I don't like to blog about blogging, but if you've followed me on Twitter even a little bit, you'll know that I obsessively check my stats, and pay very close attention to each of my readers. (Even though I don't reply in Comments much, I'm reading them, dang it, and I CARE.) I worry about the 3 Japanese readers that have disappeared from my stats. I wonder if my growing German readership means that I should occasionally post in German, and if doing so would help secure my position as the David Hasselhoff of Azerothian Warlocks. I wonder whether streaming Jumper and Kent (two Swedish bands I really like) would earn me any points with the Swedes who stop by. And I wonder if any of my New Zealand readers could help me score an approval to immigrate there (I don't have enough points - yes, I seriously checked.) These are the things I consider when looking at my stats, largely because my readership is small enough (normally) that I can pay close attention to EACH ONE OF YOU who visit. So hopefully the WoW Insider spike earned a few new readers, and yes, I will be watching and trying to cook up crazy schemes to keep them.
Now back to business, er.... Azeroth. My plan for last week's holiday was to spend a good deal of time in Battlegrounds - something I've NEVER done, and thus should provide many amusing stories of how I repeatedly died. I've been collecting PVP gear for about a month, and currently have 3 pieces, which I had hoped would be enough to keep me alive fairly well. But alas, I did not enter any BGs. In fact, Mortigan was online only a couple times the entire week.
I did, however, manage to snap a few Polaroids of my holiday at down at Booty Bay. I spent some time fishing, and then just hanging out on the beach with the Bloodsail Buccaneers. The Buccaneers had a nice little campsite with a toasty fire. And they were so nice to invite me to their party. They weren't very tolerant of Karuri, my imp, and so I had to send him away once he was done playing with them. Take a look:
Well, now that I'm back from holiday, you should expect the usual fare. Thanks again to everyone who puts up with me!
Thanks, mates!
Tack så mycket!
Mange tak!
Terima kasih!
Dank u wel!
Danke schön!
Merci beaucoup!
Obrigado!
Mulţumesc!
Domo arigato!
谢谢。
Mortigan the Well-Rested
New Zealand?
ReplyDeleteSeriously Mort.
The only good thing to come out of New Zealand were the 99 Allblacks :-)
...Lord of the Rings
...Flight of the Conchords
...Anna Paquin
...Gnomeageddon (he's still there, I think)
New Zealand natural icecream...
But that's it!
And seriously, it's f_cken cold there.
We'll have you in Sydney in a heartbeat.
It depends, if you talk to the New Zealanders, you'd have to add sheep to that list ... But then most of the audience wont get that either :D
ReplyDelete@Buboe "No one knows how the Great Aussie-Kiwi war of 2011 really started, but some experts speculate that it all began in an online forum and escalated exponentially..." - excerpt from a 2044 School Textbook. =o)
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I live in Dallas, TX. The air is full of smog and who-knows-what from all the oil and gas drilling going on. The traffic is terrible. And it's HOT. Like AFRICA hot. Summer hasn't even really started yet, and it's already 102 F in the shade. GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE! New Zealand looks WONDERFUL. Did you see Lord of the Rings? I want to live THERE. Give me a Hobbit house, clean air, no traffic, and nice weather. Cold I can take. Heat I can't.
Now let's talk about Sydney. I'd move there in a heartbeat as long as I'm not going to bake in the summer. It always looked pretty hot there on Crocodile Hunter (RIP), which is a concern. But otherwise, Australia would be AWESOME! I'd seriously sell everything I own and move - of course, I'd have to have a job. Which is why I'm still in Texas, baking my brain in the miserable heat.
@Saunder mmmmm Sheep. Tasty.
I missed the WoW Insider post but found you in the blog rolls of World of Saz's challenge participants.
ReplyDeleteJust this was worth it:
You can even throw a 'z' and a few extra exclamation points on it to forge an illusion of youth (if you're old like me): "Great Healz!!!"
And I've only just started reading.
Good luck on that move to New Zealand.
@tomeoftheancient Welcome! One of my oldest posts - A Single Set of Rules on How to Raid ANYTHING - is considered my magnum opus. And if you decide to stick around, I promise to offer bad advice, wrong opinions, and shoddy (often non-existent) research. When discussing bosses, I rarely even bother to find their real name - "That snake boss with the funny hat" is about as close as I can get. There. You've been warned.
ReplyDelete'Eyup, mate! I see you don't post enough about the Queen. This simply will not do, I say!
ReplyDeleteOkay, even I failed at British then I went from Northern to posh.
WELCOME BACK! :D