My Neopet Philosophy
Feb. 23rd, 2002 07:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlHello,
Clock says it's about 6:30 AM. Still sick. Still on a completely screwed up sleeping schedule. Still hoping to Goddess that I'm feeling better by Monday so I can actually go to fiction class for the first time in two weeks. Though I did run into Robin in the Gizmo yesterday right after getting back from the doctor, and he was totally sympathetic to my plight. He told me I should get some rest and he'd see me when he sees me.
I'm also hoping I can muster up enough energy to get some homework done this weekend. I've been so exhausted recently that I can't stay up for more than 5 hours at a stretch before conking out. Not very conducive to getting work done. And I have a poem, an explication, journal entries, a philosophy paper, and at least 10 pages of fiction to write this weekend. Sucks to be me.
Anyway, what am I doing on the computer this late besides writing in my journal? Why playing with my neopets of course! This is getting insane, all I do is play with them all day and build them houses and feed them and everything. All of my pals are making fun of me because these are not real pets, and they think I am devoting way too much time to them. Eh, I prolly am, but I have a reason for it.
I was reading Moses's journal the other day and in one of his entries he wrote about why he likes role playing so much. Because it enables him to step out of his life, to become another person in another world. He doesn't have to be himself and he doesn't have to deal with his problems. I think that's why I like my neopets so much. Because that site is like a world unto itself and in that world I don't have to deal with any of my shit. Pets don't fall in love, they don't go to school, they don't even really interact with anyone. It's just this magical make believe place where I can be a unicorn or a bunny or an eyrie and I can play games and thats all I need to do. At neopets.com I'm not myself.
It's the same reason I get so excited about watching Homicide. Because for an hour that TV show can take me away from wherever I am. I can get caught up in Frank's life or Bayliss's life. I don't have to worry about being sick and getting better, or about what anyone thinks of Kevin, or why I almost made Gayley cry. I can just be in another place, a place out of time. A perfect imaginary land.
Now onto the completely unrelated protion of our entry...got an email from Mike today. Danielle has asked him to move out of the apartment. He said he would call me tomorrow (today?) and tell me more. I wonder if this mean they are breaking up. I don't say that sarcastically. It is possible that they just can't live togetehr but still want to see each other. That would be good because Danielle seems to make Michael happy and its been a real long time since hes had a serious girlfriend.
But if they are breaking up...that would just be weird. Here is the couple who when I called them crying my eyes out about Kevin not 22 days ago told me about how happy they were and how someday I would be that happy too. It's funny how quickly things can change.
I wonder how Mikey is feeling. I wonder what happened to them in 22 days. Can't say I'm all choked up about it though. I was terribly jealous when Mike and Danielle hooked up because I was losing my brother and movie outings parner. I was upset because he didn't pay as much attention to me anymore. And then he moved out of the house and that rocked my world.
Maybe now he won't move to Oregon. That would make me happy.
Clock says it's about 6:30 AM. Still sick. Still on a completely screwed up sleeping schedule. Still hoping to Goddess that I'm feeling better by Monday so I can actually go to fiction class for the first time in two weeks. Though I did run into Robin in the Gizmo yesterday right after getting back from the doctor, and he was totally sympathetic to my plight. He told me I should get some rest and he'd see me when he sees me.
I'm also hoping I can muster up enough energy to get some homework done this weekend. I've been so exhausted recently that I can't stay up for more than 5 hours at a stretch before conking out. Not very conducive to getting work done. And I have a poem, an explication, journal entries, a philosophy paper, and at least 10 pages of fiction to write this weekend. Sucks to be me.
Anyway, what am I doing on the computer this late besides writing in my journal? Why playing with my neopets of course! This is getting insane, all I do is play with them all day and build them houses and feed them and everything. All of my pals are making fun of me because these are not real pets, and they think I am devoting way too much time to them. Eh, I prolly am, but I have a reason for it.
I was reading Moses's journal the other day and in one of his entries he wrote about why he likes role playing so much. Because it enables him to step out of his life, to become another person in another world. He doesn't have to be himself and he doesn't have to deal with his problems. I think that's why I like my neopets so much. Because that site is like a world unto itself and in that world I don't have to deal with any of my shit. Pets don't fall in love, they don't go to school, they don't even really interact with anyone. It's just this magical make believe place where I can be a unicorn or a bunny or an eyrie and I can play games and thats all I need to do. At neopets.com I'm not myself.
It's the same reason I get so excited about watching Homicide. Because for an hour that TV show can take me away from wherever I am. I can get caught up in Frank's life or Bayliss's life. I don't have to worry about being sick and getting better, or about what anyone thinks of Kevin, or why I almost made Gayley cry. I can just be in another place, a place out of time. A perfect imaginary land.
Now onto the completely unrelated protion of our entry...got an email from Mike today. Danielle has asked him to move out of the apartment. He said he would call me tomorrow (today?) and tell me more. I wonder if this mean they are breaking up. I don't say that sarcastically. It is possible that they just can't live togetehr but still want to see each other. That would be good because Danielle seems to make Michael happy and its been a real long time since hes had a serious girlfriend.
But if they are breaking up...that would just be weird. Here is the couple who when I called them crying my eyes out about Kevin not 22 days ago told me about how happy they were and how someday I would be that happy too. It's funny how quickly things can change.
I wonder how Mikey is feeling. I wonder what happened to them in 22 days. Can't say I'm all choked up about it though. I was terribly jealous when Mike and Danielle hooked up because I was losing my brother and movie outings parner. I was upset because he didn't pay as much attention to me anymore. And then he moved out of the house and that rocked my world.
Maybe now he won't move to Oregon. That would make me happy.
