Monthly Archives: March 2013

Mar 05 2013
Blog, Games

Why I Love to Lose at Boardgames

I am not a competitive person. So, why, one would ask, would I enjoy playing board games so much? Isn’t the point to win?

Sure. If one were to just look at something like Monopoly, (let’s not focus on it being a poor board game) and examine it strictly on the “acquire the most money and win” aspect of it.

Now. Do you recall the number of times you have won Monopoly? Or do you mainly remember the moment when you just barely escaped getting bankrupted by landing just in between your rivals? Presumably, you were having a good time up until the moment that monopoly inevitably turns into a grind and you stop having fun.

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Mar 04 2013
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Games, Technology Aside 
JPL: God dammit Fil.
me: WAT
JPL : I was just going to check on my portal. Like really quick
me: 30 minutes later...
JPL : Now it is half an hour later and I have another portal.
JPL : I NEED TO GO HOME FIL
me: NO JPL, THE ENLIGHTENED NEED YOU.
JPL : I HAVE A WIFE. 
FURRY KIDS.
me: THIS IS THE FATE OF THE WORLD, JPL.
WHAT WORLD WILL THEY HAVE IF YOU DON'T FIGHT FOR THEM?
JPL : I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS WAR.
me: NOBODY DID! BUT NOW WE'RE IN IT.
ALL OF US.
JPL : breaks down sobbing

Ingress Happens

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Mar 02 2013
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Habits

I’m trying to develop some new habits. Good ones, for those of you playing the home game.

This past month, I was committed to non consumption. Basically, no new clothes, no new gadgets, no video games, no board games, no frivolous purchases.

Surprisingly, I did not pass away as I had initially feared. Instead, I was left with a surprisingly small credit card bill to pay off at the end of the month. I was even able to use the previous month’s paycheck to pay it off. Which meant that I had the full value of the current month’s paycheck.

It was a good feeling.

Whenever I had the urge to purchase something, I would put it off, or put it on a wishlist, or write it down. Now that the month is over, I’m finding that I only still want to buy two things, instead of all of the things that I wrote down. Strangely, one of those things is another black jacket, which may seem to indicate some sort of black jacket problem that I may have. The other thing is a blender.

And not even a crazy $500 blender either. Like a respectable glass jar Oster that I can make smoothies in.
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