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Just a small update to let you know that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth but I’ve been busy with some offline things over the past few days.

Moved all of our belongings from Manchester down to Swanage and I still have some unpacking and arranging to do. L33tz0r doesn’t get here until Wednesday so I’ve had to do it all myself … the nerve of him!!!

Saturday we’ll be on our way to Canada to see my family and I am soooooo excited I’m like a little kid waiting for Christmas!!! I’ve got a few posts in my head waiting to be written so I think I’ll have to sit down and get them out tonight or tomorrow before things start to get too hectic!

Happy Father’s Day Daddy!!! Love you!!! Thank for being so supportive and loving and thanks for making me so darn cute!!

And a very Happy Father’s day to all of the fathers out there in the blogosphere today! I hope that your children are spoiling you with breakfast in bed … or hey, even beer in bed!

I hope you all enjoy your day

xxxx

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for infomercials. I can’t even tell you the number of times I’ve been sitting in bed late at night watching some excited chef ranting about the best knife set in the world … they cut through tin cans dammit!!

And don’t even get me started on Proactiv!! Do you have any idea how many times I’ve had to restrain myself from pulling out my poor credit card and calling the number on the screen?! The deal only lasts for 30 more minutes you know!!! I want to look like Jessica Simpson!!

How could I forget the best product ever since it would cut my shower time by a good 5 minutes everyday? I was very seriously considereing ditching my razor for some Nads! No you sickos, I’m not going to start taking testosterone and become a man to avoid shaving my legs! Nads is an all natural hair removal product!!

Anyway, the point of this post is to direct you to this awesome site I found that has all of those As Seen on TV products on it!! Woooo no need to call, just buy online!! This could potentially be bad news bears for me!!

In just 19 days I’ll be going back to Canada to see my family after having been away for just about a year!! As you can imagine, the wait is killing me!! I had planned on going home for Christmas this year but money and work commitments didn’t allow me to take the trip but now everything seems to have fallen into place and I’ll be spending a whole month hanging out by the pool and eating lobster with them. Well, I guess we won’t spend the entire month eating lobster (damn things are expensive) but I do plan to craft my tan like it’s an art.

L33tz0r and his family will also be joining me although not for the full duration. I keep trying to tell them that the little town I live in and the city we’re next to are not all that exciting but they don’t believe me! I’m excited for them to see where I’m from none the less and my family and I will do what we can to keep them entertained. L33tz0r has been there before and is looking forward to going back!! It will be nice to spend some time in the sun with greenery all around instead of the concrete heaven we call Manchester.

With regards to Manchester, we will be leaving it for good as we will be moving to greener pastures down to the south of England where L33tz0r calls home. It’s been a fun 2 years here but it might just be time to move on. And with the rising crime rate, especially crime involving knives and guns, I think it’s come at the right time. Don’t get me wrong, I really am going to miss this city. There’s always something to see and do here and the nightlife is great. I do have mixed feelings about what it’s going to be like living in a farm town on the sea but I’ll let you know how I feel about that once the time comes. I am a little worried that I’ll go stir crazy there but we’ll see. Going from a massive city to a little town on the coast is going to be interesting but I’m looking forward to a change.

Now I don’t actually have a Nintendo DS Lite myself, but I am up to speed on what they entail. Now I’ve just had a tip off that you can get them for free. Obviously this is not something that Nintendo would have liked but people always find a way for these types of things. Here is the link to the free downloads if you are interested: Nintendo NDS Lite Games.

Please note that I in no way encourage, or participate in illegal gaming activities such as downloading or pirating games. I believe in keeping the gaming industry alive by purchasing official game copies, however I should other people wish to do those things it is not my place to preach.

I realize that we’ve all been there. New to the area, first time playing the game, first day on the job, etc. Yeah it’s pretty scary and even sometimes overwhelming but you also know that in order to be successful you need to buckle down and put the work in or at least make an effort. You’re not going to impress people by sucking and slacking!!

In my last post I told you that I got a Presario C700. At the time of the post, this was actually true. Actually, it was writing the post that struck my curiosity because I wanted to have a look at exactly which graphics card I had in my new machine. I checked out the settings and GASP, no graphics card at all!! How could this be?? The sign in the shop clearly stated a Nvidia graphics and a 200gig hard drive. The laptop that I was using did NOT have those things!!

Sure enough, I checked my reciept and I had paid for the Presario F700 but was actually given the C700!! I did not wake up excitedly at 8am on a Saturdayh morning to pick up the wrong laptop! As you can imagine, I was not a happy bunny and L33tz0r and I proceeded to march down to the shop in protest. I swear, we were going to put up a big fight but as soon as we got there we were greeted by the manager who was very appologetic and said that there were new stock boys training that day and this was the second time they had given out the wrong thing. He then sent some other lackey to get the correct laptop and told him to find out who had given me the incorrect laptop and to tell them to go see him right away. For a second I started to feel sorry for the poor little noobie but I quickly remembered how excited I had been and how I had already spent a good 3 hours installing and playing on the C700. That’s 3 hours I’ll never get back and it’s an extra 3 hours I’ll now have to spend on the correct laptop. Bahhh!! What was meant to be a relaxing Saturday spent playing around on my new laptop turned into a Saturday spent fulling back and forth into town. Joy.

