REMEMBER that G.O.D. (Good Orderly Direction) did NOT put this in my path for no reason. I CAN do this with help if I will allow it.

3) Try not to feel l ike I am letting the people at Fashion Bug down. I need to see this opportunity through as best I can.

4) Remember that I would like to stay on @ Fashion Bug even IF this turns into a permanent position. Even if it's just one or two 4 hr. shifts per week.

5) Don't take my petty little bullshit attitudes out on others...period! No matter how stressed I get, I can always just pray. Good Orderly Direction will not let me fall on my face today. As long as I don't put up all my barriers against it!

OKay, now I am not even gonna let my OCD get the best of me here. If I spelled something wrong & You, my darlin readers can't read it, sorry for that. I did this "journaling" thing for me though, just because I needed to!

Thanks for stopping in. Have a WONDERFUL day! Be the master of your destiny today & remember to keep the faith!

~Blessed Be~

Two Wolves

2009-02-10T11:35:00.001-08:00

In case you are slowly going blind thru no fault of your own & cannot read the poem above like myself, here are the words.

TWO WOLVES

An elder Cherokee Native American was
teaching his grandchildren about his life.

He said to them;

"A fight is going on inside me....
it is a terrible fight
and it is between two wolves.

One wolf represents fear, anger, envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies,
false pride, superiority, and EGO.

The other wolf stands for joy, peace, love,
hope, sharing, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, friendship,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and FAITH.

This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."

They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather,

"Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied;

"The one you feed."

Now, I want you all to know that I am working very hard lately to feed the better choice of wolf that fights with the other inside me right now. I can feel all the care, concern, warm thoughts & real prayers out there with regard to the health issues I am having. Thanks so VERY much to you all! I am truly, really blessed! ~Blessed Be!~

Dun dadada, dun dadada....

2009-02-09T12:50:00.000-08:00

~Hooray~ Got my W-2 back, FINALLY! Huzzah!

Mah darlin' Grai filed for me online last night. With direct deposit, I should have the tax moneyz back in 10-15 days. At which point, Mah Darlin' Grai will order me all the pretty components for my new system! Then we must add in the time for the pieces/parts to ship here & then just a tiny bit of time for Mah Hunny to get it all put back together!

So............ BE EXPECTING ME TO BE BACK IN GAME, ANNOYING THE $H*T OUT OF YOU ALL AGAIN VERY, VERY SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FREAKIN YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It's not a tumor"

2009-02-06T07:59:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am channeling the lovely Arnie AKA The Govenator, in the movie, Kindergarden Cop!

& Yes, we got the results today from the tests. There are no actual tumors on my brain or abnormalities for that matter. Altho, them having to look SO hard to FIND the brain was probably abnormal....teehee! Just Kiddin!

The nuerologist still believes that I have something called "psuedo tumors" (Fake) which is simply pressure on my brain. He stills sees evidence of the optical nerve damage. He siad if it werent for the damage to the optic nerve, he would just diagnos me with migraines. But those I've had since I was a teenager....

AnyWho...... I get to go for a spinal tap to find out for sure. O, GOODIE! That should be super fun!

Well, I wanted to keep everyone abreast of the situation. Thank you all so much for the warm thoughts & thanks for stopping in!

Leveling mah Hunny's herbing

2009-02-04T06:26:00.000-08:00

When I don't have to work, but Grai does, he leaves the house with one chore for me to do. Nope, it's not laundry. Not dishes. Not cleaning. Not erasing stuff off our over loaded DVR.

It's leveling the herbalism for his death knight, Sheenah! LOL. She is named after the song from one of the greatest bands of all time. (those are his words, but I'm inclined to agree) She is mildly modeled after a good friend of both of ours, Unseenfiend.

So I was running around Dun Morough with Unseen on Sheenah yesterday morning. Unseen goes "Ew, he gave her the ugly hair." & I was like, "Um, he gave her my original Shrinn's hair!" LOL! Yes, Shrinnkette, the warlock, on my original account whom I got to about level 40, had the Princess Laya buns. So, how is that ugly? Meh, O, Well!

The "F-Bomb" Story

2009-01-27T05:23:00.001-08:00

The other night as I was watching/helping my little man, John, with the rest of his homework, I noticed that he had his middle finger up. I inquired as to whether or not it was directed at me, his loving mom. He said, "No." At which point, I told him, as I have before, that that gesture means little to me but others view it as a bad thing. He asked, "Well, what does it mean?" So, I told him it stands for the "F-Bomb." Okie dokie....Moving on then. Um...maybe not so much.

The very next day at school, his buddy & classmate had some little ring on his middle finger that he was proudly showing everyone. Apparently, John informed the young lad that he ought not point with his middle finger. Travis, being the naturally curious first grader that he is asked John why not. To which my darling son explained that it means the "F-Bomb."

John tells me this story on the walk home. We only live about a block from the school so I was mildly concerned that I may have just lost a friend for my son & his parents that I actually like may be annoyed. We got in the door before Travis' stepdad got the kids home, so I called up Miss Christina, Travis' mom. I explained the story & apologized that she may be hearing about this "F-Bomb" thing from her sweet little boy. Thankfully, she just giggled & said "I'm sure my kids have heard worse."

Phew! See why I like these people?

*Shaking head* *sigh* Boys will be boys, eh?

For Cassie and 3B...

2009-01-23T06:58:00.001-08:00

Saw these pics. Made me think of our fearless guild leaders & the cats that demand to be fed in their home. Hope you get the giggles I did :D

Talk about feral specced druids! GAWD DAYUM!

O, so which one is one of your cats, guys? teehee!

what the doctors have to say at the moment

2009-01-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

Well, the headaches are still there. The nuerologist & the eye doctor I went to both believe I have something called "psuedo tumors." This is brought on by pressure on my brain. My optical nerve is also appearing damaged, from what they can tell. *sigh* I go for an MRI soon as my insurance approves it. Lord have mercy!

Well, being on the computer hurts my head, obviously, so I'm going for now!

Thanks for stopping by :D

It's late, but I have pictures

2009-01-17T07:16:00.000-08:00

Pitures of the madness of going to see Santa. With his friends, Travis, Ned & Courtney. I love their parents so it was fun. We all hung out together :)

This is us, waiting in the longest line ever to go see Santa! lol

John is the one in the tan shirt, Travis, his best bud & classmate is in red, Ned is in grey & Courtney is the little girl...duh! TeeHee! Travis, Ned & Courtney are brothers & sister. So Cute!

O, And thanks so much to Miss Christina & Mr. Howard for having a digital camera & sharing these pictures with us all! Huzzah! :D

I love this one. He is SO BUSTED! But Travis doesnt seem to mind...lol

Ah, the big pay off! Santa.... AT LAST! YAY!

I am just not traditional at all! But whatever!

Merry Mistmust, again :)

Welcome Home My Lil Man!

2008-12-30T11:59:00.001-08:00

John just got home from his Gramma & Grandpa's. Last week he was with his dad. I wasn't able to get him a bunch of stuff this year but he still made out like a bandit!

Gramma & Grandpa got him a whole new snow suit type thing. John loves camo colors, so it's a new winter coat & snow pants. Also new green winter boots to match! They got him a V Tech VMotion. Man! God Bless VTech! I love it. He learns & plays & moves so he's not sitting stagnant & gaining a bunch of weight like his old Mom! Heh! A crayola color blast & a bunch of crafty, artsy type stuff for us to do together. Some new school clothes, hooray! Gramma & Grandpa should adopt me! LOL.

Anyhow, we've already played play dough. He's showed me the color blast. He's opened his hot wheels stuff from me. Last, but not least, he spent some time on his Vtech! Man, he is SO funny watching him play "his own game". He yells at the game, he goes "O, yes" when he does well. Honestly, I have NO idea where he gets this behavior from! Hehe!

AnyWho...It's great to have him home. I missed him. Time to go hang out with mah lil man!

Thanks for stoppin in & ciao 4 now!

Merry Mistmust!

2008-12-25T07:34:00.000-08:00

yes, I'm imagining that little toddler from the card commercial where the mom is trying to get him to say Merry Christmas & the Gramma opens the card, hears what is undoubtly her lil boi saying it & her husband looks at her like she's stoned!

It is a chick thing guys, but the kid said "Merry Mistmust."

AnyWho!

Merry mothah lovin Christmas, Happy Solstice, Happy Kwanza, Happy Hanukah. I know, my spelling is rediculous! But I think from now on I'm just gonna say "Merry Mistmust." My sister would get it! Told ya it's a chick thing!

So, I am currently drinking coffee from an awesome sized mug, here is what it says.
Do not meddle...

I lurve you my Graimerin :) Thanks babe!

It's Christmas Eve.

2008-12-24T04:32:00.001-08:00

& I have to go to work. I have one present wrapped, but seeing how my son will not be here on Christmas morning, I don't have to wrap his yet. (O & alittle secret, that one present is a big box so I could put all the presents for Grai in it) hehe!

Happy Holidays, everyone. Be safe if you're traveling, especially in the inclement weather!

*Holiday Smoochies*

Well, I went to the ER yesterday....

2008-12-23T02:17:00.000-08:00

Yea, so I'm having pain in my left shoulder, neck & tingling down to my left hand. I felt faint & wasn't seeing very well. Freaked me out alittle, yeppers! Especially with all this crap going on on the left side of me only.

