Whoa

Looks like I'm back into the habit of blogging again. The first sentence is my one piece of crucial evidence in this case.

I've been battling a lifelong struggle of trying to maintain good habits, or rather habits in general! I could never be a full time smoker for more than a month or so. One has to admire the willpower of the alcoholic. Knowing the consequences, the detriment this behavior causes to the human body over time, and yet not letting any of that nonsense stand in the way of your true desire.

I suppose now I'm in the habit of obsessively selling my junk on eBay and drinking cheap $0.60 energy drinks. It's my passion, for the moment. I've hit that wall that I assume many millionaires get, where you begin amassing enough money to be able to buy things for fun and recreation, though you've found that there's really nothing you absolutely need. The only difference in my case is that I don't have a million dollars, and still have that car and mortgage to pay off.

Recently it was decided that photography would be a new hobby of mine. I came to this decision unfortunately at the start of the winter season, making it rather difficult to actually go out and take pictures. When the springtime comes around, I assume I'll have to plan around making time to actually go out to places and start snapping away. At least that's IF I get the free time. (and I'm motivated enough to use that time in a constructive manner)

Facebook is one of those things that has stuck in the past year for me. Of course, why wouldn't it? Where else can I obsessively refresh pages to see if anyone is listening to my trivial life updates? Well, I suppose Myspace, if it were still 2007. I remember obsessing over Farkle, a game similar to Yatzee, in which you continually click virtual dice over and over in hopes of getting a score slightly higher than half of the people on your friends list. Remember that one week you received 12,000 points, leaving everyone in the dust? Remember every other week when you couldn't even make 10th place? You said "Fuck it! These people probably play obsessively so obviously, based on the odds, they're bound to get a high score eventually. I'm not playing this more than 5 hours a week!"

10 hours later you sit there staring at a score of 3000 hating yourself even more.

The next thing would be to start a farm in Farmville, or join someone's mafia in Mafia Wars. At first it was hard to say no to the requests. "I just added this guy as a friend that I barely knew in high school! So I obviously can't not join his team, or else he'll DEfriend me, and we can't have that!" As of this date my number of 'friends' has surpassed the number of 300. It's easier than it looks. You can basically add anyone you attended the same high school as, or are friends of a friends of a friends with, because, like you, EVERYONE wants the highest number of friends. In fact, welcome back to the High School Popularity Contest you never had a chance of winning, and yet you tried anyhow. Finally this is your opportunity, so make the best of it!

And remember not to say anything too divisively political or religious, because who the fuck has time to sit there arguing with someone who cares a little too much about something that doesn't really matter? You know they won't let you get off easily!

Never say something like "The joy of being a fetus is never knowing if/when the hook of the clothes hanger will come by and pierce your heart. I've yet to meet a pro-choice embryo."

At least not if you want to get away from your computer every now and then.