So many things...

I skipped bxp weekend, but I got home in time to do a quick tree run which got me 88 Farming as well as the Circus, which has me closer to some levels in Mage and Range. After that I did about an hour or so of Runecrafting at Ouriana. That pretty much was the weekend for me.

I had been fooling around with my horn and I finally got around to getting back my Ninja Greegree, which I somehow lost (I think I teleported with a full inventory at some point, not sure how I got a full inv running laps, but every tells me that’s the likely culprit), which was a bit of a pain, but I’m glad I have it now. I got a few Agility levels and it goes fast at over 1kxp/lap.

My buddy showed me how to get the Herblore JuJu Pots from… Herblore Habitat? I think that’s the name. Super fast Hunting experience. Also using the Herblore pots on the herbs to make the Herblore pots = awesome. I made a lot of money selling herbs before the big weekend. Getting about 40 for each run is awesome. I’ve been mainly getting my Herblore xp from cleaning the herbs as well as the statue and giving assists. I’m about 10k from 91, and not as much in the mood to push it to 95 as I was a while ago. The extremes are working just fine.

I got to lvl 5 in all the Barb Assault roles, which really just makes it easier to get on a team when doing it with strangers. I also got to lvl 70 Dungeoneering. The new update is alright, I like that it gives you a screen in the chat box with all the info when you start it. I still have yet to do that with strangers, we’ll see if that happens.

Does anyone even really read the history notes that are dropped at the end of dungeons? I try to, but just getting a paragraph every now and then makes it very difficult to string together. Is there a place where you can pick up and read the ones you have start to finish? I’ve also gotten one or two that was just completely blank with a message ‘its too old to read’ or something along those lines.

Survivor is starting and I’m excited to get some Mining levels out of it. I’ll need to train Smithing at some point. Ore isn’t any good if you can’t do anything with it. I haven’t tried the new Smithing update area yet, anyone know if its any good?

I love the Ring of Wealth update. I always used mine as a good luck charm, even in LS where I know its useless. I was slaying yesterday, Waterfiends, Black and Iron Dragons. It was a little disheartening when it would shine brighter and the drop is 300gp. New task is Dusties, which I actually love. I’m hoping for some luck there. I have about 250 of them.

I just returned from amazing vacations in the Poconos and Key West (where I was during bxp) a few days ago and getting over a cold. March has been, always has been and always will be, super busy for me. The majority of my friends birthdays are in March, as well as my own. I haven’t had a birthday party in years because of how fast the month fills up. I planned mine in early January, which was good because the next week, every weekend is booked up until late April. Weddings, birthdays, life… Throw that on top with a sick grandparent (doing much better!) and a lap top that committed suicide on me, playing time has been limited. I’ve got a new computer though, and am going to actually live in my house for 2 straight weeks instead of being in hotels/motels/holiday inns. Actually, since I’ve been back I’ve been glued to the TV regarding the Japan crisis. I have friends over there who are thankfully fine. The western media regarding the radiation is out of control. We (meaning the USA) are going to be fine. No need to stock up on iodine. Actually doing that is a bad thing, Japan needs them more. Marlaine touched on it briefly on her blog, but its been a constant topic of conversation for me. No looting, no rioting, just trying to make it through it and coming together.

This reminded me of a recent insurance commercial I just watched last night with my roommate. It focused on how people went out of their way to help others. Someone was helping a person pick up papers they dropped, one was holding a door for others, one was stopping a kid from wrecking on his bike due to a runaway innertube from the beach. This shouldn’t be extraordinary behavior people! This is just called being a human being! It’s sad when common courtesy and respect are out the window. I see less and less of it in the RS community as well. I want to have a “Do something awesome for a completely random RS stranger Day.” It doesn’t have to be giving anyone something of value. It can just be something as simple as giving someone a lift to Lunar when they needed it, or showing a new player who’s lost where that super strange city of “Varrock” is located. Don’t really bring it up either, don’t start a competition about who can do the most (actually, would that *really* be a bad thing?), just have that little knowledge to yourself that you helped someone in need out. Negativity spreads like wildfire. You’re rude to a person in the grocery store because someone cut you off on your way to work who was probably pissed because someone cut them off beforehand. I’ve seen it in game. Someone gets scammed then they try to scam someone else, so then they camp and try to PK someone on a TT or something like that. Everyone just needs to chill. Life can be so much easier.

Wow, tangent much? Anyways. Happy St. Patrick’s day and lets go Villanova!