Always changing probably.

So, no, I’m not resurrecting the blog. But I am still playing. However we lost some good guildies near the end of Wrath of the Lich King when they decided to not continue playing. It will be very difficult to replace them, but The Left Claw is recruiting. Below is the recruiting post I made on the Drenden forums yesterday.

Basics.

The Left Claw is recruiting for 10-man raiding. We are an Alliance guild on Drenden (US). We are looking for new members of any class, but are particularly interested in another tank and at least one more healer. We plan to raid two nights a week between Thursday and Sunday, from about 9:00 to 12:00 EST. Currently we are running heroic 5-man content for gear.

History.

The Left Claw was founded shortly after the release of The Burning Crusade. We began raiding Karazhan in March of 2008. During TBC our progression was limited to clearing the exisiting 10-man content (i.e., Karazhan and Zul’Aman). During Wrath of the Lich King we cleared all 10-man normal content and 9/12 of heroic Icecrown Citadel. Since we began raiding we have been under the same leadership. About half of our current members date back to TBC while the remaining members joined during WotLK.

Culture.

We are one of those guilds that one might classify as hardcore-casual. We are very interested in progressing through content, but we want to do it with people we enjoy. We are an adult guild — mature but silly. Historically we have had little drama and turnover is low and we plan to keep it that way. For some insight into our guild you might look at the (now retired) blogs of its leaders and founding members at jessikathetank.wordpress.com and keredria.blogspot.com.

Contact.

Please contact Jessika (jessikathetank@gmail.com) or Keredria (keredria@gmail.com) or whisper us online.

Of course if you’ve read my blog and/or K’s, then you’ll maybe have a better idea of what we are like than the average forum reader. If you are interested please contact me or Keredria. Or if you know someone who might be interested then please pass along the information.

Let’s make this year look good tonight.

I think about it oh, I think about it still.
I think I realize that it will always break.
It’s just a game we love, it’s just a game we love.
What a way to live, it’s not a way to live.

– The Mary Onettes, “Puzzles”

Well that’s a bit darker than I wanted, but that’s how I roll. I’ve decided that I am probably done blogging and with Pretty in Plate. I’ve actually been thinking about this for some time, but it has finally come to an appropriate time to stop. Despite the fact that I don’t post very often, it’s been a bit draining. I know it doesn’t show, but I spend a considerable amount of time thinking about and editing each post, and I have scores of unfinished posts. I’m a bit too meticulous sometimes for my own good. I feel a little overextended. I guess that sounds a little sad, and I suppose the ending of anything you’ve invested yourself in is a bit sad. But blogging for me was always about entertaining and reaching out to some friends I’ve made in game, and now I have other ways to do that.

I had intended to archive and delete the blog, but Keredria convinced me otherwise. She’s probably concerned that I’ll break a bunch of her links. I guess I should leave it up for, uh, posterity? Research purposes? Well someday I suppose it should come down, but not anytime soon.

Thank you to those who read and commented on my posts. I’ll be around, just quieter. Jess is relaxing right now, but is a little concerned about rumors of coming turmoil in Azeroth.

Ande’thoras-ethil.

No, no, listen. Don’t listen to me, listen.

The Unicorn said “You are a true warrior now, as you always wished. Does it make you happy?”

“Well,” I said, “men don’t always know when they’re happy, but I think so.”

On Sunday, October 3rd, one day before my third blogaversary, Jessika finally downed the Lich King. We’ve been killing him for three months now, but every time I was healing on my shaman. It took two excruciatingly frustrating evenings for us to down him with me on my tank. In the past we’ve downed him after only a few attempts. He was practically on farm. I have a theory that fate didn’t want it to happen.