Can’t believe it’s been that long since World of Warcraft came out and, in fact, even longer since we first started playing it thanks to the open beta. I tried a warrior in open beta and enjoyed it, but picked a female troll rogue to play when the game went live. Poor Kyllikki is now languishing at 60 thanks to a rash decision to take advantage of a free server transfer, and many other characters have come and gone since.

My current main & miscellaneous alts got their birthday presents today - a Baby Blizzard Bear. Very cute, adorable in fact, and very suited to life in Northrend when I stop simply dipping my toe in it and then running away. It seems to take me ages to warm up to new areas it seems. I did the same thing with Burning Crusade. I venture out into the new places and then bolt quickly back to my nice, cozy old areas that I know and don’t get lost in. I’ve just got to stay in the new zones long enough for them to start to feel familar and then I’ll be fine.

So anyway, happy birthday to World of Warcraft and thanks for the new pet!

I hate Canberra.

I really, really hate Canberra.

Good God, how much do I hate Canberra!

This place is the absolute pits. I’m allergic to it (quite literally), the services are useless, there’s barely any mobile phone reception at our house, can’t get ADSL2, there are crazy people on EVERY BUS you catch, homeless people at every bus stop (also usually crazy), EVERYBODY smokes (usually at bus stops and in your face), the doctors here seem to all be conducting their own experiments on how much they can rip off Medicare while providing you no service whatsoever, and even if there was anything to do in this stinking town it would take 2 hours to get there by bus!

I <insert expletive of choice here> hate this mockery of a capital city.

And yes, I’d be out of here and not whinging so much if I could, but sadly it’s not possible right now. Christ in a cream cheese sauce* how much do I want out of this hole.

There now. That’s off my chest. Now why don’t I feel better?

* Thank you Catherine Jinks for a phrase I fell in love with the moment I read it.

Not evil at all…, originally uploaded by purrycat.

Halloween in World of Warcraft