I’m writing this blog really fast because I want to play Starcraft with Dann and I’m not going to let myself play the game until I get this blog done. I’ve had a hard time trying to find something to write about; I’ve already written about food (several times), Atlanta traffic (several times), the things on my desk (several times), things that annoy me (several times), Dann’s cat Sifa (several times), and even about not having anything to write about (if I recall correctly). Dann suggested I write about Starcraft, a video game we both enjoy, but I said that writing about it would make me look like a nerd. “Too late,” Dann said. Dann’s encouraging like that.

What I guess I’ll talk about (for lack of anything better) is discipline. I mean, the kind of bulldog discipline that says, “I didn’t get home until 8:30 this evening, and all I want to do is play a video game and go to sleep, but I’m not gonna until I write my 500 words today.” The kind of discipline, that is, that everyone else thinks is utterly incompetent. Yep, I’m disciplined in the incompetent kind of way. Maybe I should have been in the military. Starcraft is a strategy game, after all. (Strictly a fanciful jest! Against the military, that is. Starcraft really is a strategy game.)

Sometimes you set a goal to do something and then things get really hard and you wish you hadn’t set that goal. Like now. I wish I hadn’t set a goal of 500 words a day. Cause I could be doing something fun otherwise. I guess now is the time to put a “but,” and follow it with all the reasons I should keep on doing my 500 words a day, but for the life of me, I can’t think of any good reasons right now. Like, what, writing 500 words a day is reallyn going to improve my computer skills? More than playing video games? I don’t think so. In fact, when I interviewed for my current position, they asked me if I played video games. They told me afterwards they feel very wary hiring people who don’t – people who play video games are people who love computers and tend to pay lots of attention to the details of how they work. Needless to say, they didn’t ask me anything about how often I write.

Hmm, come to think of it, the only thing keeping me here is the brief thought that I must have known what I was doing when I decided to try this little experiment – except that now I’m not so sure, and the only thing keeping me going is the bulldog determination to hit 500. Which isn’t really a “reason” at all, as it doesn’t involve logic in the slightest. So, I think I’ll go ahead and play Starcraft now. Not quite there yet, so I’ll leave you with . . .

Quip for the Day:

Dann: It’s full of creamy mediocrity.
Me: Much like my life.
Dann: Your life isn’t creamy!