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Yay, computer
Whee, great news on the computer front. Zach and Oren came over today after work, we went to Romio's pizza place for dinner, then they helped me with my computer. At first it seemed like things were kind of doomed, then Zach had the idea to go online and download a Linux boot disk ISO and burn a CD and try to see if I could mount my hard drive. And it worked! Wheeee! So they got an FTP client working on my old computer, with it running linux off a CD and mounting the hard drive. How cool! So I've been FTPing over all of my files from the mounted hard drive. Yay. Then I'll throw the computer off my balcony. No, not really. The computer will probably go to my dad, and I'm not sure what I'll do with the monitor. Oren suggested Goodwill, though I seem to recall having issues getting Goodwill to take my monitor in the past.
We did open up my new computer, and boy is it weird. Dell has a bizarre case and the fan is huge and in the middle of it. I guess it's a good thing we didn't try to hook up the old hard drive to the new computer after all.
Some of my friends out here are starting to play D&D Online. In theory, if I'm going to play at all, I should start now. Thing is, I'm not sure I can justify the cost nor the idea of giving myself even another reason to sit at home alone, especially with the summer and baseball season starting, when what I need to be doing is getting out and meeting new people, even if I suck at it.
I dunno what else to say. My throat is feeling a bit better, though I am still kind of hoarse.
Also, um, the World Baseball Classic is starting, doing the Asia games this weekend. Japan's going to go 3-0, Korea 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, and China 0-3. Arr. The Tokyo Dome looks about as full as it did when the Nippon Ham Fighters played there.
We did open up my new computer, and boy is it weird. Dell has a bizarre case and the fan is huge and in the middle of it. I guess it's a good thing we didn't try to hook up the old hard drive to the new computer after all.
Some of my friends out here are starting to play D&D Online. In theory, if I'm going to play at all, I should start now. Thing is, I'm not sure I can justify the cost nor the idea of giving myself even another reason to sit at home alone, especially with the summer and baseball season starting, when what I need to be doing is getting out and meeting new people, even if I suck at it.
I dunno what else to say. My throat is feeling a bit better, though I am still kind of hoarse.
Also, um, the World Baseball Classic is starting, doing the Asia games this weekend. Japan's going to go 3-0, Korea 2-1, Taiwan 1-2, and China 0-3. Arr. The Tokyo Dome looks about as full as it did when the Nippon Ham Fighters played there.
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Japan vs. Korea is going to be an actual game. I'll look forward to seeing that one.
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If I worry that I don't have anything in common with my friends anymore, does that mean I have the wrong hobbies or the wrong friends?
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I don't think D&D online is that expensive. I guess josh always pays for gaming things, so maybe it is, but i don't think its so bad. I also don't think its quite the same thing as sitting at home alone, per se. I play these games mostly so that i can play with other people. The great thing about WoW for me was all the pittsburgh folk we played with.
On the other hand, i don't think you should feel compelled to play this, or feel guilty if you don't want to play. You don't have to want to play. But you should bug uf to do the things you want to do - like go to opening day.
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Then I missed it quite a bit until I found another (thankfully offline) outlet for my motherly 'must make something go up in level' instincts. Yay castlevania!
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Again, it's more the issue of sitting at home alone on the computer wasting time on yet another thing. You don't have this issue because you're married. Neither do most of the rest of the people that you play with. I would rather commit to another D&D game in person than to sitting at home alone playing an online game once a week. Why does this seem so strange to everyone?
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I think you guys should all play D&D in person. I get what you're saying.
I also get that i don't like computer games, i don't like computers, actually. But, i do play some games, and i have fun with them, and i play them because its something i can do to spend time with my husband, and hopefully with my friends from far away. Works for me.
You don't have this issue because you're married. Neither do most of the rest of the people that you play with.
... Justin, Jarrett, Chris, Mark, Bill.... none of them had spouses that played. In fact, of the whole group, i think it was just me and heidi that were spouses of slack.
I despise MMORPG's, especially the kind with levels.
So, don't fucking play. I won't bring it up again. I just think its sort of weird to assume that something which is a computerized implementation of a game you love (D&D), and probably quite a bit different from what MMORPGs were in 1993, is going to suck before you look at it.
But, whatever. I'm done.
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What was so destructive about that period of time when I was addicted to PP was that I wasn't interacting with real live people in real life. You have a spouse and a busy social life, so you don't see my need to get out and actually meet people. I'm already having enough trouble with it. I'm looking forward walking around the lake or sitting out at Safeco on nice evenings and chatting with people in the stands... not sitting at home on nice evenings and beating up imaginary monsters for imaginary items which have no bearing on real life.
I also don't play board games online, incase you haven't noticed. Hell, I don't like doing ANYTHING online if I can do it in real life. I don't care whether or not the game sucks, I know that it'll be a destructive influence on my life. I already lost one fiance over an MMO, I don't need to lose another potential part of my life over another stupid fucking game.
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But to answer the other question, I think it completely depends on what you want friends for.
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Also, you've never seemed as fazed by spending a lot of time alone at home as I am -- and you actually have coworkers you socialize with, both of which are big differences to me.
I would have never even played PP if I'd still been in Pittsburgh. No point, when I had so many great friends around all the time.
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But then, I have friends who I don't share hobbies with... so while the entire group seems really close-knit, and they do things together all the time like biking and rock climbing and snowshoeing and role-playing and MMO'ing and whatever, I'm not really part of it, which means not only do I not spend as much time with them, but also means I don't even have things to talk about, since everyone else seems to have common ground which I don't.
So the question is... should I be trying to find more friends who share my hobbies? Or should I be trying to get into the hobbies that my current friends have?
I really hate doing so much stuff alone, is all. What I really need is a local clone of you, I think... someone I'd feel totally comfortable just calling up like "hey, let's go get kaitensushi and watch some doramas or play board games" pretty much whenever.
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I don't know. Maybe you could just find cool people and alternate joining them and subverting them?
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Hm, true.
and you actually have coworkers you socialize with,
Depends on what you mean by 'socialize'. I don't see them outside work, and people seem to only occaisionally go out to lunch. I do have random discussions, if that's what you mean.
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as for "can't talk, warcraft", I really should just start calling you. ALL THE TIME. HA HA HA.