The pain in my shoulder & neck are there on & off pretty much 5 out of 7 mornings of the week & I can usually work it out with stretches & the shower. That peircing head ache (shooting right up behind my left eye)....& the poor vision, seeing spots, feeling like I was gonna faint...That was new. Yesterday morning, first thing when I opened my eyes it was the headache, then I tried to move & that hurt my neck & shoulder. Then I got up & I felt dizzy & the poor vision began.

Well, I went to work anyhow...Of course, it just got increasingly worse there! Soon as a third person came in @ 12 noon, my boss insisted that I go to the ER. I work with the sweetest, bestest people, ya'll! :-)

So, after, O, idk....6-7 hours there, would you all like to know what the diagnosis is???

Migraines & muscle pain/spasms in the neck & shoulder.

Cure????

No more repeatative things like play on the computer or do crochet! Wait...What? Huh? Are you absolutly effin kiddin me with this?

At least not for a few days. BLARGH!

Good Grief!

AnyWho! Thanks for stopping in!

Play Dough, Crochet & Cartoons...sigh

2008-12-20T07:36:00.000-08:00

So, yea, I'm sick of Christmas Vacation already....lol!

Other then the blogging, I am still crocheting that burgandy & light navy colored throw blanket for the couch but also substituing on Fally/Grai's chair till I'm finished making his. Fally's will be black & gray.

So, I'm back in the blog o shpere with a vengence, I guess. But a girl must do something to keep herself sane amid all the molding clay, play dough, silly putty, coloring, stenciling, crafting ornaments & red & green Christmas chains. All while mostly hearing Timmy Turner or Jimmy Nuetron on the TV! I loathe the voices on the boy genius show! GRRRR! I do really like Nick toons & I thank my cable provider for the extra Nick channel every day. Heh!

Listen, I love my son to tears. He is the light of my life. He gives me joy like no other. As any parent knows, children also give grief like no other! So, pardon me as I do the happy Snoopy dance all the way to taking him to his dad's house for about the first week of the vacation later today! (that car is mighty small for dancing....)

He surprised me & his stepdad last weekend by deciding against going up to his dad's at all. He's never done that before, but he's getting old enough that we told him as long as his dad didn't mind, it was ok. He also gave us a shock by calling Fally/Grai his stepdad for the first time recently. So, yea, he amazes me. I adore him. He is cuter then should be allowed by law. I am very blessed.

O, Christmasy type pics are on there way from friends of ours...Just waiting to get the email!

Squak at ya's later & as always, thanks for stopping by!

Tagging FTW is right

2008-12-19T07:03:00.001-08:00

Okies, I have decided to be a bit....obtuse. Thinking out of the box here a bit, but now that I'm back in the blog o shere, I just can't help meself!

Hehe, I've been feeling kinda sorry for myself since I can't actually PLAY WoW on my own PC anymore so I figured I would STFU in blog land.

So, two more tags. Not sure if either of you gents have yet been tagged, due to my temporary lack of reason, aka, break from "Blog Land".

The first of which is a friend from the guild & my "whisper buddy" heh! Eust, I lurve you!!!! Eust & I lurve when you write...just wish you had more time to do so! :)

The second of which a guildie directed me to & who's wit & style of writing I've come to enjoy. Skeleton Jack And although I haven't had a chance to play my death knihgt much, the misadventures of you & yours are entertaining! Hehe!

Shouting out here to Xim also. Ximera One of my hand picked from Exiled Elite, which was once "reborn", but now is very much morphed into something very different from the eutopia I once hoped it would be. If it is even still in exsistance!

Ah, the fun of thinking I could run my own guild! LMAO!

Thanks for stopping in & I'll be back! hehe!

this "tagging" thing...

2008-12-18T19:22:00.000-08:00

Turns out, I have been tagged. & By someone who always notices when I change the look of my blog! My friend, Nas @ Alts Ahoy!!! Yay!

Although, I am sure that I do not deserve the honor of being listed among so many other superb bloggers, I am humbled & grateful!

So, if I'm getting this straight, I needed to find my very first post which is
intro to ss craziness

Thank you Eust, Dax & 3B for making sure I'm not just talking to myself :P

So, now it's my turn to do some tagging....Hmmm...who has not already BEEN tagged???

Ximera-hunter

Lurve Ya Xim!

Thank you Nas, for getting me back to blogging :-)

And, thank you VERY much Grai, for teaching me how to add links! Fun!!

Wulfa goes public....

2008-12-12T05:25:00.001-08:00

& I can't comment in the new format you got going on @ 2 & 1/2 Orcs :*( Not sure if it's just this old PC or if Imma idiot!

CONGRATS Wulfa, Dammy & Orclette!!!!!

I would have to vote for lil Orc (or even littlest Orc)...works no matter the sex of the baby!
I was one of those preggers chicks you hate....I LOVED being pregnent all the way up till about 8&1/2 months. Then it was a bummer! But Wulfa, if'n you need a gripe fest about it, you know my email!

I lurve you, you adorable lil family!!!!!!

Shrinn can now make 20 slot bags

2008-12-03T06:23:00.001-08:00

More info on our guild portal for all you lovely fellow devils!

Shrinn just got her tailoring up to 411 this morning. Now I have to go to work!

*Smoochies*

I didn't think it would bug me so....

2008-11-13T11:20:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Wrath is all up & running on Fal's PC. He wants to me to watch & be involved & it just sucks out loud. While I am estatic for him to be having so much fun, I can't help the sinking feeling in the pit of my belly.

Watching all the newness of the DK area makes me yearn to play my little Shrinnja. (Name thanks to Daak the Sidhe Devil) I was torn between that name & Shrinniggit for awhile, but I think I have decided now :P
I thought I was coming around to the idea of just not really playing until the spring...HAH! I am SUCH a junkie! I need a hit of WoW man! I need the Wrath of Shrinnja! lol!
But, you know, if I can't play Grai & Fal & Sheena, Mah Hunny's DK will be so far ahead of me AGAIN! It's been so nice over this last almost year to actually play with my BF on level with his toons. It just feels like going backwards a bit. I am going to lose some of my love of this game if I'm constantly begging him to help me level my toons! *sigh* & we had just stopped fighting over stupid shit regarding this game lately.

Thank God I know I have friends in Sihde Devils that will help run me thru stuff or answer my stupid questions coming up thru. Not that Fal/Grai isn't super & he is still one of my best WoW resources. I just don't wanna be bugging him with constant nagging question after question.

Ok, I think that I'm done with that rant for a bit!
Thanks for listening :)

*note: I got to play Shrinnja some tonight! Goodness, that was SO much fun! I have the bestest hunny in the world!

Is there a Doctor in the house?

2008-11-09T15:31:00.000-08:00

Yes, Yes, there actually is. The Fine, Upstanding, "Young" Man A.K.A. Dr. Graimerin Falromord has been working to fix my computer since we woke up this morning!

It's has been shutting it's self off over night a couple to a few times over the last week or so. Did I tell the Doc? Of course not! I worry about the health of my PC just a might bit better then my own personal health & that's not saying much, folks. I also was wondering if my lil man had gotten up to go potty at night, messed with my PC & shut it off, in hopes of not getting caught.

Well, I woke up, it was turned off & John is with his father this weekend. No chance of just shrugging it off this time. So, I had to reboot from the power strip like I had been when it's done this to me in the past. & O, my, o, my, what a horrendous noise we had coming for the external fan in the back.

*sigh*
*nervousness kick into high gear now*

After all day of My Love, the most handsomest, wonderfulest man in the entire world, fiddling with the system he built me 3 -ish years ago, it's borked! I have no PC for the xpac, I have no PC for emails, I have no PC for paying bills, I have no PC for checking the bank.

*inhale, exhale*
*breathe deep & try not to kill people*
*find your happy place*

We still have his system for the urgent stuff. The "grown up" stuff. The stuff I absolutely MUST, beyond a shadow of a doubt, get done. BUT I don't have MINE!

I do not care for his system. I'll use it when needed, yes. Will I be able to "hang out" on it for hours on end like I can do on mine? Nope!

Can we afford to get me a new system right now? Nope! We were planning on building a whole new one in the spring, at tax time. It'll run us about the same as the old one he built me almost 3 years ago, but it'll be an ass load better, with screamin high capabilities for all the things I use my system for.

So, unless a miracle happens, I will be in hibernation for several months.

I'll miss ya's. Please make sure you all have enough fun in Azeroth for the two of us, okies? Thankies!

***this message brought to you by the crazy people that live here & the Good Dr. Romord's PC***

Shrinns Twins...

2008-11-07T12:35:00.001-08:00

...er, cousins at least! hehe!

Now, try to tell me gnomes aren't cute! & they taste great in Orgrimmar stew, also! hehe

Found some oldies but goodies

2008-11-07T05:26:00.000-08:00

.......... & some I'd never seen before. Since I like so much to pop in random pics to my random rants, I went looking for a few more! Ok, the old b&w cartoon pic that wouldn't open far enough for you, the reader, to read. Gah, that annoyed me so much that I sifted thru thousands of WoW pics on photobucket (where I originly found it) so I'll be leading with that!

I just think this cartoon is classic. It says a world of things about not just Blizzard. Blizz is just doing what sells....Sex crazed girls, that's what sells, according to gaming developers.

& wanna know something? If I had written the words in that bubble above the human's head, it would simply state, "Mah milkshake brings all da boiz to the yard." (sadly, I love that song!)

While we're on the subject, how falic are so many things in WoW? Ok, forget WoW, let's look at it a bit more objectively...videos games in general. I realize that people (not just men) are visually stimulated. I don't mean on a sexual level necessarily....... Although, that is a whole new issue all together. We can show such horrible violence on the screen, big & TV levels & in vidoes games, but we must hide most sexuality. That's a might @$$ backwards, if you ask me. Let's hero worship death, killing & dieing & forget to celebrate, & instead demonize, how we all even got here in the first place!

