When I have the spare time, I frequently chat with Matt and Wyn about all things holy priest. Sometimes when we’re talking Matt says; “you should post that.” My response is typically; “that’s not the focus on my blog. The neophyte and seasoned priests can go to your world for priesting.” That being said, I spend a lot of time thinking about and talking about healing. I have to. Aside from guild leading, I wear the healing role lead hat for my guild. I build our healing strats and I evaluate, recruit, and coach our healers. Beyond that, I just enjoy it. So when Matt came to me and said “Auz, what do you think about a new healing community?” I said “YES! Sign me up.” PlusHeal.com is that community. It’s intended as a gathering spot for healers of all levels of experience; from the new wow player, to the gee I wanna make an alt, to the we’re working on Kil’jaden and everything in between.

As far as bloggers go, Matt has tapped the healing think tank. I’m frankly honored to be collaborating with such intelligent, talented people to help form this community. The roster includes:
Matticus of World of Matticus
Wyn of World of Matticus
Siha of Banana Shoulders
Anna of Too Many Annas
Lume of Lume the Mad and
Nuetralise of Spirit is Your Friend

EDIT: Just when I thought it couldn’t get better it did! Phae from Resto 4 Life has joined the team!

Matt blew the lid off our NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement for you kids who aren’t hip to the lingo - have I mentioned I’m taking a lot of medicine?) in his announcement post today. At this point, all we’re really missing is you. Even if you aren’t a healer, I encourage you to pop in. As a leader, it’s always helpful to get a perspective from a different raid role.

PS - To the English language and all who study it, I sincerely apologize for my abuse of colons and semicolons. I’d like to say it won’t happen again. I’d like to say that if you teach me the rules I’ll follow them. That fact is, I won’t. I am irreverent in my use of these misunderstood punctuation marks. I can’t help myself. Please know that while I am unwilling to renounce my sins against my mother tongue, I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering I have caused.

Fim and Bre were kind enough to have me on the Twisted Nether. I’m normally not a fan of public speaking, but Bre and Fim were so much fun and promised to edit out the parts where I made a fool of myself. If you’re interested stop on by and check it out. While you’re there check out the great older episodes featuring some of my other favorite bloggers.

Many thanks to Ban from Musings of an Angry Bansidhe for the banner update. This cool chick played on the same EQ2 server as I did and I’m ashamed to say I never got to know her there. But the interwebz has corrected this oversight and I found her website full of awesome signatures. She’ll probably do one for you if you ask nicely and provide her with all the information she needs. Remember this wonderful woman is willing to give her time and energy to you for nothing more than the enjoyment of making cool signatures and banners. You should respect that gift by giving her all the information she needs to do it the first time. Think of it as an exercise of those great communication skills you need as a leader!

Looks a little different huh? I was feeling cramped by the limitation of my third party hosting and decided to bite the bullet and make my own home.

Welcome to www.ChickGM.com! Expect to see some tweaks to the layout while I learn my way around this self hosting thing. Many thanks to the BA (and specifically Matt, Fim and Val) crew for their help thus far!

If you are one of the lovely people who has included me in your blogroll, it’d be wonderful if you could update my link, but the old link should direct people here for a while.

In other news, I got new pants tonight. (I couldn’t make a whole post about my new pants, but gosh darn it, I’m excited about them anyway!)

New pants, new site the world is my oyster my friends.

I was interviewed on World of Matticus today but when we got to the rapid fire section of the interview I turned the tables on Matt and Wyn. Anyone who’s been reading too long knows I can’t give single word answers. Below are Matt and Wyn’s single fire responses.

Ladies First: Here’s Wyn.
For those who don’t know Matt has a new woman in his life (well at least his internet life) Wyn has joined the writing team, and she’s very much the ying to his yang. Despite all stereotypes about women and Asians, she schools him in math.

Auz: I need rapid fire question for you before I publish my link