The moral of the story? When you are a noobie in a shop and are unfamiliar with the products, double check that you are giving the customer the product that they paid for!!

After a rough few days with my old laptop I finally threw in the towel and picked myself a new machine

An HP Compaq Presario C700 to be exact … so far so good!

I wanted a laptop that has an actual graphics card in it instead of just an accelerator so that’s what really sold this one to me. Like all new computers today, it comes with Windows Vista which I am still getting used to but seems to be very user friendly and straight forward. I had heard some very mixed opinions on Vista so I was a little concerned/curious but I am happy with it now. Does anyone have any good or bad opinions about it so I know what I’ve gotten myself into? Any tips for a new user?

Ok so now that I have my new toy to play with I am going to install WoW now to see how it runs on the spiffy new machine!!

Please excuse my absence over the past week or so. I have been a very busy bee playing nurse and trying not to throw my laptop out the window.

L33tz0r had an operation on his leg on Monday so it’s been all fun and games since then with me running up and down the stairs getting cups of tea and running to the store across the street for Mars bars. A few days after the operation the bandage on his leg had to be changed so being the loving girlfriend that I am, I tried to change it for him. Let me just tell you, I will never, ever in any lifetime be a nurse. As I started to peel off the bandage I started to feel woozy and sick and had to sit down because I thought I was going to faint! I then had to go get one of our housemates to change the bandage because I couldn’t hack it!! Poor L33tz0r and his nurtureless nurse!!

It was my birthday 2 days ago and since L33tz0r isn’t able to walk long distances or dance just yet we decided on a meal and a quiet drink at a place just down the road from our house. The meal and the company was very nice and I really enjoyed myself. But what was meant to be a quiet drink turned into 2 bottles of wine and me spending yesterday sitting around clutching my bottle of water and begging God for relief from the horrors of my hangover!! At least I enjoyed myself … well the parts that I remember!!

I also had to reinstall Windows on my laptop because the poor thing has had just about enough. It’s almost 3 years old and when I bought it I was hoping that it would last me at least 5. I haven’t had any complaints about it until a few months ago when the speakers suddently stopped working. Now everything is burning out on it and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll just have to suck it up and buy myself a new one. But do I go for a Dell again or try another brand? The one that I currently have is an Inspiron 6000 and I’ve had a look at the new range of Dell Inspiron laptops. Does anyone have any recommendations for me?

In blogging news, I’d like to have L33tz0r write some game reviews for you on this site. He’s really funny and knows his stuff when it comes to gaming alot more that I do so I thought it might be nice for both L33tz0r and you readers. Expect to see something soon!!

Remember in Harry Potter how Hermione was an ambassador for SPEW (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare)? Well I sort of feel like I need to do the same thing for those loveable little murlocs. Murlocs get alot of grief, I find, simply because they don’t speak English, are slimey, and walk with a hunch. But is that really a reason to dislike an entire race? It’s racism I tell you!!

Murlocs are very social creatures and make their homes in clustered villages made up of lots of little huts. You’ll never find one alone so if you encounter a murloc, you are sure to be greeted by 5 of it’s friends as well. Having some alone time with a murloc is almost impossible so it’s better just not to try.

It is my assumption that we attribute the murlocs’ lack of intelligence to the language that they speak. Nerglish is near impossible to learn and has a rather unpleasant sound to it. As of yet, I am unsure if anyone has even come close to a translation of the language but I sincerely doubt that a full Nerglish-English dictionary would even be possible to make.

We can gain alot from the murlocs if we try to understand them. Murlocs are very skilled artisans, creating intricate stone idols and various other carvings in wood and coral and even the teeth and bones of undersea creatures. It is unlikely that you’ll encounter many of these treasures because the murlocs don’t drop them often and you’ll be hunting for hours to find anything of the sort. However they would be more than willing to give shells, seaweed or fish to anyone who would like it or not.

Now I’d like to pay tribute to a few of the more famous murlocs that we all know and love. I’m sure you’ve been lucky enough to have encountered them in your travels through Azeroth at one point or another.

Mmmrrrggglll - Level 9 chief of the Grimscale tribe on the coast of Sunsail Anchorage.

Murgurgula - Level 11on Azuremyst Isle.

Slark - Level 15 Rare in Westfall.

Cookie - Level 20 Elite the ship’s cook aboard Edwin VanCleef’s ship in the Deadmines.

Gelihast - Level 26 Elite boss in Blackfathom Deeps.

Burgle Eye - Level 38 Rare in Dustwallow Marsh.

So there you have it in a nutshell. They’re not that bad are they? See, Slark here is even kind of cute if you look past the rows of razor sharp teeth and slime coating.