While we're on THAT subject, allow me to shift just a touch here & talk about the fact that the "bluest of blue" states voted against same sex marriage, but said "hellz mo fo'in yea" to more better accsess to MaryJane....Ganga Yum! lmFao!

Well, I don't suppose Grass ever made anyone ever kill anyone...
but I'm sure stuff that looks more kinda like this........

the needle in the picture not the purposed content here!

But again, I couldn't help but ROTFLMAO when I saw this choice tidbit!

Now, many things would not even be funny if they didn't have a dash of truth added in there. While we're talking about our WoW addiction in common, let's throw in a visual, shall we? (Hi, My name is Mary & I am a WoW Addict)

Now, I have finally given you a glimpse of my idea of ranting. I figure the name ought to hold true somewhere in all this mess.........

Hoping some folks got the giggles intended, Possibly I may have offended some of my dear readers, but Lastly, & Most importantly, maybe, *Hopefully, you stopped to think.

*Hope is never hopeless.
**Hope is always possible.
***Hope is endless in it's possiblities!

The Nasirah & Elysse & Coralin Show

2008-11-06T05:25:00.000-08:00

Druids for the motha lovin' WIN! You should've seen Nas tearin it up on Attumen, Moroes & the seasonal boss! She rocked it out! Woot! I had so much fun helping off tank. Coralin saved my bacon several times over. Nimble, agile, quick minded, that one, because we had a couple of crazies & he picked em up lickety split!
Well, of course I have pics, don't be silly! heheh! I cannot believe I picked up the main tanking duties on my baby 70 in Kara! Wow!

Nightbane FTW! I was shaking in my fur! For really!

I loathe this fight! I missed the green beam, of course, Netherspite healed back to full health. I am a slacker! (I still agree with Wulfa. This dragon looks like a she. Very pretty! I lurve dragons, not crazy about this one however & besides, why else would it be such a pain in the @$$? hehe )

But we prevail! Yay!

Ok, now I have seen some amazing tanks have a bit of trouble on this fight. Thank God for the nerf bat, that's all I can say. I got lucky, so damn lucky!

My wonderful friends carried my goofy butt all the way thru that raid last night! Thank you SO very much!

We flippin full cleared ZA...

2008-11-01T22:01:00.001-07:00

Ok, the title says it all there....

On our way out after downing the Dragonhawk Boss during an AFK break. We almost had him for the timed event. We will have him next time, that I can be sure of! We learned alot tongiht. Watching it on BossKillers.com is not the same as being there!

On the way to Hex Lord.

Yay for killing Hex Lord!

We kicked his bum on the second try! WeWt!

SO much Fun! Loved it, can't wait to go again :)

One time, when the realms were down....

2008-11-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

I made an off realm baby hunter

Meet Opalea

I can haz emotional basketcase...

2008-10-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

& I can haz her everytime I look in the mirror! And, lately, I can haz her most times I log into WoW. I dunno y, I do know however that something has got to change for me. I have been "chronically ill" on & off for about 2 & a half years. When the docs told me it was "all in my head" & the "head" medications did not work, I stopped caring. Doesn't change the fact that I feel like shit more often then not. Doesn't change the fact that I am tired & worn out from simply working a 4-6 hour shift. Doesn't change the fact that somewhere along the way I not only stopped listening to a good friend that told me years ago "To thine own self be true.", I have choosen to utterly ignore that lovely tidbit of advice. I have tuned the "smart" people out & been living inside my own little head. Can be a frightfully dangerous place to live all alone in the dark sometimes.

Yes, Yes, to many of you folks that feel you may "know" me from the game or from myspace & somehow managed to find me here. (cause I can no longer accsess my myspace page) You might just be asking yourself, is this really the fun loving silly Shrinn we know? Everyone has their bugaboos, my friends, everyone!

Weird thing is tho, about 2&1/2 years ago is when I fell of the wagon & started binge drinking again. No, I am not a binge drinking currently. Not only can I not afford it but I cannot raise my son in a coherent manner in that state of mind. So I'm thinking that it might be time for me to get my ass back to those damned brainwashing meetings again. Cuz those people seem to really get me. So, if my mental health & head space begins to impinge on my game time, blog time & just plain sitting my big ole bum in front of my PC, so be it.

I thought Halloween an appropriate time to bring up my skeletons. Lookie there, Lich King isn't even out & I'm raising the dead!

FanArt

2008-10-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

Gah, I really wish sometimes that I was this talented...or that I had the whole puter set up my seriously talented cousin has. He's this kind of artist...unfortunatly, even tho he's more then good enough to work for Blizz, last time I mentioned it to him he reminded me of his stance on "selling out to corporations".....GAH!
Anyhow I was playing around checking out some new FanArt on worldofwarcraft.com & thought I'd share my new desktop & future ones & some of my oldie but goodie faves :P

New desktop...Two of my most fave things in the world...Dragon & Fairies ....o, wait, there's no belf males in that pic! HEHE

This one here "might" be actual Blizz artist work but I can't be sure. Waht's your vote?

Last but DEFINETLY not least..........

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that!
Tru Story!

*note...apparently, this pic doesnt open enuff so that u can read the words...It's something along the lines of "ever wonder how these skimpy clothes they call armour keep us alive?" & of course all the boiz are drooling!

Quitters never win...

2008-10-29T18:56:00.001-07:00

Winners never quit. Soz....
I'm not giving up WoW! Of course I'm not giving up WoW. You had to know I wasn't gonna quit!
Yes, Yes, I've gone through these feelings a time or twenty before. & I'll go thru them again, but for now, I'm sticking with it!
We PWNED Kara last night (No surprise there) Mah Hunny formed the group. We had all but one guildie & a very dear friend & old guildie joined us to give a hand :)
Ishi did a great job on raid leading & we all had fun. I got two new peices of healy gear on Elysse, Wewt!
Elysse now has a shadow following her around & those things say some effed up stuff! I need to get my ass to Darnassus cuz that thing freaks me out!
Well, I'm gonna go do that now :)

Thanks for listening to my rants yet again ^.^

Thank You Wulfa & Ishvi

2008-10-27T16:15:00.000-07:00

WooHoo! You guys gave Fal some EXCELLENT ideas for dinner tonight!
We had braised roasted pork loin, with carmelized apples over top. A caramel drizzly type glaze & stuffing!
I stuffed myself like a tauren!!!! I'm fat as one too now that's thanks to the grumpy old dorf of mine!

Yum, Yum, Yum, Yum!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, I love this man!
You should have seen my lil man John go crazy over this food! He said "can you teach me to make this some day? When I'm like 16." It was SOOOOO cute!

I wish I had a digital camera, it came out of the oven & looked like something out of a food magazine!!!!

Ok, I'm off to go be spoiled some more. (Although I should probably be spoiling him a bit now!) ^.~

Ho Hum. Hum Drum.

2008-10-26T19:23:00.000-07:00

Yea, I'm kinda bored. I don't know what my problem is. I'm not sure if it's the impending WotLK xpac coming, or if I'm just sick of getting turned into a freakin zombie. I'm just sick of it all, i guess.
I went into Kara on Shrinn on Friday night. My damage sucked really bad. That pissed me off. I saw a couple really cool drops for my feral druid, but she wasn't there to roll on them. That irked me. Like, I am totally ok with El not being able to hold her own on the damage meter, especially when she's off tanking, but SHRINN? SHRINN? Her royal effin feirceness was #7 on the damage meter? What The HELL? Bah!
I can't even log on to her without getting irritated about it. I cannot log into Shrinnpoof & wonder why she isn't hanging her glass cannon ass head in shame!
Whatever, guess I'm gonna go look for a new game. A cheaper, less able to piss me off, game!

Elysse Tanks MGT...wootie woot!

2008-10-16T14:18:00.000-07:00

Wow! I did not think I was gonna be able to do it! NOt at all, but we did :)

Got some new healy boots tho! Yay!

Shrinn Helps Down Mags....WOOT

2008-10-16T14:15:00.001-07:00

Ok, this was a PuG. This was my first time there. I was not convinced we would down him...I really wasn't. Because I was nervous, I didn't get alot of pics either..... but here's what I got.

what my alts have been up to

2008-10-16T05:36:00.000-07:00

This is my shaman. She is fun...I s'pose. I guess I just don't really know how to play her yet...Good Lord! She's level 30 & I'm still trying to figure how to play her! lmao!

Just thought the full moon looked really pretty :)

This is me saying "good Bye" to my very first kitty. That actually messed me up alittle! It was like taking a sick pet to the vet to get put down...well, almost!

Bye ElGato!

Feeling alittle sappy....

2008-10-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

& my aunt sent me this. Thought it was cute.

Hope I linked this video correctly! heh

Well, I tried to tank Maiden...

2008-10-03T22:17:00.000-07:00

OMG!!!! I sucked in Kara tonight! LMAO!

Imma Genie in a bottle, Moroes! hahahahaha

GRATS to Elruc who got a bunch of feirce drops! Grats FEl, Grats to me on Maiden's necklace :) & grats to anyone I forgot! Thanks so much for putting up with my "noob-ness" all :)

Okay, Okay...I NEVER thought tanking was an "easy" job. When you've been running behind so many people (Graimerin) that make it look easy (Graimerin)...It is a reality that I would think that it can't be all that hard! Especially when you keep hearing, the whole way up thru, from Graimerin, that tanking is just standing there & getting hit....

