Today when I was playing I realized how ridiculous the things we need to do to get a level higher are. I wanted to get to level four so I killed a bunch of wolves... I felt like Sarah Palin. It's kind of sad really, we're just wiping out the entire timber wolf population so we can get a pumpkin or a dagger. Like, I appreciate the pumpkin, but I could also just conjure it myself without causing mass extinction. Something I  noticed about myself though, is that I get sad killing wolves because they're cute and pretty, but I don't mind killing the vermin at all... they're very gross. I guess I'm just feeding into the aesthetic part of it there. 

Also on the aesthetic side, all my guy friends are like, Molly why are you a human? and I'm like duh, because I could make her really pretty. It's the same reason I'm a mage. Again, buying into that, I could make a human mage prettier than any other race, so obviously I picked that. It goes with what we talked about with the Remember Not to Die article-- it's definitely true that I will pick someone prettier even if they're not great at the game. I've always been like that too, I've been playing video games since I was young and I always pick people like Peach or the gorgeous fierce Russian assassin in James Bond games.

Here's a link I found to a funny  article from cracked.com, which you all should read because its hysterical:http://www.cracked.com/article_16782_6-ways-world-warcraft-worse-than-real-life.html

Seriously, the thing about it being like work? YES. It completely gets so monotonous!!! Like, oh I have to go kill another rabbit... why? I just want to do something awesome like have a swordfight. Also the guilds-- it's intimidating! "You might have noticed that most political offices don't have that kind of vetting process." It's funny because it's true. Also number 4: Prejudice is alive and well in the game world. It is! It gets scary being new... I'm always afraid I'll be attacked and pillaged then taken advantage of! I also face prejudice because I'm pretty-- people might think I'm stupid. Which, at this point I still am, but I could totally get completely awesome!! It's too bad, really. 

I'm trying really hard to play this game but it's kind of scary.

I keep dying. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I think a wolf might have killed me today. Not even some other mean hunter or anything like normal. An actual wolf. I'm a mage, I have a scepter. And a wolf is like, oh hey I have fangs... DEAD. It's lame. Before I got on today Sally was playing like ten feet away from me, and when she died she was like "Molly, help!" and I was like, Sally I can't, I don't know what's going on either. 

This is not to say I'm not having fun, I am. My character is awesome and has a fab dress and a name that ends in -ys which makes her completely glamorous. Anyways, I gained some experience today, which was cool. Killing woodland creatures is a great time. I started a quest too but I couldn't find the vermin I had to kill, then some mean guys surrounding a tent attacked me, and I died a bunch of times so I just gave up for the time being. Soon though. Soon I will complete another quest.

Tomorrow I'm going to try talking to more real life people. I saw one today that I talked to briefly, and they were really friendly and helpful. The only thing is that it can be scary cause I'm always afraid people will just laugh at me or try to kill me and take my items... it's interestingto see though, because lots of times people are really nice. Even if I was really good at the game I'd always want to help people, I couldn't just leave them or kill them. It's a fascinating look at people's behavior. 

WOW!!!

Oh hey, 

here's a sample entry. 

Superfab.

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