*** 316 DAYS REMAIN ***
Well I figure that I should update, if for no other reason than to save everyone from that horrible, wonderful picture. The biggest news in my life is that I have decided to give up video games. Period. That's not to say that I'll never plop a quarter into a Galaga machine at the movie theater, or turn down a round of Tetris Attack while at a friend's house; but the endless nights of sitting in front of the PS2 -- leveling up characters that really don't matter, going into metabolism crushing trances, and being, in general, an anti-social lout -- must come to an end. And I'm proud to say that so far, all is going smoothly. I haven't played a video game in about ten days -- and here's what's come of it:
I've put on nearly ten pounds. What?! Isn't that a bad thing? Not really, when you're 5' 10" and weigh 140 and sometimes can't remember the last time you ate anything because you've spent all night mastering your Guilty Gear combos.
I've spent, on average, four hours a night PRACTICING THE PIANO. Sure it helps that my roommate set up her keyboard in the living room, but I'm playing again -- for the first time in nearly six years. Now I go to bed at night feeling like I've actually accomplished someting meaningful in my spare time.
People ask me, "How was your weekend? What did you do?" -- and I don't look at them like they've just asked me the most fucking difficult question on earth. In other words, I can actually recall things from memory much easier now. Granted, trying to remember what one did the previous day may not seem like a big deal to most people; but anyone who frequently plays marathon sessins is certainly familiar with the symptoms of the "video game hangover".
I'm more interested in other people's lives and what they have to say. I've always considered myself among the world's shittiest listeners, but somehow in the last few days, details of conversations are just starting to.....you know....STICK. Customers' names aren't escaping the way they used to. I don't flake on appointments. I just feel like this big, constant haziness is gone -- and I kind of like it.
Of course the other benefit to this change in lifestyle is that I'm making a shitload of money selling off these fuckers one by one....which as I'm sure some of you know goes right toward my recent obsession with debt-elimination. Selling them all will easily shave off another 2 months, but I'll wait until that actually happens before I recalculate.
I am hanging on to a very precious few games -- titles that have special meaning for me...or something like that. Gitaroo-Man, Rez, Klonoa 1 & 2, and Katamari Damacy -- These games, in addition to being pretty rare, have all touched me in ways I can't really describe. I'm also keeping the Dreamcast oddity Typing of the Dead, not because it's some briliant art piece, but because I'm actually going to use it to teach myself to type correctly one of these days. Everything else must go. Any titles that I don't sell off in the next week to friends or customers are going right up on eBay, and will be gone a week later. Good riddance. Of course if anyone out there is interested in picking up some _slightly_ used games on the cheap, e-mail me and I'll let you know what's left and we can figure something out from there. I've got Chrono Trigger, people! Who wants it?
Against everyone's advice, I've been seeing one of my co-workers. Things are going well -- she's ridiculously smart and pretty (but didn't know what was in a reuben sandwich....what THE FUCK?!) and we hate all of the same things. It's GLORIOUS. In unrelated news, what do you think it would be like to have sex on a bag full of coffee beans? This is a COMPLETELY hypothetical question.
My apologies go out to Tawnya, whose karaoke b-day bash I idiotically missed, becasue I can't fucking read [what day of week it's!! Lmao!]. I still love ya, gal...even if you do belong in the geriatric ward.
So that's about all as of late....I'm gonna try to be better about keeping in touch, even if it is through a sentence or so a day. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Mendelssohn to polish....
Well I figure that I should update, if for no other reason than to save everyone from that horrible, wonderful picture. The biggest news in my life is that I have decided to give up video games. Period. That's not to say that I'll never plop a quarter into a Galaga machine at the movie theater, or turn down a round of Tetris Attack while at a friend's house; but the endless nights of sitting in front of the PS2 -- leveling up characters that really don't matter, going into metabolism crushing trances, and being, in general, an anti-social lout -- must come to an end. And I'm proud to say that so far, all is going smoothly. I haven't played a video game in about ten days -- and here's what's come of it:
I've put on nearly ten pounds. What?! Isn't that a bad thing? Not really, when you're 5' 10" and weigh 140 and sometimes can't remember the last time you ate anything because you've spent all night mastering your Guilty Gear combos.
I've spent, on average, four hours a night PRACTICING THE PIANO. Sure it helps that my roommate set up her keyboard in the living room, but I'm playing again -- for the first time in nearly six years. Now I go to bed at night feeling like I've actually accomplished someting meaningful in my spare time.
People ask me, "How was your weekend? What did you do?" -- and I don't look at them like they've just asked me the most fucking difficult question on earth. In other words, I can actually recall things from memory much easier now. Granted, trying to remember what one did the previous day may not seem like a big deal to most people; but anyone who frequently plays marathon sessins is certainly familiar with the symptoms of the "video game hangover".
I'm more interested in other people's lives and what they have to say. I've always considered myself among the world's shittiest listeners, but somehow in the last few days, details of conversations are just starting to.....you know....STICK. Customers' names aren't escaping the way they used to. I don't flake on appointments. I just feel like this big, constant haziness is gone -- and I kind of like it.
Of course the other benefit to this change in lifestyle is that I'm making a shitload of money selling off these fuckers one by one....which as I'm sure some of you know goes right toward my recent obsession with debt-elimination. Selling them all will easily shave off another 2 months, but I'll wait until that actually happens before I recalculate.
I am hanging on to a very precious few games -- titles that have special meaning for me...or something like that. Gitaroo-Man, Rez, Klonoa 1 & 2, and Katamari Damacy -- These games, in addition to being pretty rare, have all touched me in ways I can't really describe. I'm also keeping the Dreamcast oddity Typing of the Dead, not because it's some briliant art piece, but because I'm actually going to use it to teach myself to type correctly one of these days. Everything else must go. Any titles that I don't sell off in the next week to friends or customers are going right up on eBay, and will be gone a week later. Good riddance. Of course if anyone out there is interested in picking up some _slightly_ used games on the cheap, e-mail me and I'll let you know what's left and we can figure something out from there. I've got Chrono Trigger, people! Who wants it?
Against everyone's advice, I've been seeing one of my co-workers. Things are going well -- she's ridiculously smart and pretty (but didn't know what was in a reuben sandwich....what THE FUCK?!) and we hate all of the same things. It's GLORIOUS. In unrelated news, what do you think it would be like to have sex on a bag full of coffee beans? This is a COMPLETELY hypothetical question.
My apologies go out to Tawnya, whose karaoke b-day bash I idiotically missed, becasue I can't fucking read [what day of week it's!! Lmao!]. I still love ya, gal...even if you do belong in the geriatric ward.
So that's about all as of late....I'm gonna try to be better about keeping in touch, even if it is through a sentence or so a day. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Mendelssohn to polish....
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~Ro