Hmmm...anyone know that Sheryl Crow song "no one said it would be easy. But no one said it would be this hard"

I had to let my freindly neighborhood prot pally, Ishvi, take the reigns here ~sigh~

Beebahdeebahdee....that's all folks!

Doncha Wish Ur Maiden Was Hawt Like Me

2008-09-29T06:20:00.000-07:00

& Like Wulfa, Felsprite & Muchachita?

HeHe!

Obviously, I was a bit more comfortable in my role as off tank/Kitty DPS the second time thru Kara...eh?

Fun & Death, down goes Coren Direbrew!

2008-09-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

I love having an excuse to get my toons wasted! heh!

Shrinn got the Ram!!! Huzzah! I love her being tall as a dark iron baddie!

I love tankin this guy. Works best of course with some GREAT dps. Last night, I had my buds LF a tank for like an hour....So instead of hangin with guildies (which I do miss) I went & lended my no talent havin tanky ass to these fine folks!

Alipoo, Chugirh, & 2 guildies of Alipoo's, Great mage, Great pally! (sorry, ur names escape me at the moment, folks!)

we downed him 4 times & wiped once. We all got a bad lag spike on that one & I couldn't pop form & rez our healer with mah head in da barrel!

Elysse got the attack power trinket! WOOT! Can't wait to pvp with that bad boi!

We got into a bar brawl, we drank, we danced...& we watched the band!

First Time For Elysse

2008-09-19T10:16:00.001-07:00

~ In Kara ~

I was SO nervous...I was actually alittle shaky in there last night folks. Ok, ok, I know, this was nowhere near my first time IN Kara. But my job has always been well known to me. I am fire mage, glass cannon, hear me blast a spell in ya.

Well, I guess I am not always that & I have the pics to prove it.

Before Kara, Here I wear a very respectable tank set that many people worked hard to help me get. Special Thanks to Wulf-Ness, 3B & My Hunny Buns, Grai. I don't know where exactly you gathered all the mats for me to have 3 very sweet pieces for when I turned 70! I do know that our friends in the guild had something to do with it!

Here I am trying not to totally flub. I am not prepared to be a tank in Kara. That's the god's honest truth. I hardly have the mindset yet to run a 5 man. So, ok, ok, there was no pressure to "run" kara last night, but there is a certain take charge attitude that comes with being a tank even if it's just off tanking. I am not there, not yet. I was too damn nervous. I was freaked out, period.

So, i am druid, i am night elf...i must dance!!!! & I lurve the footsteps of illidan that makes it look like i am emitting some profuse gas!

I didnt wipe us, i didnt wipe us....holy SHIZZ! WE LIVE!!!!!

Those were my only thoughts as he went down. I was not thinking, expecting, hoping for any gear....
Well, I am druid, I am night elf....I am loot whore!

Stay #2 on threat, that is ur job here...yep, yep...dont do anything stupid, second job...well, terrible pull....

NO WIPES...phew!

I just knew in my bones that tonight was gonna be the night that Kara made me sing for my supper....& Cassie went in to Opera (not naked as we all requested, especially the Big Bear Butt himself) started the event & vanished. Yes, Yes, last night was a tale of forbidden love & that freakin vial did not drop for Cassie! :(

Holy Crizzap...a boss fight that did not drop something mah dru could use...what a relief!

On with the show....

I tanked the voidwalker lookin thingys & I must say, this part showed some real potential to the possiblity of some sort of talent on mah dru....maybe

Dont know that i did enough work to get all the goodies i got last night tho.

Here's to you, Curator, You are about the drop my druid T4 gloves!

Are you kidding me? Never, ever, in my wildest emerald dreams did I think you would on my first ever, prolly don't belong in here yet run thru Kara! Spoiled lil Druid....Shrinn had to work long & hard for all of her kara gear!!!!!!

Awwwww, Bye Fel. Thanks for coming & switching with Xiliah now. I feel like crap that I'm a loot whore & you didnt get any dang drops :(
But I am very pleased that I was not "token gnome" for once :P

Chess event....another thing I "could've" used...Thank God Wulfa won the roll on that belt! I would've cried.
No pics, I forgot! Why did I forget? Cuz I knew what was coming....Prince....

*cower....*tremble

On the way to prince, I did a shitty pull...but again, we LIVE! You wonderful are ppl that put up with my no talent druid! Thank the Gods for you all!

Ok, first try, I don't have to get on that GD pole! /scowl at that pole... WOOT!

O....wait....I have to KNOW & be versed in a totally different part of this fight....Hmmmm. /cower & /tremble again.

Dang, it's kinda lonely out here Cas & Morthog....Don't you miss the pole? O...wait, I'm the fire mage...Nope, not tonight....

Hmmm....ok, so he got us. & I sucked. If I had been thinking properly, I would've moved far away from the damn infernals (not towards the hole in the wall), popped form & healed alittle...DUH! So, we wipe, I suck, it's offcical...But I knew I suck & I just had to prove it!

(Here is a short foot note...NO WIPES TILL PRINCE! How do ya like us now? Yea WHAT!)

WEEEELLLLLLLlllll, I had to mention that healy thing out loud, didn't I? Back to the pole with u, damn druid!

This, This right here is a veiw & a way of doing this fight that I know...I know this veiw all too well....

~sigh~

Here I find my healy talent severly nerfed by my own hand...I gots no gear...& I ain't that good of a healer anymore....W. T. H. happened? This is the toon I was part resto for until my 40's so I could heal in bg's....Hmmmmmphf!

He won't best us! Do you realize the crew we're rollin with here?

I won the roll for the healy mace, that I am required to bring for every raid & everything on this toon for ever now. That is my own personal requirement!

ok, & then there were 8! Wulf-Ness, poor sicky gurl, came with us because she enjoys this, because this is her "Ness" time...because we're both moms & we don't treat ourselves to bubble baths the way we should. Raid night is "our" time, damnit!

& Xiliah, lovely sweet mana battery that she is, was sleepy! G'night fair ladies. Thanks for stoppin in!

So, we had some helpers step in & finish the place off. The only things we "missed" last night were the 2 dragons & Illhoof. Thank you Melpo & Drusilia (spelling ?)

Hmmm...more kitty Luv from me. Okay, got it!

Sweet ass tanking necklace. Again, thank the gods Morthog won that roll.

I have ALOT to learn. But I am willing & I am pliable. (imagine wet clay here) I want to be useful where ever that may be.

Thank you SO MUCH for letting me try out a brand new 70 druid in Kara. I don't know how I got to be so blessed!

Where were you Sept. 17 approx 3:30 P.M. EST?

2008-09-19T10:16:00.000-07:00

I was leveling Mah Dru to 70 BABY! Yea WHAT!?!?!?!? :)

With alittle help from my friends I've got some spankin good gear for bear form & a GREAT new spec!!! Thank you SO much everyone!

Dancin with the Wulf-Ness & hangin with her preist, Beowulfa & my hunny, on Padrad the hunter LUV, today in this pic!

Now, imma go do some more dailies! *smoochies woochies to all who stopped by*

TruBlood on HBO

2008-09-14T07:15:00.000-07:00

One more thought before I get lost in playing on my druid (which is SO easy to do lately)

Last night, I watched that show TrueBlood on HBO. Let me give you alittle back story about me.

I LOVE Vamps.

I am not Goth, I am not Emo (which is what goth used to be right?...GAWD! i am old) I am not one of those people that go get their teeth done at a dentist.

I was raised hard core born again Christian. We even went door to door with tracts on the weekends...the "cute lil happy family" (yea, okay)
Soooo...by the time my mother FINALLY started to let me celebrate halloween again (we got cable back too around that same time) She didnt realize I had been watching alot of my older brothers & sister's old movies & I had had alot of time to just read. What was I watching & reading? Stuff about the elusive, mystical, magical Vampire.
So, I perfected an idea of me as a vampire by then. & that was my halloween costume every year. The first couple years, I did it in part just because I knew she hated it & that's what daughters do. Mom hates it ??? That means I love it! But also, I connected with these fierce "evil" creatures. I wrote alot back then too. I have sereral poems about Vampires. I just have to find that poem book & I 'll share my favorite one, "My Mortal Kiss"

Ok, on to the show....The first show of TrueBlood

Well, I liked it. First, I know that I've seen Anna Paquin (spelling?) in a couple places before. I just can't place it. Right off the bat, she's alittle ditzy. But she explains that's a method for getting better tips...okay. I've been a waitress....meh, I'll buy it. She's got this really cool trait, she hears people's thoughts....Hmmm. They put too much makeup on her, makes her look older & more tired then needs to be, imo.
The instant chemistry between her & the Vamp is palitable. The tension is so real & big. Just the sparks flying off their charaters fills up the screen. Well, they put a cool new twist on the old folktales & legends of the Vampire. They can now "meld into society." They are drinking fake blood & not killing mortals to live. Hhhhmmmmmmmm....VERY interesting....
Well, there are about a million places they can take this concept. So, I guess I'll have to stick around for more :)

Elysse has her Flappy....

2008-09-14T06:53:00.001-07:00

Ok, well, i DID get myself into alittle trouble flappy'ing around the very first time looking for content I had never discovered on Shrinn.... I just really need to pay better attention. I was lookin for herbs...

I was THRILLED to find out that I can gather herbs in flight form!!!!

