Happiness

There is such a thing as being happy with what you have. IMHO more people should probably try this and see how it works out for them. But today I am going to ignore my own opinion and explore the idea of time.



Everything takes time. From making muffins to chucking my dearly devoted beast of a puppy into the tub, there are investments that have to be considered and measured so that everything gets done, day and day out.



In World of Warcraft there was, a long time ago, a little message when you first logged on that recorded the time that character had been played measured in everything from minutes to days, weeks to months. I forget what Kelsomar was at before that message stopped being showed but if was a good chunk of time, time well spent and very much enjoyed. Lecanu, being squishie, has less time played even though they are the same level. Healing is fun, being a Holy Priest has a ton of different spells, all of which have to be weighed and used properly otherwise people are going to die. (Is it bad that I like dying so I can turn into a spirit guide for 8 seconds? Probably)



But healing is tiring only for the amount of concentration it takes for me to do it with any sucess. Yes some people can do it while making dinner and breaking the theories of quantum physics. I am not one of them. My Hunter is fun, letting Tab tank 8 mobs at once and having both of us come out of the fight alive is decently spectacular but I consider Kelso my escape, my fishing alt, photo whore, who pals around with two cats, a bear, a flying serpent and a raptor on regular basis.

So really the only option is to level a new character right? But who? My resto Shaman? Naw, I already have a party healer. My warrior? That character, while she has pig tails and attitude dies more than any due a lack of any oh crap button. A druid? Leveled one to 22 and then accidently deleted it. (He was a horde tauren anyways. Horde is a lonely place for me. Everyone I know is Alliance!)

Being a visual creature I have always thought the animal models for druids were a bit meh. (No insult intended! I just think Tab and Thykir and Modo look cooler.)

My opinions have changed.

Night Elf Bear (tank) (Freakin sweet!!! Bottom right is who I am going to be. And please note the ye old bear form bottom middle.)

Night Elf Cat (dps) (Now that is a cat! Kommodo is not please but then Modo pawns all so she has little to worry about. Who will I be? The one with pink balls...)

For the Horde!!!! (If I still had one)

Tauren Bear (The other side looks pretty damned good! Especially love the earing. Looks way cool!)

Tauren Cat (Loving it! Want to kill th....hug them all!)

These will implimented with patch 3.2, whenever that is (hopefully not too soon so the guild can at least start into Ulduar when all these new alts are geared up), but I have been questioning whether I really want to sink time into a new character, one that up until now I have not put into the guild for a true anonymous experience. Then I got lonely. :(

But I do. While this is not my primary hobby any more it is still something I really enjoy, and I play with people who I genuinely like spending my time with. Besides I can be anonymous anytime I "forget to charge my cell phone", hypothetically of course. Besides it seems like I am waking up at 330am most mornings, too groggy to write and leveling a druid might at least give me something better to do than watch dvd comentary. Plus it earns me the disapproval I should have aimed for as a teenager but was too lazy actually get. Can't beat that!

Now, back to planning my vacation. Hint...It will be in the fall and I will be leaving Massachusetts if I can get my budget right. Woot! Open road here I come!

(Wow Northgate is great for blogging! Yes, I am really that bored.)