You Have Discovered the Ghostlands.

So, my friends, it has been a long long time. For awhile I was unsure just what to say to you all. I wasn't playing WoW for awhile because of finals. So, apparently I still had my soul... though now?? Now I am full in the World of the Warcraft. I have started my exploration of classes and servers, we well as

I have recruited the masses. The masses you say? Well, it all started when i talked my friend Melissa into getting Warcraft one fated weekend while I was sitting on her couch. Then she talked Jon into it. Then, our fun and love was transplanted to Tamar. In the end, we ended up a five person strong group of n00bs. Look out, Mok'Nathal.

Well, I have been playing in little spurts. Honestly, it makes me jealous when people can level super fast, and it takes me a million years just to get one stupid level. Part of me has given up in my heart. I will never make 70. 70 is so far away! And yet, I keep at my hacking and slashing and questing. It's very curious, how hopelessness and addiction mix. I don't know if I'm having that much fun, but the promise of fun keeps me going.

Okay, I'm lying, I'm having a blast.

One thing that is completely annoying to me though? The drop rate. Why, do you say? I think Melissa, otherwise known as Wholahay, said it best. "I just killed a bear. A big fucking bear! And there's no meat?! How is there no meat in this bear? I mean look at it!" And once more she relayed, "Okay, so I'm killing these things with hooves... and they are kicking me with their hooves. And yet, when i loot them, they don't have hooves! What are they swallowing them with their last dying breath?!" And she's right! How are some spiders without legs and some large animals without meat? It's unfair and cruel. I understand if not every animal is carrying collars or whatever. But come on people, meat?!

Anyway, other than that, i would say that my experiences have been somewhat pleasant. I started a character over on this horde server, actually. She's a blood elf paladin, and well, hot. I love her, and her cool haircut, and the fact that she can bring judgment down on your ass. However, I've just left the first starting area and wandered into the Ghostlands. Now, the Ghostlands are supposed to be super evil and scary and have lots of evil bad beasts. Most of them are just kinda creepy, but this one thing? Oooooh, this one thing...

I have an irrational and overpowering fear of praying mantises. There is no story or explanation, and all you really need to know is that I've been scared of the things since I was at least nine, and they make me, well, freak out. So, my little girl Rekah is kinda wandering around and she has to kill some spider people. When I get to the area with the spider people? They look like praying mantises! In my absolute utter fear and panic-- I die. Okay, so, now I know what they look like, how hard can this be? I try again. I die. This goes on and on for about an hour before I kill all ten of them. It was quite problematic...

Though, not all beasts are evil. Melissa, she's fighting on some Island in the North, they look like the giant pansies from Alice in Wonderland. I kid you not! They look like they're all trying to hug you! It's great.

Speaking of quests... I've developed an addiction to thottbot. What is thottbot, you say?? Well, it's this website that basically helps you with quests and items. It has these lovely maps that bring you directly to where you are going. Melissa and Jon think that this is cheating. They call it my addiction. Any time one of them seems me opening up thottbot(which is all the time, I'll get to that in a minute), they yell "Don't use, Dani! You can do it! Say no to dope!" And I use it anyway. It's not that I'm not smart enough to figure out where things are, it's just that I don't see the point of wandering aimlessly around looking for things, when I can just find out where it is. Maybe this is part of my problem. I keep seeing everything up till level 70 as the preview to the show. I'm like a small child with it. "Are we THERE yet?" So, sure, I'll use a few maps. It pisses me off you can only see parts of the map at a time anyway!

Okay, well, this isn't really that funny. But to be honest? I haven't been keeping notes. I think that for me, it's just completely frustrating and absorbing that I have to wander aimlessly back and forth across areas in a way that's just counter intuitive in order to reach a level. Though, less than 20 levels to go and I'll get a mount. And another 30 after that, and I'll be good enough to PvP. And, let's not forget that I now have my motley crew. So, stay tuned!