And Now for Something Completely Different.
Okay, so just thought I'd do this sort of list thingy because I'm sick and tired of bitching and moaning about crappy things, as my life is actually going quite well at the moment:
5 things that people with whom I generally associate think are really cool, but that leave me cold:
1) World of Warcraft. Okay, I will admit to being something of a nerd. Okay, I'm a huge nerd. But that's not the point. I'm just not that into the whole MMO thing, first because it requires a monthly fee (that quite frankly, I can't afford), and second, the hardware requirements of said games are way more than my little computer, Hal, can handle. Not to mention the fact that the whole communication via typing is just clumsy. Knowing me, I'd either spend all my time trying to say something cool (and getting totally chanked in the process) or I'd just totally ignore the chat aspect alltogether. At that point, why not just get a single-player game and be done with it, without having to pay the monthly fee?
2) Certain Anime. Okay, so perhaps I should explain here. There are quite a few anime series that I do genuinely enjoy (i.e. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Kenshin, Gundam, to name a few). However, I just can't take the anime wherein the world of the story just doesn't make sense. I'm not saying that the whole thing has to be completely revealed, but it has to at least fit together in a coherent fashion. I'm looking at you, Revolutionary Girl Utena! Okay, so that's out of the way. I also hate series that just plain don't end.
3) Magical Realism. Yeah, my lit profs will castrate me for this one. It just doesn't do anything for me. If you want to bring magic into it, fine by me. In fact, that's great. However, because Magical Realism is basically limited to describing South American mystical beliefs, it just doesn't do it for me. I generally like my arcana darker and more occultic than that.
4) Punk rock. I'm sorry you like it. I find it annoying (though there are a few exceptions to the rule).
5) Macintosh compters. Okay, look. I confess to being an early adopter here. I had one of the original Douglas Adams Specials from 1986, and really, it was nothing to write home about. Some people really love their macs, and I say more power to them. They just don't do it for me.
3 Comments:
Ok, first of all, what is being "chanked?" Is that good or bad?
Will, I can understand about the monthly fee, but MMOs are cool! You can dress up your little character with various levels of unclothedness along with buying other people's items on an eBay-like system. Its like life, only without killing people for stuff, wait... In all seriousness, if I was 16, I would be all over it. I would sell my sister for the monthly fee. I guess I have different priorities now. Its actually really sad. Poor me.
I'll ignore numbers 2 through 4 and go straight to 5. My Mac rocks! It is a lifestyle choice to have a Mac. Its like being gay in the comuter world. Really, it is. You have the nicer OS and hardware that other people secretly covet (this is fashion sense in RL) and are completely ignored by Microsoft, the decision-maker of the computer world (think lawmakers). Once you go Mac, you never go back, son. I can't stress enough that looks matter in anything you do, otherwise modding your machine would be passé. Everybody wants to have the machine that looks cool and Macs are definitely cool. Besides, I have no substance in my RL, why not also in the computer world? BTW, "1602" rocks!
Chanked is bad. It's the sound that a sword makes as it cuts through insufficient armor. As to your Mac, hey, like I said, whatever floats your boat. I know that in the pissing contest that is computer hardware comparisons, I have basically the computing equivalent of dribbling ineffectually down the leg. As to MMO's, that monthly fee is just not something I'm willing to shell out. And truthfully, if it weren't for that, I totally would (provided I have the hardware, which, as has been previously established, I don't).
I'm glad you enjoyed 1602. I also enjoyed it a hell of a lot.
will. adam cleaveland here. i was an RA your senior year. dude, you're graduating...love it. i'll be there to see my sis graduate. i was searching tonight for whitworth blogs and ran across yours...
fun times...i'm a mac lover now as well...
Post a Comment
<< Home