My name is pronounced (Val-e-gorn)

Hello,

One person is probably going to read this, so hello to you, hope you don't fall asleep during this lame excuse of an introduction.

To be quite honest, I have no idea where this blog will go. I was drawn here mostly because I wanted to be able post on other people's blogs and have a sense of ownership of the things I said. I casually follow a few Warhammer 40000 fans who sound like they know what they're talking about. I have a few other hobbies that might make their way into this blog, one of which my name owes tribute to. I was lynch mobbed into a LARP called Amtgard when I was a sophomore in high school. For those of you who don't know what a LARP is, lets just say is a short way of saying, "Grown men with a lot of spare time on their hands". Heh, the acronym stands for (Live Action Role Playing). If you're still lost, Google "LARP" or "Amtgard" and you'll begin to understand. Lets just say when I finally learned how to talk to girls, I NEVER mentioned LARPing.

I want to clear something up that really bothers me when I use this pen name, many people mispronounce it. Its really not their fault either. When I had to come up with an original persona name for Amtgard, (because our own names just weren't cool enough) I was stuck and had no idea where to start. And because I have no imagination I would use names like "Gandalf" or "Merlin" and it wasn't that big of a deal to me till someone pulled me aside and suggested I come up with something of my own making. So one day I opened one of my Uncles MANY fantasy novels and looked down the list of character names (once again because I lack imagination), I picked four and chopped each one in half. Then I proceeded to take the two halves of each name and randomly pair them up with each other. Needles to say, "Valegorn" was the only one that sounded cool aside from the original four names. But it wasn't till I started using that name on my MMO's characters was when I realized I had a problem. Before I would simply say the name to my fellow nerds and there would be no confusion, but when people were coming across the name for the first time on WoW, they would try to sound it out, and they would always say it "Vale-gorn" which is totally wrong and just reminds me of how dorky I am and how much I lack originality. What makes me feel even more dorky is when I try to correct them, I can just visualize what they're thinking as I tell them the correct way to say my name. "Its Val-e-gorn" I would say. They would roll their eyes and I knew then I was at the bottom of the nerdy pecking order...sigh.

At some point in college I started to try to get in touch with my spiritual/religious side. After years and years of casual study and an innocent inquisitiveness I eventually chose a local church and got pretty heavily involved. So just a forewarning, don't be surprise if you see religion sneak its way into this blog. But I'll level with you, I'm not the preachy type, so don't worry. I'm still just as out of the loop as I was 10 years ago, I just have a few more theories now then I did then.

What to expect from this blog

As I said before I'm still not sure the direction this blog will eventually go, or if it'll go anywhere for that matter. At the very most I think this will just be a medium for me to vent/talk/bounce idea's off of/ push the envelope/ have fun. If I feel bold I might even go into some of the political drama thats been going on, but only if I'm feeling brave. You know the old saying, if you want to get along with someone, then never talk about religion or politics. Well since I've already said I might talk about one, flirting with the idea of talking about the other is one sure way to not make any friends.

Either way, here are some topics I'll more then likely post about

• Warhammer Fantasy/40000 (pretty much anything Games Workshop or GW related)
• Amtgard
• Religion/Philosophies
• Crap about myself (Oh the vanity)
• Computer Games
• A special Rant section (just a place for me to rant and rave, and then regret what I've written, lol)

Well, with no further ado, I welcome you to my blog, and I would like to apologize ahead of time for all the minutes (if I even get that much of your time) I will waste of your time.

Cheers

~Valegorn