Bad video games!

Okay, maybe I'll finally learn my lesson. Or admit I have a problem. Or whatever. This morning I woke up, already kinda groggy feeling, and immediately went to the kitchen to brew coffee. Three cups later, I'm not feeling at all better. I don't really feel more awake, in fact a nap sounds pretty good right about now. Damn coffee! Everything's better in moderation, right? Right.

In other news, I'm seriously in love with my boyfriend. He does, however, spend so much time on that damn game Spore that he ends up ignoring me. For the past week, I've taken second place to a video game. I realize it's cool and you can create your own race from a single cell, awarding them with the power to destroy all other races and eventually take over planets.. yeah, but I'm his girlfriend. I at least deserve a few minutes or an hour or something out of his day where he could pay attention to me instead of the plundering and whatever he does in his virtual reality.

I'm a gamer, so I do get it. I understand that when you buy a new game it can have the ability (if it's that good) to take over your life a bit, and eventually you come down off of it and make your way back into reality. It's just obnoxious when he's sitting next to me on his computer, or I get up and do something and he's still on the computer, and at some point I'm trying to chat with him and he's too distracted, but then later he wants to show me his newest creation and I'm supposed to believe it's amazing.

SPORE RUINS LIVES.

Okay, maybe that's a bit dramatic just blaming Spore. Video games, or anything else that's borderline obsession.. that kind of stuff can temporarily "ruin" lives, or make a life feel like it's on hold, or someone else feel like they never get any attention (hey, I'm like anyone else - I really do enjoy attention every now and then).  I just can't wait until he gets over this whole "I have a new awesome video game" phase thing.  I will admit though, that his creatures are cute and they do keep getting more adorable.