Frozen North

Well im off to a Dynamis-Xarcabard run today.... hoping for my pretty hat...

hopin' some of that Luck o' the Corsair helps me! haha!

so wish me luck, and just cause i can, this:

The Day That *Almost* Never Comes

Well ok, i have to say, its hard to talk while eating your own words.

not only that but its sorta hard to eat your own words when you've stuck your foot in it.

yes thats right:

Death Magnetic done made a fool of me.

i'm prolly not the only one either. 

it all started a couple weeks ago.

"you heard the new metallica yet buddy?" a coworker asked me. "its good!"

"well thats the problem man, "new" and "metallica" dont go together very well" i replied. 

and that was it. for a couple weeks.

CD came out, i didn't hear anything bad about it. and i even heard some good things.

I saw this cool Skullcandy Metallica styled Hesh headphones, cheap as hell with an itunes card for the Death Magnetic download too.

i almost considered it, mostly because the headphones were $20 cheaper than i paid for my Hesh.

and i do love those headphones.

still didnt buy em.

Then this morning..... 

was driving to work and what should come on the radio (99.5 the Rocket baby!) but "The Day that Never Comes" 

now i didnt know thats the song that was playing.

but in my ignorance i listened.... and liked.

now im listening to a ripped copy and i have to say... i still like.

it starts of with just post classic metallica guitar riffs in "That Was Just Your Life" and the album actually holds its steam very well. 

of course im sure Rick Ruben had something to do with that but hey, who can argue when Metallica fans no longer have to say "old Metallica" on their list of favorite music.

James actually lets the guitars take precedence in some very classic Metallica styled solos.

good i needed him to shut up every once and awhile

It even features "The Unforgiven III" (still not as good as its predecesors but at least a welcome addition to the story)

Make no mistake this is no "Kill 'em All" which is probably the highest energy classic Metallica CD i have in my collection, but its definatly something to shut people like me up. 

and something to make people no longer ashamed to say they like Metallica.

i know i was for awhile >.>

mind you i haven't totally forgiven for them for their collective idocracy (Lars mostly) but at least i can listen to this CD and tell myself "at least the music is good!"

Avast! pt 2

Its been a big week.... lol

first off...

yup, ding 75 COR. finally got it.

im pretty damn happy.

it took what? 5 years to get a job to 75?

dont look at me >.>

well if that wasnt enough i have some other fabulous news! 

*drumroll*

hell yeah booooyeeee. my first relic gears.

all post update huh? yeah this thing is nice.

its no Skadi gloves. but damn are they handy.

and the next run what should drop?

yeeeeaaaaahhhhh bboooooyeeeee. thats right

Commodore Frac.

yep. im starting to show just how leet i am

in 2/5 on newly added COR relic i am proud to say, only a week from each other and i have a shot at tricorne this wednesday to boot.

after awhile ill be all hardcore like this:

only instead of reg AF itll be this:

heheh. yup. 

thats how hard i rock

other things of note:

ive merited Snake Eye

ive merited Fold

I did my Detonator WSNM

and im now after a Joyeuse to go with my pretty new shirt.

all in all its been a badass 2 weeks.

so.... i just have to say it.... Gyar!!!

The Update: A Visual Tour

Avast!

well my COR is like 5.7k til 75.

so close it hurts

like blue balls but digital. XD

I feel like Barbossa is laughing at me.

@#%*! -or- I *DO* Care

ok seriously.

i give you all free range to laugh at me

no seriously

i downloaded the new single from Fall Out Boy and i can't get it out of my head.

its not even that great!

where are the witty one-liners?

the would-be-pop-punk guitar riffs?

the portion of the song that is slightly incoherrant thus sparking infinite debates amongst tween girls as to the ACTUAL lyrics.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. its damn catchy though.

damn.

...and then there was VERSION UPDATE!

Ok, i know this isnt news for any of you FFXI players.. but wow, i still feel the need to reitterate.

you know... just in case.

seriously, its that big.

First off theres this nifty thing:

LEVEL SYNC!

i like it, i love it, i want some more of it. (god i just quoted a country song didnt it? please shoot me)

anyways so yes, ive actually experimented with this. and for those of you that don't know it lets anyone of a higher level join your party and cap themselves to gain the same EXP.

now i know what youre sayin... "but what about all my gear whaaaa~"

never fear!!! you can wear the same armor, they scale its attributes down proportionate to your level. 

now that means your Hauby wont be as badass at level 10, in fact itll be just a heap of metal on your chest, but youd be surprised how well some peices keep thier attributes. 

My buddy shadowwind partied with me and other members of my LS in Yhoater jungle, level 29 sync party, and he still had more INT from his reg gear (black cotahardie etc) than from any equip unsynced at that level.

in fact, i myself have noticed i get to keep quite a bit of acc bonuses from my equip when i Sync.

EXP? its exactly the same as if you WERE that level. 

Can you merit? yes. i have, like 5 merits total even. 

its GENIUS, seriously. this about sums it up:

Other than that we also have... RELIC!!!! $@#%ING FINALLY! ive run COR ever since the ToAU expansion first day and ive been waiting for this for a very long time.

oh yeah and BLU and PUP get some too >.>

also win: Mythic Weapons.

because who doesnt want to point a smaller version of a ship's cannon at his enemy and blow thier face off <3<3<3

(im really happy about that one!)

and accordingly theyve also made Nyzul a little easier.

more quests

more campaign shiz

more WotG missions.

seriously this was a damn good one guys, bravo

just bravo!