Kay, so time for me to update whowever is interested on what's going on over here in my small corner of New Zealand. I'm sure all (read: a couple) of you miss me hugely, but I can't come back quite yet. =(

 When I left, I had assignment deadlines coming up for uni in all my subjects, was planning on being back after about a week and a half or so. Turned out the day after I got all those finished, I got hit with follow-up assignments on all fronts. Bummer.

So I'm almost done with those, which is good, and I hoped I'd have time to get back to WoW in the middle of this week sometime, but seems I also have mid-year exams coming up next week so... I will be back as soon as I stop being mired down by all this damn life stuff.

:~!Kittens for everybody!~: 

 =^.^= 

I guess imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery.  I'm both proud of this, but at the same time... I dunno:

http://www.covenant-guild.us/

Now, when I built this site I initially used a skin that I've adapted and updated to meet our needs.  The fact that these pages are using a similar skin isn't a big deal.  It's a pretty common occurance in the content management system world.

It's just that... well, I actually edited a lot of the template files and CSS files myself to tweak it to what we (and they) have now.  I don't know how they got those very custom changes to reflect in their site.  Examples of this are the side listing RSS feeds at the bottom of the page, the wowjutsu badge javascript block, item rollovers, etc.

There's also a LOT of, well, let's call it "inspiration" in their actual content and layout. The pinned Addon post, "handbook", gallery titles, and this little gem at the top of the front page of both our sites:

"If you're new here, register and come by the forums and say "Hi". Check
out our articles, blogs and all the various things we have going on. If
you're new, these links may help you: Apply to guild, View raid calendar, Download the addon pack, View all recent site activity."  Those are Garreth Words. 

 Alright, in case you forgot, here’s where we left off last time: 

Head:              [Helm of Natural Purity] Quest: Stealing Back the Mushrooms 

Neck:              [Pendant of Battle-Lust] BF: The Maker (There are quest Neckpieces that easily replace this) 

Shoulder:         [Truth Bearer Shoulderguards] UB: Swamplord Musel’ek 

Back:              [Bogstrok Scale Cloak] UB: Rokmar the Crackler 

Chest:              [Unscarred Breastplate] UB: QuagmirranOR

Chest:              [Light-Touched Breastplate] Ramps: Watchkeeper Gargolmar 

Hey everyone, just trying to update you all on my current internet situation after the move.

First of all GRATS! I was hoping you all could get that son of a... I mean Kaelgos down before my return :)

As of now I have gotten internet set up but only directly through the modem. My LAN and WLAN need to be resetup. I tohught I would just be able to plug everythign back in and have it all work because it was sert up at my old house. Unfortunantly though that is not the case... I have to dig up the old CD I used to set up my network in the first place. Hopefuly I can find it by tomorrow for raid.

I would hook up my computer here directly to the modem but my sister is homeschooled and the deadline to have everything done is the 6th. I imagine that will take them the better part of the evening, so they need the internet.

Hope to see you all soon, wow I miss WoW. Have a good one.

P.S. This cursed comp doesnt have spell check so dont kill me for errors lol.

Hey guys,

I just wanted to create a blog talking about life and mainly to apologize for my absences during raids. This summer I got 2 jobs and work 7 days a week. I need to make money so I can afford my next two years of college... which is very expensive. I was able to get tues Wed Thurs nights off just so I could raid but sometimes they make me work overtime. I am doing my best but I know that I have dissapointed many of my fellow raid members lately and I wanted to update you on why I have been so late and absent from raids. So im not making this to gives exscuses, mainly I am writing this to let you all know that I have the utmost amount of respect for LF1M and Downfall and I am doing my absolute best to be as active as possible. It makes me sad knowing that i let you down somtimes and i want nothing more than to finish first on the healing meters once in raid and make you guys proud!

Frosst

Before you start, yes, I KNOW my titles aren't uniform.  I'm doing it on purpose.  Call it a quirk of mine.

 This will be my most involved post I believe and it is going to take many updates to get there.  I am going to try and catalog the gear progression that a Tankadin should strive for from level 58 to 70.  Eventually I may expand this list to encompass 0-70 leveling a Tankadin (which I did on Thunderlord), but for now I am creating this soley so that I have a plan of exactly how I'm going to level, when I will or will not instance, and how to get my reputation the fastest with Sporregar, Cenarion, Scyer/Aldor, Lower City, and KoT. If you are going to level RET, PLEASE SKIP TO THE END so you know what your goals are.  The rest is leveling 58-70 as a Prot Paladin, and how to make it easier. Level 58:   The Tankadin arrives in Outland.  Does he AH phenomenal gear, or quest it up?  I say no.  Let's save our $$$ to be able to buy our Flying mount at 70.  This is a pivitol item for being able to gear up (Mech/Bot/etc, Netherwing quests) so we want to ensure we spend as little at the AH during our time in Outland as possible.