Milestone for the "Just Chillin'" blog

It seems that we have come to the end of another month.  November '08 is coming to a close and there are just a few hours left.  This post will make the 30th post for the month in just as many days.  pretty impressive considering that the most posts I have done prior was about ten.  I guess I just had a lot to say.  Or maybe I played WoW more than usual.  Who knows.  I just wanted to post that it has been done.  And without this post, there would be only 29 which is not were I wanted to end the month.  I am not sure that December will contain as many posts.  Maybe less, maybe more.  To be honest, I believe that I am the only one that reads this blog.  Although anyone has access to it, I think the internet is very saturated with these types of blogs.  Besides, if someone would happen to come across my blog and read it,  It probably would not make much sense unless the reader was a world of warcraft enthusiast.  In the extreme rare event that someone other than myself is reading this right now, Please leave me a comment. Thanks :)  See ya in December!

Milestone for McManis

My toon McManis hit level 60 today finally. Took a little while since I started the day trying to get his mining to 300 which he acheived. Then off to hellfire were he quested and grinded out the former "max" level of WoW.

Little white bear

Check out this little bear that blizz gave everyone in celebration of their 4 year anniversary. Its cute and all but I am already done with it. I already have a ferocious pet to follow me around. Actually I got 2 now. Greyness is my dog and the newest member of the Mcmanis family is Steve. My bear from Felwood.

New pet

I decided to get rid of Lars after nearly 60 levels with him. The beat up wolves in Felwood caught my eye and I just had to have one. So I tamed one and named him Greyness. He's pretty cool. I think I may tame one of the beat up bears too. Probably should do it soon since they are level 52 and I am at 59 now. It takes a while to level them up if they are far below your level.

Outlands

McManis hit level 58 and then 59 and is questing out in the outlands now.  Recently, I took him back to Azeroth to try to get his Mining and Herbalism up to 300 so I can collect herbs and ore in the Outlands.  So far I have herbalism up to 300 but mining is still at 278.  Once I get his mining up to 300, I will take him back out to the outlands.

Heinz 57

Up another level to 57. One more level till outlands. Mcmanis finished up some quests in un goro crater and now is in felwood knocking out some quests. What will probably happen is that one he is at 58, he will abandon all azeroth quests and start fresh in outlands. That seems to work better since the xp gains in outlands are so great.

Cochiti lake

This picture was taken a couple of months ago when we decided to drive up to Cochiti lake up near Santa Fe. There was a little boat dock on the water that Molly absolutely refused to walk on. But, after a little a little while, she finally decided to go out on it once she determined it was safe. Poor Millie.

Another level

I wasn't expecting to level last night while playing but level I did with Mcmanis and now he is at 56. I did a few quests in Un Goro crater and that was enough to put him over the top. 2 more levels to go in Azeroth before he heads through the dark portal.

Miami sunset

Here is one of my favorite pictures that I have taken. The picture was taken off the coast of Miami on the cruise ship "Enchantment of the seas" on October 8th 2007. Takes me back every time I see it.

Jury duty

It seems that registering to vote now days gets you a free pass to jury duty. For the second time, I have been selected for jury duty. I went to the orientation today. Not too thrilled about it but I gotta do what I gotta do I guess. The minimum wage they will pay us is a major incentive. Not! Oh well, its something I guess.

On a mission

Once again, Mcmanis has leveled and is now at level 55. Wandering through searing gorge never seemed so easy. He has completed the quests there and moved on the un goro crater for a brief tour while he works his way toward 56.

Level 54 Hunta!

Mcmanis is moving up in the world.  Up to level 54 now.  Only 4 more levels till outlands.  I am still diggin' the hunter thing in the game.  It is really fun.  Anyways, see ya at level 55.

Exalted!

Whew. Finally got it done. Exalted with the Undercity. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it but here I am. Mcmanis, my level 53 blood elf hunter, started back at deathknell doing the noob quests and then worked his way to brill, silverpine and tarren mill. Then found a buch of quests to do in the apothecarium in undercity. But that's not it. He also did shadowfang keep and razorfen kraul. Plus, he purchased and turned in about a thousand pieces of runecloth. That put him over the top and gave him the ability to purchase the undead steed you see here. Woo hoo!

Deathknight

Here he is. My troll deathknight Kobyashi. He is at level 58 now after finishing the extensive quest chain to get out of the starting area. The quests are extremely cool and a lot different than the quests I am used to. I took him to the outlands to continue his quest for level 80.

Avs do it again!

Here we go.  Avs get a shootout win against the Edmonton Oilers last night for their 3rd straight win.  Darcy Tucker gets the game winning goal and what an awesome goal it was.  The Avs are starting to look good again.  They keep seeming to go on streaks.  Either losing or winning.  I myself like the winning ones.  Duhh!  Right now the Avs are 8-8 and I hope they keep up the good fortune.  Budai once again looked pretty good.  And Sakic is still out for a while.  Not sure when he will be returning to the ice.  But the Avs seem to have things under control at least for the time being.

