Kristin is shaking her bunny-maker.

For the first time in at least a year, I sat down and played WoW with other people in the room. Amazing. (It probably helped that after an hour or so, Cameron gave me his computer, a pretty high-powered desktop with an absurdly large screen, as compared to my very average laptop. It was better than anything else in the world.) I joined a guild for the first time since my original guild split in...2007? I may have my antisocial tendencies, but this was like seeing the sun for the first time in years. I'm not an active guild member, they just let people invite their friends, who can later apply to raid with everyone else.

I logged on for the first time since Tame (Exotic) became available. I now have a woolly rhino named Sweetums, and she completes me.

The real problem here, though, is Noblegarden. It's so horribly cute that I can't stop playing until I finish those achievements. And it's only available for one week, so I can't put it off. Nothing seems to motivate people like things being available for limited times only: score one for Blizzard and its holidays.

It does seem somewhat strange that the whole holiday is unbearably cute. It seems like one of those "know your audience" things, and I'm really wondering what the overlap is for "people who would squeal excitedly after their avatar got turned into a bunny" and "people who like to kill things mercilessly with their epic weapons and big spiky armor." On the other hand...it's Blizzard, and they can do what they want.

Also, a picture of Sweetums.