Wow.

Well! That was interesting.

I was looking at my mom's Flickr pictures and stumbled across the pictures of the Leopard Moths we have found.
I love moths. Butterflies are boring and usually ugly, but moths... Perfection. So when I saw the Leopard Moth for the first time, I was astounded by its beauty.



Besides the Leopard Moth, I have seen one other kind of exotic moth, I cannot name or find a picture of it though. We raised them from caterpillars, I remember. If I recall correctly they where/are huge moths with rich brown coloration. Lovely! (Edit: The moths we raised where Cecropia Moths. Look them up, very pretty, and they have the strangest caterpillars! Like little circus animals!)

Well, today I add another rare, beautiful moth to the list. The Luna Moth.



I've never seen a living Luna Moth in my life. I didn't even know they lived here. How gorgeous is it? I love the green wings, the brown, the yellow.. And it was big, not huge, but it had a 3-inch wingspan I hazard to guess. I first saw it when going over to tell mom about her Flickr photos, and then looking at the window.. "LUNA MOTH! LUNA MOTH!" We all freaked and went outside to marvel at it and take a few pictures.

Life is full of hidden beauty.

PS. To counter that last part, as we watched the Luna Moth, I heard something rustling the leaves by my feet. I look down and see a huge Garder Snake chowing down on a equally huge toad. It was... interesting. Not exactly a hidden beauty. And adding on to that, I think I saw that toad yesterday, while working outside. Good thing I didn't get too attached to it.

Fate is a very strange thing.

WoW post. Ignore if you want.

Lots of things in this post. I'll start with one of the most exciting things -- Tamable Worgen. Really, really awesome. I got one on both Rassaa, my Dwarf Huntress, and Bluefur, my Tauren Hunter. That picture above shows Bluefur and his new pet. Rassaa also has it, named Rhogar. The -best- pet in the game, and totally not supposed to be tamable. I love it. Strutting around in one of the cities, I got about twelve whispers about my Worgen pet. Alright, I'm a show off. But at least I was nice, actually two of the people wanted to invite me in to their guilds because, and I quote, "You're so leet." Bow before me.

Another thing. I've been playing Rassaa a lot, got her from level 75 to 76, nearly 77. Moved in to Sholizar Basin, I love the place. Funny thing, I was always worrying that I would find Loque'nahak, the rare spawn I sort of want and sort of don't, and not be able to tame him because I had my epic Worgen pet out.. But he is a -really- rare spawn. Really, really rare.
Anyway. I was questing, incidentally right next to one of Loque's rez points, and I kept getting this weird feeling that he was there. But I knew he couldn't be, because I camped him for months and never found him. But what the heck. Just a peek, I could just peek around to make sure he wasn't there.



Fate is a very strange thing.

Really, it wasn't as easy as abandon pet, set trap, tame. See, I had my worgen out at the time, and I was NOT abandoning my worgen. So that meant I had to run back to town, take a 1-minute flight path that seemed to take -forever-, put away my worgen, run back while freaking out that someone had probably found and tamed him by now, and then finally tamed him. And I admit, he is pretty epic. ( epic is my new word for awesome. )

Huh. I wonder what horrible death I am going to die tomorrow, with all the good luck I am having today.

How long has it been?

*darkness, silence*

"Alright, Jo, turn on the power!"

*Beep, beep, BUZZZ CZZZK*
*Flickering lights*

"Jo! What's happening in there?"

"I don't know, Hue! It just went crazy!"

"Well, try again! Turn on the backup lights, Al!"

*Bzzzz.. BAM!*
*Sparks, lights go wild, more sparks*

"WHAT WAS THAT?!"

"It's exploding! Good gods, run!"

*SELF DESTRUCT IN 5...4...3...2...*

"JO! AL! RUN OUT! I'll try and turn it off!"

"Hue, get out!"

*1...*

"Don't worry, I can.."

*CZZZZZZT, CRASH, BOOM, scream*

"HUE!"

"RUN!"

