No time to flirt

I swear I have no time to log in...much less time to flirt when I do log in. There's potions to make, herbs to gather, and guild gossip to sift through on Azune, plus things to sell on my bank alt and leveling to do on my other alts.

Doesn't help that real life has sucked up most of my free time lately. Been building the photography side of our business, and that means getting more photos in our portfolio. Since our neighbors and friends have all come up with excuses why they can't sit still even for FREE portraits (vacations, work, needing to lose weight, want to shop for new clothes first, you name it), we've had to find other folks who'll sit still for us. Namely, models.

Thank god for the internet -- and for Model Mayhem, one of the many sites out there where you can network with models and other photographers and find people where you can either pay them or trade images for their time. We just had our 3rd paid model shoot, have another scheduled in two weeks, and have enough shots in our MM portfolio that we're starting to get interest from the folks who will sit for free in trade for a few images for their portfolio. At this rate we may just have enough of the nice PG-rated images we need for a couple of marketing pieces we're working on, plus we'll have some really rockin' non-PG images that we feel are art-worthy enough to hang on our walls.

You can see my shots of models (both clothed and nude) on MM at http://www.modelmayhem.com/1269594, and my husband's much larger portfolio is at http://www.modelmayhem.com/1221997 . (If you're not a member you won't see any of the ones rated M for mature, sorry.) I think we do good work -- and boy are we having fun. Sure, it means Azune has no time to flirt in Dalaran, but that's OK. Sometimes real life can be just as much fun as a video game.

Serve it warm

Flirting is a dish best served warm. By that I mean that the flirting person should be warm -- happy, content, perhaps even a little giddy.

But far too often we try to flirt when our "real" life isn't conducive to being lighthearted. Instead of the flirting coming from a good place and making us feel even better, we attempt to use flirting as a way to feel good.

And that's bad. Because flirting as a cold dish is, well, icky.

If you're not warm, then don't flirt -- go fish or kill something. Get your mood up with some chocolate. Or just plain log out and deal with whatever you need to deal with IRL. But don't make the mistake of trying to act giddy and sweet when your mood is anything but.

Happy Birthday!

The object of my most dedicated and passionate flirting is my darling husband. And today is his birthday.

Needless to say, I haven't limited the celebrating to today...fun has been happening since Monday, and will continue through the rest of the week and weekend.

Most people make the mistake of only celebrating for about half an hour once they pass a certain age (usually somewhere in their mid-20s). A glass of wine, a slice of cake, and some hearty greetings from your pals is usually about all a busy adult has time for. But what's the fun in that? After all, the older you get the more obvious it becomes that on your birthday you aren't actually celebrating your birth...but rather your continued life.

So, in honor of Bruce, here's a toast to everyone who has a March birthday. Congrats on life. Now go live it.