Just after this picture, I was just flying & typing in guild & not paying any attention out in Blade's Egde. I stopped in mid air, to type something long winded that no one prolly even cared about ;P & this huge, green fireball came outa nowhere. BANG, I was down! I happily landed on one of the little thingys that jut out all over the mountains in Blade's Edge, but I was burnin up with damage over time from that damn cannon. I didn't get my heal off in time, so a death run soon followed...lol!

And here we have my first stab at tanking the Underbog. Thank GOd Grai was with me cuz there was plenty I had forgotten :)

And here we had some fun in SP last night. FunBuns gave me a break from tanking tho, cuz I have been doing alot of it. I'm beginning to get little grey hairs all over my ass IRL from tankin with my face so much :) YAY! I never thought I'd love tanking like this :)
Well, enuff outa me, time to go level that lil Nelf :)

I am a lucky girl....

2008-09-11T14:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, as you may know, i'm sick as a dog. I feel like BIG poopoo kaka & that's an understatment.
But, I am still a VERY lucky girl! I have the BESTEST boyfriend in the whole wide world. He's been cooking dinner to help me out. He went to Wendy's tonight so we could eat. He's been distracting my son so he's not all the way up my bum when I don't feel good!
On that note, my sweet little boy is trying SO hard not to talk loudly or be too crazy cuz he really does understand that Mama is sick. I don't even want him to get too close to me cuz I definetly do not want him to get sick again.

PLUS!.... my wonderful, sexy, handsome Hunny had Wind make me a sick ass necklace last night too!

So, (& he says men just LOVE to hear this...) I am gonna show you how cute he is IRL...
(well, I think he's cute. He doesn't see it but I think he has a baby face)

And here's proof that we DO still have fun together sometimes! (& we are still crazy after all these years) This was a couple years ago @ at family/freinds picinic we try to have once a year back home in Jersey. They set up some kind of water balloon thingy. Fal/Grai kept trying to help John to hit the target with the water ballon. Well, my niece got up to try it & Fal hops out of the shadows to hit it with his hand so I would get soaked! LOL! That's him running behind the thing there :)

Now, that is it Wulfa, I have no more digital pics of us, So dont even ask ;p

Nas, just for you...

2008-09-10T20:22:00.001-07:00

TeeHee! Yeppers, I changed it AGAIN! Just for U Nas! ~.^

I'm still trying to get a feel for how I like it tho. This one seems like a winner...possibly.

Elysse dinged 67 running around Blade's Egde & then I ran around Nagrand with my hunny on his hunter, Padrad. & Wind had an adorable little macro for when I dinged :)

Well, I feel like I've been hit by a bus or a semi or some damn thing so I'm off to rest..... Once the medicine kicks in, anyhow.

Off to await my R&R (fingers crossed) all! Thanks for stopping by!

trying to 'fix' this....

2008-09-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

I am trying to make the whole page of my blog appear more visually appealling...
YIKES! Anywho, got to go to work soon (ish) So, I'll play more later :)

Maintence Day...

2008-09-09T05:54:00.001-07:00

And I'll be at work when the realms come back up...So, I'm alittle bored.
I found some cute pics that I figured I would share with you. They are the only digital pics I have of my lil big man, John.

He's about 3 years old here, might have just turned 4. My Aunt & Uncle came up to visit us.

Holding the hamster. He named it "Baby." Was his first pet with me. I think his dad had their cat by then, but as far as I'm concerned, that dwarf hamster was his first pet ;P

That's my Aunt Patty. She's so pretty :)

Me & 'the boy' & 'Baby'. Terrible pic of me, but meh, w/e...the kid's still cute ;P

What merriment!

2008-09-09T05:37:00.000-07:00

Ah, indeed...The fun & games we have! Alittle Molten Core, Old School LOVE! Ok, ok, I'm not old school. Not for real, cuz this was actually my first time IN Molten Core, but I'd still like to share a cute little story with you while we're on the subject...

First, Here's getting Elysse attuned for it...

Turned out, we didnt need her, cuz a mage was what was a DIRE Need for the AoE & this mage can't say no to friends in need. I came in way late due to the fact that I had to work & then bought a bike to ride home that night.

So, I think it was right after this fight, an old friend of mine (Shadow Presit, pretty Feirce) whispers me, "Wow! MC, eh?"
"Yea, I'm having fun with it." How r u? Bla, BLa, Bla... (ya know)

"Just never see anyone in there anymore..."
"Actually, it's one of the great things about this guild. We do old world stuff so others can join. There's not that 'Leetist 70s' feel to things. Fun for more ppl"

"When did U get so PC?"
Bahaha, I lol'd irl :)

"ok, i gotta shut up now, i have to pay attention"
ttyl & all that....

This is where I got shot up in the air & i was in my ice block in the air, just didnt take the pic in time :)

Forgot about this...

2008-09-09T05:07:00.000-07:00

Well, well, well...I completely forgot about our go at a World Boss Dragon! That was fun, so HOW did I forget....? This was a couple weeks ago, so maybe that is why/how....
There was no PuG'ing, all were ppl I knew except for one warlock. I believe Ash is the one that picked the warlock up. I guess they were admiring it together. Please correct me if I'm wrong, cuz I'm old & I forget stuff :) We had Sihde Devils & people from my friends list...

Here we are dancing, playing & carrying on while we get the group together...& at this point, I am almost late for work! lol

Pre Boss..."Dreamcatcher" (?) "Dreamtracker" (?) Something like that....heheh

Ok, the little one went down easy! & it did not prepare me for what was to come....

Ok, my only question is...WHY is there NO mass dispell on posion?

One day I'd like to get it together enough to go take on all the dragons...we were SO close with this guy/gal (?) If we had had 15 instead of 11, I think it would've been in the bag. Well, the right 15 with the right group compostion :) This was just a whim & I think we did pretty damn good! Yay!

Fun & Games in Kara

2008-09-06T06:59:00.000-07:00

Ok, ok, I hate to say this, but I really MISSED Kara! I know, I know, a select few have it on "Farm" & it does seem to get easier EVERY time we go in there! I am also aware that some of us get bored doing the same old, same old, but I had so much fun!

I love how we burst into dance during the afk's in Kara!

A gnome caught between a druid & a druid place....Pimpin aint easy! LOL

Imma have to come up with some "Moonclaw" recipes, seeing how Wind's kitty kept trying to emote eat the gnome & now is honin in on my pimp stylin! HeHe!

Ok, I'm off, cuz reading on line hurts my eyes after awhile & Yes, I am going to get that checked. Plus, Elysse will NEVER get into Kara if I don't get her hairy lil bear/kitty butt movin :)

DING!! 65 BabY!

2008-09-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, I think that says it all! Elysse dinged 65 today. It was my whole plan John's first day back to school today. I asked for off of work & sat my ass in front of the dang puter most of the day. It was so quite in this home that I had to get up & check that I was in the right place a couple times. I did manage to get the dishes done also so that's a win/win, I say!

John's first day back was great for him too!
On the walk home (school is a block away, win again) I asked him, "Did ya miss me?" To which my darlin little boy simply replied, "Meh, alittle, I was having too much fun!" ROTFLMAO! I love that! I was beaming when he said that!
Well, here's to hoping this school year is gonna be GREAT! *cheers*

Guild Ramps Run... Elysse tanked

2008-08-31T09:33:00.000-07:00

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! I tanked Ramps last night, twice! Me & Cassie were the only non level 70's in there! Talk about testing ur threat holding capabilities!

I remembered to grab a couple pics

I cannot believe I was tanking out in front of the Big Bad Bear Butt himself & Gramerin was healing! Melpo was a great help also...These guys really kept it all together when I did lose threat so thank god for that!

Dow, Down, Down he goes....I didnt die either!

She is almost 64 & we are planning on me tanking Underbog this afternoon! I am too excited about this druid of mine! I am hooked!!!!!!!!!!!

O, I am LOVIN this druid

2008-08-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

So, We ran Kara last night...Mind you Elysse is only 62 (almost 63) so of course I ran on Shrinn...
I missed my druid! I really didn't wanna be dragged away from her!

She tanked Blood Furnace yesterday with a feirce Pick Up Group (AKA PuG) & we rocked it out! I actually totally forgot to take any pics cuz i was SO nervous! there were NO group wipes. There was 2 healer deaths & that was mostly my fault, but it was an amazing run! Good fun people matched with the great playing! I addy'd every single one of em to Elysse's friends list!
We sat in LFG for about an hour till we found a healer. During that time we ran around Hellfire doing group quests & the 4 of us getting a "feel" for each other. Worked out very nicely. So, while the 4 of us were questing, a mage whispers me "what u guys need in that group?" I said, "we're LF heals" To which they reply "I see 4 healing capable ppl in ur group."

Well, I just adore when ppl tell me stuff I already know. I think it's marvelously cute....*sigh*
We had me - feral druid & decently geared for that at 62
We had Quietnoise - Boomkin druid
Ensura- ranged DPS shammy
& Our Shad preist i cannot remember her name ... Sorry :{

So, i told that lil punk ass that none of us were geared or specced for heals & that our boomkin was willing to try healing if the mage wanted to join....After irritating me, he/she comes back with "O, I can't, I'm with my rogue friend & we wanna go in together".....GRRRRRRRRR! & U wonder why the more I play WoW the less I like people???

No matter, I had a blast & I did ok...I'm still learning but I'm getting over my fear alittle bit. After yesterday, I'm SO pleased with my druid performance. O, & all the ppl in my PuG were alts, so it's no wonder we did well ;p

On a different matter....Elysse made her first discovery today! Finally! My alchy is 370...lol. I believe it is a Flask of Mighty Restoration or some such...Adds mp5 & healing...lasts thru death...2 hours....

