It's hard to say goodbye...

I'm not really sure how to start this post off, but this is more something for myself, something I feel I need to work through. I find that writing things out generally the best way to deal with most things. I find myself missing a certain group of people, even though I haven't been in that group for a few years now. I'm going to throw out a little background information, in case anyone reads this, and wonders what I'm talking about. In the World of Warcraft, people can form groups or clubs, called Guilds. The guild I was in was called the Zandalari. We roleplayed our trolls together, and played the game content together. It was heaps of fun, and I began to consider this group honest-to-goodness family. I'd do anything for these guys. I loved them all. I recall plenty of nights when I'd stay up until one in the morning playing and chatting with some of them. I ended up dating one of them. It was a blast, even if it didn't work out in the end. We held a good friendship for a while after until we finally drifted apart, after the guild itself had finally fallen apart. I wish we hadn't parted ways though, and I'm going to try and track this guy down. I miss that friendship. I also fell in love with another member of the guild, despite fighting that tooth and nail. This actually took place before dating the previously mentioned guild-mate. To be honest, finally giving in and admitting those feelings was a great thing to happen. It made me realize that I was rather unhappy in a relationship that I was currently in. I had no desire to pursue the new love, but it put things into perspective for me. Now thanks to that, I'm living a much happier life, and getting married soon! Byron, if by some strange coincidence you read this, thank you so very much. I'll never forget you (thanks to the tattoo you designed for me. ;) ). Thank you to everyone, in the Zandalari, really. Thank you for giving me a sense of belonging, for giving me a sense of worth. I had some of the best times with you guys, and it is one of my deepest regrets that I lost contact with everyone. I have next to no way of reaching out to anyone now, but to post this to our old forum. jenicsaco@gmail.com, @Jenicsaco, facebook.com/jenicsaco <- Find me! I miss you! I keep thinking about this group so often, and every time that I do, I feel like there's a huge part of me missing. I've spent the last few weeks randomly feeling hollow and helpless. It's ridiculous, and I know that I just need to move on somehow. So, this must be my final goodbye. I keep checking the forum, to see if anyone has posted in the chat-box. Once in a blue moon, a new one pops up, but it's rare. I can't keep doing this....So Zandalari, this is it. I love and adore you guys, but I need to move forward. If anyone wants to catch up, I welcome you back into my life, whole heartedly. But I can't keep looking back, because it's simply too hard. I have a lot to look forward to, and right now, forward is the only direction in which I can allow my self to look towards. Goodbye, Zandalari. Love you always, Mun'tasi.

[Gaming] Oops, I Did it Again...

 I made a new alt...got lost in the game. Ooh, baby it might seem like too much, but that doesn't mean, that I'm serious! 

 Ahem. Anyways. On the agenda today? My alt problem, and patch 5.0.4.!

 Yeah...So, I decided it was better to have my alts all on one server, (or three, in reality), so I deleted my old ones (most weren't quite level 30 yet), and re-rolled them onto less servers. If anyone wants a breakdown, here ya go:
Moon Guard
In my Horde guild, the Bahari : Deizi'ja (Troll druid, guild leader), Boomber (Goblin mage), Tiragh (Orc warrior), Buugi (Troll shaman), Lauradel (Forsaken death knight), Kavnah (Tauren hunter), and soon to inclue Dai'xi (Pandaren monk).
Alliance side, I've got Kisytt (Worgen rogue) in a friends' guild, Jade Dragons.

Medivh
I've made an Alliance version of The Bahari, which is home to Theiah (Human paladin, guild leader), Gimmix (Gnome mage), Shaleyn (Dwarf shaman), and Silvarah (Night Elf priest).

Antonidas
In a friend's guild, Brotherhood of Steel, is Kaijah (Draenei death knight).

I've made it a point to have at least one of each race and class. Because I'm a dork. :P I may be setting up some pages for them here to post their information, back stories, etc. That reminds me, I need to update this page's wallpaper, it's pretty out of date.

 This is what I do. Deal with it. 

Now, onto the latest patch, 5.0.4. How much do I love this? I want to have Blizzard's babies. I can't rave about the account-wide mounts and pets enough! I'm sure there are plenty of people whining about a new, bigger, shinier 'easy button'...but as a gal who has an obvious alt problem, this makes me very happy. To not have to grind on every alt of that pretty pet or mount that I want? YES. No more Mag'har grinding for Talbuk mounts on another alt? Thank you! I'm so happy that Blizzard finally implemented this. I'm sure we'll find plenty of bugs and kinks, as I doubt this was terribly easy for them to set up. (Especially with the pet battle system now underway.)

Pet battles...now, we can't actually use this feature yet, so it's hard to say for sure what will happen. However, I'm really hoping this new account-wide business comes into play with this  as well, in that if I level  a pet on one server, that will carry over to the other. This though, is just my alt-itis speaking again. *cough*

I don't really pay attention to patch notes, so a lot of this is new to me. Though, I did watch a video that highlighted some of the bigger things like account-wide bliss. One feature I'm liking is a "What has changed?" tab on the (I believe) Spellbook window. It gives you the rundown on the changes to your class. How handy is that? I love it!

Another delightful surprise (and another 'easy button' feature, which I love, because I'm lazy), is the boost to guild xp and reputation! Instead of grinding guild rep for years just to get to friendly, I'm flying into the good graces of my guild! For example, I had Shaleyn join The Bahari at level one. By the time she hit level five, she was friendly with the guild. Wowzah! I'm sure I'd be level sixty by the time that happened in the "olden days". Granted, that doesn't mean I've come close to being able to afford the 125g tabard that unlocks at friendly. Ah well. I most certainly won't complain!

In short, thank you Blizzard! You've made the life of a hopeless altoholic so much more happy and enjoyable. <3

-Jenicsaco

PS: While it's not super fantastic, my lag problem seems to have vanished when I got a new mouse! Yay :D


Edit:: Drats, looks like I'm going to have to wait to update Modelviewer before I can update that. :<