Level up!! After a couple of encounters, which includes fighting a young white dragon while investigating a recent kobold infestation in Fallcrest & rescuing Coldfen civilians from the undead, Tiefling rogue Ainarielle is now level 2!! Heh with the introduction of a brand new party member, the Goliath fight Gond, things are starting to get interesting. Other party members are a Genasi Tactical Warlord, a Human wizard and a Drow Sorcerer/Druid. Pretty cool ehz?

Blehhh... have been rather lazy and am still exploring the game mechanics of the 4th ed. Would need to further reading up on the PHB, PHB II & Martial Powers to fully utilize my character. The new races & classes that come with PHB II seem tempting too, especially the Avenger. However, think am gonna just stick with my rogue till PHB III comes out to see if there are other more appealing classes to play. Wouldn't wanna roll another character only to be replaced by the end of the year. If only they would release everything in one go... it would make my decision sooooo much easier =/

Anyway, have got a good feeling about my current AD&D group. Though we have games only like once every 2-3 weeks, am pretty sure we'll be able to keep this up and eventually venture into paragon & epic paths. Should I continue with Ainarielle, I'd probably end up as a Shadow Assassin. Dagger Masters sound pretty cool, but why settle for a 1d4 weapon dmg with a dagger when I can have 1d6 with a short sword & even 1d8 with a rapier? Itz a shame that am unable to strike with both weapons though... it'll be really op if I could use a rapier on my MH and a katar on my OH. As far as I know (further reading of the PHBs might prove otherwise), only rangers are able to do that with their lvl 1 at will power 'Twin Strike'.

Hmm for those who are interested in how the campaign is progressing, check out Shakespeare's Asylum (formerly known as the Tinky Winky Slums) - the forum we use to communicate in between sessions.

WoW-wise, am awaiting the release of patch 3.1 which will reaveal the long-awaited Ulduar. With it also comes dual-spec. Sux that Blizz is nerfing Titan's Grip though. The nerf is not a small one too. Reduction of 10% in dmg with Titan's Grip. Thatz just fcking gay if u ask me. With op classes like the ret pallies & the Dks, warriors are srsly gonna lose out big time. Of coz Eru is gonna go prot/fury... and the recently 80 Rhav will end up balance/resto. Am still learning how to use a caster drood though... am still so confused with gear & dps rotation. Blahhh more reading up in store for me.

Anyway, just for fun, have rolled my 1st ever dwarf toon. A warrior Thorgard on Dreadmaul. Lolx. Yeah am supposed to be playing it with my toon's "brother" Thorgar, a dwarf paladin. Rofl.

Just look @ him. Ugh. Dwarves are just so fail. Ain't gonna be playing Thorgard seriously though (racial aside, I already have Eru & there are so many other alts in queue to level). Will probably end up levelling him to like 10 and park him in Ironforge for all eternity. You gotta kill me before I'll roll one of those creatures, yes creatures, for AD&D too.

/yawn am so sleepy... got up at 4am after like a 1.5hr nap to send wormy off to camp. Mhmm itz a bittersweet feeling, missing someone. The missing part is #@^%&~... having someone on ur mind all the time no matter what u do... gets a little distracting. However, itz really nice having someone to actually miss, if u get what I mean. *sigh* Am really trying my best to look @ this in a more optimistic light. I do have my worries though. There will be situational changes in the future. He's gonna leave the army, his ex-gf is returning from overseas, am gonna end up getting a job... etc. I just gotta keep my fingers crossed that those changes will nt affect what we have now. Should there be an effect, I hope it'll be a good one.

I too hope that my current inablity to fully trust another person won't wreck this... and yeah, hopefully in time, I'll regain my faith in humans and learn to trust again. Trust is such an integral part of a relationship (and yeah that includes friendship as well). Without trust, there is no stable foundation for anything to be built upon. Without a stable foundation, every structure will end up falling apart. It irks me like hell that I'm unable to fully trust him. Each suspcion I have... each worry that creeps into my mind just inflicts torment on myself and I know it bothers him as well. I know I shouldn't use my previous r/s as a reference, but I just can't help it at times.

Ah well ~ there's really nth much I can do right now except try my utmost to push negative thoughts outta my head. I really don't want this to be just another memory, another scar, like all the others before.