T w e n t y S i d e d

Yes. Last week I completed Galactic Seasons 6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic, but that’s not what I’m talking about. A couple of days ago I finished The Burning Crusade expansion of World of Warcraft. I should clarify that I have finished THE STORY; the plot. I have done everything in the game that connects the end of the initial release of World of Warcraft, plus its updates; through to the end of The Burning Crusade and all its updates. As with other expansions, there were originally also some pre-patch events that took place BETWEEN The Burning Crusade and the next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King which can no longer be played. But more discussion on the move onto WotLK later. I should also note I do still have the Draenei Hunter Mystilatre in Warlords of Draenor completing the Garrison before finishing that expansion. I have had some uncertainty over when to call an expansion “done” for reasons I will get into with Selarashari.

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Wait…I finished one?”

Paige Francis He/him

No post this week. Mostly because I’ve spent the week managing around the work in the bathroom I had previously mentioned; coupled with multiple trips to buy the parts I agreed to do after the builder did the drywall, texturing, and flooring. I’ve had multiple occurrences of mental shutdown when several interactions requiring brainpower all hit at the same time. This requires me to have to withdraw and reset. But since this has happened repeatedly and while things were happening that required my input, my stress levels have just continually increased. I’m at the point where I start to snap at people or otherwise react badly when they try to interact with me, and obviously I don’t want that to happen. So I am focusing on de-stressing and making notes for my next therapy appointment. This is a known issue I’ve been dealing with for a few years that is likely the result of a significant trauma event. A decade and more ago, I would typically get aggressive and loud when stress piled up, but technically I was able to deal with it. Part of my therapy is because I don’t WANT to get loud and aggressive when stressed, but coupled with other inputs…I now just shut down in these situations.

I did finish Galactic Seasons 6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’ve also started outlining the next chapter in the Rix’larril’an of the Ascendancy story. I should have a nice, full post next week.

Paige Francis He/him

You ever have one of those days that you wake up and find everything is broken? And the dogs tried to bite a porcupine? And the washing machine is in a different room now because it got off-balance during the spin cycle and nobody noticed? And, rightly or wrongly (probably wrongly) you feel like it’s up to you to fix everything because you haven’t had your coffee yet and your aren’t even thinking straight? It’s one of those days. Just like last week, I’m gonna say this will probably be a short one with lots of pictures.

Continue reading ⟩⟩ “Home Repair Edition (when everything breaks)”

Paige Francis He/him