Sunday
or
or : he could have refused to give it to her : or she could have rejected the gift, because after all, ignorance is bliss.
Saturday
so don't let go
"I would give it to you freely, but this gift is also laced with poison."
"How so?"
"Within this box is the most beautiful rose you could possibly imagine. Just looking at it will fill your heart with happiness. Yet it will die three days hence."
"Where's the poison?"
"There is no poison in it. But from then on, no other flower will ever bring you happiness again. Instead they will bring you longing for what you once had and lost."
She pursed her lips, considering.
"They say it is better to have once loved and lost. What is happiness if there is no sadness? Give me the flower : I must have it, breathe in its scent, fondle its petals, and then mourn its passing for the rest of my life."
"How so?"
"Within this box is the most beautiful rose you could possibly imagine. Just looking at it will fill your heart with happiness. Yet it will die three days hence."
"Where's the poison?"
"There is no poison in it. But from then on, no other flower will ever bring you happiness again. Instead they will bring you longing for what you once had and lost."
She pursed her lips, considering.
"They say it is better to have once loved and lost. What is happiness if there is no sadness? Give me the flower : I must have it, breathe in its scent, fondle its petals, and then mourn its passing for the rest of my life."
Wednesday
World of Warcraft
Cool game. I am glad I chose to play a Warrior, instead of a Druid.
Taking a break from Guild Wars is good - while being a good game and all, it was incredibly intense. Fighting against top ranked teams is exciting for sure. But sometimes I just want to get together with some friends and enjoy a game or two. I have no idea when Guild Wars stopped being fun. Perhaps when there stopped being things to achieve : Guild Wars is definitely not about yourself, it's about the team. Your performance is trivial (a single player out of eight) and there is little to no chance of personal glory. Few will notice if you do well or do badly, but your team will suffer if you suck. Teamspirit. If that dies, then there's nothing left.
Guild Wars is all about skill being more important than hours played. World of Warcraft is almost purely about number of hours played. In WoW you know that if you put in X amount of time into it, you will get something out of it. Some money, some items, factions, etc. In Guild Wars, you can be an instant star if you're good, but if you suck, you're in a tough spot. Depends which one is your cup of tea I guess.
Playing a Warrior is exciting business. Warriors will usually have to direct and lead groups, and from a position of highly limited visibility and awareness as well.
First time playing a Warrior was rough : I was taking a side tank / support / DPS role instead of being maintank and leader. But now I'm usually the one to start parties : I am getting better : more compliments on play are coming in from random strangers, and I am building up a large list of contacts. Many people think I've been playing level 60 warriors on other servers =p
My inspiration for playing a Warrior : watching an experienced Warrior play for us once, with over a year of experienced, and then I fully realised what you can achieve. I abandoned my Druid and started a Warrior instead. I don't want to be support - I want to lead, whether to doom or to victory. As a Warrior class I will be absorbing about 80% or more of the total incoming damage, and very frequently I am rated highest on outgoing damage as well, so it never gets boring.
It is such a pleasure playing with a team of players that knows what they're doing, what they can achieve, and they do it without needing to be told. It is even better playing under a leader who knows what YOU can achieve - how best to use your abilities. I feel it is a nod or acknowledgement to each player if I personally use them at least once in the game : calling upon each player for some special contribution, and then complimenting each and every one of them at the end. Even if I don't need them, I'll try to find a way to use their abilities just to make them feel useful. Hah, this is sounds worse than it is. But calling upon someone to perform some task exposes their abilities, and allows them to show the group how good they really are are, and also gives me a chance to observe their skill. I am very familiar with the feeling of being a good player, and making a significant but invisible contribution to the team without any acknowledgement.
That being said I'm also pretty harsh on people that suck. But strangely enough only on people I know and care about, and that I will be playing with again. Stranger that suck, I just stay silent, and then never play with them again. I knew a particular Rogue sucked in my group : even though I didn't need to, I asked him to do something for me - stealth in and stun an enemy in a group of 3. It's a really trivial task, that Rogues do on a constant basis but he failed anyway as I expected. Then the whole group now knows he sucks, and people in my group sent me private messages saying so =p
Taking a break from Guild Wars is good - while being a good game and all, it was incredibly intense. Fighting against top ranked teams is exciting for sure. But sometimes I just want to get together with some friends and enjoy a game or two. I have no idea when Guild Wars stopped being fun. Perhaps when there stopped being things to achieve : Guild Wars is definitely not about yourself, it's about the team. Your performance is trivial (a single player out of eight) and there is little to no chance of personal glory. Few will notice if you do well or do badly, but your team will suffer if you suck. Teamspirit. If that dies, then there's nothing left.
