Relying on Trust

Take this post with a grain of salt, but I think I've kinda figured out why I'm not into WoW as much as a use to be. Yes, I'm bored with it (doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...isn't that the defination of something?) but there is something else. It kind of fits in the real world too. Not sure I'm taking my real world emotions into the game or if I'm taking my virtual world feelings with me when I leave, but it's basically this...

I've lost trust in people. Granted, there are 1 or 2 people I still trust implicitly, but the population as a whole? It's never been good for me to trust anyone. I usually wind up getting burned. So i've slowly been drifting toward the realization that the only person you can trust is yourself. I think I've brought this depressing reality with me to WoW. It takes 40 people to successfully complete high-end instances in WoW. And not just 40 warm bodies but 40 people who know their jobs, have spent time getting geared, know what's expected of them, and can get the job done without causing issues. And all 40 of these people need to rely on each other... that's 39 other people counting on you to do your job and you're counting on them to do theirs.

WoW is classified as an MMORPG, or massively multiplayer online (booku peeps online at once) role playing game. As such, many of the aspects of the game physically required you to deal with people... to trust them... to group with them... and hope they do their jobs and not screw you. It's the one aspect I've never really liked. I'm a loner, a "do-it-yourself" kind of person. Physically working with others I've never met just doesn't work well for me. It's caused most my WoW characters to be abandoned when groups start become a necessity to advance further.

Now, for those that know which characters I play... yes I have a level 60 Hunter and a level 60 mage. But you want to know something? I didn't get either of those characters to 60. I abandoned my hunter around the mid 40s and my best friend Janell played it up higher. I abandoned my mage around level 50 and again Janell brought it up to 59 and a half. So why do I play now in a 40-man raid? Simple... I'm a much smaller aspect of the raid. There are usually 4 other mages there... and 1 out of 40 means I can blend in a whole lot more than 1 out of just 5.

Of Course

...when I publish that blogger is having problems... it works perfectly. Go figure...

Bad Blogger

Well, it looks like Blogger is hiccuping. I can't seem to publish anything. :/ I'm gonna give it a couple days before I start panicing....

*centers chi* oooommmmmmmmmm....

World's Worst Kept Secret Revealed

Well here's a shocking newsflash... Lance Bass is gay. Now, for those who have been living UNDER a rock or IN Iraq... read the article. While this may not be too much of a newsflash for those who have watched Lance closely over the years, you still gotta give the guy points for actually coming out and saying the "g" word.

Gay boys, you can commence the drooling in earnest... but don't get too excited. He's attached. In fact, it's probably that attachment that led to his 'outting'. Of course, if you're gonna go to a prominent gay bar with your boyfriend, you're just ASKING to be outted at that point.

Laughably Uniform

After typing up the last post, I thought I'd go see what my order status is on the Ditty. I love Dell's uniformity on the electronic orders. You would think I was ordering a custom-built computer. My current status is "In-Production"... like they're building it from scratch or something. There are NO customizable features on the Ditty... so it's not like this thing has it's cover off somewhere and a tech is soldering on the flash memory chips! LOL

Ditty fer Fiddy!

I've been hunting around looking at MP3 players. Since I have the Yahoo Music Unlimited I figured I should prolly get a player so I can use the To-Go features of it. Anywho, I've got my eye set on this really high-end one, the Creative Zen Vision 30GB. Problem is it sells for $375-399... not exactly in my price range at the moment.

However, while doing all my research, I got the usual email from Dell about the latest specials. So I hopped over to the Dell website and just thought I'd browse around and see what they have the Zen Vision selling for. While I was there, I noticed the Dell DJ Ditty had be drastically slashed in price... from $80 down to $39!! I figured, what the hell... it will be a good starter one until I can afford the Zen. So I got it... and after I plopped on a 1 yr warranty (it only came with a 90-day, how cheap) it came just $53. Not bad. Of course it's features are VERY limited, and only has 512mb of flash storage, but at least it's something to start from. :)

I think Dell might be trying to get rid of the DJ Ditties actually. A few months ago they dropped the Dell DJ 20GB and DJ 30GB from their website, and the Pocket DJ 5GB went by the wayside a while back, leaving the DJ Ditty as the only Dell-brand MP3 player available. They are probably trying to get out of the MP3 biz altogether. I notice they added the full line of the Creative MP3 players to the site now so I'm betting it's only a matter of time before the Ditty goes bye bye.

Tired

I was doing fine until lunch today. Now i'm just dragging big time. Thank god this day is almost over. I've got a WoW raid tonight but that shouldn't last long. It's just Onyxia... so we should be done by 8pm at the latest.