Cory Taylor

Can you believe that work made me work last week? The nerve! What’s worse? They’ll continue to make me work this week!

The jerks.

While I try really hard to find some buried treasure to retire with, it’s time for our daily question-and-answer column — The Queue!

We're a week into the second season of Midnight, and that means that we're staring down the barrel of another Mythic raiding Race to World First!

We went and saw The Pretty Reckless last week, and it was amazing! They put on one heck of a great rock show. Taylor Momsen has an amazing rock and roll voice, and the band backs her up so well. Their new album slotted in beautifully with their older songs like it belonged there all along. I’m glad that we took the extra trip to go see them headlining their own show, rather than the opener for AC/DC a couple of days earlier. If you get the chance to see them on their tour, you should take it. You won’t have a face anymore after it was rocked off, but that’s ok — you’ll have given it up for a good cause.

The rest of the trip was fun, rainy, but fun! We had ice cream in the mountains, soaked in some hot springs, and walked along a beach. The beach also had ice cream, if you can believe it.

While I look into plane tickets to another Pretty Reckless show, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It’s road trip time with my favorite person! We’re going to go see a band I like, visit some hot springs, and do other things! It’s gonna be fun on the bun. Or at least fun on the Twizzlers and other gummy candies, as the only way I can buy road trip snacks is to act like an eight-year-old who’s just been given a twenty in a candy shop.

By the time you’re reading this, I’ll have already been driving for a few hours, so wish me good coffee and clear roads.

While I check the map once again to see if there’s any short cuts to take, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It’s my eight-year Blizzard Watch anniversary! This very day! It’s hard to believe that it’s been so long. Surely it was just yesterday; now let me take a big sip of water and take a look at a calendar…

Way back when I got hired, I’d basically never written anything outside of school. Now I have 700 articles to my name according to the tracker on WordPress. This is also apparently my 700th article, which is pretty cool! I still remember when I started Anne introducing herself and saying, “Don’t be scared, but I have notes!” Amazingly, she’s as nice as you expect her to be, and she helped me to be a better writer. As well as literally everyone else that Blizzard Watch has gotten to write or edit any of our articles. Special shout-outs to Anna and Liz for keeping everything running and putting up with my overuse of the exclamation point. Even though if they’re reading this right now, they’re shaking their head at how many I’ve already used. It’s been eight years — I’m allowed to be excited!

My first article about Daughter of the Sea still even remains cool! I’m glad it was about something really fun, and not just a patch note roundup. Maybe someday Blizzard will give us another sea-shanty to obsess over.

So here’s to you all for reading my words, and here’s to Blizzard Watch for giving me a place to put those words. Thanks to them, I’ve gotten to do a bunch of really cool things, and I can’t wait to see what else I can do in the future.

While I daydream about that, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It’s been a fun ten days of going to the faire with my favorite person! We rode rides, ate fried food, saw shows, and only got rained out twice. Which, considering the wet year that Edmonton has had, is not too bad. We even snuck in a major concert at a stadium to see Jelly Roll and Post Malone. The show had so many pyrotechnics that we could feel the heat on our faces even way up in the top stands!

My feet may be tired, but I already can’t wait for next year’s faire. It’s super fun, and I love the chance to see so many musical acts that I wouldn’t get to normally. We even managed to not pay a cent for parking during the whole thing, which is a pretty good win in my books.

While I try to adjust to a normal life again, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I’ve always wanted to go to space, but actual space flight seems… complicated. So this slingshot ride behind me seems like the next best thing.

I would totally ride it, but here’s the problem — it costs $50 to touch the sky. Which feels like just slightly too much money. If it was only 25 bucks, I would’ve already gone up, maybe multiple times over the last few years. If it was 40, I could grumble about it, but suck it up and take the launch of a lifetime. Fifty though?! That’s too much money to just go by myself.

I’ve been trying to see if any of the other Blizzard Watch staff want to sponsor me to take that launch. Maybe Anna really wants to finally be rid of me, and this is the most expedient way. Maybe Liz needs someone to be able to come on the podcast and talk about the experience. Either way, I’ve been a good Blizzard Watcher, and I would like to ride the slingshot. I’ve even written a haiku about it.

Oh giant slingshot
Launch me skyward to the sun
Mostly screams of joy

If that doesn’t get me a free slingshot ride, I don’t know what will.

While I come up with more ideas to prove how much I deserve to be sent to space, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

So, there weren’t really any questions that spoke to me from the Friday Queue. Sometimes this happens!

This means you get a Queue full of me answering random “Would you rather” questions I found online.

While I go find an eyepatch to put on a racoon, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I must be stuck in a trap. That’s the only reason I can think of for still being here.

Look, that cheese was so appealing and delicious looking… Is it any wonder that I took just a small nibble? It’s not like I ate a bunch of pomegranate seeds or ate at a table in the Fae Court. That would be silly. I certainly haven’t been pushing on a door that’s clearly marked “Pull,” I haven’t made that mistake in so long.

While I contemplate gnawing off my own foot, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Hey, wasn’t I just here?

I could’ve sworn I was just here. Or is it more like I’m still here? Either way, I’m here, you’re here, my cat is here, let’s do this thing.

While I try to figure out if I’m alive, dead, or stuck in a box, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!