Category: Cinder IRL
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Blaugust 2022 – 11 – Complete Failure
There’s a reason why I hate New Year’s resolutions, and why the word ‘goals’ sends shivers down my spine.
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Blaugust 2022 – 10 – one step closer
Just the other day I did a post about my work and how we were waiting to hear if we would still have jobs at the end of the year.
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Blaugust 2022 – 9 – Tilly’s Tucker Time
You know how some cats can see a bowl of food and just spend the day grazing whenever they feel hungry? Our cat, Tilly, is…. not like that.
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Blaugust 2022 – 7 – work work work work work
As the title points out, I spent this weekend working. Not exactly how I’d normally choose to spend my weekends, but such as it is…
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Blaugust 2022 – 5 – A day in pictures
Today we went into the city… Rather than write about the day, I decided to share it in pictures.
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Blaugust 2022 – 2 – Bullet Journal Beginnings
I’m not an artist, but I tried my best to make something creative and fun that suited my needs for my first ever bullet journal!
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Animal Crossing is making me mean, and I don’t like it
Anyone who has been following my twitter account the past couple of months will have seen that I’ve gone bonkers for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. My partner, Thor, will gleefully recount how, when the game was first released and we were deciding to buy it, I spent a lot of time “ummm-ing” and “ehhhh-ing” over […]
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Someone like you
In a game that I dive in to to escape from the world, I found I wasn’t able to fully escape because I just kept seeing parts of myself in it.
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Cinder & Thor in the USA -Disneyland Part 1 – Halloween
Halloween! And what better place to spend it than at the happiest place on earth – Disneyland! Disneyland was at the top of Thor’s list of things to do while we were in the USA. He’s a big Mickey Mouse fan, so of course we had to go. Personally, I was just curious more than […]
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Cinder & Thor in the USA – Blizzard HQ
There were so many things I was looking forward to about this trip, but one of the things that was right at the top of that list was getting to visit Blizzard HQ…
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Cinder & Thor in the USA – Getting there & settling down
We ended up packing our suitcases a few times to help shuffle the weight around. We had a few big boxes of gifts to give to people while we were in the USA, and then of course we needed to pack clothes, which was interesting because we needed to pack for potentially hot California and […]
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66 days
I looked at the date today and realised that it’s just over 2 months until we head off to LA for Blizzcon and I am FREAKING OUT. I have done nothing more for our trip since initially booking flights months ago other than thinking a lot about it. Not acting on anything, just thinking about […]
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The stupid is strong in this one…
Oh lordy. I’ve been quite sick all week this week. It’s just a cold, but it’s been a big one. I’ve been off work for almost the whole week (thankfully being able to work from home), and am still recovering now (I sound like a hag! It’s actually kinda funny lol) Despite being quite ill […]
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Avengers and Blizzcon and Harry Potter – oh my!
Note: there are no spoilers in this post for Avengers: Endgame or Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. This is a safe space! What a week it has been! With all the public holidays happening over Easter and ANZAC day, I decided to fill in the blanks with personal leave to get 10 days off […]
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Bye Bye, Pandaren
Tomorrow patch 8.1.5 arrives in World of Warcraft, and with it comes the much-anticipated allied races of Kul’Tiran humans and Zandalari trolls (along with a WHOLE bunch of awesome content!) I am beyond excited (as usual) for new WoW content. But I will admit I’m feeling bittersweet. Since I first learned of the Kul’Tirans being […]
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The goal for 2019
It is New Year’s Eve. 2019 is on the other side of this day, and as is customary, people are making resolutions in the hopes of making the most of the year to come. I am one of those people. 2018 was a pretty ok year for me. It was tough, but I won’t complain. […]
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Tying a bow on 2018
Another year is coming to a close. It’s always a time for us to look back and reflect on the year, to celebrate our achievements and say goodbye to perhaps some of the sadder moments that have happened. For this post, I’m going to take a look back at my 2018 bucket list to see […]
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Merry 2018!
Wishing everyone a very happy holidays! I hope your days are filled with happy hearts and happy tummies. ❤ Thank you to all of you for simply just being here; for reading my blog or liking my tweets, watching my streams or listening to my podcast, or just generally being an amazing person to know. […]
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A quick catchup
It seems to be that the more adamant I am about writing more, the less I do it. It’s like the universe listens to my plans and says “Nup! Not today!” and I get ridiculously busy. Which is how I find myself in the middle of December all of a sudden. When did that happen?! […]
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On the move
It’s been 2 lockouts since Realm disbanded. It’s been weird not raiding. I played a whooole lot less. The break was nice in a way, but to be honest one of the main reasons I wasn’t playing as much because there just wasn’t anyone else around. It got very lonely very quickly, and it was […]
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The anxiety and the guild crash… and what’s next
It’s been hard to start this post. Or any other blog post for that matter, if I’m being completely honest. But this one, I don’t really know how to start. I know the things I have to say, but putting them in order is proving difficult. So how about we make a deal and pretend […]
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Challenge 40: Getting to know you…
Topic 40 of Z and I’s fortnightly blog challenge is all about getting to know the people behind the blogs. As usual, I’m late with my post, but better late than never! So! Here are a bunch of random facts about me! 1. How do you drink your tea? I like English Breakfast tea, a […]
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The un-break-up
Those of you who follow my twitter account will have seen that this past week was quite the rollercoaster. I’m personally still reeling a little bit from everything that happened (though I am overly dramatic, I know). On Wednesday, Realm as a guild ended. And then on Thursday, it didn’t. Confused? Well, it will make […]
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Pre-patch makeover
I really love a new pre-patch. There’s something about it that makes me feel like I’ve got a clean slate. It’s a new beginning which means new opportunities to kick butt in game and have new adventures. It’s also an opportunity to have a bit of a spring clean and a makeover, which is exactly […]
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Raiding with Realm
I’ve been wanting to do something for my guild for quite some time. I’ve grown so fond of my guildies, and I wanted to say thank you.