*Explosions, screaming, fire*

"We made it! Poor Hue.."

"No, look! Oh my gods, its.. its..."



I'M ALIVE!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I guess my brain shut down or something. And now that it's summer vacation, it sort of died.
Oh well.
Anyway, took a really really long survey. Here are my "What Dungeons&Dragons character are you?" results!
I Am A: Neutral Good Human Druid/Ranger (1st/1st Level)


Ability Scores:

Strength-15

Dexterity-13

Constitution-12

Intelligence-13

Wisdom-16

Charisma-11


Alignment:
Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.


Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.


Primary Class:
Druids gain power not by ruling nature but by being at one with it. They hate the unnatural, including aberrations or undead, and destroy them where possible. Druids receive divine spells from nature, not the gods, and can gain an array of powers as they gain experience, including the ability to take the shapes of animals. The weapons and armor of a druid are restricted by their traditional oaths, not simply training. A druid's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that they can cast.


Secondary Class:
Rangers are skilled stalkers and hunters who make their home in the woods. Their martial skill is nearly the equal of the fighter, but they lack the latter's dedication to the craft of fighting. Instead, the ranger focuses his skills and training on a specific enemy a type of creature he bears a vengeful grudge against and hunts above all others. Rangers often accept the role of protector, aiding those who live in or travel through the woods. His skills allow him to move quietly and stick to the shadows, especially in natural settings, and he also has special knowledge of certain types of creatures. Finally, an experienced ranger has such a tie to nature that he can actually draw on natural power to cast divine spells, much as a druid does, and like a druid he is often accompanied by animal companions. A ranger's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that he can cast.


Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)




And thats all I really have to say. We've been working on the veggie garden, a little. Not much. Almost not at all. Oh well.
Our dog, Jamie, was put down. :-(
We might get a new puppy! :-)
It will take a long time to find a breeder that has said puppy. :-(
That puppy will no doubt pee all over our rug. :-(
That puppy might not like our other dog. :-(
That puppy might not like our cats. :-(
We might NOT go on that vacation to the grand canyon that we where planning. :-( :-( :-(
Thats 8 :-( to 1 :-). Summer Vacation needs to step up a notch.

Oh well. It's not really as bad as I'm making it sound. hope everyone else's vacation is going well?
Bow before my somewhat awesome skillz.

Review - Left 4 Dead

First Thoughts: Oh great. Another modern-world game.
OH #^&*@ THATS A LOT OF ZOMBIES! *Random gunshots*
That weird crying lady zombie is scaring the death out of me..
OH #^&*@ THATS A NASTY ZOMBIE LADY! *-more- random gunshots*

Story line - Zombie invasion. Get away from the zombie invasion. Thats all. In other words, no story line, but it doesn't need one to be fun.

Gameplay - Amazing. The whole game is excellently made, so the gameplay doesn't get boring. I found myself scared to move forward sometimes, wondering where that crying lady zombie (the Witch) was. Tons of zombies seem to randomly swarm you, although you can often hear them coming as they roar like the furies. There are several "special" enemies that you can actually define by the sound they make, for instance a really annoying, creepy crying is the sound of a Witch, who will look harmless until she leaps to her feet and charges you, screaming her head off. Then she tears your chest to shreds. I dread the sound of a crying witch, the sound is strangely freaky. Another monster can be identified by it's hacking cough, made by the Smoker, who will hide on the roof of a building or behind a rock and shoot its mega-long, spiky tongue at you and drag you towards it, strangling you at the same time. There is also the Hunter, which makes a screaming noise. Hunters leap at you from where they hide and, akin to the witch, tear your chest to shreds. The hardest of all the zombies is the Tank, a giant muscle-man who charges you, punches you across the world, and takes forever to kill. And finally there is the Boomer, a uber-fat man who makes disgusting belchy, barfy noises and then, yeah, barfs all over you. The problem with that is, Boomer Barf not only attracts hordes of zombies, but also makes your screen all green and drippy so you cannot see what you are shooting.

