Starting now, husband and I are finally married longer than we were dating.
We asked “What do you want to do for your anniversary?” The both of us couldn’t really come up with a MUST do.
Husband went to give platelets this morning to the Red Cross, like he does every other week.
He came home with breakfast. I ate and watched him do some quick banking in the AH.
We decided to go to the beach and have lunch at BJ’s in Laguna Beach.
It was beautiful.
There was a sand sculpture contest going on and we got to watch a mother and daughter team in action. The right number of people were on the beach playing volleyball, throwing Frisbees, fishing, sunbathing, etc.
We visited my uncle’s shop to see if there was anything new. He made our wedding rings so it seemed appropriate to stop in and say hi.
BJ’s was delicious. Yummy deeeeeep dish pizza.
Talk was about everything and nothing.
At one point husband was complaining about the rocks. I told him he was “delicate”, which he didn’t deny. But does that make me “rough?” No, Husband said I was “abrasive.” I can see that. Like sandpaper, nice from afar but getting to close can hurt more than you think. =P
We spent hours down at the beach. It reminds me why we deal with all the icky things you have to deal with to live in Southern California (like $4.39 gas prices.)
So what do we have planned for tonight?
Raid!
I vendored my Frozen Shadoweave Boots. They were good reliable boots. Wore them for almost a year. All is well though, because I just couldn't get the blood stains buffed out anymore.
Go take a peek.
Go ride around.
Go get near the chest.
You get one warning…
Jump in you will be dead.
Don’t mind the hunters, warlocks, and mages standing around.
I see … 1 … 2 … 3 rogues waiting in there and a druid for good measure.
/target Horde
/hug
The Horde will help me kill you before we attack each other.
*grin*
Just so we know where we stand.
*smirk*
Yes, I get more enjoyment from killing Alliance
then I do killing Horde in the Gurubashi
Arena. Can you tell.
My family and I had a very nice BBQ for Memorial Day.
Ribs
Beans
Corn
Asparagus
Hot Dogs (just because it isn’t Memorial Day without them)
… and Rice.
It would not be a family meal without rice.
We played game after game of bowling on my mom’s new Wii. Sis’ boyfriend loaded the Wii points my mom bought. Bubble Bobble was loaded immediately. The marathon level 1-100 game started for Husband and sis’ boyfriend. I will just like to say, as an expert strategist I was brought in to show them how to beat a few levels. =P
While chatting I find out from sis’ boyfriend that BlizzCon 2008 was announced. It will be sometime in October.
Before I even get a chance to look any information up… this morning I was talking to my Mother-in-law. I mention I need to talk to my sister-in-law about the convention since she is coming out to Southern California around that time. My mother-in-law tells me “Yea. BlizzCon is on October 10.”
WHAT!!
This is what I get for not putting useful information on my blog. I find out the date of BlizzCon from my mother-in-law.
The announcement went out two weeks ago. I must have been under a rock at the time or maybe a cavern under a big lake in Zangarmash.
I need to talk to friends and family and see who maybe going.
Ticket information to be announced in the coming weeks… if I find out about tickets sales two weeks after… someone will be death coiled. I will not care if they are innocent.
Dad? Hear me?... Thanks
Boyfriend of little sister, will you please email your Blizzard working brother. He maybe interested in what is going out on other blogs. No promises I know.
(Thanks Dammerung for putting the list together I am stealing
reposting it here.)
http://twoandahalforcs.blogspot.com/2008/05/frustration.html
http://temerity-jane.com/?p=669
http://egotisticalpriest.com/?p=237
http://gunlovingdwarfchick.com/blog/?p=164
http://toomanyannas.com/blog/ba-shared-topic/setting-loose-the-bloggers/
http://sonvar.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/help-for-lamaa/
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2008/05/22/the-banhammer-strikes-the-just-and-unjust-alike/
http://needmorerage.blogspot.com/2008/05/slay-them-all.html
http://www.bigredkitty.net/2008/05/22/thou-shalt-not-cheat/
Oh and while you are at it… I hear something about Alpha testing WotLK. *hint hint*
See you all this weekend. I want another crack at Wii bowling. Okay you can go back studying.
After clearing out Hydross and Lurker a few nights before we head back to Serpentshrine Cavern last night. To the boss that has still given us all kinds of trouble, the dreaded Elevator!!!
After we resurrected our dead from this first obstacle we headed over to Leotheras the Blind.
First attempt I got the first whirlwind quite hard. With the physical damage and the bleed affect I was dead. It was the first time my position warranted ME to get my very first druid combat res.
It was a bad choice to accept it when I did.
With no Imp and barely any mana I got my first attempt of the night at my inner demon. Yea. That didn’t go very well.
So I watched as we got Leo down to 3%.
Another attempt was 2%.
Leo enraged once.
SoooooOOOOooo close so many times.
Our tanks learned positioning at the 15% mark where Leos splits into his humanoid and demon forms.
Oh here is our Gnome warrior tank positioning the demon away from the raid.
I was able to kill my demon with some changes of my previous post (which I am editing.) I was so excited!!
See I was dead. I died after an ill timed Shadow Bolt that left my fingers at a transition. At least my raid didn’t need to kill me. =D
Leo is dead and I am learning to kill my inner demon. Woot!
…apparently
My Inner Demon and I seem to be in love.
[ID] Hydra <3
[Me] I am suppose to kill you now.
[ID] But we get along so well. You embrace your inner demon. You are a warlock to the core.
[me] *Shadow Bolt*
[ID] *resist* I am you. No one told you that I resist Shadow and Fire?
[Me] *Corruption* I was not suppose to meet you for another few days!!
[ID] *hugs and kisses* But I couldn’t wait to meet you. Ha Ha Ha
…
[Me Vent] Kill Hydra. *hangs head*
At this point I was casting Shadow Bolt and Rain of Fire on some very familiar names.
