BLAG Ramblings of a crazy old fool

I’m Back, Baby!

Website's back up! I found a style I liked and played around with it a bit. Still needs some work, but its good enough for me at the moment! Lets see, roommate got a job, so I don't/shouldn't have to cover all of the bills. Should mean I'll start having some extra cash soon. No more ramen perhaps!

I've started playing Aion: The Tower of Eternity, a Korean/Chinese-style MMORPG. The graphics are amazing, the gameplay is fun, and it's a lot more challenging than any other MMO I've played recently. Up to level 16 right now on my Templar, hopefully finishing out 20 by the end of the week. I'm not rushing anything, I'd prefer to enjoy the game up to end-game, rather than burn out leveling and hate it. Still can't really decide between the Templar and Chanter classes, but the Templar is further along at the moment

I haven't quit WoW exactly.. closer to taking a break. I don't really enjoy playing anymore except on my 49 Warror; WoW's endgame just sucks. There's no point in getting gear, it will just be replaced in a month by a new tier. PvP is unbalanced and not nearly as fun as it used to be. I find that I only login on the weekends, because my guild needs me to tank progression content. Content that we haven't progressed anywhere in for months. I love all my friends in WoW, but I've been playing less and less recently. I don't want to quit playing, because of the social aspect, but I can't very well demand that everyone play the game I want to play now can I?

There are several people from the guild playing Aion though, along with the roommate and couple friends. I suppose if I do decide to quit WoW it won't be cutting off from everyone, but still...I don't know.

Well, back to working on the website. Most of the data is being pulled from MySQL correctly, except for the stuff with # links...They don't work exactly. /at all. Once that's all dynamic, I get to figure out how to build an admin piece, integrate uploading photos, etc. Then sanitize it, and repackage for hosting. Ya know, I've been trying to sanitize and repackage a blogging solution for...years? now, and I never seem to finish.

Perhaps this time will be different...