The Franco-Taiwanese Alliance

The last scab on my hand fell off last night, meaning that except for the fact that there are two large patches on my palm where the skin is two layers less thick than on the rest of my hand, I am pretty much healed.  Well, that and the fact that my shoulders and wrist are still giving me shit.  Okay, okay, guys, I promise I’ll never crash again!

I’ve been spending a fair chunk of my time working on a temp job that Brandon was good enough to hook me up with.  It’s a pretty sweet deal… highish part-time hours (or more if I want it) at a higher pay rate than I got at my previous crap job, and the best part is that I can work from home, as well as any time during the day that I want to.  Thanks, B!

In gaming news,  Alice and I have returned to Azeroth after a month-long absence.  I thought she’d be itching to play our existing low-20s characters, but instead we started a pair of Night Elves, a priest for her and a druid for me.  To be fair, I was engaged in an epic battle in Supreme Commander when she wanted to start playing–hey, Ryan and I must hold off the forces of Supreme AI, for great justice!–so she started the priest on her own.  Anyway, druids certainly aren’t shamans, but I’m enjoying my return to the hybrid lifestyle.  I still miss my Tauren shaman on Silvermoon (now moved and still not played)!  Spells, buffs, healing, whacking things with big sticks… all in the name of protecting my priest, who insists on being a tank. 

On the chopping block today:

• Work
• Gym with Alice
• Twilight Princess

Since reinstating my World of Warcraft account in December, after about a year and a half away from the game, I’ve mostly been having semi-nightly sessions of an hour or so each with Alice.  She’s somewhat in love with the game, helped a bit by the pets you can get: she’s a dwarf hunter, and currently has a bear pet (”Pooh”), as well as switching between a little kitten and a prairie chicken from the secret chicken quest as non-combat pets.  While we play, she’s always cooing at Pooh, telling him what a good bear he is whenever he kills something… etc.  It’s absolutely adorable.

Anyway, most of my playtime has been with her.  She’s got her female dwarf hunter (marksmanship), and I’ve got a male gnome mage (fire spec), both 17 right now.  Today I spent a couple of hours while she’s been in class on catching my “main” up a bit.  She’s a human rogue (assassination), and I’ve spent very little time with her, compared to how much I used to play before I quit the first time.  Mainly I just bounce around with her any time I have a hankering for some grinding, pounding out quests, nabbing loot, and collecting herbs and leather to mail off to the other two characters.  I’d forgotten how enjoyable it was to just do some mindless grinding.  WoW, I’m glad you’re back in my life, even if it’s in a limited manner!