Sound - Well done voiceovers, realistic gun noises, freaky zombie noises, subtly scary music. Everything is very well done.

Graphics - Great graphics, very realistic, although some affects such as the Smoker's Tongue and the Boomer's barf could have been done better. Still, hard to complain. I usually don't like games with really realistic graphics, but this is an exception.

Controls - Smooth and easy to use. It didn't take me long to figure out how to move around, jump, turn, switch weapons and everything else. The Controls aren't cumbersome and don't make things too complicated.

Entertainment - Very high, although I find myself unable to play for long periods of time. After a few levels, my nerves are shot. Also, it's best played with two players or more, solo is slightly less fun and it's not nearly as epic when you are simply saving a computer-controlled character.

Overall rating - 9. This game rocks.

Nobody that reads my blog will understand this. Feel free to skip it.

As the title says, this is not as much for the pleasure of my readers as it is for my well being. Or at least my minds well being. I must type!!!!111one

First off, I have turned in to a geeky Roleplayer. I made a WoW character (Ok, I still play the game, but not as obsessively.) on a Role Playing realm, and after a interview that I didn't know was an interview, got invited to a Heavy RP guild, The Earthspear Tribe. Apparently they are famous for their Story Circle event, where a few guilds get together (and any random people that want to RP and listen to stories) and tell legends, stories of their history, etc. I joined the guild just in time to come to the Story Circle, and I loved it. In fact, I loved the interview too. They asked me about where my character, Luake, came from, and I basically winged it and thought up a quick story. Now that "quick story" is often referred to when we are talking, and I have expanded it in to a story. Perhaps some day I will tell a story at the Story Circle....

Secondly, I transfered one of my mains, Lightfur, to the RP realm. I plan to make him a "Blind Elder" sort of character, obviously he would be blind, and is old. (Duh!) Also, he has given up hating anything. Alliance, Centaur, other Tribes, Venture Co., he doesn't "hate" any of them. He is displeased with their actions, but he thinks that all living beings are children of the Earthmother and deserve to live. I plan to have him tell a story at the Story Circle about a Human and an Orc that saved each others lives, and in the end killed each other, the moral being that hating another being for what they are is... wrong. (Duh, again.)

/pants.


-Wolfington the geekazoid.

Reveiw - Mysims Kingdom

First Thoughts - Hey, my character is kinda... cute.
This is kind of fun. I like.
Whoa, my "friend" is an idiot.

Storyline - Well, this deffinetely isn't Spiro. Hardly any story line. No villian, no big hero. Ah well, it's not a game that would be very well suited to a big story.

Gameplay - The only big problem I ran in to while playing this game didn't relate to the game at all. It related to my bro coming in the playroom every 5 minutes to sing "retarded!" before laughing at the game and leaving. He's such a loser. Obviously he thought the game sucked, but thats coming from a 16 year old guy with an obsession over bloody games like "The Darkness" and a host of others. I think the game is fun, and most of the characters have a few jokes to tell that are surprisingly witty.

Sound - Will these people shut up?! Seriously, they sound like a bunch of babies in a sandbox!

Graphics - you have to hand it to the creators of this game, they made ME like the cute graphics. ME! They could rule the world with this power!

Controls - perfectely fine. No problems at all.

Entertainment - It was very fun for the first half of the game. However, in the end, building endless houses got boring and I started throwing all sorts of useless crap in to houses, where at one point I was taking my time and making pretty, beautiful houses.

Overall Rating - 7 or 7.5 I would suggest it to anyone who really enjoys making tons of houses.

(man, was this long in coming? Sorry its so late!)

A quick check up on me.

I hate essays.

I really, really do.

Oh well, at least they aren't 3-5 pages long. My mom had to do a 3-5 page long essay EVERY WEEKEND.

I'm glad I don't have my mom's teacher.



Also...
I've been playing random free online games. Found a fun one called Cabal Online. I think it's 95% good graphics and 5% game, though....

And, I will be posting a review of Mysims Kingdom soon. Before I forget everything about it at least :-P