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It's supposed to get up to 85 today. 85. >_< ;;;;;;;

In gamey news, we *finally* got Gruul down again. And better still, it was a full clear of Gruul's Lair in only one night (2hrs actually)--then got to poke our heads in to see Magtheridon a couple times, and I can already tell I'm going to ~hate~ that fight. :) Oh, and full raider status for Nightmare Walking, w00t /flex Fi-nal-ly. Also also, got the 'lock tier 4 shoulders, which are sexy and spark with purple lightning ♥

Woo, many meetings today. I am so thrilled. >p

weird random babbling

Seems sometimes that people are able to find a strong symbol of identity for themselves, and it's always bothered me that I haven't. Don't ask me why, it just does. I mean, some seem to have totem animals, some have fascinations like fire (and sometimes I wonder if I'm drawn more to the people who are like this than the objects themselves), some have some reference that holds great meaning for them. Me, I have labels that always seem just false--whitereflection, that's neat sounding, but sounds like light, and my personality or self isn't light. Nor is it fire, as much as I like having a handle like livingflame elsewhere--it's what I wish I could be, but am not. And my other names for things like email--all fannish stuff, that has no identity meaning (kurama, shinizero, kawahebi, sasuke, and we won't even get into game names).

I guess it keeps bugging me that I can't seem to find a symbol, and again, I don't know why that it does bother me. But something hit me today, when I think of the sort of environment that brings me contentment, and something I tend to be oddly drawn to all the time--hell, I even used it as a fic theme once. Clouds--especially the state of being overcast, bringing rain and storms, not necessarily black but grey. Especially when I hit this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbostratus Reading it over, if I had to do it all again, I'd be nimbostratus. Sort of sums up a lot about my personality and the way I live my life--not knocking myself, but being honest about the way I am and how I act/react.

Not that I'm renaming anything--I'm a stick in the mud, and I'm content to keep whitereflection, shinizero, livingflame, and so on. But at least maybe I've mentally found a symbol. Maybe I'll change my AIM to that or something, though.

But mm, I adore cloud names. It entertained me to wander through the wikipedia stuff just reading all the strange-sounding words. (Fractonimbus, pannus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractus_cloud , pyrocumulus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrocumulus_cloud ) Or hell, even related terms like derecho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho relating to squall lines, which yeah, bring out the geek in me again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm ) Cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus, and so on and so on, and all the subvariants, so many. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud)

Or something. Anyway. Shutting up now.