Video games and reality

An interesting point of discussion. A video game allows us to escape ourselves and pursue what we wish.

We can conquer nations, kill our enemies, find an entertaining yet most assuredly fake romance and pursue it to the end. We shape our interactive worlds.

Yet why do we do all this when we could just live our actual lives? We are all capable of fantastically, wonderful deeds and having beautiful lives. Yet we dive into the world of pixels with reckless abandon to escape the bright lights of reality.

What is so wrong with the real world that it requires an escape?

I find it odd that it is from the "1st world" that this escapism is prevalent in. We who have it good are the ones who want an alternative reality? Does that seem right to you?

Back in the game

Well folks, my blogger days started off well then fell away due to a lack of ease of access for me. But now, I have this wonderful little app that lets me update my blog from wherever I am as long as I am connected to the internet.

Pretty amazing considering the humble beginnings of computers and the internet. Computers were the size of rooms and the internet was, shall we say, slow and only accessible through wires.

As I write, I am sorting out a friend's computer but as I haven't been given direct instructions as to what they want, a fair amount of what I am doing is updating windows :)

If you haven't guessed already, this is another of my blogs where I am just writing down what comes into my head.

By the way, well done to all my friends who are still at uni. Looks like you are nearing your goals and I am proud of you. I know the word graduation is a bit scary for some of you but trust me, you will love it. And what comes after isn't actually that bad.

Peace out

Not knowing

Picture the scene. You've just shared a wonderful time, with some amazing people and then one of them turns around to you and says "Proud of you".

All of a sudden your mouth dries up and your tongue turns to stone. You have no idea how to respond. So you have an embarrassed smile creep on to your face and before you know it, there is now a full blown grin on your face...

You feel utterly ecstatic yet totally awkward. You want to say thank you. You want to tell the person just how amazing they are and how great they make you feel. You want them to know how much you love and appreciate them. But you can't. When you're face to face with this amazing person, you just get nervous and a stupid grin is all you can muster.

They do say that a picture is worth a thousand words. So maybe that stupid grin on your face actually tells this person everything they need to know. Sure it is an embarrassing and awkward moment but when you look back at it, would you really change it?

Peace out folks