So, I'm completely excited about mah lil baby Druid (not such a baby anymore)

new schedule 8/31-9/6

2008-08-27T17:52:00.000-07:00

Ok, first thoughts...Can you believe the kids are going back to school already? Can you believe that summer's almost over? *cry*

All based on EST
Sun 8/31: ~OFF~
Mon 9/1: 11a-4p
Tue 9/2: 11a-3p
wed 9/3: ~OFF~ John's first day of school, plz don't count on me for anything :)
Thu 9/4: 3p-7p
Fri 9/5: 11a-3p
Sat 9/6: 2p-6p

Yep, hopefully, I can find sometime in this choppy schedule to do something other then dailies! heh...
See you in Azeroth :)

spending some time with Onyxia

2008-08-25T07:07:00.000-07:00

So, We went to kill Onyxia, no small feet. I had never done any of this before so I have a notebook page full of the quest chain to gettin attuned.
1)Dragonkin Menace in the burning steppes @ Morgan's Vigil
2)The True Master's start @ burnings steppes-lakeshire-stormwind keep-back to Morgan's Vigil (this is not even the beginning of all the run around...heh)
3)The Search for Marshall Windsor. I believe this is where i had to go listen to dude's story. He's over at a horde FP...but it's a nuetrel area, so as long as u don't try to kill anyone, they wont try to kill u.
Wowikki also mentioned Abandoned Hope, which I don't remeber doing (might have, Thanks very much to Cassie & Wind, I got everything after Tru Masters done right before we went)

Then I had to find [A Crumpled Up Note] which led to
4)A Shred of Hope get some things from some bosses in BRD & take them back to the dude in the cell....but dont accept the next quest he has for you before your whole party is ready & before you've cleared the mobs in the area...like I did! :{
5) Jail Break
6)Stormwind talk to Squire Rowe, receive [Fragment of Dragon's eye]
I Think this is where the lady of stormwind reveils herself...That was fun, fun, fun!

Also, at this point, Wind reminded us that / next to number lock would make us all walk with the NPC...Winsor. So it would look like a march thru SW.

"FAll IN MEN....We March!"

Aw look, we made a friend...someone is SW also knows about the walk trick

The whole time I was looking at the pics & renaming & moving to a shortcut folder to make em easier for me to get to, I began to hear a song in my head. If you are at all familiar with it, look at the pics again & see if you also think it fits.
Seal sings "A Prayer For the Dying" (as time marches oooonnn-ooon, it goes on)

Restore it's power in Winterspring...that's easier said then done also. heh.

So, on again, this is were we formed the raid group (surprise, surprise, with mostly 70's we only needed 11 or 12 ppl) All of us that were the appropriate level got a summons...aka, I think I was the only one!
After Doodle got the rest of the key & We went into UBRS (which I'd like to also get the key...more research) In UBRS, there is the boss fight to take on. I got to tank one of the little guys...I was shoked & amazed that I was able to hold any aggro off Squirrelz.. .. He really rocked it out!
O, BABY! I was excited & nervous & alittle scared!
If anything, I'm still mildly timid about getting in there...I don't want to make a mistake...I am SO OVERLY concerned about that. I don't melee...I don't tank...Heh! Think again!
So, in we go "To Ony's Lair" & talk about a beautiful creature to kill.... Just look at her!

My, Ony, What Big Wings You Have....But don't look to smug, cuz ur goin down!

She's not so tough as she looks...well, not when u have an incredible grouop of freinds to help out! :)

We rolled for the head...which I'm almost positive I have a pic of her dead, but I am still looking for that one.

The great thing, I won the roll & got to turn in the head & I got a great necklace, which I really needed the upgrade for!
So We all went back to SW as I did the turn in & got to watch him hang it...& Again, that song is going thru my head again..."Prayer for the Dying"....

Now, FOr anyone that might be reading & has a better memory then me, please feel free to tell me where I made a mistake or missed something in the quest line...Thanks

me playing a melee...really?!?!

2008-08-22T22:01:00.000-07:00

I don't understand why I have always been so much more comfortable, on alliance side, playing ranged DPS, or healer & Then Along Came The Druid...
Mind you, my actual very first toon was a druid.
Due to the fact that I am Irish & lean towards the idea of earth magic as my spiritual base, a druid automatically appealled to me. Then I stopped playing on & off quite a bit. & I got into my warlock & I got into my mage & I forgot about my druid...
Between ALL the different realms I play on I must have 7 druids spread out...but Elysse is the only one I've gotten this far leveling.
I've have always liked the name Elysse, but then I found out that it was also a name that my mother had concidered for my sister & I really fell in love with it. If John had been a girl, That (or some form of that) would have been the name I picked.

Anywho...I'm running off track here...
I am REALLY good at playing her...The more I play her, the better I get.

But I'm left sctraching my head about this a bit...
I DON'T play melee...I just dont!
I'm not good at it at least this is what i've always thought.
I've tried paladins in WoW...NOPE
I've tried a shamman in WoW....NOPE
I HAVE a level 19 wanna be twink rogue & I SUCK at playing her...i know i do.

I do have a warrior off realm on the hordie side & she's a nice change of pace.

I guess I kind of am stuck role playing no matter what realm I'm on, cuase I've noticed that my personality is slightly different depending which toon I play also.
& on the alliance side, I've always thought of the charaters as the softer, gentler side of me.
When I play my horde toons, I am more willing to be alittle more raw & gritty. Poor Maniacmare has tanked the RFC & WC so many times, she can run it with her eyes closed! LOL!

So, somehow, some way, my druid has managed to get that "UP IN YA" side out of me on one of my ally toons! I am impressed & midly intrigued...
The more I play her, the better I like her.
I knew I wanted to level a toon that could be more versitile.
Shrinn is the BOMB...literally...She's a fire mage & She was created after I saw that WoW movie "Big Blue Dress." But she will forever be stuck being crowd control, ranged DPS....
My lovely looking little druid (in her night elf form) can be feirce & raw & sick as hell in kitty & bear form. & If I ever get bored with that...I can go tree & heal or I can go boomkin & be ranged DPS again!

I guess it dawned on me how much I like her tonight when a preist on my friends list inspected me & said " U have NO chants on any of ur gear?!?!" My reply wasn't the most *cough* 'sane'. I simply said "Yea, she's just shear force & feirce feral power." To which my friend replied "uh, ok"
Truth of that statement is unless I have an enchanter (which I do, but she is only lvl 19) it doesnt really make alot of sense to spend the money chasing materials, or the time grinding them & then try to find someone to do them. (besides, i'm having too much fun playing her to stop & smell the enchants)
I'm still lvling her & while I'm still learning, I'm not exactly sure that her gear is good enuff for chants. Besides, for the next few levels I'll be switching out alot of gear...

It just makes me chuckle to myself alittle....Heh...basically what I told that person "I don't need no stinking enchants! Don't u realize who ur dealing with here?" Pretty much the same kind of smack I talk to the mobs as I'm killing them!

So...I guess Elysse snuck up on me a bit. Much like she does when she's stealthed & ready to pounce on a mob that is 3 or 4 levels higher then her & BANG, Zing, Rake, Shred...O, ops, ur dead!
MUAHAhahahahah!

New Schedule

2008-08-22T16:42:00.000-07:00

For this upcoming week...
So far, just the work Schedule. Don't know what the raiding/group questing/instancing schedule looks like at this point...Will keep this updated when I know more....Of course, I'm gonna continue grinding Elysse up thru.

Sun. Aug. 24th: 12:30p-4:30
Mon. Aug. 25th: ~OFF~
Tue. Aug. 26th: 9:30a-4:30p
Wed. Aug. 27th: 9:30a-2p
Thu. Aug. 28th: ~OFF~
Fri. Aug. 29th: 10a-3p
Sat. Aug. 30th: 4:30p-9:30p

Elysse Dinged 60!!!

2008-08-18T16:36:00.000-07:00

So, thanks to the kindness & patience of my fellow guildies, She's been spending alot of time in Ramps & BF...Wanna see?

& Then, due to some kindness from my handsome & wonderful boyfriend....
He hung out with me on his hunter, Padrad (Feirce kitty Siam) till I got to level 60 & then ran me around Zanger getting herbs :)

Emissary Roman'Khan in Silithus

2008-08-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon a prime target while questing on Elysse in Silithus. I fell in love with the idea of killing this creature. Seriously! I kept going on & on mindlessly about how much I wanted to kill him in guild chat.
So, between all my lunatic rantings & Fal/Grai going on about how tough he had been pre BC, I suppose this aroused some suspicions of my guild mates. Daak was on an alt & he got on his main cuz he wanted to check this "skull" leveled world boss out!
Meet me friend, Emissary Roman'khan.....

So, between me & Daak, we decided to just see what fighting him would be like...

He was SO tempting...SO alluring...

I was SO in shock & awe of this lovely egyptian looking mob........

I had fantasical notions of all the pretty shinies he might drop for me....

Well...we two manned him! LOL!!!! What a bubble burster...I didnt even have to pop form & heal Daak. I stayed in cat form the whole time!
O, & he dropped 33 silver! Are u flippin kidding me Blizz?

Can't We All Just Get Along....?

2008-08-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, Yes, I believe we can...
I tried to post this in gen discussion in the WoW Forums yesterday but the whole thing went buggy...(yes, I indeed intended on flaming & then trolling...lol)
so here is where I'll be posting it, with much more evidence to back it up....

