Neri Approves

Either this will be totally relevant, or totally not. I haven't decided yet.

My little family has been living in Alice Springs for over a year now, and I, being the hermit that I am, have pretty much failed at integrating into the local community. It's okay though! Instead of being socially awkward and making a dick of myself in front of strangers, I just get drunk and play a 7 foot tall shape-shifting cow known as Nerisanda. If the picture above hasn't given it away, I'm talking about my character in World of Warcraft.

The idea that a computer game can be social still hasn't clicked with the average person. I'm here to tell you now that it's not the truth at all. I suppose the angle could be taken that WoW is the reason that I haven't cracked into the happenin' Alice Springs scene, and I guess it has a degree of truth to it. The thing is though, I feel like I don't need to.

My guild, Concur of Blackrock, is full of close real life friends from back in WA. I don't just sit there staring at a screen mindlessly, I am always interacting with people. Real people who I have met in the flesh and know for fact are not basement dwelling virgins. Hell, even my brother played at one stage, as does my sister in law. Warcraft is like an awesome version of MSN Messenger where you work together as a team to achieve a goal while you gossip about who did what on the weekend. I can honestly say that this shitty game has kept me sane when I otherwise probably gone mad with isolation.

Ugh, I really need to stop posting when I've had a few beers. This post wasn't meant to be some kind of lame defence about my raging Warcraft addiction or a shameless plug for my guild, but alas, that's what it has become. In other news, I've changed the site, as you probably noticed. Yay for me. 

I'm going to go now. Have a great Friday night!