Time Warp

Not much time to post today, as I just got home and I'm pretty tired. Plus, there hasn't been much of interest going on with my life. Spent the evening pushing iron with my brother, and then we settled in to watch our respective NBA teams ( my Washington Wizards and his Dallas Mavericks ) duke it out.

Spent Monday night's Jonathan visit watching the Wedding Crashers, which was much funnier than I was originally expecting. Valentine's night was spent catching up on some books that were loaned to me a few months ago, as well as doing some research on digestion, nutrition, and the way our bodies use what we feed them. ( That was, of course, after performing my annual "Sim Sob". ;-) ) I'm finding the nutritional stuff pretty interesting, though anyone who's known me for any length of time can testify to the fact that I enjoy expanding the horizons between my ears on most any subject.

Still haven't played any of the plethora of games that everyone has been trying to interest me in. My last foray into a game, The Movies, lasted all of about two days. It's not that I don't have any desire to try these games, but rather that every time I sit down and think about it, I can list several things that I ought to be doing instead. Now, board games, chess, poker, console games with friends... I don't mind these as much because they're multiplayer, social affairs. So, to borrow a term from the OEM Channel, they're "value added" and therefore figure more prominently on my priority list.

In addition, I'm frankly getting tired of spending my life in front of the computer. A few years ago you would never have heard me say that, and back when I was 18 I would have actively hated someone who spoke poorly of my beloved PC. I'm seeing it more as a simple tool to accomplish tasks and goals, and less as the goal itself. Not sure if that will make sense to anyone but me, but there it is none the less.

Since computing was the goal for such a big part of my life, I guess I'm feeling a vacuum in my life as it departs center stage. There's nothing to fill that vacuum yet, which will probably mean that I'll bounce around from one interest to another, in two week intervals no doubt, until something or some things take it's place. Quite honestly, it's about time. I've always thought of myself as a jack-of-all trades, or an explorer, yet I have lingered in front of a monitor for many years.

Hmm, this was supposed to be a quick "nothing going on, blah blah" post. I guess there's nothing like having an open mic to help you vocalize what you haven't yet told yourself.