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My main is a Level 64 BM Huntard, and when I say Huntard, I truly mean it. I've never really bothered to learn the "correct" way to play. I am a solo player, and I like it that way. I run around Azeroth leveling through questing and good ol' fashioned beating the crud out of mobs. I don't do instances, I don't do BGs, I don't join groups and that's okay to me. I am an extremely casual player who will play non-stop for a month and then not come back for a couple of months. I figure that as long as I'm not stepping on anyone's toes and enjoying myself it's okay that I don't know "correct" shot rotation. However, I come with a question regarding professions.

Currently, I'm a level 375 skinner and a 375 Tailor. I chose tailoring when I first started because I thought making bags would make me some money. I find that I actually make a lot more money from skinning and spend more money trying to level my tailoring. I've been thinking of dropping tailoring and picking up Engineering. I don't really want to change out skinning for mining (I have two other alts that are 20-30 and are miners). And seriously, the fun toys that engineers get to play with are muchly coveted by me. =D But I'm leery about dropping a profession I've worked so hard - and spent so much money - to level. It seems like I'm finally seeing a little return on my gold. Opinions?

For those unaware, or just plain haven't been keeping track, I've lost about 80 pounds over the last 18 months, going from a size 22 to a size 12. I've done everything I can, but with reduced bedroom space (thank you, king size bed), I need to say goodbye to many, many pieces of clothing.

So, before I go through the trouble of photographing everything, would people be interested in buying said clothing in the first place? I've got things from L to XXL, from 14 to 22, and a lot of it is in good shape. I'll donate it all if nobody's interested, but a few bucks here and there from the clothes would go further towards a new wardrobe than the donation discount. ^.^;;

Post 10 positive things that have happened to you recently. They don't have to be big or impressive, as long as they pleased you or brought a smile to your face.

1. Well wishers from last post! Thanks you guys. ;o; Hopefully I can get him checked out this week aaa.
2. Waking up every morning with Zarquon's fuzzy butt in my face. Nothing like a lungful of fur to start your day, followed by cuddles.
3. Yesterday we performed in front of a bunch of kids. They were cute and pretty well behaved.
4. Chinchin actually let me pick him up the other day. It didn't last long, but it's progress.
5. Watching Jurassic Park on Sunday night.
6. It's so warm! Hovering around the 0 mark instead of being -20. I love it.
7. I'm just about done being sick. Finally.
8. I bought a custard mochi for cheap and it was actually really good. I want another.
9. Finally making an art post. And people liking it.
10. The fact that I could fill up this list. OKAY FINE this is a cop out I was drawing a blank for a last one. That sounds so emo but I'm actually just really bad at remembering things when I need to. So.

Oh, and there's watercolour class tonight too.

And now to go take a long hot shower woop woop.

edit: the phone rang just as I was about to shower and IT WAS A POLICE OFFICER MY BROTHER HAS BEEN ARRESTED holy fuck
I totally told mom he'd end up getting in trouble at the rate he was going I SAID IT JUST LAST WEEK hahaha wow

I need to sort out a few thoughts on work-related stuff, so I guess some lunch-hour rambling here isn't too bad.

I had my first WashU performance review yesterday. It went pretty well, and there were no surprises, so I'm happy enough with it. My previous experience with this kind of thing involved writing several pages of stuff and sending it off to a dean or provost, rarely to ever hear about it again. Here we actually have a meeting with the supervisors to get feedback, which is really cool. Overall, they seemed happy with the skill sets I've picked up, use of my analytic knowledge, attention to detail, and how I've managed my primary project. My biggest weakness is that I have trouble seeing the big picture, which impacts both my goal setting and project planning.

Couldn't have been more accurate. I've been losing the forest through the trees pretty much my whole life. Details are pretty easy for me - little concrete things to break down, solve, and check off the list. What do I want to be doing in 5 years? Um... is it not ok to be doing what I'm doing now? I like this position perfectly well, and although there are specific parts of it that I would like to improve upon, it's hard for me to see much beyond that.

