Woot skill ups!

Woot skill ups!

Since I've been pretty fucking moody lately I decided to strike out on my own and skill up a bit in Kuftal Tunnel near the Cape zone.
Went as nin/rdm hoping to up my pathetic 128 sword skill and 120 dagger a little before I died of boredom. Armed with left over food, AF gear, my secksie O.Hat and some cheap ass weapons I made my way to the "Crab Shack" I was of course anon as my rather embarrasing gear set was well.. embarrasing and wanted nobody to laugh at my level+gear. I ran a few hours the first day happy to get semi-regular skill up, made it to 135 on both and logged for the night.
The next day a.k.a. last night I logged back in at the Crab Shack and started back in on the slaughter, around 148 sword and dagger my friend King popped on the "Tellphone" asking what I was up to and said he wanted to join to clear up some points on his GS as a DRK.
I had just started a fresh kill and told him as soon as it died I would head home and switch to war sub to "tank" when wham Dagger 150 Xylos learns Energy Steal.
Whats this I say, so I switch to dagger main and see that it steals mp! O.o an unstoppable nin/rdm ^^
Anyhow I hit bastok switch to /war and op back. King arrives soon and we get to killing. We cant find a decent SC with my low sword skill and his GS so we just shove lvl1 crap sc's down the crabs throats for a while. King gets a tell from a random WAR asking to join because he wants to up his ranged and dagger, hells yeah 3's a party.
A few hours of bullshitting and crab crack'n later I learned Spirits Within, the war got energysteal and slug shot I think and best of all king got his trial weapon unlock just as we are about to call it quits ^^. All in all one of the best nights playing in a long time.

Static Shocked

Fuck the static.
Still no exp, still no discussion, still a mountain of gear sitting in MH waiting to be worn.
It had potential to be sure, good set up, agreeable times etc.. Set up remains but the times went to hell nobody will show up at a set time, even after agreeing to or actualy setting up a time themselves. Have to let them know I need out, I'll offer up my whm as a sacrifice to them when they hit 63.
So I went off to pt again after sitting for a week or two or three 2k tnl. I was the worst rdm ever. No clue what the hell happened, I like to think bad dynamics through out the pt. Nice set up and all just everyone but the mnk and pld decided to do w/e the hell they wanted. SMN switched from DD to main heal to buff/support heal to nuker at random, not as needed but completely random. DRK and BLU either blew through the mp in one battle or didnt touch it for extended periods completely screwing my refresh/haste order. Nobody complained but I felt like shit afterwards.

Oh well 15k till Marine Male Gloves those and my Ocean Rope will make for a sexy rdm indeed when I get to wear my Enfeebling Torque in 4 lvls.

Ding Dong the Dark Spark is dead

/huzzah
I got my rdm af hands the other day! I am a sexy beast! Now if I could only get some exp on it ....

FFXI is becoming more of a cause for boredom and depression than a cure these days. "I Static Partied My RDM Last Month and all I Got Was This Lousy 10k EXP" reads the bumper sticker on my chocobo. It sucks. I dumped and continue to dump all my gil into a job that has received yes no lie ... 10k exp a month now >.>

It feels weird, I have not had to live hand to mouth in FFXI for a long long long time, its like losing a good job in Jeuno and being forced to work at McGalkas in the bastok slums. I have had to learn how to farm again but thats kind of fun at times competing with the level 8's for bee's in north gusty lol. My alchemy and cooking skills are paying off in a small way with a steady trickle of cash depending on my willingness to farm but gone are the days of dropping a few mil for shits and giggles. I would like to think I have invested my money for the better, other than a few e-peen items my rdm requires no gear at all till 75 as far as exp goes. Its nice to have that security. Time to be frugal tho.

Talking to the nin in my static and we may work on bst for bcnm, now this excites me. I love to play bst even though I am a lowely 23 but I tend to get sidetracked after playing and do not return for months. BCNM's mmmmmm.

My /flist is getting shorter it seems now even the ones that logged in randomly are gone, its sad. I think the dead zone on it is up to 30 or 40 now and the active maxes out at 4.

Phase One of the Great Pearl Toss of 06 is complete. I now sit lonely in SubligarMonster. It kind of feels like moving out from home the first time. Clean break, stress and guilt free since nobody seems to have noticed, or said anything to me at least. I wont say that I dont miss some people but the majority wouldnt give me the time of day in the first place.

I have a few friends that prefer to go without shell or seek refuge in others besides main so I will probably hand out a few sacks when I bump into them.

Other thoughts on my mind these days ....
I have been debating quitting the game as the northland weather picks up, so much I can get done in RL vs. gaming atm. FFXI has lost its luster for sure.
I think I will be disavowing myself from all LS's and a good portion of the members contained in the very near future there really is a bold line between friends and acquaintances as seen in the "retard and her parrot" incidents my friends friends being my acquaintances and verbal combatants make life hell for other friends and acquaintances. I dont have time for loud mouthed imature fools at least the current one shares my distaste for the last pair, seems he dislikes them even more than I do in fact our shared thoughts on the matter lead to a very nice long chat. I hear people piss an' moan about backstabbing yet find them running thier mouths, I am told things were done in a certain manner yet find this trusted person saying the exact opposite. Its like a cartoon version of any given workplace^^
The more I dwell on this crap the worse it gets.
I should have went bst from the start.
BTW I <3 rdm.
Our static finaly got together mostly by happy accident and knocked out a few exp last night. This is a good thing, I was getting worried it would never happen and since I decided to go rdm main I was begining to panic. I may ask to carry on in static as a whm though since I really want/need to push ahead as rdm.
DVSIII has been fun so far, maybe because I havent done much ... I helped on some zm's the other day as a gimpy blm. Good times. A potential run to sea may be in the works for me there o.O or eeww I dont know .. so far its a keeper.
I pop into FU here and there. That LS seems very quiet lately, very nice people tho.
My very own LS SubligarMonster got a new member lol he saw the name and asked for a pearl just to put on while afk.
XTCPenthouse is what it is. I could probably slip out unoticed far easier than the shells I am a nobody in right now. Friends vs.(or) Acquaintances. I would love to ramble on about loyalty to the cause but I'm confused about how I go about it, seems that 2 people could destroy the community dance and laugh about it and cry /hurray and stay in the "circle of trust". Torn between "loyalty" to a friend and morbid curiosity about the future. I think its settled into more of a "comfort zone" than a watering hole for friends. At least for me.
My f-list is patheticly small but very honest.
I am happy to report that my b-list has been cleared^^ Since the dynamic duo a.k.a "The fun Couple" a.k.a. "The retard and her parrot" are out of sight out of mind theres no reason to keep them there anymore /cheer.

o.O It has been a while.
Nothing new to report other than 60 rdm /huzzah for pimp hat! My push to 1k has been on hold while I decide if I should go all out into rdm for now or keep bouncing between jobs.