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Lets see, Starcraft 2 came out yesterday!!! I’ve only waited 12 years for it, and so far, it’s been well worth the wait.

Aside from that, Vegas is next week. Going down for a friend’s wedding and in all truth, to hang out with a bunch of guildies. It’s the last big thing before we all quit WoW if we haven’t already. I’m walking away from it, my account expires sometime in September and I have other things to do, having back 2 nights a week will let me do so many more creative things with my life. Don’t get me wrong, playing WoW and leading has been a great experience for me. The learning of people and how they perform, just like management

The big 1 year is coming up for me and my girl. Kinda funny, in my past relationships this is where the breaking point came up for me, or where I chickened out and just was immature and found the easy way out. I don’t feel that this time. Just a better fit i guess.

I do believe I need to write here more of what just crosses my mind and the expansiveness of what goes through my head on a more regular basis. For example, in the past little while I’ve decided that I’ve wanted to write the next Flames Parody for the up coming NHL season, write a musical, and based on the stuff I’m learning at work, write a text based game where the options are infinite. Or maybe even work with my brother to get something going with a card game he made. I just want to create something in the near future that can be shared with the world. I just need to take the time to sit down and do it. But video games are such an awesome distraction.

I will find a better balance in the near future, I will create something.

Current Track: This is the most beautiful version of the song I’ve ever heard. The acoustic and vocals/lyrics are just so amazing.

So since the last update my brother was long for the long weekend. We did a few cool things like go to the Science center to see the Body Worlds exhibit, there were 11 penises throughout the whole exhibit, yes I choose to remember that because it was funny That aside though, it really was a cool display, bodies that are now encased in plastic put on for display so that the world can learn about what our insides look like. They had a cross section of a 300 pound man…. I never want to be that fat, ever, unless it’s some health reason I cannot control. Blackened lungs of a coal miner, a camel split into 3 to show the neck, an entire body done into a 10-14 cross section like a flip book on display were a few of the tastefully displayed bodies that were there. Can’t really remember what else we did except go out for food a few of the days. It was also the first time he met Chrystal.

Oh yeah, it was Chrystal’s birthday in there too! We went to see Iron Man 2, awesome movie. I’m actually a little behind cinematicly at the moment, I haven’t found the time to go see: The A-Team, The Karate Kid, or Prince of Persia. However, I have found the time to see Toy Story 3, such an awesome movie. I absolutely loved it.

A few weeks later it was off to Toronto for my sister’s grad as I mentioned before. Long days…. got in at midnight, up at 5 the next day local time, which was 3 AM here. It was a rough and long day, but it was well spent on time out, and then a good dinner with my sister, mom, brother, Chrystal, and 2 of my sister’s friends from high school. I know she’s in good hands, they seemed like very stand up guys and I still like to think I can get a good measure of a character when I first meet them.

The second day consisted of exploring the city. I touched the Stanley Cup and knelt before it’s awesomeness. I went up to the top of the CN Tower and had a nice relaxing night.

Pictures of Toronto can be found here

It was a whirlwind trip and oh so much fun, minus the heat, it sucked being on the 7th floor of a condo high rise. All of the nights Chrystal and I couldn’t even lay an arm on each other because it was too warm. And now it’s back to life as scheduled with work, contract work, volleyball and video games.

Speaking of video games I’ve almost all but quit WoW. It’s just habit now more than anything, when my current subscription ends, that will be the end of it, the end of my WoW career. Sad times, but Vegas in August will be the last big hurrah for all of us. I’m looking forward to that a lot. It will be a fitting ending.

Track at the moment: Dash Berlin feat Emma Hewitt – Waiting (Official Music Video)
- Sorean

• We’ve killed Arthas
• I’ve built a new computer.
• The girlfriend has moved in.
• Booked tickets for Toronto for my sister’s grad
• Got new monitor’s for myself and the girlfriend (it was her birthday present)
• Picked up DDR3
• Got into the Starcraft 2 Beta

Killing Arthas is one of the best feelings I’ve had video game wise in a long time. And the second time in this wow expansion that my guild and I have completed all of the content, minus a few hard modes. We’re in the top percentage of the WoW population for doing what we have. The next question is, do I continue playing? A lot of my guild had this as their objective, killing Arthas that is, it is what we strove for and what we ended up completing. Here is our mission statement:

Vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, or contention.

I guess you can say that we have a vendetta against the end content in the World of Warcraft.

Several of us in this guild have not seen the last bosses Pre-BC and Pre-WOTLK. However we have come together to resolve that this will not happen to us again. With the 10 man versions of the same instances that allow you to see this content, Vendetta will be pushing hard to see the end of this and to see a dead Arthas.

Vendetta is by no means a hardcore guild, but we are a skills guild. If you do not improve after a given amount of time, someone else will be given a shot and you will be replaced. Sorry if this sounds blunt, but after 3 years, the sugar coating wears off. This guild will be established on openness and trust with one another. If something bothers you during a raid, bring it up on the forums after the fact and do not detract from the raid. Everyone is here to make sure we all succeed, there need not be any insults thrown or attacks made. Issues will be dealt with (should they ever arise). There is a strict no-emo clause for this guild, we’re all mature and intelligent and can deal with issues as such.

The leadership of the guild is comprised of myself, Sanevisock, and Tdot. All three share equal vote and strength in the guild, any changes should be put forth in an appropriate manner and it will be voted upon. If you want us to change something, you have to sell us on the idea. We may not get the things we want, but there is not going to be any hurt feelings or any injured pride. Just the success of Vendetta.

The current incarnation of Vendetta will cater and focus on 10 man raids in WOTLK.

The leadership has now all but fallen onto myself only as everyone is burning out a bit. I have a few friends that have bonded over WoW and want to know what I plan on doing come the next expansion. Do I want to lead a guild through another expansion? I could for the sake of my friends and for the sake of seeing content and again being among the few that actually see and conquer the content in game rather than having to watch videos about it, like I did for the first 3 years of WoW. Maybe this is a good time that I step back from raid and guild leading, it would be nice to stop at the top.

The nice thing about SC2, is that you wouldn’t have to pay a monthly subscription fee to play it. And I have a lot of console games to play and the summer is coming. I think I’ll renew for one more 3 month block and that will be it. Everything has to end sometime.

The girlfriend has settled in pretty nicely and I’m happy to have her. Though it sucks a lot as she works weekends so finding time together to do something is tricky. It’s mostly just watching some TV for < 1hr before bed, which isn’t really much, but it’s something at least.

Well that’s about it as far as rambling for now is concerned.

Take care everyone,
Sorean