Cataclysm Beta

Everyone is buzzing about beta. Everyone wants in on the fun. I was invited to participate in the beta. Yay! for me. It is great. Everything is changing and mostly for the better. I have some screenshots I will be posting later showing some of the changes I have found and I will post later about leveling in the new starter areas. Everyone else is about leveling new goblins and worgen or visiting the higher leveling areas. Me, I just want to try leveling in the new starter areas with the new quest lines and see how it is. I want to know if its faster leveling, easier to get to certain things that were previously strewn all around the Azerothian map. I will post here soon about my findings.

Psychology and What I Am Learning

In my psychology classes I am learning about myself. I have found out that I am what is known as an introvert. I did some reasearch and found this out about being introverted:

"Contrary to what most people think, an introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people.

Introverts are more concerned with the inner world of the mind. They enjoy thinking, exploring their thoughts and feelings. They often avoid social situations because being around people drains their energy. This is true even if they have good social skills. After being with people for any length of time, such as at a party, they need time alone to "recharge."

When introverts want to be alone, it is not, by itself, a sign of depression. It means that they either need to regain their energy from being around people or that they simply want the time to be with their own thoughts. Being with people, even people they like and are comfortable with, can prevent them from their desire to be quietly introspective.

Being introspective, though, does not mean that an introvert never has conversations. However, those conversations are generally about ideas and concepts, not about what they consider the trivial matters of social small talk.

Introverts make up about 60% of the gifted population but only about 25-40% of the general population".

Reference:
This article was written by Carol Bainbridge and can be found at http://giftedkids.about.com/od/glossary/g/introvert.htm

Midsummer Fire Festival

My hunter has done most of the Midsummer Fire Festival Activities. I have not killed Ahune. I hate dungeons and I hate the idea that I have to do them to get the achievements that I want. Oh well... Here is my hunter all dressed up for the occasion. She looks beautiful. :)




I am loving the friends real id thingy. I can play on any realm and still chat with my friends its great, cause sometimes ya just don't want to use vent!

Break Time Is Over... and Now We Play

So meet Cabriella... the new.



She comes from the beautiful city of Exodar.




I am playing with my friends on Nazgrel again. It seems good to be back playing. School gets tough for stretches at the time, but I can handle it.

So for the new Cabriella on Nazgrel. She is going with herbalism and skinning. She knows first aid, cooking, and fishing. She is working on getting her weapon skills up. I created Cabby three days ago. As of today, she is level 26. Her cat, a nightsaber from Exodar, is named KitKat.

I am leveling pretty fast. I am not speed leveling. Playing a hunter is just easy for me. I love it. My friend Bob on his mage, Alffy, ran me through Blackfathom Deeps for my first dungeon. I am thinking I may try going to the battlegrounds for a bit, and I am trying to convince myself to go into the dungeon finder.

This seems like a good way to welcome myself back to the game after a long break. I can't wait to see how long it takes her to level to 80 and if I can stick it out! That is the main thing.

I met a new friend, a warrior named Chicklett. She is new and I am helping her to learn the game. I hope I can be of help at least.

Well, off to the mountains for a camping trip and then back home for schooling. I still have my 4.0 GPA so I am doing good. I am half way through my Associates degree. :) Yay me!!!

Til later, :)

Taking a Break

There will be no more posts here for a while. I am taking a break from the game and focusing on my studies. I have suspended my game account and will pick it back up at a later date. :)

Rockin it Red

Lol, so I got a wild hair and went red. I absolutely love it! Just a few pics, my hair has grown since I got it cut really, really short.

Snow, Snow, Snow

Snow! We have had quite a bit of it this year. We don't usually get much snow. We had a good snow last year. It will usually skip a year or so before we have another good amount again. It is pretty though. I love it. But, I am ready for the warmth of Spring. I just hope we have a Spring and not go right into the heat of Summer!


This is in my back yard. I still have about an inch on the ground this morning and it melted all night!



It was a heavy snow. It caused some trees in my back yard to break. Poor birds, they won't have anywhere to hide now with the trees gone. They flocked to my bird feeders on my back deck. They love it! It seems good to be able to have bird feeders and decorations on my deck and decorations in my house! I can't say I like plain walls much or teenage-like posters on the walls. :) Give me decorations! Anyway, here are some pics of the birds eating at the feeders...






I haven't been in the game much lately. I hope to change that soon. School has kept me busy and I spent the night at my daughter's house over the weekend and played with the grandson. He is such a cutiepie.


Nana's little bug. I love him!