N.E.R.D

So I logged into WoW, and what did I see?

Bitches ridin' dicks like they supposed to be

So, I spent the vast majority of this weekend leveling. And it was fucking awesome. Wait, no, it sucked and it was boring. With Chicago colder than um, something really really cold, it's the perfect time to unwind and Blizzard AoE grind undead for hours on end. I'll be gone for most of the next week to celebrate Native Americans giving us syphilis in exchange for small pox, but hopefully I'll hit 80 with some time to spare before Arena starts up -- at which point, I'll have no gear and no honor, but I'm too thug to wear gear or use a PvP trinket. (Radikalus is sans trinket)

I finally got around to watching those old Korean Named series matches that took place under 3.0. Pretty fun - since I never really played 3.0, I don't have a ton to say. 

This is a bit off topic, but while surfing the interwebs, I've seen some people use the word "nerd" incorrectly. I don't know what this fucking lower case "nerd" means. I understand NERD. But "nerd"? WTF.

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[Guild][Radikal] HAHA OMFAGBALS I DIED ON THIS NERD RP QUEST

[Guild][Cocksmen] What quest?

[Guild][Radikal] FUCK U NERD I DONT KNOW 

[Guild][Homie] hows work fag

[Guild][Radika] I sell short Canadian dollars everyday and blast some DMX party up

[Guild][Homie] queerbait

[Guild][Radikal] I LIKE PRETTY DICKS

[Guild][Radikal] I LIKE PRETTY DICKS AND I CANNOT LIE

[Guild][Radikal] Um, so like, Campbell's soup CDS is cheaper than that of the US

[Guild][Homie] wtf does that mean NERD

[Guild][Radikal] It MEANS that the US gov't is more likely to default on its debt than a soup company. DONT NEED GOVT IF U GOT A BOWL OF SOUP

[Guild][SomeBrownman] or a bowl of dix

Honestly, I don't really like seeing NERD not surrounded by other capital letters. It stands out more, but so do minorities or fat kids, what's your point?

I'm dead serious about that Campbell's thing. 

I promised I'd post more this weekend, but well, promises are made like fingers, to be broken.

Oh, and I actually had someone come in game to whisper me that I'm an "immature asshole", which I failed to screenshot due to a brief spurt of downs, but it was pretty special and if you take anything you read on this blog personally or seriously, I recommend that you chilllll and realize that I don't mean half the things I say, I JUST LIKE TO SAY MEAN THINGS. YOUR UGLY AND NOBODY WILL EVER LOVE YOU.

Very Quick

I'll be adding to this later on today, but for nowwwww

I scooped (scoopaloop) wotlk and opted to level my gnome. My rationale is basically that the relative advantage of Human over Gnome racial is probably least significant on a mage when a good deal of CC is half duration on mages. Combine that with the fact that PvP trinkets have a fuckton of resilience and the actual on-use doesn't cost much in item budget and it's hard to really imagine a situation where human racial + random trinket is much better than PvP trinket + EA. Better casting animations and slightly better mini-racials too. (int, arcane resist) REALLY CAN'T DEAL WITH ANOTHER YEAR OF BASKET WEAVING IN MY VIDS.

Leveling will be really slow as I have really no more than 10-12 hours a week to contribute to WoW until 09 and I'll be gone a lot of the remainder of the year. Also, I spend the majority of my time ganking instead of leveling...Sup BaDF.

More WoW later.

So yesterday saw the biggest intraday Bond rally ever. Ever. Four points after the close alone. This is raining fire, four hoursemen of sweet sweet Apocalypse shit. 

There are significant dislocations in prices. Gasoline futures at one dollar per gallon? Hard to imagine global demand sinking that low. Citi June09 5 dollar puts are trading 2.8. THIS IS FUCKING CRAZY. With Citi stock at 4, sell the puts and if citi goes under, you lose 5-2.8 = 2.20. If Citi survives, you keep the 2.8 in premium. The world is saying it is more likely to go under than survive. Fuck, the trade is even way better than that as it is highly unlikely even if Citi fails, that their stock price will actually hit zero. (Might get saved or bought at 1 or 2 bucks)

Bond straddles trading for 12 ticks? Reallly?

Shit is fucking crazy in finance right now. People are certainly blowing up in these conditions. PPPPPARRTTTYYYYYY.