Hmmm.

School started last week. This will be my last year at this community college, so I will have my associate's degree in business administration soon! To make this year even better... all I have left are science, math, and accounting classes. This semester is pretty laid back... this could be because I'm finished with all of the English courses required for my degree, so that means there's a serious lack of essay writing. In fact, I will not have any papers to write this term! Huzzah! This semester features my first accounting class. As most of you are aware, I intend to be an accountant when I "grow up," so I'm relieved to find out that, not only is accounting interesting, it's actually fun. However... I did somehow lose about $2000 while balancing my first "account." My only real issue this semester is the dreaded statistics class. I barely passed Statistics I with a B last semester. Statistics truly is the devil's math to be the first math course, since first grade, to cause me to make less than an A.

On another note, my grant check is coming in the mail soon (hopefully this week). Planning on getting a nice HDTV so I can actually enjoy my PS3. I'm using a tiny SDTV right now, so I've been putting off playing games like Eternal Sonata until I have a TV that can display the game in its full glory. Also, with the spiked interest in Uncharted 2, I decided to watch a review of the game. My only regret in watching the review is that the game looks so awesome that it blew my mind so hard that I was awestruck for about thirty minutes. So, yeah, with Uncharted for $23 at Amazon, and Uncharted 2 for $55... I have to pick these two games up. Also, I need a bluetooth headset. And, I can't forget preordering Final Fantasy XIII. I'm sure many of you will laugh at me, but the big game I'm looking forward to this year isn't Final Fantasy XIII, it's this. Yes, I know. It's just a remake, but the original version was one of my favorite games.

Oh, and about WoW... I'm level 52 as of writing this.

Overdue Post!

Adapting to WoW has been... quite exhilarating. So, here's a little gallery of my recent misadventures!

Here's an image of me getting mauled by three Alliance Druids in a PvP battleground.

Sometime later, Disco and I went adventuring in Stranglethorn Vale. Actually, that's kind of a lie. George and the others said it was a great place to level starting at 30, but it ended up being an awful place full of mobs that were too high for us... This is when I learned that a Rogue companion is great until things get a little... dangerous:

On the topic of leveling, Blizzard implemented a new feature some time before I started playing. It's called Dungeon Finder and it allows you to choose you role (Tank, Healer, DPS) and places you into a queue. Once a party of five is formed, you are transported to an instance (either random or specified). What's great about this is that players across all servers are entered into the queue, so finding a group takes minutes, sometimes even seconds. In fact, often when I opt to tank, I find a group instantly.

Now, tanking in WoW is pretty fun. While, overall, single target tanking is much simpler, WoW tanking is quite a change of pace. For instance, a lot of instances have me "AoE tanking." That is, tanking multiple mobs at once:

It's pretty interesting. That yellow/orange stuff on the floor is an AoE effect I have called Consecration. This deals Holy damage to all enemies standing on the field. This coupled with a buff called Righteous Fury, a buff that increases hate generated from Holy based attacks, makes AoE tanking a breeze!

Another thing, people expect a lot of tanks. This was a bit of a surprise at first. For example, in a single instance, I find myself single target tanking, AoE tanking, buffing, backup (sometimes even main healing when I have lazy healers) healing, a little DPS, and even pulling. It's pretty fun!

Oh yeah, we managed to get Dynas to play WoW with us! He's playing a Tauren Warrior. I decided to pay him a little visit. Here's the first thing he saw when he gained control of his character:

Probably About as Cool as a WoW Screenshot Can Get

Our first gank! (Of a level 8 Priest) >_>