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Life through television

The emotional response that television has the power to elicit fascinates me. When characters feel love, you want to feel love. When they experience stress, you can’t help but wonder how it feels. When they’re in between a rock and a hard place, you root for them, through and through.
But it’s like wrestling; in a sense, it’s all a sham. The goal of television however, like any recreational activity, is to entertain. You become attached to the cast, to the happenings. It’s like your own private fantasy land. Commercials and heart dropping cliffhangers are the only obstructions.

Blistering Hot

The heat is overwhelming. It’s a pretty normal thing this time of year in Texas, but I still like to complain about it. That’s part of being a Texan, right? We can bitch about our respective issues, while people who live in the north can whine when the thermometer slides past 80.
I find it interesting that I could probably cook my breakfast on the west Texas dirt, yet if I road trip over to New Mexico, I’d need a sleeping bag to avoid freezing my ass off at night. In Texas, I’d wake up in a pool of sweat.

I suck, but I’ve found a solution..

I’m so terrible at this commitment thing. I have the hardest time making myself do something on a daily basis, even something as enjoyable as blogging. But I’ve found a way to make it work.

I’m going to write a blog post of 100 words, each and every single day. Exactly 100 words; no less, no more. I will occasionally post something longer and more interesting, but I’m focusing on one thing at a time.

Go me.

MMO Temptations

I started watching The Guild last week. If you’re not familiar the name, it’s a web series about a group of online gamers. It’s pretty funny, and Felicia Day is hot. Those damn red heads get me every single time.

So here’s the thing – this awesome show has me wanting to play MMO’s again. Particularly, World of Warcraft. This is bad. I removed myself from the MMO community because I couldn’t balance real life with fantasy life. This was several years ago, and I’ve changed a lot, but it’s still a dangerous thought.

I poured hours and hours of my time into that game. I started right at launch with my best friend. I was always the hardcore type when it came to MMO’s, so I easily made it to 60 within a couple of weeks, right alongside several of the major closed beta guilds. Ropetown, one of those guilds, recruited me at this point and I ended up raiding like a maniac for the next 1.5 years. When we weren’t raiding, I was PVP’ing. I was basically addicted.

Looking back on it though, it’s funny. The gameplay isn’t really what I enjoy about MMO’s. It’s all about a) the community and b) the world. Making friends online is so ridiculously easy and in some ways much more rewarding than making friends in real life. And there’s something so freeing about exploring a very large fantasy world in an avatar that kicks ass with nothing more than a few button clicks. As nerdy as it sounds, breaking into a new dungeon with a group of friends, not sure what the hell to expect, is one of the best feelings ever.

I honestly can’t believe I’m even considering online gaming again. I don’t think I’ll give in, but I figured it would make a good rant. These damn solo console games just aren’t doing it for me. I need an online community to game with that’s capable of at least some intelligent thought.

Contrary to popular belief…

There is more to my life than exercise. I swear.

I play lots of video games. So far this summer I’ve played through Fallout 3, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Borderlands. And I’m currently enjoying destroying little kids (in the absolute most non-sexual way possible) on BF Bad Company 2.

I used to be a major online gaming nerd. I played Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo.  Oh yeah, and Everquest, Everquest 2, Shadowbane and World of Warcraft. I threw hours upon hours of my life at those games. But you know what, I don’t regret it. I met some awesome people (a few of which I still talk to), killed a good many hours that I honestly had nothing to do with anyway and had an overall good time screwing around in an online world.

I watch movies and TV shows incessantly. Since June, I’ve finished almost 6 seasons of 24, 3 seasons of Heroes and 2 seasons of Friday Night Lights. I just finished season 2 of the Guild (as I type this), which I’m totally digging. I don’t even want to think about how many movies I’ve watched…recently, Reign of Fire, I’m Reed Fish, Spy Game, 100 Girls and The Green Zone. I’m about to start season 3 of The Guild and Firefly, and I think I’ll hit up Hastings tomorrow for The Losers.

Moving away from the electronics to the books..honestly, I’ve been slacking on my reading lately. I just finished Assholeology, very funny read. I’m slowly working my way through Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, Lord of the Rose by Douglas Niles and Lone Survivor by Marcus Lutrell. Three very different books from three very different genres. I’m mainly a huge fantasy nut, I have boxes full of fantasy novels I’ve read over the years. My most recent read was The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, one of my favorite authors.

As for blog reading, I’m lazy. I don’t know why. I definitely need more blogs to follow. The only blogs I read on a regular basis are FWJ, The Nate Green Experience and Eric Cressey’s. It’s a work in progress.

I’m a closet nerd and I love it.