User:RoseOfKali

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Favorite Quote
"There are few if not no hackers that are not out to destroy the world."

This was part of my husband's friend's technical paper that he submitted with a university writing portfolio...

He was trying to say that most hackers are virtually harmless... Trying...  He passed the portfolio.

My Immigration Rant...

 * Forgive me if I suddenly abandon everything I was doing here, as I have a slightly more pressing problem on my hands... Namely, the USCIS is intent on kicking me out of the country by July 8th, 2008, for 15 months, despite the fact that I am legally married to a US citizen...  In order to follow me, my husband would have to lose his 58k 64k/yr job, lose our house as a result of non-payment, and follow me to a borderline third world country with no chance of ever getting a job there, as he speaks about 3 words in that language.  Plus, a US education would give me zero advantage in finding a job in an already non-existend job market...  So, anyway, don't tell anyone, I think I'm gonna go plant a bomb in D.C. and go out with a "bang" if nothing else... :( (No, this is NOT an official threat to the United States... >_<) RoseOfKali 6 June 2008


 * A small update, for what it's worth. They haven't kicked me out yet, but I'm legally not allowed to work, and they won't renew my driver's license (because I don't have a job... O_O talk about an oxymoron... >_<).  There's also no public transportation in the area, and the nearest thing other than residential housing is about 5 miles away...  Yay for banging my head on the wall for the next 6 months, which is their promise date for a response to my family union application, which has an estimated 0.1% chance of success... RoseOfKali 11 July 2008


 * Yay, I got my work authorization (albeit temporary), and thus a driver's license. Still can't get an engineering job because the work auth. is only temp and I can't get a security clearance...  RoseOfKali 6 September 2008


 * Got a notice for an interview on November 21st... Keep your fingers crossed.  RoseOfKali 20 October 2008


 * So, anyway, the interview was a load of bull... They approved our marriage as "bona fide." But they said that they can't approve the Green Card until they check on my J-1 history, and that can go either way. "It takes longer to process denials than approvals, so if you don't get anything by about Christmas, it's probably not gonna be good news." Great... 2 weeks have already passed. It's gonna be an awesome Christmas this year... Can't wait. >_<' RoseOfKali 6 December 2008


 * Well, it's getting harder and harder to check the mail. I think I'm starting to accept what's going to happen, I'm even starting to think about what I'm going to take with me...  The scary part?  Russia has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine, and my house was gas heated, with a gas stove.  We'll see what the corrupted-up-the-ass government does about that, if anything...  The last thing I want is to arrive on the brink of a war to fulfill some stupid immigration requirement.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Still no news... It's my birthday tomorrow, and I was hoping to get something by then, but hey, I guess 10 weeks isn't enough for a reply from the USCIS. Heh, I should've known to give them somewhere closer to 6 months, as always. >_< RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:59, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I called them. Was told to expect something in the next 30 days, or call them again.  Maybe I should be excited, but I'm not, I just want this over with, and at the same time I don't ever want to get that envelope, because I know what's going to be in it.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 22:45, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Called them again a couple weeks ago. "I'm sorry, it does appear that your case is outside of our normal processing times.  We will submit a review request to the local office and you should hear something from them within 45 days."  SOMETHING? 45 DAYS? *turns red and begins to look rather scary...*  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 21:15, 2 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Funny that I posted that today. Just got a letter from them acknowledging the review request and saying that I should receive something from them (not necessarily an answer to the petition, just something) in the next 6 months.  I got married to a Citizen of this country, legally, 11 months ago.  10 months ago we submitted the petition, and had our interview almost 6 months later.  It's been almost a year, and now they're saying that the next time I hear SOMETHING will be in the next 6 months?  I'm beginning to wonder if they're enjoying this...  >_<  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 03:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, it's finally done and over... I got the "something," and it's not what we wanted it to be. Got a letter requesting a waiver of the foreign residency requirement to be submitted within 3 months, after which a decision will be made regardless.  I already know, from others' experience that those waivers never work, because the Ukrainian government is a bunch of dipshits who give you the wrong "no-objection letter" and then tell you that's all they can give you.  But I was going to give it a last ditched effort, anyway, what the hell, went this far, might as well finish it and see what happens, right?  But oh, guess what, the waiver case initiation through the U.S. Dept. of State requires information from documents that were either destroyed by Ukraine (my juvie passport), lost by the U.S. Department of State (my IAP-66 record of entry), or did not even exist at the time of the program in 2000 (the SEVIS system number).  Now whom do I shoot?  (yes, still kidding...)  So anyway, looks like I'll be going to Ukraine for at least 15 months, plus whatever it takes to process the applications after that.  Now I just hope they have internet better than dial-up over there, which is doubtful, as web came on the scene only like 2 years ago, and I still only know of 2 people that have a computer and "internet" over there.  The only friend I'm still in touch with is married, about to have a kid, and lives 3 hours away.  The only family that's in contact and isn't dead yet are my sick grandmother and my dad, who has a new family and a job in Moscow, where he stays for months on end.  I haven't been there for 7 years, I don't know anything about the "life" there anymore, as I was still a teenager when I left.  The economy sucks enough that it's guaranteed I won't have a job or anything else to do other than sit at home and deteriorate my vision further.  Any education there would be worthless here, and you have to bribe half the university to even get in, so that's moot.  Yay...  I think I'd rather be in prison here, eating shitty microwaved hamburgers, but close to my family.  Too bad that wouldn't count for "doing my 15 months."  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 21:32, 6 May 2009 (UTC)