My brain started thinking, mulling some thoughts about when I learned that many of my new friends also have hordie toons. Sweet, so do I. All of them with any significant level are all off realm but meh! Good to know if I wanted to do a paid transfer, I'd have ppl to hang out with.

On to my next point. Monday, grinding a couple dailies, on Shrinn, on the Isle. Finished up my berry picking, the mana remnants & made all the sentries good guys again.
On to Crushing the Dawnblade. I'm messing around, taking my sweet old time, just cuz I don't have any other plans after dailies.
I then see a shamman in ghost wolf form running away from 2 mounted knights & a summoner. It's at this point that i think to myself, if those mobs respawned on top of me while i was trying to get my mana back, i'd be a dead puppy (pun intented) with that group. I look at her (I say her cuz it turned out to be a female toon) health bar, just as I suspected. I started critting my big 3000+ fireball...they all go tumbling down with the 2 of us working together :)
As we sit there, eating & drinking, getting our hp & mp back up to snuff, I realize I had been assisting a troll shammy. She then /thank & /sorry to me. We get respawn, more knights & summoners all at once before I could reply. & we go back to town, slaying the bad guys. I /shrug at my mob.
After that batch, we both /thank, /nod, /agree, /cheer & /dance each other! So, as I'm killing the Dawnblade I come across her again & we were actually helping each other. I let her tag, & I help her take 'em down & Vice Versa. & then we had a nice little dance session to show our friendly team work spirit :) I /bye, she /bye but we continue to run into each other as we're working around the Isle. /wave & /smile.
Then Yesterday, A tauren Warrior appeared to be struggling with some summoners. I just keep going along, cuz he alrdy had em tagged, as I saw him & them, just one shotting the imps. He /wave, /thank & /sorry. I just /smile & /nod.
Those imps are just plain mean...& I always kill them after my first fireball & then after couterspell & spelllstealing the summoner. Just poof, one shot fireblast.
Well, I got respawn holy hell on the knights once i got over that way where they all cluster & fight each other. Like 4 or 5 all at once...they're all fine & well to kill, but they just keep healing each other...Who do I see coming along to smash em so I dont die? You guessed it! My new tauren warrior friend!

As I see it, this is mucho better then /spit & /taunt each other all the time! I get that ALOT, especially when I'm mining a node of adamantite that the Belf pally (it ALWAYS seems to be the Belfs that I get this from) feels he is somehow more entitled to then lil old gnomish Shrinn >.> Dude, I got here first...i did /sorry & you're still gonna /spit on me? /pest

Anyhow, that's all I have to say about that! Life is like a box of chocoaltes...When it comes to interaction with the opposing faction in a nuetral area, you never know what you're gonna get!

work schedule for the next week and a half

2008-08-12T16:46:00.001-07:00

Ok, here's my work schedule for the next week & a half...

Wed 8/13 9:30a-4p
Thu 8/14 10a-1p (Grai's Birthday)Also the night of Kara lower part 7 pm server
Fri 8/15 4:30p-9:30p
Sat 8/16 2p-6p
Sun 8/17 OFF
Mon 8/18 9:30a-1:30p Possibly ZA 1 or 2 bosses 7 pm server
Tue 8/19 6p-10p
Wed 8/20 OFF
Thu 8/21 12p-4p
Fri 8/22 1p-6p
Sat 8/23 12p-4p

Hopefully, I can get together with my freinds in Azeroth around that!

My little boy is gonna be home this weekend sometime...YaY!

SEALymics 8808

2008-08-08T19:34:00.001-07:00

This is when we were just starting to get everyone there! Doodle, you are a most gracious host! Thanks again!

I heart dancin bears....

I heart dancin stealthy kitties....

I heart noggenfogger....

I heart being on fire....
& Epic Flight Form!!!!

the start of the race:

During the race, (I started out in the lead, but then I decided that wasn't a very good pic)
Doesn't it look like seaworld! lol

A bunch of lil druids dancing in a row :)

The SEAL form dance contest...Which I was a runner up for!!! :)
I am a creative seal dancer :)

I had SO much fun!! I definetly needed it tonight! Thanks so much everyone!!!! YAY!

Oooo I do not want to go to work today

2008-08-08T06:06:00.000-07:00

Yep, there you have it. The title says it all! Grai had a sore throat & the whole ball of wax (that was plugging up his ears) earlier this weekend/last weekend. So, now, I've woken up with the same problem.
But, when I have to do the opening shift, it's even more difficult to find a replacement, so I didn't even try. Besides, I've got some issues to attend to with the manager.
Have you ever noticed that ppl bitch about something about others, that they themselves do & act liek they don't even realize it?
Example: Our 'new' old District Manager NEVER says Thank you. If she does, she turns right around & takes it back away. "I see you made your charge goal last week, Barely." You see the back handed way off verbal beat down there? The store manager will not let a mistake go. Serveral weeks ago, We had a large amout of markdowns to do. (Yay, a bunch more crap for the clearence racks) We happen to be one of the only stores in our area that carry dresses so we got a boat load for summer time....She continues to get her little digs in how I must've missed 50 dresses. (Our other manager tells me 50 is almost the whole amount of dresses we have) Although, she's been scheduling me almost every monday that we have markdowns since then...Am I confused?
The other day, she balled me out in front of another co worker & right on the sales floor about how things got put out on her days off the week prior. Wait, WAit, WAit....Am I a manager here? Did the Co Manager NOT put the stuff out that you are getting on my case for right now? & THEN, not 3 seconds later, as I'm back at the desk area, hanging up new stock, Manager & Co worker are up at the front of the store doing alittle whisper thing...are u fucking kidding me? Are we back in Jr. High? Cuz, if we were, you would NOT be the cool kid hun, not right now.....
Ok, Yea...So, I'm hopeful that this is the manager I'm working with today....hehe!

I Heart Wulfa

2008-08-05T08:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, I knew that title would get a glance or two....
I heart Dammy & Orclette too, give me a chance to explain :)
My Mom & sis-in-law came Sunday to pick up my son & take him home to Jersey for an undetermined amount of time. I am not kidding about this statement. It will be a week at least, 2 possibly if he's having a good time & is "Behaving" himself...not sure what that will mean by their standards. I know they'll be more lax then me.
So, yes, i miss him, of course i miss him like crazy! I'm trying not to call every second & find out how he's doing or behaving. Is he having fun? Does he even miss me at all? :( This is his first "big" vacation without mom or his dad. He's gone to spend a couple over nights @ his father's parents, but they live MUCHO closer. It's only an hour from me, just the other side of the NY/PA border, really. But, like, he hasn't called...i wonder if he's asked "when's mommy gonna be here?" or anything about me at all >< I'm going thru it, 4 real...im such a sap >.>
& just seeing the pics of Orclette & u 2 older, but just as cute Orcs...Makes me smile. So, I'm borrowing your domestic bliss for the week, okies? Nope, i dont visit your blog for the Orclette pics, but this week, they're helping with my kid jones :)

Crop Circles By Graimerin

2008-08-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

This was our first heroic attempt..I tried pugging it once...that didnt go over so well. Grai had never tried & to be frank, he was thinking he wasn't "up to snuff" for a heroic MgT. I knew that wasn't right, but he had to see for himself! :)

We had Windshadow, the Big Bear Bottom himself, as an off tank where needed & DPS where needed. Cassieann, her royal roguey-ness, in all her stealthy, kick butt glory. Last but certainly not least, Nas, in tree form! Man, she is a feirce healer!
We kicked that places butt till we got to the preistess & discovered, we really needed more CC.
And, I had a bucketload of pics that i took in there & i was goning to post them in a seperate blog & do my lil "what i learned from this experience" thing....Problem, i cant find all those pics now >.>
I go into my program files, into my WoW screenshots & moved them all over to my "shortcut to screenshots" folder that is on my desktop...like i always do....
Then, i get back into blog land & try to put them in here & I can't find them....LOL!
Wasn't meant to be, apparently!
But i will continure the search....& if i ever find em, i'll put em up here :)

SWEET! I found one :)

HooRay Elysse Dinged

2008-07-31T20:59:00.000-07:00

Grats to lil Ms. Elysse, mah dru! 54.....I am loving druids more & more :)

updates on the lowbies

2008-07-31T09:22:00.001-07:00

I've been thinking..Shrinn owns too much of this blog. Time to share it with her welfare brats, AKA, the rest of my character sheet...
As you can see, I've been trying to level my baby, Elysse, the wonderfully great druid. So, here we are in BRD

Le Preist, Skipsam, got her damn mount today...She's very grateful to her sugar mama, Shrinn for grinding dailies to put her on the damn thing!
I figure this would also be a terrific time to tell you how Skipsam got her name. (everyone thinks I'm a dude who rolled a chick toon, btw)
My mom's very best friend since they were teenagers is my Aunt Skip. Funny thing, she met (about 18-19, they both were) a sexy man in uniform, who's nickname also happened to be Skip. Aunt Skip given name is Sammantha. Uncle Skip's given name is Gilbert, i believe. So, they fell in love, got married & had 4 gorgeous little girls (who are my age & older now)
& of course these ppl are no actual relation to me, but when I was a kid, u had respect for your elders. NEVER call them by their first name only. So it was "Aunt" or "Uncle" or "Ms." or "Mr."
This toon has the white haired updo with the sweeping long hair in the back. That's my aunt Skip, no doubt! I'm sure i helped create some of those white hairs along the way! HeHE!
So, her royal bitchy-ness got her first mount today! Grats Skipsam!

