Blargas heads out to Northrend.

Blargas decided that it was finally time to head out to the newly discovered icy continent of Northrend.

Of course, on does not simply walk into Northrend, so he had to make his way to the city of Orgrimmar. From there he took a zeppelin ride and landed in the main Horde Settlement in the area, Warsong Hold.

Once Blargas showed up, he was quite honestly surprised that the area wasn't covered in snow, in fact he could have sworn he saw a fair amount of grassland in the area.

Now, Blargas, ever curious about the origin of the name Borean Tundra (the name of the zone that Warsong Hold was in) checked on the local Warsong Hold computer the meaning of Borean Tundra.

Now Tundra is an area of land with very little vegitation and know for extreme cold as well as permafrost. Borean is (according to wikipedia) a grouping of Eurasian and North African languages.

So, after long hours of meditation within the Horde stronghold, Blargas decided that this must refur to Eurasian and North African tundras and thus the area should share simularities with its real life counterpart.

Of course this isn't the case due to the uncharicteristic hot springs, abundance of wildlife and the volcanic subregion located in the northwest. Of course this can be attributed to the magma elemental that decided to take up residence in that particular area.

Despite the differences, Blargas did notice that the shrubbery of the region is very similar to real life examples. The animals, despite overpopulated (perhaps due to a high respawn rate) do show signs of adaption to the elements. Also, just like real life tundra this region is at risk of oil drilling and too many humans* in the area.

Armed with this knowlege, Blargas leaves Warsong Hold with hope and wonder.

Of course he is then killed multiple times by the spiders he was tasked to exterminate.

Now on his lucky 5th attempt, Blargas sets forth with grim determination. Will he fail or suceed? Who knows, but we are eager to find out!

*Blargas did notice that the article made no reference to trolls, orcs, tauren, elves, dwarves or gnomes.

To learn more about Tundra go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra

Blog changing

OK, changed my mind. Decided to focus this blog on one thing.

Welcome to the new world of warcraft (WoW) blog!

WHOOOO

Yeah I figured old stuff wasn't working out too well so I decided to make my blog about this game I play. So from now on you can read about the adventures of me, Blargas.

Heres some quick info on what WoW is. 

Best game ever. 

The impact of an end (in a movie)

How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (from now on mentioned  as "the movie" for the sake of convenience)  is an interesting movie whose basic summary without spoilers can be found here.

The odd thing with this movie is that the comes so surprisingly fast and with so little reason that the once charming and pleasant tale to something that felt rushed and confusing at the end. 

A strange thing happened a few days later though, the ending of the movie became irrelevant to me and whenever I look back at the movie I remember it for what it was, a pleasant light comedy. Such a forgettably bad ending then takes a movie and allows it to sit in my mind as a good experience.

This small revelation led me to contemplate the real effect the endings of movies have on me. After a few minutes though I decided that the end of a movie can leave a bad last impression, but not enough to ruin the experience for me.

Thats my two cents...

"Will this be on network access?"

Often during the school day I am surrounded by PowerPoint presentations and more and more I am realizing that this program is not nearly as helpful as I first thought. 

What I notice most is that this program is gradually becoming less of a learning tool and more of a "lesson in a box". What I mean by this is that it decreases the amount that a teacher's personal ability affects the effectiveness of the lesson. While this can be a lifesaver to inexperienced or less skilled teachers, more experienced or skilled teachers may be losing more chances to truly stand out. 

But, since I am not a teacher I will focus more on the effects PowerPoint presentations have on me as a student. Most notably I notice a very negative reaction among my peers and myself whenever we find out that the whole lesson will be included onto network access. This mainly consists of the amount of notes taken being decreased significantly followed by a significant lack of attention.

Of course this doesnt apply to every situation and often whenever a teacher can make a PowerPoint interactive and untilized as a learning TOOL I find it is a very useful program indeed, unfortunately though many cases of PowerPoint dependancy are also seen every day. 

Baseball, America's pastime....unfortunately.

    Baseball has long been considered an American pastime and as such has been held in high regard by many who consider it a near sacred occasion when one such game is played professionaly.             Unfortunately, baseball has never really done much for me, in fact I decided to consider it among the most boring sports in history, standing proudly among other crowd borers such as golf, cricket, curling, long distance running and professional speedwalking. 

   My main reason for doing so though, is that one of baseballs greatest accomplishments, pitching a no hitter, is like being rewarded for making sure there is no action in the game whatsoever. In fact, the recent game where Carlos Zambrano pulled off this dull feat was perhaps the most boring televised event all year up untill the very end when everyone was allowed to celebrate. 

   I also cannot help but notice that there are so many of these games that you can lose the first 20 games in a row and it still doesnt matter since you still have 142 chances to win.

    Maybe it is just my own inability to understand the sweet science that is any of the 162 games that each team in the major leagues played. 

     Or maybe it is simply because football rocks...

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