 * For what it's worth, I did submit the waiver application, finally. The people who wrote the instructions and the online application script itself were remarkable idiots...  Regardless, all of the above still applies.  There's no way I would get the waiver before the end of my 3 months (takes 6 months to a year), so the tiiiiiiny chance that I actually have to get it can only serve to shorten my stay by a few months.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 19:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


 * So, here's the final nail in the coffin, so to speak. I sent the no-objection statement request to Ukraine via E-mail 7 days ago (funny enough, down to the hour...), and asked for a confirmation of receipt of the said E-mail.  Never got it, so I called them today to confirm.  A snotty annoyed voice answered, confirmed that she was the person I needed, immediately recognized what E-mail I was talking about, and stated that they have stopped issuing those statements about a year and a half ago.  Yeah, thanks for the reply, bitch...  The Consulate website still lists her as the point of contact for these requests, instead of stating that they no longer issue the statements at all, and they directed me to her when I called them a few months ago.  Bastards...  So, the tiiiiiiny chance I had of not having to spend 15+ months in Ukraine just vanished, and I'm going to try to get a stop-payment on my $215 money order as a fee for the application, before it's too late.  Might as well take that money with me, instead of throwing it away, like the other $2,200+ worth of application fees.  Oh, and I also 99% confirmed that I will be living with nothing more than dial-up over there.  Joy...  Now just to figure out when I leave, and what other bullshit bureaucracy to please, to make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot by not filing some piece of crap form to make the 15 months count.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 07:47, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I didn't get my money back, so that was a waste. Still waiting...  My driver's license is about to expire on August 15th, and I can't renew it, so yay, fun times ahead.  RoseOfKali [[Image:RoseOfKaliSIG.png]] 20:03, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

[[Image:Obsidian Flesh.jpg]]  About My GW

 * I'm currently sort of abandoning GW, on and off - my remaining titles are all grind-grind-grind, and I need to farm money for titles and minis... Got boring pretty quick... But assuming you read my rant, you know I got nothing better to do with my life right now
 * I always have and always will be an HoM whore, which you can see on Rose's page
 * Next up for HoM: purple ultra-rare minis... oh boy... (a current PC on them would be much appreciated)
 * I also spend most of my time getting titles for my necro and farming cash for remaining HoM trophies
 * I totally refuse to buy GW gold online; everything I own was bought with money I made in-game
 * I also refuse to use cheats and exploits, including Texmod for maps
 * Some pages I have completed:
 * Countless necromancy-related pages, including:
 * Necromancer armor - Every Elite Female set and some others
 * Necromancer headgear
 * Elementalist headgear - and sub-pages, including:
 * Elementalist Vabbian Armor - Female Headgear section
 * Many other armor-related pages
 * Hall of Monuments - all images, formatting, also:
 * Monument of Fellowship
 * Monument of Honor - most of the images
 * Monument of Valor
 * Monument of Resilience/Trophies
 * I have been nominated for Wiki adminship. Yay?

[[Image:Reaper's Mark.jpg]]  Developer Wishlist And Ideas

 * Divine Aura available for free to those characters (not accounts) who have reached the God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals title. I mean, come on!  Gods are divine, right?


 * Check list of displayed items on each monument in the Hall of Monuments. Rather than having a single "shuffle" button to rearrange the items on a monument, have a checklist, similar to the one in the Titles panel. Allow a player to choose the 5 items to be displayed, and then allow those to be shuffled into the desired arrangement.  This will make life easier for those with a high number of displayable items on one monument.

 __________ ( Moo...  ) --        O          O   ^__^ o (oo)_______ (__)      )\_                ||w||  \                ||     ||
 * Revise customization as it currently is. Martial classes sure do enjoy the +20% damage on their customized weapons, but what about casters, to whom it's utterly useless? Revise weapon customization as follows:
 * Martial weapons: +20% damage for one-handed weapons, +25% for two-handed
 * Spellcasting weapons: +5% halves casting or recharge time of spells
 * (both bonuses for staves, one for wands)
 * Focus items: +3 energy
 * Shields: +4 armor
 * Seem fair?


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[[Image:Necromancer-icon.png]] Rose Of Kali - Primary Character
 The Rose symbolizes Blood, Sacrifice, and the Deceptive Thorns. Kali is the Hindu goddess of Destruction and Death, as well as the Source of Being.


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[[Image:Elementalist-icon.png]] Crystal Firefly - my farming toy
 A Crystal arises from the fusion of Water and Earth. A Firefly is a Flame suspended in Air.


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[[Image:Ranger-icon.png]] Fay Hellfire - Legendary Defender of Ascalon
 A fay who has conquered the fires of the Searing.


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[[Image:Elementalist-icon.png]] Rose Of Venus - Legendary Survivor
 A Rose for the Goddess of Beauty and Eternity.


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[[Image:Common-icon.png]] Other Characters
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Rose Of Osiris

Samael Asteroth


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