Just for kicks and Shattar rep

2008-07-30T20:24:00.000-07:00

We had some fun in regular Mech tonight....lookie

We had a great group too! Supposedly "new" healer, the pally Niele, did a fantastic job. I think there was some uncertainty there & it was completely unneeded :)
We had Ishvi, the pally tank, doing his tank & spank routine! lovely to watch, as always.
Morthog's feirce hunter Korthog (spelling) Morthog< you are just as good a hunter as you are kicking butt & taking names on ur pally in Kara!
Last, but certainly not least, Windshadow hops on as I am desperatly searching thru my friends list. So i asked if he would be interested in joining us on his preist. Thankfully he also needed Shat'tar rep
We had good times in the mech!

This is the end, my friend........

The Slaying of ZA HooRay

2008-07-28T21:05:00.001-07:00

WootNess! I am so lucky, blessed & down right over indulged to have friends like the Sidhe Devils! I am still quite a n00b 70 & for me to be still just "Coming of age" & go into a brand new instance to me was thrilling! Yea, it took alittle time to get the kinks worked out, but that was the point! Now, we came, we saw, we counquered....Line it up again, please Triple B & lets see if we can shorten the time by, oh idk...15-20 minutes next time? & then the time after that...shave a few more minutes off & so on & so on! I promise, i really was being careful with my threat. I learned that i need to spread out from the other ranged dps so when he does his little stomp/stun/hurt thingy, he doesnt get a "2fer". It very well may have been mentioned on vent...several times even, but i obviously didnt hear it!
So, watch my threat, spread out & LISTEN to the raid lead in vent!

Other then that.............. What a way to farm a badge! YaYness!

as it turns out i am such a girl

2008-07-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

So, yea, i realize I was getting alittle touchy about ppl that i miss & ppl that i've known & ppl that i havent kept in contact with as much as they havent kept in touch with me....& of COURSE it's not just the game i was getting salty about either.

My family is far away & i dont get to see them as much as i'd like...as well as my old friends. I have been a gypsy for so long that i have built up walls to keep most ppl a "Safe" distance. Problem with that is, that's not me being tru to who i really am. It really takes a heck of a lot more work, for me at least, to be guarded. I do relish in some solise. I do like to be left alone from time to time...but i'm mostly an outgoing, "ppl person."
So when joining Sihde Devils...i guess i just havent been too sure as to which part of my personality to show. It seems like the most prominent part has already shown it's self tho & i'm veiwed as a the full loving, bubbly, silly lil goof i mostly am :) Thanks Sidhe Devils, for helping not take myself too seriously....I get alittle scary when I do that! Eeeeep!

found some original pics

2008-07-26T15:56:00.001-07:00

Hmmm....went thru a bunch of my screenshots & got alittle salty/sappy/silly! So many ppl I havent seen in so long. So many ppl that "used" to "love" me, till i left EoG. So much stuff coming back to remind why i get real tired of this game real fast sometimes....But that is life, there are fair weather friends no matter what u do, why should a MMORPG be any different?
well, here's some pics of the kiddies from my very first account...
Ellelyn waas the preist, Shrinnkette was the Lock & Elysse is still the DRUID!!! :)

Kara July 25 08

2008-07-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

What fun & excitment fills our time in Karazhun! Last night, Shrinn managed to stay JUST below threat...except for the beginning on trash mobs. Now one might say that's all well & good. It's just trash mobs. At least you know how to act when you're up against the bosses....Well, no, it's not quite good enuff for me! First of all, if I pull the aggro off the tank (which having alts that tank & heal, i can speak from experience) the tank has to decide whether or not to chase. When i'm tanking, my first instinct is to run after that bugger so he doesnt hurt my healer. Speaking of healers....If I was healing in this particular case, suddenly someone besides the tank & melee need my attention & it's that GD glass cannon Shrinn not watching her flippin threat! Shrinn needs to montitor & reign in her desire to kill! That's one of the little lessons I learned in Kara last night!
Every singlle fight was smoothe! I dont believe there was a single group wipe. I could be mistaken, but that is great! Shrinn got an upgrade on wand & pants!!! The pants were Shrinn's last blue other then trinkets! I was so happy, i almost cried! A lovely lady (who also came in last minute to help heal) Elystia, cut me gems so i could gem it up right away. I put some mystic spellthread back on it & hit that equip button right quick! Believe it or not, i never went /oom on Prince! which was astounding to me seeing how I forgot to equip that mother lovin trinket AGAIN! Thank You Guys & Gals for taking this n00b 70 thru a pain in the ass, but u make it look easy Kara yet again!

I think I need to spend more time with my son

2008-07-25T15:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I got home from work this evening & right here at my computer desk was a folded piece of paper. I opened it up & inside was a cute little drawing with hearts & a rainbow type thing. It says "I picture of a heart U, Mom." Well, melt me down to the floor why dont ya? He asked me this morning if I'd draw him a picture this weekend, while he's at his dad's! I think I'll go do just that!
I love Shrinn & I love Elysse & I love WoW, but my son....I adore him!

Schedule the week of July 28 thru August 2

2008-07-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, for all u fine, wonderful, lovely folks that have come to check up on my blogging capablities, First, thanks :)
This upcoming Friday night (tomorrow), i have plans to run in kara with the Sidhe Devils. (On Shrinn, of course)
So, this week's Work schedule:
Fri 7/25 2p - 6p
Sat 7/26 OFF (Have the pig roast we're going to)
Sun 7/27 OFF
Mon 7/28 12p - 6p
Tue 7/30 11a-4p
Wed 7/30 11a-4p
Thu 7/31 OFF
Fri 8/1 4:30p-9:30p
Sat 8/2 9:30a-2:30p

***This is subject to change

Figuring out this blogging stuff

2008-07-24T11:23:00.000-07:00

WOOHOO!!!!!!! i managed to figure out all by my little lonesome how to addy the links to blogs i like that are written by some frineds in the game!!! YaY for lil gnomish one! ok, that's all! lol

The fun and games of a shapeshifter

2008-07-24T11:04:00.000-07:00

Played around in Un'Goro today. Met a super cool pally was questing with for a bit...Got tired of just sitting, so I logged out! I did manage to get her halfway thru lvl 50. Also upped my alchemy & cooking some. So, all & all, it was productive.
Besides, I needed to hang with John a little bit, make more coffee, do some dishes & wake up the "big bear butt" of this household! HEHE! Love you Grai :)

Now i need to go run some dailies on Shrinn to get the money up for all the many flasks of pure death i go thru in kara! NEED To hurry & lvl that druid so shrinn can STOP getting gouged on the AH! heh

Intro to the SS Craziness

2008-07-23T20:23:00.000-07:00

Please allow me to introduce my charater sheet! Shrinnpoof, level 70 fire mage, is my main in World of Warcraft (hereafter known as WoW) on the realm Kael'thas.
I have a feral druid, Elysse, that I just leveled to 50 tonight as I tanked for ZF! (YaY! This toon is my baby! Druids are probably my favorite, altho u couldn't tell it seeing how i lvled my mage first!)
36Dranei shadow preist, 29 Nelf hunter (may be 29 for the rest of her life, i do like pvp from time to time) 22 gnome demons lock, 22 Shamman (my bank toon...lol) lvl 19 wanna be twink gnome rogue. That's just the allies! (yikes) hehe!
Hordies on the same realm are just my son's troll hunter. level 12 (?) now i believe. He just finished his hunter quest today! GRATS lil man, John :) John is 6 years old! lol
I also have an insane amount of off realm toons.
Feathermoon, (RP) the most prominent. 24 (probably alittle higher?) UD preist, 24 orc warrior, 14 (?) UD rogue ( i FAR prefer UD rogues to any other i've ever made. i just play them better!) 16 Belf hunter, her cat's name is ElGatoDiablo! That name is a nod to a couple of things. First thing, before I started playing WoW, i played Diablo (no love for Blizz at all here) & I really liked that movie "The Rundown" with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson & that guy that played Stiffler in American Pie!
I know there's a fifth on this list too, but i cant think of her due to the fact that I havent had to go hide on my off realm toons lately! HeH!

So, let me tell you about the name..."Shrinnpoof" !!! Why in the hell would anyone in their right mind wanna be tagged with a name like this? First off, no one is claiming to be in their right mind in this post! Secondly, it's a cute lil story ;p My first account, my main was a gnome lock named Shrinnkette. (the current lock is my remake of her & her name is Shrinnkette) My boyfriend sons, (of which he has many!) created a bunch of toons on "my" account when they were visiting. So, we decided, that once they got their own PC @ mom's house, they could have that account. I then deleted all my babies...the lock, the druids & the preist...I actually almost cried over the druids!

Now, on to why I haven't found myself hiding on off realms....

PUGGING Kara!!!! ouch! I said it! I met some wonderful people thru Camila & Unseenfiend (the GL's of a new guild Blood 4 Blood) I met the Sidhe Devils (pronounced She Devils) After many weeks of running with them, I found that I felt what seemed to me had been missing in the guild I was in. The heart, the spirit, the love of gaming, the reminder that this is JUST A GAME & having fun in spite of ourselves! Didn't take me long to realize I wanted to make that guild my home. And I have. I was pleased, & a bit taken aback by their happiness to welcome me! I am SO thankful to them for having me!

I was intending to make this a short intro, but it seems i've prattled more then i thought i would.

Thank you Wulfa, for thinking i might have something interesting to add to the blog o sphere & talking me into doing this! (didnt take much talking)

Thanks for reading what will hopefully be one of many of my tangents!