Mad. So Mad

This is really the first time I've been able to write coherently about how mad I was about the Fool for Love Achievement. I religiously set out to farm the various achievements and then with 2 and a half days to go, I was down to missing one achievement -- the candy hearts. I had 7 of the 8 sayings needed.

For every hour I was awake and at home, I logged into my character parked in Ironforge and wearing smelly stuff. Each hour I became adored. Over the course of the 2.5 days, I received four more candy heart bags. Over the course of those four bags, I failed to open the last candy I needed. At the end of the event, or when I had to log as it was nearing midnight, I was still missing the last saying.

I object to having to fight the random number generator twice for that stupid achievement. I object to not being a fool for love. I object to waiting even LONGER for my mount reward.

If I were feeling snarky, I'd calculate the odds of this happening. But I'm afraid it would break my heart even more completely.

Midsummer Fire Festival

The Midsummer Fire Festival goes live tomorrow 6/21/2008. While one of the more lackluster seasonal events previously, the rumor is that this holiday has been substantially updated and is closer in scope to Hallow's End. It even has a level 70 summonable boss (in Coilfang Reservoir's Slave Pens) that can be attempted in either normal or heroic mode.

While I'm not generally a big fan of the holiday stuff, I'll probably do something with this. The quality of loot from the Headless Horseman was very good, and if this boss is anything like the horseman event, I'd not want to miss out on it.

The festival is scheduled to run 6/21 through 7/4. So, get your Midsummer fix in within the next two weeks.