Through the 10 years of college and grad school, my over-arching goal was summed up into 3 letters: PhD. After that, it was "tenure." Once I realized that was a lost cause, it was "do something that puts my skills to use and doesn't beat my soul to a bloody pulp." I finally managed that one last February, and have been humming along quite happily since. Any sense of "Now what?" has been quickly solved by "Here are some data to work on," and any future beyond the project due date vanished.

Now that we're getting into planning for the next year phases for the project after year-1 completion, and along with tailoring the report tasks to the individual skills of my RAs, I need to get out of my comfort zone in terms of nailing things down for the next several months & years. I'll admit that I'm not particularly eager to shift into that gear. I like sitting at my desk and bashing out code that gets SPSS to do what I want it to do, but that alone isn't enough.

Much of it does come down to my inability to imagine my future. Again, beyond "PhD/tenure/non-soul-sucking job," I've never been able to conjure up what any of it would ever be like. My guess is that I stopped long ago because I didn't want to be disappointed if things ended up not being as good as I'd hoped. Somehow, I've managed to wind up in a good place, despite what seemed like hopeless struggles in the past. I live with a wonderful person who loves me and treats me better than I could have ever hoped; I have a great job that uses my skills, improves larger society, pays the bills pretty well, and gives me enough off-hours to otherwise be a human being; I have good family & friends that I would like to spend more time with, but do enjoy when we manage to get together. To ask for anything more or different seems greedy, or tempting poor fate, at the very least.

Much of the same philosophy applies to my job as well: I'm afraid to set goals that I won't be able to manage. I'll admit that I low-balled my development plan goals so that when I hit the question of "Were last year's goals achieved?" next year, I won't have to explain why something didn't happen.

Enough pondering here for now. Suggestions are welcome!

So,
I signed up using refer a friend via my best friend who plays on Thrall. This morning, after finishing up the download and setting up my account, I attempted to create a toon on Thrall to play with said friend. Unfortunately, Thrall is not on any of the server lists that I could see. I checked them all (pvp, rp, la dee da). Is Thrall no longer a valid server - meaning, it's full? Thanks for the help!

when I try to log in I get a prompt for a patch, and then it just takes me back to the login screen and says "Failed to Apply patch"
I've tried all the things suggested in the forums and other posts here, but no luck, anyone having the same issue/know what's up?


ETA: Fixed! thanks to those who gave advice! mods can delete this if they want

 Couldn't find this after a google search (only searched for a few minutes though!)

If one was to put Serpent Sting on a target and afterwards switch to Aspect of the Viper, will the damage on the sting that's currently on the target be reduced or unaffected?

Thanks!

Do you leave things in Suggestion Boxes? I know that some people do, and others don't. I know some people who think that Suggestion Boxes never get read. And, I know some people who swear by them.

Usually, if I make a Suggestion and it happens, I assume that a lot of other people must have had the same idea. I still feel good about it, don't get me wrong. But, it is more of a feeling of, "I had a good idea" rather than, "They used MY idea." Know what I mean?

My friend, Nikki, and I had an idea about a year ago. It was a kooky off the wall idea for a cross-over of some of our favourite television shows. We both sent in Suggestions to our respective interests and then just talked about how cool an idea it was and how it would never happen.
( I shall sum up. )
And, it is a hoot to have one of my off-the-wall Suggestions become reality. Again, usually I assume that if something I Suggest happens, then lots of other people must have Suggested it. But, I am having trouble imagining the typical Food Network fan or the typical WWE fan coming up with this idea to put in a Suggestion Box.

Theno

Despite his awesome strength, endurance, and firepower, Long Haul is viewed by his fellow Constructicons as little more than materials transport. He’s also as dumb as a rock and only slightly speedier.

Robot Mode: Long Haul stands an intimidating 20.5 cm(8.1”) tall. His main colour is lime green with assorted steel blue and black parts and red, metallic silver, and steel blue accents. He also has the serial number ’1214’ printed in white on chest. His head is lime green with red eyes, metallic steel blue accents, and a leering mouth lined with sharp teeth. Unlike his fellow Constructicons Rampage and Mixmaster, Long Haul’s robot mode is fairly well-proportioned while still looking powerful and sinister.



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Hiya, ladies and gents. This is a dumb issue, be warned.

