When I logged in to WordPress this morning, I was greeted by a “Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com!” notification.
That’s right, it is today, isn’t it?
I knew my blogiversary was coming up, and I’d put in a certain amount of effort to make sure that TYI would be finished by then, but I hadn’t checked whether it was the 8th or the 9th yet, and I hadn’t thought at all about what I would post for the occasion.
Between putting together and updating my “Things My Characters Wear” posts and the multi-part Transmogrification contests in which I participated, Transmogrification has really taken over my blog in the past year. I had good intentions of updating the Barbershop guide with Pandaren information, and I’ve taken all the necessary screenshots, but I haven’t managed to get around to the tedious work of processing, uploading, and posting them. Although the stories that were in draft at my last blogiversary are still in draft, I wrote two new stories that I’m quite pleased with: a post-Shattering Gnome starting area story (prompted by BBB) and a story about the Wandering Isle. I posted some new art, too — mostly illustrations for Akabeko & co.’s stories — and, having bought myself a graphics tablet last summer as an RL wedding anniversary present, finally began experimenting with digital coloring.
This has been a moderately successful year for character advancement. Last year at this time, I had three level 85 characters — the same three who had been my level 80s at the end of Wrath. My Hunter was level 82 and I was hoping that I’d manage to get her to 85 before Mists arrived. Well, not only did I get my Hunter to level 85, I also leveled mini-Kam from scratch to level 85, and I leveled my Human Mage to 85, giving me six level 85 characters at the time that Mists launched. Five of those six characters are now level 86 or higher, and a seventh character, my Monk, is now closing in on becoming my second level 90. Over the past few months, my Warrior has advanced from being on the cusp of Outland to the Argent Tournament, and my Paladin has grown from around level 50 to level 60. Most of my other characters have gained at least a couple of levels courtesy of the Darkmoon Faire profession quests.
When Mists came, I decided to focus on my Tauren characters. I would like to get my primary character of each class to level 90 and get the secondaries at least high enough to wear all the Transmogrification kits I have planned for them. When I’ve gotten all of my primary Tauren to level 90, then I can work on leveling my Rogue, my Warlock, and one of my Mages (not necessarily the Mage who is already at level 85) to 90 to achieve my very-long-term WoW goal of leveling a character of each class to the level cap. I guess we’ll see how much of that I manage to accomplish in the next year.
Although it’s often said that for the best blogging satisfaction, one should blog more for oneself than for one’s audience, I appreciate every comment. You guys make this a lot more fun. Thank you! π
Happy Blogiversary!!!
Thanks!
Congratulations on another successful year of blogging!
Thank you! π
Happy Blogiversary Kamalia!!! /champagne toast π
Thanks! /martinellis π
Grats! Looking forward to many more.
Thank you! I think there’s at least a few more years of blogging about WoW in me π
Congrats on another successful year of blogging. I’m so glad to have met you through this medium.
And I feel the same way about you! π
Happy blogiversary! Love the blog-day cake pic! π
Thanks! The in-game cakes with candles are such a fun little detail!
Happy anniversary!
Thanks!
Woot!
Happy Blogiversary!
Woot indeed! TY!
Yay! Happy anniversary! May there be many more!
Thank you! I think this blog has got at least another two or three years in it π
Conga rats. I say that comments are the conversation that keeps blogging fun. π
Thank you! It is indeed the conversation in the comments that makes blogging extra enjoyable π
Congratulations Kamalia!
Well I have certainly been enjoying your focus on mogging and I hope you will continue being active here and in the blogosphere or a long, long time!
Thank you muchly! I think I have so many Transmogrification kit ideas stored up that I could change at least one character’s outfit every week for months before I ran out. π
Happy belated blogversary! π (Sorry I didn’t see this yesterday!)
Thank you — and it’s not “belated” until I make another post π
Happy blogversary!! Mine was the 6th, we’re almost blogversary twins, lol! π
Thanks and happy happy blogiversary to you, too! π
Major grats π Yours is one of the blogs that I always save to read, no matter how busy I get!! ^_^
Thank you! And the feeling is definitely mutual π
Congratulations Kamalia π I hope you’ll keep going untill we will run out of gear to transmog with! Which hopefully, will keep stacking up untill the end of time π
Thank you! I plan to try to keep going with WoW at least until level 100. After that, I’m not so sure π
Omg where is my comment? Happy blogiversary!
Thanks! π
I’m soooooo late to the party, hope there’s some cake in the freezer left >_>
Happy blogiversary! Keep doing what you’re doing! o/ \o
Thank you thank you! Hmm, I think there is some cake left in the freezer π
Okay so I am totally really late with this but just catching up on the blogs a bit π A very happy blogaversary to you, and well done for another year of great blogging! I love seeing your artwork β€
Thank you very much! π
[…] Last year at this time, I had one level 90 character — Kamalia — and four other characters who were level 86 or higher. At the time, I thought that the Monk, Katewatha, would be my second 90, but that turned out to be the secondary Tauren Shaman, mini-Kam, instead. The Warrior was at the Argent Tournament and the Paladin had just reached Outland. Today, I have ten level 90 characters. I accomplished my goal of getting the primary Tauren characters of each class the race can be up to level 90. That’s eight classes, and I also have the Blood Elf Mage and the secondary Tauren Shaman at 90. Other characters who’ve made significant leveling progress in the past year include the secondary Warrior, who went from level 30-something to level 60; the Warlock, who went from 40-something to 60-something; the Draenei Mage, who went from 62 to 73; the Underpowered Death Knight, who reached level 70 and then level 80; and the Pet Battling Monk, who rocketed from level 1 to level 80. For awhile, it looked like the Pet Battling Monk would be my eleventh 90. She’s kind of gotten stuck in the low 80s, though, because after I finally picked some primary professions for her, I wanted to get them skilled up to at least Cataclysm competency before she did much Cataclysm quest or LFD content, and I would rather gather the requisite heaps of cloth and leather myself than buy them from the AH. […]