What to do when you’re not WoWing
I’m not running out of ideas, but this Blog Azeroth shared topic is a good opportunity to talk about something I like – me!
“What do you do when you can’t WoW?”
My old laptop. Stepping on it was a bad idea.
I’m lucky. I have a reliable internet connection, a backup, two WoW-capable computers and a boyfriend with all the above. None of my WoW absences have been caused by technological disasters (except for some ADSL deaths), but I do occassionally end up in places where WoW simply isn’t possible…
Sadly, I don’t have any simple solution for entertaining yourself while you can’t play. Very basic things work for me…
1. Reading. I love to read and, while I probably still do it more than the average person, I’m nowhere near my all-time highs. No computer/internet = a lot of catching up. I miss staying in bed all day because “OMG what happens next?!?”.
2. Writing comes with reading. I write book reviews on blog and I always want to rant or rave about how cool the last book was or how the writer sucks. I usually take advantage of WoW breaks to fiddle with the design too.
3. I used to watch a lot of TV series a couple of years ago, but my attention span has gotten smaller and smaller, so I haven’t done it in a while. That said, last year I took the laptop with me on holidays in places without internet and had a blast catching up on Lost and BSG. I still haven’t watched the last 2 episodes of BSG and that holiday was 10 months ago…
4. Although it’s not half as fun, cleaning is also on the list. I need a WoW break from time to time to move the mountains of discarded stuff from place to place… Sometimes I even cook! If I’m horribly bored, this can actually be entertaining – and audiobooks are perfect for when i’m mindlessly vacuuming.
5. But the best thing to do when you can’t WoW is… read about WoW. Whenever I’m bored at work I open WoW.com or click through blogs and get my game fix by proxy, then plan what I’ll do when I get home. I guess this won’t help anyone who’s away from WoW for a long time, but oh well, you can troll the forums or something, right?
6. Oh yeah, and sometimes I even go out. If it’s not too cold or too hot or too wet and I’m not too lazy. Yeah.