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[oakenguy]

Things I'm Currently Enjoying:

*My back feeling better--I got a full night's sleep last night, for the first time in a week! I'd almost gotten used to the 'up from 4 to 5, back to bed once the painkillers have kicked in, feel groggy next day' routine.

* 'The Last Lion', a biography of Winston Churchill. It's probably the best biography I've ever read--catty, informative, wanting to make sure you fully understand the society that shaped him. It's amazing. I not only know exactly how Winston's father contracted syphillus and that his mother was one of the Prince of Wales's mistresses, I know what it means when a butler stands in the hallway an hour before dawn and rings a gong. I've also learned that while money can't buy happiness, money and power and privilege? Dammmmmmn, they do a pretty good job.

*The way Kate Bush says 'sensual' in "The Sensual World". "Sen-syoo-al". Yum. Certain lines can just make a song, like A-Ha's "You're all the things I've got to remember", or Bono alliterating "colors clash, collide in bloodshot eyes"...but when a single word hits it out of the park, it's really something.

*World of Warcraft! The environments are so fun that I keep creating new characters just so I can roam around and explore more of the landscape. At this point I have a Dwarf, a Tauren (minotaur), a human, a Night Elf and an Orc, levels ranging from 2 to 10, and it's a hoot. Now if only my computer wouldn't get laggy every time I enter a big city, or other place where there's a lot of movement going on...and sometime I need to figure out the chat channels. And combo points. And why the trolls have Jamaican accents.

*All of y'all. I have the best friends ever!

Comments

[godswraith.livejournal.com]

Oh I must read the Churchill, he has long been a hero of mine. And somewhere in the web that is my office, is even a one man show I started on him. Ah to stay in the bathtub till midmorning, running the country......

[ayeshalan.livejournal.com]

Have you gotten to Volume 2 yet? That's even better than volume 1.

Jamie (also a big WSC fan)

[malterre.livejournal.com]

I like the way the Brits say "Sex Shu wahl" for sexual as well :)
We need to figure something out for your sciatica!
Sleep, it does a body good.

What DOES the gong mean?

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

The gong is to let the unmarried pairs know that it's time to slip back to the rooms they're *supposed* to be in, before there's so much light in the sky that it's impossible to pretend no one saw anyone else.

WoW geekitude ahead...

[fightguy.livejournal.com]

*G* As a fellow WoW junkie, I advise that you try to level one of your characters up a little bit. As your char gets stronger, you'll be able to survive in some of the higher-level areas, which are a blast to explore. Wait 'til you can wander places like Duskwood (a haunted forest), Stranglethorn Vale (a huge, wonderful jungle, complete with a Goblin-run Free City in the south), or Silithus (a weird desert overrun with an unnatural insect race).

Chat channels: Turn off or on by typing /join or /leave, and then the channel name.

Combo points: Only a concern if you're playing a Rogue. Some combat moves add a point against a target; others spend what points you've accumulated to dish out additional damage.

Trolls with Jamaican accents: It's cos dey originally from de Islands, mon! :^) Hey, all the Dwarves in WoW appear to be Scottish, so why not...

[pamlin.livejournal.com]

Oh dear gods, another WoW addict.

Before you log on, tell your girlfriend goodbye, and that she'll see you sometime next year when you resurface as a level 40...

[qlewkr.livejournal.com]

I am a WoW widow. :(

[pamlin.livejournal.com]

Most of us don't like the term "widow" so we're Warcraft Brides. Kind of like War Brides, but they got to see their men more often, because soldiers got Leave.

[just-julie.livejournal.com]

WoW for the win! Seriously, if you don't have a bunch of friends already on a server, come play on Cenarion Circle. I'm in a fantastic guild there, and the RP servers are tons of fun. When you get on, type /join oes and tell anyone in that channel that you're a friend of Starstone. That should be enough to get you invited to the guild. Happy gaming!

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Each time I try to get onto Cenarion, it's full! It has a great reputation, too. :)

[just-julie.livejournal.com]

The reputation is well deserved, which is of course, why it's full all the time. :) To me, it's worth the extra wait to be able to play with people I've come to think of as friends, even though I've never met any of them outside of game. I would say it'd be worth the extra 10 minutes (at worst) to give it a shot. If you decide that it's just too big of a pain, let me know which server you end up on, and I'll see if we have any connections over that way. Hope to see you on soon!

World of Warcraft

[hazeleyedfae.livejournal.com]

I play on CrushRidge, Kirin'Tor, Lightbringer - a whole bunch!

Let me know if you want to run together. :)

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks for the recommendation! "The Last Lion" is now being held for me at the library.

Have you heard Kate Bush's new CD? The reviews have been good, but since I bought a copy for Arne's birthday, and that day has not yet come, I haven't heard it yet.

[northernminx.livejournal.com]

Hrm...whatcha doing sunday? (Up for the CT ling game?)

[mythfish.livejournal.com]

Why must you be so behind in the online roleplaying thing? You start playing City of Heroes when I start playing WoW, and you start playing WoW when I start playing City of Villains! I'm starting to think you're avoiding me.

[flopart.livejournal.com]

I love you because you are secretly a 16 year old. :P

[piratetaranee.livejournal.com]

Yay, glad to hear that your back is doing better. You coming to practice this weekend? Or was the Christmas party the last time we'll see you this year?

glad you're feeling better

[sotp-chris.livejournal.com]

BUT you couldn't BE any better!















(wow that was so *gay* in the not homosexual, but just g-a-y sense of the word... I just hope Wambolt never sees that... but it *is* true)

[discojesus.livejournal.com]

The Last Lion a bit catty, eh? Nyuk Nyuk.