Been playing Firefight with Mark a lot recently. Last night Tim joined us. It was hella fun. We basically have nicknames based on what we do. Tim's Snipes, I'm Wheels, and Mark's Gunny. Tim, obviously stands on high ground and kicks the ass of unsuspecting folks down below. Mark and I get on a Warthog (basically a jeep with a rotating turret on the back), I drive, and Mark guns.
We actually worked well as a team. I'm a pretty insecure person, so it makes me feel good when I'm part of something that is made better by my being there. Mark is impressed by my wheelman skills. I'm impressed by his gunning. Everyone's impressed by Tim's headshot ratio. We need a fourth person, though. I'm trying to think of a good strategy for the 4th.. I suppose he would either suppliment Tim, or he'd run around on the ground with a Grav Hammer and beat the shit out of the people the rest of us miss. I guess I'd have to come up with a nickname for "The guy who beats the crap out of people by using the Grav Hammer repeatedly." But I can't think of one. Smacker? Wacker? Beater? Mace? Mace! That could work! I like it.
Alright, random topic number 2
I read a blog post by Brentalfloss, who rocks, btw, (http://twitter.com/brentalfloss) (http://www.youtube.com/brentalfloss), and he mentioned seizing the day. And how a lot of people don't, simply because they are worried about the consequences it will have on tomorrow. "I better not go out with my friends to the bar cause I have to get up early tomorrow." Sure, I get that. But Floss's argument, or at least, what I got from it, is that, yes, your tomorrow may be somewhat less than ideal, but how many times in your life will you get the opportunity to do the things that make you happy? Not as many as you'd like. People get older. People move away. People get more and more busy.
Cherish the time you have. Do what you want to do. Screw tomorrow (to an extent) because you HAVE to live for today. Today is what's important. Tomorrow will work itself out.
I've never been that sort of person. I've always been a "what about the future??" guy. But, reading Brent's blog really sort of woke me up from that. Dude. How many times did I refuse to go do something with my friends because I was worried about waking up the next day, or whatever else? Tons! How many of those friends still live in town? Not many. Sure, it might have sucked the next day, or I may have gone from an A+ student to a B student. But in the long run, who cares? Your life is short. Shorter than you think. Grab it. Wrastle it down. Make it your bitch.
Now, I'm not saying go get drunk as hell every day, do drugs, and eat yourself into a coma. We all must exercise restraint. But find the happy medium. DO something! You were given this life, this gift. Don't spoil it just because you don't want to have a hangover. You don't want to gain a few pounds. Who cares?! LIVE!
I'm also kind of referencing the movie Yes Man here.. I'm not just gonna blindly say "yes" to everything I'm asked. "Hey, Shannon! Wanna smoke this crack?!? Wanna make out with this 60 year old man?!?" But, I am gonna focus on being more of a yes man than I did before.
Bottom line. Take risks. Sure, things may sting for a while. You may crash and burn. But, wouldn't it be better to lay there, bleeding on the pavement with your best friends, laughing and screaming "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" than watching from the sidewalk, wishing you'd had the guts to try it?
Friendships, relationships, plans, activities. Just go. Just have fun. You only live once. And you don't have NEAR as much time as you want. It something makes you happy, just go. Do it.
Nuff said. Any thoughts?
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Thoughts? Nah, none other than you hit the nail on the head. I've been suffering a little today from staying up to play Firefight last night but dude... it was SO worth it. I wouldn't throw caution into a hurricane-style monsoon but throwing caution to the wind occasionally is really the only way to really live. Everything exists in a delicate balance in my world and sometimes I need the play to balance me out more than I do the sleep and sometimes it's the other way around. The trick to me is learning when to give in a little and have that good time and when you just have to suck it up and give it to the fact that life is sucking away slowing at your free time.
ReplyDeleteI'll be Mace...I just need to get ODST, which I am soon! And to repeat Tim, you hit the nail on the head. I used to be the type to throw caution into a hurricane-style monsoon, but I also used to be the one laying on the ground bleeding and laughing hysterically, literally. I need to get back to that, or at least to some extent. I'm older now so I know I'm not bullet proof, but I need to just say screw it and have more fun.
ReplyDeleteWell Shannon, I agree. I am constantly walking that line between trying to make the right decisions and trying to do what is fun as you well know. Sure enough, friends and family suffer just as much as you do every time you deprive yourself of going out and having a little fun, and every time you choose the right path over having fun, you are never able to truly make up for it. That opportunity is lost forever. Keep up the deep thoughts dearest =)
ReplyDelete*hugs and luvs*