11.30.2006
11.24.2006
giving thanks
I woke up this morning, the day after Thanksgiving, thinking, "you know, I probably don't need to eat anything today..." Moderation has never been one of my attributes. I find something that I like and then go way overboard - usually trying to get everyone around me to do the same so that I don't look so crazy. Examples of such behavior include, but are not limited to, the following:
Settlers of Catan - found the game, played it about 10 times the first night, proceeded to call all my friends and tell them how great it was, had a friend who I hadn't seen in 2 years come over and play Catan at 1am, bought every expansion and upgrade
HALO - Jon bought and xbox and told me how great the game Halo was. I played it and immediately struck a deal with Nora that if I lost 10 lbs I could get one. Did so. We had about 1 year where we played Halo non-stop - again mostly at 1am.
Podcasts - I got and Ipod a couple years ago so that I would have a running partner. I immediately got into podcasting - again wrangling multiple friends into the obsession. For a couple months people accused me of have earbuds surgically implanted in my ears.
(Unfortunately, my brother and Marty tend to get the brunt of my persuasive techniques)
Anyway, this endearing quality usually more prominently presents itself during the Holidays for a variety of reasons. First, the Holidays are about extravagance and excess. Too much food, too much drink, too many presents. Second, there are people around that typically will indulge some of the obsession. Third, there is time off from work that needs to be filled with some new activity. It would be wasteful or sloth to leave that time unused, idle hands and all....
So on Thanksgiving, I ate to much, played too many games, drank too much, watched
too much T.V., spent too much time with my son, and enjoyed my family way too much... wait.... that sounds pretty good. That sounds like the kind of obsession I want to drive into the ground. I think I'm getting hungry...
Settlers of Catan - found the game, played it about 10 times the first night, proceeded to call all my friends and tell them how great it was, had a friend who I hadn't seen in 2 years come over and play Catan at 1am, bought every expansion and upgrade
HALO - Jon bought and xbox and told me how great the game Halo was. I played it and immediately struck a deal with Nora that if I lost 10 lbs I could get one. Did so. We had about 1 year where we played Halo non-stop - again mostly at 1am.
Podcasts - I got and Ipod a couple years ago so that I would have a running partner. I immediately got into podcasting - again wrangling multiple friends into the obsession. For a couple months people accused me of have earbuds surgically implanted in my ears.
(Unfortunately, my brother and Marty tend to get the brunt of my persuasive techniques)
Anyway, this endearing quality usually more prominently presents itself during the Holidays for a variety of reasons. First, the Holidays are about extravagance and excess. Too much food, too much drink, too many presents. Second, there are people around that typically will indulge some of the obsession. Third, there is time off from work that needs to be filled with some new activity. It would be wasteful or sloth to leave that time unused, idle hands and all....
So on Thanksgiving, I ate to much, played too many games, drank too much, watched
too much T.V., spent too much time with my son, and enjoyed my family way too much... wait.... that sounds pretty good. That sounds like the kind of obsession I want to drive into the ground. I think I'm getting hungry...
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