Sideshow & Syrana

It is now time to reveal who I’ve been admiring over the weekend as part of the Secret Admirer project.  I will also include how I concluded who my secret admirer was…

Capturing My Admiration

My attention and affection was directed at Miss Jaedia of Lazy Sniper.  It was almost like a cruel twist of fate to match this warlock up with a hunter.

Here are the notes of adoration I left for her – filled with tiny clues as to who I was:

And still not a Love Fool.  (Due to my own time limitations for the holiday although the reworking of it seemed fine.)

Oh and Happy V-Day ‘n all that! <3

And gazing upon your huge… walls of text.

It’s not quite spring yet, but some of us bloggers are getting twitterpated and signing up to secretly admire another blogger.

This will be interesting… oh yes, it shall be.

P.S. I like chocolate.

P.P.S. And souls.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Rivs of High Latency Life has created a handy-dandy test to find out if you are dealing with a girl or a G.I.R.L. (guy in real life).  Check out the test, then I’ll tell you my score. (continue reading…)

When I was a wee lass, I asked a lot of questions.  While I was generally always considered a “bright kid,” most young children have those moments.

When I turned six, my birthday was much like today.  It fell on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

I remember waking up and it being almost Christmas-like… I knew there would be presents.  My parents told me my presents were hidden throughout the house; one for each year I was.  (Ooh sneaky, learning and practicing can be fun!)

I also remember looking at the wall calendar that day.  Being ever so astute, I noticed that there was someone else’s name printed on the calendar on my birthday.

So, I asked my mother: “There is a king who’s 6 today, too?”

It’s that time of year again.  That time where Sideshow and I simultaneously ding.

Today, Sideshow enters a new bracket.  It doesn’t seem to phase him much.  Boy he’s a brave lil’ soldier.

Me, on the other hand, I have reached the top of my bracket today.

And I fully intend to go turn off my XP right now and twink for the rest of my days.

Only about 24 hours left to submit your answers for the blog scavenger hunt.  I will accept submissions through midnight on 1/4/10.  Don’t worry if you didn’t find all the answers, submit what you have!  After all, there are 4 prizes up for grabs!

… yeah, I failed at a catchy title there.  Actually, what you see above is better than what I originally wrote which was “Announcements and Reminders.”  *snore*

You could say my brain is a little frazzled.  Truthfully, this year’s holiday season has not been too bad.  I’m trying to pick out silver linings and such.  For example, work is a bit slow because I have fewer clients than normal due to dreaded funding issues.  BUT that means less people in crisis, which means I’m not pulling my hair out.

See how that works?

Anyway, I wanted to post up a bit of a rambly update and direct your attention to a few things.  As I said before, posting will be a bit sketchy until after the new year.  It’s part of my reward for the blogiversary and, well, it’s the holidays.  You know how it is!

Plus, you all have more fun things to do than read my craziness right now.  I know you’ll appreciate fewer unread posts in the feedreader right about now.  Heck, I know I’m behind on reading mine again.  (Big surprise, I know.)

Oh, guess what Sideshow got me for Christmas? My very own Amberlash! <3  Now I’m wrestling with the dreaded “to open or not to open” decision.

Alright on with the point(s)! (continue reading…)

I’ve hinted for awhile now at a contest being revealed today as part of the celebration of us being around for a year.  I wanted to put something together that not only celebrated us, but also love to the blogosphere.  For, without you, we wouldn’t have made it this far.

Many of the bloggers that are listed on our blogroll are not only readers of Sideshow and Syrana, but have helped spread the word about us.  We truly appreciate that!

We also appreciate each and every reader we have, and wanted to have some sort of giveaway as a “thank you” for reading.

Combining all those things in a cauldron led to the creation of the blog scavenger hunt!

All the answers can be found either within our blog or somewhere on a blog that is listed in our current blogroll.  (Hmm, descriptions might come in handy for this…)

Some will be easy peasy, some damn near impossible, and a whole slew of moderate difficulty.  I want this to be fun, with the right dose of challenge…

Prizes

This is going to take some work.  But let these shiny prizes motivate you!

First Place: 60 day gamecard for World of Warcraft
Second Place: $25 gift certificate for J!nx
Third Place: Your choice of a mini-pet from the Blizzard Store*
Fourth Place: Blizzard Authenticator (Remember, you get a core hound pup if you have one of these babies to secure your account now!)

How to Enter – You Must Play to Win!

The contest will run from 12/21/09 until 1/4/10.
We’re letting it run for 2 weeks since it’s holiday time and this will require some time to poke around a few blogs.

Winners will be determined by the most correct answers, regardless of when they were submitted.
Can’t find all the answers? No worries! Submit what you can answer.  There are 4 prizes up for grabs.

In the event there is a tie for any of the prizes, the winner will be randomly selected.
Either by pulling names out of a hat or /rolls or something random.

Submit your answer via email, subject: Blog Scavenger Hunt.
Sideshow even put together a handydandy contest form you can use!  Or, you may fill in the contact form for moi, Syrana, but his form is supa sweet.

Please do not answer in the comments… others will see your answers! Do post up any questions, comments, or concerns though.

After the cut will be the list o’ questions, sending you out to find an array of answers.  Get those fingers ready!

(continue reading…)

We interrupt normally scheduled posting…

*confetti*

Can’t help it, I’m excited to have reached this milestone.  I have some posts lined up that pertain to a year of existence (hilarious search terms, favorite posts, love to the readers and referrers, etc.) and I hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane with us – whether or not you’ve been reading since we started up there’s sure to be something that you’ll enjoy!

Later today will be a post with contest information, so be sure to check that out!

All my other “normal” weekly posting may or may not occur over the next two weeks, with the holidays and all… just a heads up….

Happy 1st Blogiversary!

That’s right! Today marks exactly 1 year since I posted my first post here. Can you believe it?

I can hardly believe it, to be honest.

When we started this blog, I mostly wanted a place to share my fan fiction… fan fiction that I had started writing over a year ago.  I thought if I got in the habit of posting it, it’d help “force” me to continue working on it.  Seriously, it’s been difficult to have my head so filled with all of Aerissa’s adventures and not let them out.

I’d be lying if I said I posted them purely for myself. In part that is true, but I thought someone else might enjoy reading it too.  Since it’s not a story I can ever go and get published (yes, Blizz, I know very well it is your copyright) there really isn’t much for options if I want to share what I’ve created within Blizz’s world.

So to blogging I would go.

Sideshow and I discussed it and decided from the get-go to have the blog be open for various games, music, etc. even if we probably would focus more heavily on World of Warcraft.

Of course, I pitched myself as a warlock (which I am), but as much as I dreamed of providing useful information… the inevitable occurred.

We focused on entertainment.  Fun.  Humor.

The occasional controversial commentary would leave my brain through my fingers and get published.

But we were us.  We’re a bit quirky and joke around a lot in real life, so why be all serious in text?

The best part? We’ve met and gotten to know some AWESOME people. (continue reading…)