Guild Wars is all about skill being more important than hours played. World of Warcraft is almost purely about number of hours played. In WoW you know that if you put in X amount of time into it, you will get something out of it. Some money, some items, factions, etc. In Guild Wars, you can be an instant star if you're good, but if you suck, you're in a tough spot. Depends which one is your cup of tea I guess.
Playing a Warrior is exciting business. Warriors will usually have to direct and lead groups, and from a position of highly limited visibility and awareness as well.
First time playing a Warrior was rough : I was taking a side tank / support / DPS role instead of being maintank and leader. But now I'm usually the one to start parties : I am getting better : more compliments on play are coming in from random strangers, and I am building up a large list of contacts. Many people think I've been playing level 60 warriors on other servers =p
My inspiration for playing a Warrior : watching an experienced Warrior play for us once, with over a year of experienced, and then I fully realised what you can achieve. I abandoned my Druid and started a Warrior instead. I don't want to be support - I want to lead, whether to doom or to victory. As a Warrior class I will be absorbing about 80% or more of the total incoming damage, and very frequently I am rated highest on outgoing damage as well, so it never gets boring.
It is such a pleasure playing with a team of players that knows what they're doing, what they can achieve, and they do it without needing to be told. It is even better playing under a leader who knows what YOU can achieve - how best to use your abilities. I feel it is a nod or acknowledgement to each player if I personally use them at least once in the game : calling upon each player for some special contribution, and then complimenting each and every one of them at the end. Even if I don't need them, I'll try to find a way to use their abilities just to make them feel useful. Hah, this is sounds worse than it is. But calling upon someone to perform some task exposes their abilities, and allows them to show the group how good they really are are, and also gives me a chance to observe their skill. I am very familiar with the feeling of being a good player, and making a significant but invisible contribution to the team without any acknowledgement.
That being said I'm also pretty harsh on people that suck. But strangely enough only on people I know and care about, and that I will be playing with again. Stranger that suck, I just stay silent, and then never play with them again. I knew a particular Rogue sucked in my group : even though I didn't need to, I asked him to do something for me - stealth in and stun an enemy in a group of 3. It's a really trivial task, that Rogues do on a constant basis but he failed anyway as I expected. Then the whole group now knows he sucks, and people in my group sent me private messages saying so =p
Tuesday
hermione ftw =p
(minor harry potter movie spoilers below, consider yourself warned. as if there can be any spoilers with the book being out for ages, oh well)
Just watched Harry Potter : The Goblet of Fire. I quite liked it inspite of (or maybe because) I had almost completely forgotten what the book was about =p
It needed more Hermione + Harry for sure =p I thought from the movie it was obvious she likes him... owh... in a rather more than platonic way. Yet in the next book it's Hermione + Ron instead, and Harry + Ginny. Or wait. Harry + Cho. Argh. Memory getting befuddled. That boy does get around =p
And I laughed at the topless Harry bath scene, that one drew quite a reaction from the girls in the cinema. Highly entertaining. He does have, uhm, nevermind =p
Cho isn't as pretty as I thought she should be, neither was Fleur.
And I demand the footage of the Quidditch World Cup, heh.
Still, Hermione wins =p
Just watched Harry Potter : The Goblet of Fire. I quite liked it inspite of (or maybe because) I had almost completely forgotten what the book was about =p
It needed more Hermione + Harry for sure =p I thought from the movie it was obvious she likes him... owh... in a rather more than platonic way. Yet in the next book it's Hermione + Ron instead, and Harry + Ginny. Or wait. Harry + Cho. Argh. Memory getting befuddled. That boy does get around =p
And I laughed at the topless Harry bath scene, that one drew quite a reaction from the girls in the cinema. Highly entertaining. He does have, uhm, nevermind =p
Cho isn't as pretty as I thought she should be, neither was Fleur.
And I demand the footage of the Quidditch World Cup, heh.
Still, Hermione wins =p
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