January 2009 Archives

I do love english muffins. One, because they call themselves "muffins" even though they are not part of what I would, traditionally, consider the muffin family. Cheeky. And, they make the sublime Egg McMuffin possible. (You want to blow your own mind? Make your own egg mcmuffin at home. With cheddar cheese. Good god, that is good eating.)

What I like best of all is the way the english muffin encourages my excesses. No sooner do you touch your knife to the muffin, then the butter disappears into deep crevices. And you have to get MORE BUTTER. More butter = more better, that's just a fundamental truth. Everyone knows that.

Thank you, english muffin! Welcome to my tummy.

Chris says it's Delurking Day and I believe him.

So drop a comment if you lurk, and say "hi!" And if you lurk, but have your own blog, add the link so I can come over to your house and say "hi!" back. And then we'll be friends! Won't that be lovely.

If you don't lurk, you should still say "Hi!" because I live a pretty sheltered life.

You shouldn't worry about it too much. Yes, I've started playing World of Warcraft again, but I expect that it will only last a month. Two tops. Number one, it will never be as fresh as it was the first time. Although, after a year of not playing, it's pretty fresh at this point. I am enjoying myself, and enjoying playing with Wil. And secondly, and most importantly, the Sims 3 comes out this year. Sometime in the February/March time frame. The Sims will always be my drug of choice.

When the Lich King came out, Wil expressed an interest in playing again. He still has lots of friends who play. So for Christmas, I got him the expansion pack and two months time. Once he started it up however, I heard the music, something in me stirred. It called to me. It wasn't hard to convince me to play.

So, it took me 6 days, over the holidays, mind you, to take my level 47 Knight Elf Hunter, Tangwen, up to level 55, so I would be eligible to create one of the new heroic class Death Knights. I decided to go Drenai with her, just to be different. Her name is Torwynn, and she rides a fast horse. I've specced her Unholy. Which may, or may not, mean anything to you. This was my goal, to get to 55, and create Death Knights with Wil, so we could go into the Outland to quest, an area I've never been big enough to enter. We haven't had a chance to quest there, too much going on, but today is Wil's Friday, so I imagine we'll get some playing in this weekend.

I just don't want you to worry. Yes, I am playing it again. And, yes, I was slightly obsessed with getting my hunter up to 55. Since I've reached this goal, I think I can find a balance between WoW and reading and commenting on blogs again. (Now my new goal is too earn enough gold to buy my Hunter an epic mount. I think they are about 900 gold.)

What you should really worry about is what happens when the Sims 3 comes out. Oh. My. God. I'm salivating just thinking about it.