Rocket Science

I’m probably crazy…ok, so, I know I’m crazy. I’ve been playing since 2006 (I think), and the 9 months or so before a major update have been, well, boring. Warcraft is mostly a game of grinding–doing the same thing over and over again, whether it be raiding, leveling characters, gaining reputation and so on.

So in the months leading up to the release of Cataclysm, I’ve come up with an informal bucket list.

• Completed: Get both of my level 80 characters geared for end-game raiding
• Completed: Complete the Loremaster achievement and get the Seeker title on my Druid.
• On my Druid, achive exalted reputations with:
  • Cenarion Expedition
  • Frenzyheart (I really should have done this a long time ago)
  • Argent Dawn (this should be relatively easy, I’ve already done quite a bit of the grind, and I haven’t completed the 3 dungeons that award rep for Argent Dawn)

Here’s a slideshow of my drive east. My friends Trent and Lori (well I think it was Lori, really) suggested I take photos of my drive across the country.

Notice anything common to many of the photos? Yep it’s mostly flat!

And for Trent, I passed by a number of Cabela’s. At least 3, plus a couple of Bass Pro Shops. I included one photo just for you.

So, all this time I thought I had comments turned on for my posts…wrong! Oops. So if you happen to have a comment about overly perfumed detergents, cool elevator features, or even want to laugh at my aversion to mint chocolate chip ice cream you can now do so.

There’s a reason I titled this site…Rocket Science.

(Update: I found a reversed Я to use in the post from Wikipedia – Faux Cyrillic.)

So, today was the first of what I’m sure will be many, “Now where did I pack that?”

I’ve been in Massachusetts for less than a week, and I need to travel to California for work. One of the things I usually do before leaving/packing is take a look at the weather. I’m headed to Monterey, CA for the Hewlett OER Grantees Meeting–and rain is in the forecast. Ok, no problem. I have lots of high-tech gear, jackets, pants, and so on.

Wait a second…”Now where did I pack that Gortex jacket of mine?”

Crap, I think I might’ve packed it in a wardrobe box that I left in storage. Crap. I wonder if that box is near the front of the 10′x20′ storage unit. (That’s another story, that storage unit.) Well, one way to find out. Hop in the car and drive the few miles over to the storage unit. Uh, oh. I’m not seeing the box toward the front. Well, I’m here now…it’s worth going in a few feet to see if it’s at least close. Nope, of course not.

Drat. This might be an expensive mistake. Either I’m gonna need to find a friend who can help me unpack the unit (as it was I was utilizing some of my climbing skills to check out what I did search through). Or, I’m going to have to replace that Gortex jacket and a couple others. Oh well.

Turns out I’m smarter than I think I am <insert joke here>. I in fact, packed the jackets I was looking for in one of the plastic crates that was sitting in my closet. As I was driving home from the storage unit, I thought about what I might have done with those jackets. Yep, I was thinking ahead and packed them in a crate I knew was supposed to end up in the apartment. Phew.

Like I said at the start, I’m sure this will not be the first or last, “Now where did I pack that?”

(In fact, I’m looking for the little measuring cup that goes to my rice maker…it’s got to be in one of the boxes for my kitchen somehwere.)

What was I thinking? 2579 mile drive…more later.