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A peek at Cinder’s world
Well hi there, friends. Today I wanted to take on a little peak behind the curtain, and show you where I am when I’m writing/streaming/talking to you all. It’s take awhile… in fact, it’s take the whole time we’ve lived in this apartment, so about 4 years? But finally – FINALLY I have all my […]
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What to do in 2018
2018 is a big year for many reasons. The most obvious being that World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Battle for Azeroth will be coming out. awww yeah!
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The catch-up
It’s been awhile, so I thought I’d best do a catch-up post to let you know what I’ve been up to and what I have planned.
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Now scheduling: Blizzcon hype
I’m currently in the middle of a different post, but I saw that the Blizzcon2017 schedule was released today and just had to squee about it for awhile! Seriously, the hype is oh so real. Blizzcon this year looks AMAZING. There are so many panels that I’m planning to watch, that I don’t know if […]
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It’s about time!
Oh my goodness what a month this has been! Back at the end of August when I finally made the decision to move my blog to somewhere more permanent, I had no idea how long it would be until my blog was safely in place and available to post to. I expected a weekend of […]
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Moving
Hey guys just a quick heads up. I’m making some changes to my website over the coming days/weeks, so things might look a bit weird around here… hopefully I shouldn’t break anything!! But don’t freak out if I do, or if things look strange or broken or whatever. I’ll get it right at some point! […]
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Z and Cinder’s Blog Challenge Topic 23: Why do I blog about WoW?
Hey, what a surprise, I’m behind on posting responses to our blog challenges! That is so unlike me! 😉 Clearly I have a lot of catching up to do, and rather than starting at where I last left off, I’m just going to go in any darn order that pleases me. So, Topic 23 asked why […]
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 16: there’s no place like home (thank goodness!)
I really struggled with this topic, which is why it’s late! I thought long and hard about which areas in WoW reminded me of home….
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 15: I love it all!!
It’s funny, I’ve put off writing this post for awhile. Not because I don’t have anything to love about WoW, but because there is so much to love and I’m finding it difficult to pin down only a few things to talk about.
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It was the best of times, it was the busiest of times!
Getting back to work has been really great – knowing I’ve got money coming in again to pay bills is a big load off my mind! But it does come with the downside of a lot less game time.
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On a personal note
It sure has been quiet around here, hasn’t it? To say things have been chaotic in my life right now is a bit of an understatement, and it has obviously been affecting all the “extra-curricular” things I do in my life – this blog included.
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My harasser
I’ve ummed and ahhed about writing this post for quite some time now for a number of reasons. But last night something changed, and I stopped being angered and upset by the situation and instead felt an immense amount of pity and, well… schadenfreude.
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Blog challenge – 12 years and the impact
This week started the 12th birthday celebrations for World of Warcraft. It’s crazy that a game this old is still this popular, although I understand it. The topic we chose for the challenge this week is an opportunity to take a step back and look at how this game has impacted our lives. Because let’s face it – WoW can have a massive impact.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge – thoughts on 7.1
This week patch 7.1 Return to Karazhan was released. And what a patch it is! 7.1 brings with it a new min-raid, a whole bunch of new pet battle content (including a new Raiding With Leashes achievement and wild pets to raise into mounts) and, of course, Karazhan – the mythic dungeon on steroids (plus a buch of other stuff) . So how have I been spending 7.1?
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Z & Cinder’s Blog Challenge – The Three Cinders
My lovely friend Zeirah and I are challenging each other with a weekly blog post. We choose a topic and both write about it. This week’s topic is a bit different – this week we’re talking about ingame persona vs. real life persona. You can read Z’s post this right here. There’s something about being in your own […]
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On saying goodbye
It seems to be that barely a few weeks go by before we are saying “farewell” to another Blizzard employee. And it’s always followed shortly after with the chorus of “Blizzard is collapsing” or “this is the end of WoW – even the devs know it, that’s why they’re jumping ship” conspiracies. What people tend […]
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A light in the dark
I don’t think there is ever going to be a time that I’m not worried about being good enough in this world. When it comes to World of Warcraft, I’m always worried that I’m not a good enough healer, or that I’m not a good enough raider, or that I don’t contribute enough to the […]
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At the end of April
It’s been awhile since I posted. I’ll be honest, I’ve been busy and not really having a brilliant time of things so haven’t had a lot of energy to write. That’s not to say that things haven’t been happening, so that’s why I’m here. Raiding The biggest thing is that I’m now 12/13 mythic bosses […]
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It’s oh so quiet
My poor little blog has been neglected of late. I had a very busy week at work in the lead up to me flying off to visit family for an early Christmas, so I didn’t have much time to post before I left. I didn’t have any way of posting while I was up there […]
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All about the loot – Blizzard goodies!
Last week I received a very large box at my work. Inside the box was Blizzard goodies! I finally got around to making some space in the apartment over the weekend to give them a home and thought I would share them with you.
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Birthday Yak
I got a yak, hey hey hey hey! So my boyfriend wanted to make sure that I had something for my birthday, despite buying me safari tickets (!!!!!!!) So he bought me the most expensive mount in WoW – the Grand Expedition Yak, This thing is gloriously obscene. I LOVE IT! It has a little […]
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Birthday treats for me
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! I’m turning old next week (the big 30) so to make myself feel better I spent far too much money on some new toys for myself. So excited! I want to take them home and play with them now, not have to sit through another 5 hours of work and having […]
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