Ugh...

I never have time for these things anymore.

Between my Two Under Two, Christmas coming up, and a wide variety of brain-sucking events between then and now, I haven't had time to reboot this blog properly. And besides that, I want to get Jere to level 50 before the year is out. I've been hung up in the upper 40's now for weeks because of having to spend most of my time doing things that don't involve completing quests or killing bad guys.

I guess people assume that because I enjoy RP, the game itself is irrelevant to me. Then they give me the horse-laugh about still being at X level while they, who only started three or four weeks ago, are gallivanting around Northrend with their full boat of epic gear that they got running instances while I was busy trying to keep half the guild from getting booted. "Ha ha, level up, Jere--but before you do, here's some guild drama to take care of" gets old. Very old. Fast.

Someone else is going to have to take a turn in the barrel. Ben and I spend 80% of our time on another server now, and the 20% I do get to spend on VeCo is spent dealing with other people's drama and explaining to them that the Holy Light is not like a flashlight and there are no adult night elves who were born on Teldrassil!

I can't effectively RP and quest in contested territory at the same time during peak hours, so I have to choose. Unfortunately, because 75% of the officers with authority in matters RP are by and large not present, and I'm the other 25%, that means that I get to ride herd 100% of the time. Every time I've let myself get involved in something that took me away from monitoring g-chat, something has gone hideously wrong. And most of the time, I'm trying to keep track of five different conversations because two or three people HAVE to whisper me, and there's g-chat, and I'm also talking to Ben IRL, who's sitting right next to me asking me when I'm going to be done talking with people so we can go run some quests or something!!!

And there's no point in saying, "Well, gee, Jere, we can take care of ourselves," because it's right now not happening. Asking me to explain in what way it's not happening will just result in people getting their widdle feelings hurt and me getting angry again, so trust me: Don't.

Then people wonder why I'm so testy lately. Maybe, once in a while, I'd like to play this game in peace, without having the Sword of Damocles known as Guild Drama dangling over my head constantly. I'm starting to dread logging into VeCo, because I know, I just KNOW somebody's going to do something that I'm going to have to put a stop to. I'm going to have to lay down the law like some kind of ungodly totalitarian dictator, and then someone's going to argue with me and get all huffy about it. Then they'll go behind my back and try it again when they think I won't hear about it. Then I'll have to go run and hide behind Mysin, and make HIM step up and tell them to stop because THEY DON'T GOD DAMN RESPECT ME. And I am not going to live like that.

It may not be like that all the time, but it's happened enough to give me a credible fear of repetition.

...My hair started going white only AFTER I became an RP officer. I can't keep doing this. If it doesn't get any better, Ben may transfer my character to Twisting Nether, Feathermoon, or Moon Guard, JUST to keep me from developing health problems. You think I'm joking? He's actually said it.

Reboot with a Friday Five!

It's been a while, and now that Blizzard is quietly nerfing the death knights, I'm getting my good humor back. Time to restart this machine.

So Too Many Annas' last entry in the Friday Fives category has to do with what your character does for skills. Here goes:

• What’s one thing that your character is really good at? Jere, for a blunt-force-trauma character, is really remarkably good at brainwork and diplomacy. He has a wide variety of business interests that rake in quite a lot of cash. His diplomatic skills will pay off in a big way during an upcoming story arc.
• And one thing that he or she is just really *bad* at? His handwriting is almost illegible sometimes. What do you expect from a guy who swings heavy hammers all day?
• What’s a skill that your character wishes that they have or are learning? He wants to speak Darnassian. His accent is atrocious at the moment, so he winds up insulting people completely by accident sometimes.
• What is one thing that makes your character weak? Do they have a weakness? Jeremias is far-sighted. He needs reading glasses.
• What would your character’s favorite Thanksgiving dish be? Turkey. C'mon, he's a man; meat!