I got the Wii Fit about a month ago so I can get in some light exercise at home to keep up my strength while I’m undergoing chemotherapy. I’ve used it about 10 days so far, my best day being a 15 minute long workout.
I’m finally having a day where I’m feeling really good and healthy and I got in two 30 minute workouts today. I’m using wiifitroutine.com to generate workouts and I did one easy 30 minute workout this morning and one medium 30 minute workout this evening. Wow am I pumped! I can really feel the endorphins working.
I have chemotherapy again tomorrow but not until the afternoon so I hope to get another half hour workout in in the morning and then I’ll probably need to take several days off again or at least only do a few minutes of the lightest yoga.
Once I’m done with chemo (hopefully in May), I’m planning to move to a more intense game like EA Sports Active.
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An overview of the appearance and lore of the current playable races in World of Warcraft from a casual, female player’s point of view. Almost all of my characters are humans or blood elves because they depict what I’d most like to look like which for me is a cornerstone of a fantasy game.
Human
Almost all of my characters are human because they’re the easiest race for me to associate myself with. They’ve got medieval European based lore and Humans are the classic good guys in the original Warcraft game.
Dwarf
Dwarves are basically short and stocky humans with an Irish twist including accents and beer.
Gnome
I’m 6 feet tall which is unusually tall for a woman. How am I supposed to feel a connection with a character that’s about 2 feet tall? I do appreciate their option for pink hair though.
Night Elf
Night elves embrace nature for their powers. They’ve got purple skin tones but I just don’t like any of their hair color options which are shades of white, blue, green, and purple.
Draenei
Space cows (or maybe goats, but they definitely have hooves and horns). It’s a fantasy world and in my fantasies I am not a cow. I do appreciate the space pop culture references worked into their lore like the Kessel Run from Star Wars.
Orc
Orcs are ugly and I just don’t get their background/lore aside from the fact that they’re the classic bad guys from the original Warcraft game.
Troll
Trolls are ugly but they have a really interesting Caribbean/Voodoo based lore.
Tauren
Another race of cows, but now that I’ve really dug into the Horde storyline with my latest Blood Elf I’m starting to get into their Native American based lore.
Undead
The undead are awesome because they’re basically zombies; humans risen from the dead. Unfortunately they’re really ugly looking and hunched over. I love their lore but I just can’t get on board with their looks.
Blood Elf
The blood elves are night elves that were exiled for being power hungry and using magic. They’re way prettier than the night elves because they have pink skin tones and normal hair colors. The blood elves also live in a super luxurious and beautiful city. This is the Horde race for people who want my kind of beautiful, magical fantasy world.
