Computer Update!

I got my compouter back from Asus.

now remember... my warranty was expired. So I put off sending it in just because I was being stuborn and grouchie about having to pay for repairs to my computer that still makes me drool...

Asus repaired my computer and covered it under warranty.

They took excellent care of my system, they get high marks on their service. They stayed in contact with me the entire time they had my computer.

I highly recommend their gaming laptops to those that preferr gaming on a laptop as opposed to a desk top.

I will not purchase my next laptop from Best Buy, but if my next machine is a lap top I most definatly will purchase an Asus machine... it rocks!!

My next purchase... (however, I would like to get a couple more years out of this one)

http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=2215&l1=5&l2=61&l3=766&l4=0

http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2215&l1=5&l2=61&l3=766&l4=0

Why do I raid?

(2) Flasks per raid – around 100-130 gold
(20) Count of food (minimum) – around 40 gold
(30) Mana pots (minimum) – 60 to 80 gold
(60) Reagents for buffs – around 5 gold
Repairs – Depending on the fight… anywhere from 5 gold to 50… 4 deaths is around 15-20 gold in repairs… and I am a clothie.

If you’re saying to yourself… wow Bubu… that’s a lot of Gold!!

You’re right… it is a lot of gold…

So why do I do it?

Because I didn’t think I could.

I never thought that a day would come that I could say that I healed a boss fight in MH, or SSC, or TK, or BT… but I have done it… from the strength, and skill of our raiders, we have already accomplished so many great things.

When we go into a raid, and I look at the 24 people there with me, and I know what we have accomplished so far as a team. I know, as a team, there is no boss that is unattainable for us.

Our team is just that good.

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All it takes is focus, and a desire for a common goal.
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I want to see the bosses of BC.

Raiding is expensive. It is also challenging and rewarding. Whether it is gear you are looking for, a sense of accomplishment, or the camaraderie of playing with your fellow guildies, for those that choose to raid it has its own rewards.

Without focus on the task at hand, especially during a boss fight, there are no rewards for anyone.

This bears repeating.

~ Without focus on the task at hand, especially during a boss fight, there are no rewards for anyone.~

There is a time and a place for all things… a time and a place for all conversations.

Distractions.

Be it a conversation not related to the raid or fight at hand…. a TV blaring on TS while the raid leader is trying to give instructions and assignments…

Distractions.

Distractions hurt the focus of the raid.

Distractions, during a boss fight, hurt those that are in the raid with you, trying to achieve your common goals.


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Solarian

They Grow Up So Fast!

Yesterday she was in diapers... toddling around the house...

She may be turning 13 next month... but it sure does seem as if next week she will be off too college... this is going too fast!!

Nervous Much?

So... if you remember a few months ago I posted about my computer "issue"

http://bubuview.blogspot.com/2008/06/puter-poo.html

Well today, I finally sent my computer off to get repaired... I was being stubborn because I was mad that ASUS would not honor my warranty that expired 3 days before it broke...

With WOTLK coming out... I want my smokin puter back!! I miss it so...

This little puter is a life saver... but it is time to get make to the smokin hot greatness that is my gaming laptop... with the pretty pretty graphics card...

mmm.... a real graphics card... /drool

Let there be blog!

Ok so I know I have been totally terribly negligent on my blog... I should be taken out back and beaten...

Just kinda have not been in much of a bloggy kinda mood...

Now that I am finally better, I will make myself a promise to blog more...

Let there be blog!

Pictures to come in the next few days.

Volleyball... funny things I have seen... and more!

Have you Walked the Plank?

So Monday, August 4th, we did a guild event called Walk the Plank... I helped to organise this madness and just had the most fun...

I think the best part was getting to hear everyone's inner pirate. Just too funny.

We all dressed up like pirates for the event and took a group picture.



Who would have thought 23 pirates would be so darn funny? lol

To those that took on the challenge of the Plank... you did a great job!! you guys worked together as a team and really stuck with it...

I was MOST impressed!

Little Lizard

Sigh... my daughter came home last night...

I cannot put into words the joy I felt when that child put her arms around my neck, and said the words, "Momma, I missed you."

She has been staying at my Dad's this summer... With his work schedule, and her school schedule they just never seem to have the meshing of schedules, so they have enjoyed school being out.

Goodness... I have missed my kid.

I think she has grown 4 inches taller, her hair seems longer, she is tanner from all the time she has spent playing in the pool...

Goodness... I have missed my kid.

She came home with braces, so I am learning all about what she can and cannot eat. (I am one of those people that never had to have braces, never had a cavity... yeah I am one of "those"... lol) She is so mature sounding as she explains, "Momma, Doritos are bad for my teeth, and I really should cut back on my sugar intake."

Goodness... I have missed my kid.

This growing up thing is going too fast...I look at my child who is 12 today and I know that tomorrow she will be 20 and in college and I feel like I need to find the remote and take it off fast forward.

I want a pause button

Goodness... I have missed my kid.