Less WoW is more life.

On the topic of playing less wow.

I play about two instances every day. Except yesterday because i was trying out the new chat features and adding a few people i know with the Real ID. I do like Real ID. It keeps me closer to a few of my friends in WoW. However, i would like to tweak it a little.
1. My Real ID friends will know when im online on any of my 35 toons. yes, any of them, even my banker alts and my "leave me alone" alt. I guess i can add a DND tag, or an "Away" tag. AFK tags are now changed to "Away". which is a nice change because, lets face it, no tech people (as opposed to low tech) dont know what the hell AFK means anyway. DND tag means Do Not Disturb. heck, if i have to use an ignore list on my banker alt, maybe i will have to.
2. Give me windows and not tabs. Yes, like WIM. i dont have WIM, but if im able to separate my chats with others, then i'd like to be able to choose small windows or tabs. right now, we're stuck with just tabs.
3. the textformbox highlights are awesome. but i can see where i am typing. no need to help me there when im not that handicapped. i dont have 20/20 vision but this awesome glow to my textbox really makes this feel like im on a mac. or googlechrome. nice effect? sure. can i turn it off please? thanks.

The other reason i didnt do any instances yesterday was because of Amphitheater of Anguish. Me and manda went to the area and asked in the zone for help. a nice level 80 rogue decided to join in since he was just mining around the area. we waited and waited til manda developed a migrane due to the wait. she's not used to having to wait for anything. i mean she's a healer for elune's sake. her queue time is 4 seconds. that's pretty good and only bested by tank's 1 second wait queue times. so she couldnt stand it and logged off. i hope she took two tylenol PMs, rubbed one out, and knocked the fock out (which movie was this from?). hopefully she'll feel better today.

and after that, my desire for instance queue times diminished to zero. i logged and went on facebook to check status updates. yea really. how sad. i dont know which is worse, wow or fb.

in any case, i spent some time playing with my little girl. she's almost three and has a blast "doing my hair" and offering me tea from her tea set i purchased last weekend. she also sings to disney songs. i really love how she enjoys mimicking grownups. and i cherish the times we have together, alone, with mommy at school.

i also spend more time with mommy as well. been trying to give her more attention and actually listening to her tell me her struggles and feelings. its different. i like it a lot. i enjoy it mainly because she enjoys it. i hope she's a lot happier now without a boyfriend who's sitting in front of the computer completing quests and barely listening to what she has to say. my atttenion span, tho, needs some help. i've had a pretty long attention span years ago, but now, has diminished to about 30 seconds before i think about something else. i blame wow for this. its great to have some practice now, and much better that i actually give some kind of feedback to envoke more conversation. lets hope this doesnt end.

we also went jogging last night. it was a first in two years for me. she, being the thinner and fitter one, ran for about a mile and a half while i struggled along for barely a mile. it will get better over time as i used to run 1-2 miles several times a week in the past. and when i had a gym membership in college, i used to be on the elliptical crosstrainer for 1 hour doing 5-6 miles at resistance level 13 (out of 20), inclined.

So there you have it. less wow. more life. and i like it. for a player that gets deeply involved in games and other projects, i find this change a bit comforting. it shows me that there are more important things in life than to play wow. after i write about my daily routines, i figured it wasnt all that important anyway. i mean all i do are daily fishing, cooking, jc quests and then do a random instance or two. repeat that for serveral months and it becomes a dull game. am i hoping for the cataclysm expansion to come? actually, no. i really do not care about cata right now. i dont think i want to upgrade. i dont think i'll be here for the expansion. i've played through TBC and Wrath. the third expansion may not be for me, as i find this little chapter in my life ending and a new one slowly beginning.