I have been amiss in my posting. I’ve had many things to rant and rave and generally ramble about over the past week, but for some reason, I’ve only composed them in my head or on paper as opposed to here.

This is sort of a post about vices.

I realize I use profanity waaaay more than I used to - profuse profanity, even. I dislike profanity, actually. It seems incredibly tacky. However, my base reaction to anything that slightly annoys me is to drop the f-bomb like it was going out of style. Granted, my self-censoring device clicks on before I actually do such a thing (usually), but I never used to think in terms such as these before. I blame it on my job. No lie. I had a pretty funny anecdote to go with this, but this was earlier in the week when I had just got done working an overnight shift and was on the way to the store and then home under the influence of severe sleep deprivation. Actually, I’m not even sure if it’s all that funny of a story or if I was just tired enough to think it was one; regardless of that, I can no longer remember it exactly. Reference the top of this post for the reasoning behind that.

I have an interview today at a drug and alcohol rehab/detox center, which is the type of environment I always planned to work at. I believe I was waylaid by the mental institution for very specific reasons that God had planned for me to endure. However, that is another post within itself, and one I cannot delve into given my current time constraints. The rehab center is for adults. I know I’ll miss working with kids - I’ll miss it more than I want to admit to myself at the moment. I played a three hour long softball game yesterday with the few that were acting well enough to take outside. People going through detox are bitchy.

The remainder of my post is dedicated to geeky things. Avert ye eyes if such offends ye.

To tide me over until WotLK comes out (and because my guild is currently undergoing restructuring and a lack of raiding due to it), I bought Age of Conan. First impression: ‘eh. It has a Mature 17+ rating and from what I can see so far, it’s sort of like WoW if WoW allowed gratuitous sex and gore, except with a really annoying battle system. Some high points are that it’s unique because it has both a single player campaign and the typical MMO format. You have to progress through the campaign to build your class and be successful in the MMO. Honestly, I’ve been playing more of the single player campaign and only playing the MMO version when absolutely needed. The storyline of the campaign is pretty entertaining. I will give Funcom props on the attention to detail - each NPC has a voice actor and the style of interaction your character has with them is more true to the nature of RPGs. Not to mention the character customization abilities are amazing. But while all of this is neat, I’m not sure if it says a lot about it’s function as a MMO since I’m more enveloped in the single player mode. I don’t think I’m going to keep my account open much longer than the initial 30 day trial period and if I do, I pretty much think the sole driving force behind that would be to just progress through the single player storyline. Not to mention that the battle system is quite horrific.

End result? It’s a pretty and unique game, but WoW is still #1. A lot of things that Conan has going for it (i.e. - destructible PvP cities) will be available come WotLK anyhow. Yay WoW. If you have it and love it, however, drop me a line in-game (Dismarum on the Dagoth server). I have a level 11 Ranger. Try to show me what I might be missing.

To wrap this up, juice boxes are pretty cool. I realized I’m more apt to buy something that comes in a carton than a jug or plastic bottle.

I initially said that this was a post about vices. You can pick mine out freely.