My characters

OK, so now that you know me, an introduction of my characters is in order. All of my characters are on the Feathermoon US server.

Duerma, 70 gnome warlock - This is my main character, and definitely the most fun to play. The warlock class has always been my favorite - it can put out damage, but isn't nearly so squishy like a mage. Duerma the character is a hyperactive, narcoleptic gnome, with an ego that is inversely proportional to her size. She talks like a Valley Girl and has a tendency to say rather odd things when she wakes up. She's also the only character I keep a regular blog for. Recently, it's mostly been detailing her romantic misadventures with a gnome named Pizmo, but there's stuff in there about raiding and her guild as well.

Corrienda, 70 night elf druid - Corrienda was actually the first character I made on Feathermoon. I had sworn to then-friends on another server that I would never, ever roll a Night Elf... but then I wanted to try a druid, and I didn't want to be a cow. So, I found Feathermoon and rolled Corrienda. Her life started off by seeing how far I could run with her as a lowbie, and how many levels she'd get just from exploration. I gave up at Feathermoon Stronghold at level 3.

I then had my first introduction to roleplay on Feathermoon as Teldurn Lightwielder offered to escort her back to Teldrassil so she could begin her druid training. Way later, when she finally built up the courage, she and Teldurn began seeing each other and fell in love. And then he died, and Corri's been an emo elf ever since. She's a lot harder to RP right now, because honestly, what she'd REALLY do ICly is go home and live with her mom and flip the middle finger to the rest of the world. But, I like lewts, so I bust her out for raiding every now and again.

Elliora, 70 human paladin - Elliora predates any of my other characters! I originally rolled her on Spinebreaker server back when WoW first came out, but lost interest in playing her because I really don't like PvP. When server transfers opened up, my husband transferred her to Feathermoon as a birthday present. She's my tank, which is nice - I have a 70 who can fill each of three roles.

Elliora the character is a bit more nebulous. Since I didn't start her as a RP character, I kind of had to back track and figure out a story for her, which is hard for me to do. I eventually decided that her parents were soldiers at Nethergarde Keep, and while she spent much of her childhood in Stormwind (cause Nethergarde is dangerous, yo), she developed as a hardened for of demons from very on. She's very stick in the mud, official, proper. It's an interesting way to play a character, but it means she doesn't really have any friends, which makes RP difficult.

Carwyn, 46 dwarf priest - I rolled Carwyn when we first got a second account for our household. She and her husband (played by my husband) are really supposed to be Wildhammer dwarfs, but of course you can't stick tattoos or anything on them. I'm levelling her as a discipline priest, because I have to kill stuff, but she's just not really a shadowy kind of gal. It's really fun to play the typical dwarven stereotype and type the dwarven accent, but I haven't thought much beyond that regarding her motivations. Right now, she doesn't get a lot of play time, because she's stuck in that dreaded zone between 40 and 50. Once I get past that, she'll be good, but right now it's pulling teeth to play her.

Bishonn, 34 blood elf rogue - Bishonn is one of my favorite characters, but unfortunately he is the least played, simply because I don't really know anyone Hordeside. And, well, I don't really like playing a rogue much. But! The character is way fun. He's a stereotypical gay guy - think Jack from Will & Grace. He's a hairdresser, and the reason he's a rogue is because he uses his blades to cut people's hair by day and then go be roguey at night. I have a blog for him too, but because he's so seldom played, there's only like 2 entries in it.

Who am I

So, as one starts a blog, there's the obligatory introduction post. Hi! I'm a 25-year-old mother of twins, with another one on the way, and I play WoW. There, the end.

Just kidding.

Who I used to be
I'm one of those people who likes to be constantly busy. In high school, I was an A student, had a boyfriend, did 3 varsity sports, was in the marching band, participated in like 3 different clubs or something, active in my church, etc. etc. College was similar. I graduated with 2 majors and a minor in 2004, and I thought I was going to go on to get a PhD.

Then I got pregnant with twins.

Hollywood makes it seem like twins are really roxxor and all fun all the time. Well, news flash - it's a difficult road from the time you conceive. Sick all the time, preterm labor, bedrest - the whole nine yards. And then they were BORN! Dealing with 2 is difficult, and that difficulty was compounded by postpartum depression and other weird effects that pregnancy had on my brain. It's really hard to pursue graduate work when you can't stop thinking about suicide, or when you can't concentrate enough to read more than a page or two at a time, let alone care for two infants.

So, no more school for me. And let me tell you, daycare is really expensive, particularly for two infants. I would have been paying more for child care than I would be earning - so, now, I am a stay at home mom. Which... is kind of weird. I never was one of those girls who was totally looking forward to being a domestic goddess. Housework makes me panic attack. But I'm getting better. Sort of.

Why I play WoW

Or, why all this stuff matters. WoW has been my panacea through all this, even up to now, when my twins are almost 3 years old. Maybe it's not the most healthy way to meet my emotional needs... but in light of the financial or temporal obligations that other options would carry, I think it's not really all that bad. But seriously, check it out:

• WoW is my social outlet. I've always been a social creature and being home all day long with a couple munchkins who still can't talk is kind of maddening to me. But I can log on WoW and not even DO anything, and my social needs are fulfilled.
• WoW fills my need to be involved in lots of stuff. Yeah, remember what I described about high school and college? Just kicking it here at home drives me nuts. But in game, I'm a raid leader, I'm a guild leader, and I have plenty to do if I want it.
• WoW gives me a sense of accomplishment. Yeah, naysayers might be all, "It's FAKE!" But look, as a housewife, I'm cleaning the same floors every day. I do load after load of laundry and it never gets done. It feels really demoralizing to see something I just got done be UNdone by wild toddlers. But in WoW, I go in, I kick some butt, and once I finish a quest, it's never going to be undone.
• WoW's a stress reliever. When the kids have been making me nuts all morning, I can put them down for a nap and then go light things on fire.

And so on. There are probably a dozen more examples of why I play, but that's good for now.