Mexican food? Or just food?

Some people would argue wether Panchos mexican buffet is actually "mexican food". It says its mexican food. It must be. I don't consider it to be mexican food. But I still love it. Maybe its an acquired taste. After all, I was just a kid when our family went there on a regular basis. My brother and sister thought my parents had good taste. Or were they just trying to save money? I would tend to believe the latter now that I am older and wiser. Don't be dissin' the panchos. You don't have to go there if you don't want to. As for me? Its been way too long since I raised that flag.

Avs Back On Track?

It may be to early to tell. Coming off their second straight win, the Avs look promising. Let's hope they can keep up the momentum. Budai seems to be showing some hustle out there but it will take a lot of work before he is considered one of the elites in the league. And what's up with Sakic? Have the Avs shown to us that they can handle things without him?

Lich King: Day One

The expansion consisted of one disc. Nice. A lot better than having to install 4 different cds as was the case with burning crusade. The install went smoothly. Didn't take too long. Then it had to run some updates that kinda took a while. Finally done and ready to log in. Queued up and number 500 in line. Sheesh. Waited about 30 minutes and finally got in. I went right to creating a death knight. Kobyashi is his name and he is a troll. Looks pretty sick with his black gear. Played a little to get a feel for him and was overall impressed. Really fun. Then I wanted to check out northrend so I logged my pally and headed over to stormwind harbor. First time there and I liked it. Really big place. Took the boat over after spending about 15 minutes trying to figure out what boat it was. I arrived in northrend to find out that the other 1000 people there were causing so much lag it was almost unplayable. Hit the grif and logged out. Gonna try at another time when the population dies down.

The answer is 53

Lich king day! The wow expansion launched today and the answer to my previous posts about what level I would be at when it comes out is 53. I am going to pick up the expansion after work at best buy. Looking forward to trying it out although I am not sure if I will install it tonight. Its going to be hard not to but our shows are on tonight. Office, earl, kath and kim and survivor.

Tack another one on

Hit level 53 last night after the servers came back up. Then grinded some rep in tirisfal glades. Trying to get exalted with undercity so I can get an undead steed instead of the turkey I am riding now. So far I am about 30 percent through revered.

Wow Servers down!

Oh no.  The realms have been down for some time now.  Apparently, they had an issue were everyone lost the contents of their mailboxes and that is not a good thing.  Typically, the servers are down no more than a few hours on Tuesdays.  But today, it has been about 12 hours now.  Its not really a big deal for me.  But I know that there are a lot of people out there that are furious.  I would like to play right now don't get me wrong.  But it is what it is.  I know how these situations can be and right now Blizzard is probably freaking out trying their darndest to get this fixed.

Woot! Avs break losing streak

Finally the avs break their losing streak with a win over nashville on saturday. And a shutout too. Though the score was 1-0, I hoped they would had scored more goals. But a win is a win and I'll take that action. Keep it up budai.

Up ta 52 now

Well, there you see it. Not too clearly since I took it with my phone. But level 52 never the less. Levels seem to be flying by for some reason. Maybe the new patch made it easier or something. Anyway, see ya at level 53.

Fitty One

Up to level 51 now.  Did a bunch of quests in Hinterlands and Tanaris.  Only 7 more levels until I can get into the Outalnds.  Woo Hoo. :)

Not good

Comon' avs! The colorado avalanche have now lost 5 in a row and I am not too happy about that to say the least. They started out the season by losing 3 in a row but then bounced back and won 5 in a row. Now they are back to losing again. I hope that this curse will end soon. If not, say bye bye to the playoffs.

Wrong again

Ok so, I made the prediction that I would be at level 49 when the world of warcraft expansion came out. Well, here we are with a week to go until it is released and good ole mcmanis is sitting at level 50 almost 51. So, you know what? No more predictions. When the expansion comes out, I will be at the level I will be at when it gets released. Amen.

Historic Day

Today woke up with a new president and I couldn't be happier. Especially because I had something to do with it. I voted for the first time yesterday and it felt great. Now we can all have the opportunities we all deserve in america.

The lich king

Well, I broke down and pre-ordered the wow expansion at best buy. I couldn't pay full price for it though. It was like 5 dollars and I guess I pay the remainder when it gets released. Looking forward to trying it out. It will probably take like 5 hours to install like the burning crusade did. :(

Punkin patch

Today we went to the wagner farms pumpkin patch in corrales. It was fun. We went through the corn maze and petted some animals. Soph got like 20 pumpkins and is painting faces on them right now.

Halloween

Went to step brother Toms halloween party last night. Had a good time. He really decked his house out with all sorts of scary things. There were a lot of trick or treaters in the hood as well. Couldn't stay long though since I had to get to work early this morning.