Some time ago, I transferred 3 characters to Thorium Brotherhood. This led me to have to change my troll shaman's name from Erzulie to Kanakashti, and my blood elf priest Montague to Anafiel, since people already had the names Erzulie and Montague on the server.

Well, some time has gone by (like, several months), and I just don't like their new names...I refer to them by the old names all the time. I notice the people who have Montague and Erzulie are sitting around level 12 and have been inactive on the armory since I originally did my server transfer. Is there any hope of petitioning a GM to change my names since theirs are placeholders, or has it been too long? Do they count anything above level 1 as a placeholder anyway?

I also invite you all to tell me your favourite character names and why you named them that. I'm a huge loser about names...even if I'm rolling an alt that will likely be deleted, I still spend way too much time considering what their name should be, which is why I'm all bent out of shape over this whole situation :P.


In return for your help/advice/sympathy/stories, I offer you this video that I forgot about and rediscovered today:



This is where I learned that the human male dance syncs up with this song flawlessly. (Seriously, at 1:31, watch the dude on the right of the screen. It's amazing.)

♥ Audrey

My figureprint was ordered on the 4th and hasn't been shipped yet. Waiting is making me sad. For those of you who have ordered one, how long did it take from order to delivery to presumably greedy, eager little hands?

In the annals of history, there are few people as cool as Johnny Cash.

I dinged 80 on my first toon about a week ago. I would have come here sooner but things have been super hectic since. Who knew it could be so fun??

My guild went to Naxx 25 a few days ago. Something dropped for our guild 'lock and she rolled a 57. Despite noone rolling against her, she grumbled a little about never having high rolls. The next item to drop was a mage weapon and everyone told me to roll. I did so and threw a ... 1. Insane! Noone rolled against me so I got the upgrade but it seemed so funny. Afterwards some of us did a few other instances and I received the "Greedy" achievement on a random drop. How bizarre!

I am writing a story and am currently 8 chapters in (it's here, and it is a story focused on Night Elves/Druids, if anyone is interested.)  It is a Warcraft fic and my question is pretty simple:

Do YOU enjoy a story better when it is told from a SINGLE character's POV throughout the entire story,

or do you enjoy a story with MULTIPLE POV's from different characters?

So I read these reviews (and the rave comments) about this new addon called Deus Vox Encounters that they apparently like better than DeadlyBossMods and BigWigs:
1) http://www.nostockui.com/2009/11/deus-vox-encounters/#more-1090
2) http://www.upyursh.com/2009/11/addon-highlight-dxe.html

 I'm liking the high level of aesthetic customization possible, as well as the additional information (check out that arrow telling you to where to move to get away from the person with the debuff--perfect for tunnel-vision healers!). 

Is any one of you using this addon?  (I'm just a bit leery of trying a new addon for the first time in a raid--seems to be too much that can go wrong.  And yet.. it looks so good...)

• 12:13 @raptorck @Shortpacked Hamera! Guardian of the Universe! Devourer of all Children! #
• 12:17 @raptorck @Shortpacked alternately: Hamera is really neat! He is made of hamster meat! #

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*warning: uber judgmental post below*

Sorry for the horrible subject line....but I would really like to know how others cope with the other women that play wow, and by other women I mean the ones that use the fact that they are female, use photos and the promise of god-knows-what in order to advance themselves?

( Argh... )

Is it better to tank with a two-handed weapon or duel wield? Or is it more of a personal thing? I saw some tanks during Hallow's Eve duel wield and that didn't seem right to me, but what do I know. Nothing, I'll tell you that. :D

Is there an add-on/mod that tells how full/happy a pet is like numerically, such as 80/100? Because my alt hunter keeps feeding her pet and it's never topped off. I like having my pets happy and killing things. :D

I've seen and heard some people say that they suck at PVP or don't like it, but they are on a PVP server. Is there any reason you picked the PVP server? Was it because you didn't know any better, a friend was there, or something else? Why did you pick PVP over PVE in the first place? Are there any benefits for you PVPers out there? I did PVP because a friend was doing PVP at the time, but it was an alt I played once a week, so it wasn't too bad.