Blog Posting #12: The Crackdown...

Wow; I cannot believe that this is the last blog entry of the semester. Time has seriously flown by this spring, and I am finding it incredibly hard to believe that this is my last semester of school. I have learned so much about technology from my classes in SLIS, and I really hope to learn more while on the job.

I start my internship in about a month, and will be working with the Genealogy Cataloger with the ACPL. I know that there will be a lot of new technologies that I will encounter in the field of technical services and cataloging in the future. I guess what I am the most apprehensive about is keeping up with the influx of technology. Right now it seems almost impossible, but I know that once I am dealing with it on a daily basis, it will be easy to keep up with the newest additions in the technological world.

So, my World of Warcraft free day trial ends tomorrow and I am strongly considering getting a subscription (you were right, ‘Drea). This weekend, my boyfriend and I were trying to play together, and somehow, when he tried to connect his laptop to the Internet connection, I was booted from World of Warcraft. Therefore, I could not get my Internet connection to work, which you need to play the game. I found myself getting kind of irritated with the fact that the game did not work. Wow, literally, should I get a subscription?

At any rate, I will be extremely busy with my internship and trying to work full time in about a month. I think that I am entitled to have my pointless fun right now. Of course, I am still trying to finish up my projects. For my other class, I have to try to integrate technology with my topic: women poets. I am still trying to figure out a way other than incorporating audio. Oh well, the ideas will start flowing soon.

Blog Posting #11: I Have Lost the Battle...

Okay, so, I gave in to “World of Warcraft” when my boyfriend gave me a ten-day trial pass. Last night, I was up playing it for a while, and decided to quit when my eyes were bugging out of my head. So, we had to go buy more RAM for my computer in order for it to play World of Warcraft, which ended up costing me forty dollars. Oh, well, I am almost done with school and am on track with my projects; so, I am allowed a little entertainment, right?

I guess I am lucky that I have had to work for the past couple of evenings, which has prevented my potential indulgence of playing that videogame. I never thought I would be one of those people: sitting in front of the computer with my cute little gnome, attempting to fight troggs. I had a lot of fun designing my character; a gnome I named “Miaopal.” I really do not want to be one of those dorks that sits around playing games like World of Warcraft in my pajamas all day long (even though that does sound appealing right now).

The one thing that irritated me about this game was that I was so confused on how to play it, and no one would assist me when I asked him or her questions. I felt like such a dork lying on the floor of my boyfriend’s apartment with my laptop, playing World of Warcraft on a Saturday night. That was when I really felt the needles of technology piercing itself through my body. So, I woke up the next morning with my back and neck incredibly stiff and wished for an electronic device to make it feel more relaxed.

So, technology and games are fantastic for leisurely fun, but my downfall is that I like to feel productive and that I am doing something worthwhile. That is when I feel guilty for allowing myself to indulge in virtual games. Although this is a ten-day trial game, I cannot help but to wonder what happens when one gets further in the game.