It is completely embarrassing to be a dps class who cannot get the dps done. With no problems with Hydross or Lurker. The last hour or so we take a look at Leo. We have gone twice like this and twice as full raid time to “Lets try and take Leo down.”
I really should not count that first night because two of my three SB were resisted. We went so watching the videos means more.
The only problem is that the Warlocks and Shadow Priest are having trouble with their Inner Demons. The protection warriors have their problems but with some gear switching whey are good to go.
I have about 30 seconds to put out 11-12K in damage. Yeppers. That is just 400 dps needed.
Our Raid Leader took us all out to the Barrier Hills to practice on some Ogres. With a damage meter, one by one we took down our practice “demon”. We now know all 25 raid members can do it.
I get my demon down to the last 5-15% and then we become one. It feels like I have only killed my ID 1 in 5 times. I have very little burst damage. Each time seems to be a learning experience. I know I will get it… I have the dps for it … but still. *embarrassed*
What I have learned.
1) Use Imp to help Fire Bolt your ID.
2) Stay in melee range so ID doesn’t SB you back.
3) You are going to get whacked a lot from the ID. Resulting in spell push back.
4) Shadow Bolts take too long to cast. Particularly with spell pushback and potential to out right resist.
5) Imp and yourself should have half mana at start of demon phase and watch that it doesn’t go low incase your inner demon wants to say “Hi”. Healers need to know that you are going to be life tapping periodically.
6) Only use your fastest highest dps spells.
7) Use Searing Pain as your Destruction spam. You are the only one with threat on your ID anyway so use it.
8) Shadowburn if you have it. You can get two casts in this fight. Use them.
9) Immolate does initial damage that can crit and has a DoT.
10) Use Death Coil before first Immolate. (ID is fearable.)
11) Don’t use Fear. The cast time is too long and no damage is done. Yes, 1.5 seconds is too long, you also have to add the push back time since the mob is hitting you. There is more chance the ID may get out of range of your Searing Pain, wasting that time too.
12) Use instant Howl of Terror if you have it.
13) Make sure you have your ID targeted.
This fight made me very aware of the global cooldown that Megan talks about.
My ideal would be…
Howl or Terror > Imp Attack > Shadowburn (GCD) > Curse of Agony (GCD) > Corruption (GCD) > Immolate (2 sec) > Searing Pain (1.5 sec) > Death Coil (GCD) > Shadowburn (GCD) > Searing Pain (1.5 sec) > Searing Pain (1.5 sec) *till dot needs to be reapplied*
There is … spell pushback … targeting issues … out of range issues. Everything making this a little more complicated then it sounds.
We have gotten Leo to 2% which is a faboo attempt.
We will get him down.
First, I need to figure out how NOT to have regular bonding experiences with my inner demon.
*stretches in the sun*
Hydra and Aurum gave me some time off. Apparently they have been taking the notes I have provided and are training up another Hunter for the 29 bracket. I hear she is a dwarf with a big gun. Good luck to her. Hope she has half the fun I have.
So here I am on the beaches of Booty Bay. Watching the scenery and licking the juices from imported fruit off my fingers. This gets interrupted by the wildlife interaction, like the undead that was trying to convince me that it was a nude beach.
*gnaw slurp chew*
That is Cutie with his new chew toy. We call it Mister Femur.
*grin*
My vacation was interrupted by a shadow.
I glanced up from my latest reading to see Cutie getting chin scratches from a very wide chested shadow. Hovering over me was a Draenei, a 70th season Hunter. Clearly Cutie recognized this hunter from somewhere… There goes my bodyguard.
“Sorry to bother you on such a lovely day. You are Iridium, Hydra and Aurum’s contact on the Horde side.”
I recognize this Hunter too. He is Hydra’s ex-arena partner.
There is no denying my connection since apparently he knows Hydra first hand.
“It is widely known that Aurum has been looking for a specific blade for quite some time.”
Understatement… Aurum has been looking for one actively for eight months two weeks and four days.
“If you hurry you can acquire one.”
I start shaking. Is he for real? This would be a total coup. Cutie responded to my sudden excitement, by stretching nonchalantly.
“All you need to do is let her know where the information originated.”
Without a goodbye I ran to the Horde auction house. There it sat no more…
The 225G for an Assassin’s Blade, this final piece, was a steal.
I shall wrap up the blade and send it as a late birthday gift to Aurum. Aurum will surely consider that Alliance Hunter as her favorite for the rest of the month maybe two.
Cannot wait to hear back on how she likes her new blade. I do hope she tells me how she decides to break it in… I am thinking it will be quite bloody.
*arrives back to beach*
I just earned my level 39 goodies. I hear that Hydra was able to get the Cobra Scale farmed out for my Nethercobra. Once some of the last mats are collected I will be well off to level to the next PvP bracket and some new fun will begin!
Well the trip to Origrimmar was not a complete loss for me.
*stretches in the sun*
I did get to pick up a new book. You think the hint is too subtle?
Now that pally fear works on more mobs …
I found this out…
You can fear a mob into the Shade of Aran’s chamber and agro him. We stared in shock as he popped through the door.
Eventually he reset.
But still….
Let the big kids handle the fearing.
Thanks.
Somewhere along the way I discovered The Guild episodes. They are sooOOOooo funny. The characters and production are great.
My favorite moment:
“So an epic dagger dropped for me today”
…
Of course you have to check out the other things on The Guild website. This led me to the Producer Kim Evey’s series 2 Hot Girls in the Shower. (Warning: May not be appropriate for work…but if you didn’t get that from the title you’re dumb. I am just saying.) I laughed so hard I had to take a break.
… Normally I click on youtube’s “Related Videos” in this case I was scared.
