my friend from new zealand sent me a package of chocolate blocks and biscuits.
i have no restraint.
halp.
so far iāve tested 2 different types of chocolate, and opened a pack of biscuits to have with coffee.
theyāre all winners.
(the only ones which donāt look amazing, are sour gummy worms ā¦but iām sure once i run out of everything else, theyāll get eaten just because theyāre full of sugary goodness) 
I liked the individual story lines in Shadowlands, my main problem with it is, that after you open it up you either have to skip the entire storyline on your alts, or start the entire storyline from beginning to end.
In Legion, BFA, Draenor, etc once you got though it, or opened your Garrison/Class Hall whatever you could pick whatever area you chose to quest in. In Shadowlands you have to start with Bastion move on to the next land, then the next one, always in the same order no variety. Instead the choice is complete the full story or do World Quests.
If I could have just went into Oribos and picked wherever I wanted to level my alts and do my favourite places, skipping the stories I didnāt like, it would have been a huge improvement. Once you pick a faction, straight to world quests, all the story fun just goes away for awhile.
My main problem with the Shadowlands expansion was Blizz being waaaaaay over their heads when it comes to dealing with death. What are the mechanics in relation to SL in terms of ressāing someone? Animating the dead? Ghosts?
One of the covenants successfully sorts my soul out and then I whatā¦ hang around and count butterflies? Practice politics? Become a successful gladiator for what? Odynās hall of feasting made more sense from a mythical perspective. It was simply the same old WoW stuff on an set of islands in Neverland rather than an ocean. Andā¦ perhaps worst of all, so many lore heroes and villains are now removed from future game play.
Some of the stories were excellent but it didnāt require death to do them. So now Blizz has spent a currency of ideas and sold it cheaply. Given how vastly different the void lords are from us, sadly, Iām kind of dreading a void expansion because I donāt think the writing team is up to it. I donāt think they are bad writers but rather the limits a MMO places on the writing that kills any real subtlety and nuance as it has to be playable and rendered into a single global outcome.
This is one of the reasons I donāt get into the raiding/M+ endgame as the resolutions simply become increasingly unbelievable. Iād rather stay a local hero who is helping and area avoid being swallowed up by the elementalists. I donāt necessarily disagree with them but I canāt see how beings like myself would survive in a world that returns to its elemental roots any more than I want to see it return to the age of the void gods before the Titan reordering. I donāt think the Titans had a lock on the truth but I am a ācorruptedā product of them and Iād kind of like to live the life that is mine even if it isnāt nicely ordered.
Sorry, that really turned into a rant.
Itās ok to rant and let off steam, I do it too.
the sun finally decided to come out today.
meower has been relaxing comfortably in his window all day.
itās nap time for me.
(after i sneak a couple more cubes of the hazelnut chocolate!!) 
armory is borked so i canāt do a pet check.
do you have Anomalus (sludge with eyeballs) or CāThuffer (blue piggy)?
(yes, i finally got around to chipping away at the Horrific Visions achievements) 
Respectfully disagree, it was the lack of content/extended content droughts imo
An expansion with only 2 major content patches (Shadowlands)? Even BFA had 3ā¦
Plus the setting and aesthetics didnāt do it any favors eitherā¦ bunch of grey/drab/brown/depressing zones and vibes left and right 
Is the main story/lore important to some players? Sure, but if they took a general poll of the playerbase regarding Shadowlands specifically I bet most would vote/write down ālack of contentā as the big reason they didnāt like it
Thus I said āMy main problem with the Shadowlandsā¦ā
Honestly, why others had issues does not affect me as I donāt do endgame which means content droughts arenāt an issue as that is when I start farming old stuff. In the case of Shadowlands, I racked up a huge number of fishing achievements such as getting the BFA ray mount and the ocean in a sphere thingy. I had fun, even if it wasnāt directly playing Shadowlands. Likewise DF is already entering maintenance mode for me and Iām leveling alts for story reasons and eventual farming of BFA and Shadowlands.
Globally speaking, you are probably correct as to why so many disliked Shadowlands.
hah
The Titanic one had me laughing loud enough to freak out my cat. These are great. Thanks!
it had its moments.
looking out the porthole and kitty saying ābrrrrā 
the dance scene
Roseās reaction to jacks sketch 
Canāt wait til August!
I wonder what this would look like on guy characters.
Now we just need BFA night elf bikini mog.
āPicture is too small.ā
last week i made fraggle soup. (named by a niece, because it looks like Red fraggle)
itās been years since i made it, and it turned out a bit thick and was more like a grated vegetable stew.
this week iām going to make it again, but transfer 1/3 to another pot, and add some legume soup mix (lentils, beans etc)
i wanted to test the legume mix last week, but wasnāt sure how well it would mesh with my standard recipe.
itās time to get brave and test.
it doesnāt look very appetizing, but hereās a pic of last weeks concoction.
contains:
carrot
parsnip
turnip
swede
celery
onion
all the veg gets grated on the biggest holes on the grater (apart from onion and celery which just get rough chopped)
beef stock
a handful of washed white rice (which splits open and turns into little butterflies, because it gets intentionally overcooked)
2 cans of tomato soup added about 10 minutes before serving
last week i forgot to buy a packet of powdered french onion soup, so i threw an extra onion in.
this week, i have the powdered french onion soup (i guess itās just onion stock?)
Iāll have to find a movie to watch while i make sure the kitchen is free of cat fur, and get all the veg prep done (gotta do the boring part to get to the fun eating part!!)
āThat actually sounds real good.ā
it wouldnāt win any awards for appearance, but itās a nice winter comfort food, without being too heavy or stodgy.
iām very interested to see how the portion with the legumes is going to turn out.
iāve never cooked with lentilsā¦ it will be a learning experience!
Iāve decided Iām going to get started on watching Ricky Gervais āAfter Lifeā while I cook.
Iāve been meaning to watch it for ages, itās meant to be quite dark, so it should suit me perfectly 
ohā¦ check mail, one hour. 
āOOO!!! So Much PURPLE!!! Thank You!!!ā
/huggles