Day Two- Counting Down from Eight.

Starting off with another quick entry on my day off today. Thus marks the first of the month of October, the month I always look forward to the most in the year. October marks for me the beginning of the end for the year, the holidays begin to pour in and the whole muddled year wraps itself up nicely. Halloween comes by, offering me my opportunity to indulge in the wonders of Horror for a few long weeks, and marks the coming of Thanksgiving less then a month away... which of course initiates the long countdown through the Christmas season...and finally, the birth of the New Year.

But this year, October holds more significance then usual for me. First, I will find myself reaching my 24th year on this Earth. Not an especially incredible number, but to me, it merely signifies that I have already lived out almost a quarter of a century. It's amazing for me to look back at simply things that I've never really even thought about before this year: Ten years ago from September 1st, I was entering High School. Twenty Years ago I was entering Kindergarten. It all gets pretty surreal at times... makes me wonder what it will be like once I reach my thirtieth year, or fiftieth...

But now on to the second reason October feels so significant this year: Blizzcon 2008. I admit, to many, it may not seem like something that special, and to some, they might not even have any idea what I am speaking about, but to me and my girlfriend, it means a lot. This will first off, be our first out of state trip together. We'll be flying out of Kansas and making our way down to Los Angeles in just about a week. When we arrive I am going to take her to her first ever trip to Disneyland, before we retire for the night and prepare ourselves for the following days...

Blizzcon is the official Blizzard Entertainment convention for all of their games, which my girlfriend and I have been fans of for many, many years now. In particular of late, World of Warcraft. Yes, we've been playing WoW for almost four years now together, alternating between both in game perspectives: Horde and Alliance. As of this moment, we favor the Horde, and as the title of my blog suggests, I am an orc warlock in the game.

At Blizzcon, we are going to be able to meet up with anyone from the game we might want to meet, though unfortunately, none of our closer friends will be there, but we will also have the pleasure of meeting, and listening in on many different panels, being directed by the developers of the games we've both been playing since childhood.

Well, that's all for right now, till later, Signing off.