Day 3 - Interesting Stuff

I wonder if there is such a thing as too-many-options induced-boredom.

Pictured: Movie Pile of Shame

I have multiple interests, and all of those are competing for my time. I enjoy movies. And there are so many great movies that need to be seen or watched again. Currently, I have Boyhood waiting for me to watch it. I desperately want to see Imitation Game and Nightcrawler (both at select cinemas, unfortunately!). I do and don't (at the same time!) want to see Into the Woods. I do because I did it in college and loved it. I don't because I did it in college and hated it. I loved it because it was a fun musical, but I hated it because it was impossibly difficult to sing and not want to kill everyone around me who couldn't get it right. It's Your Fault/Last Midnight is always a nightmare! ughhh I also need to get some time to watch a few of the other Golden Globe contenders like Birdman and Theory of Everything. But they'll probably come later.

Then I have TV Shows I watch. According to my awesome phone app that helps me keep track of my TV Shows, I have 730 unwatched episodes. Now I'll happily remove about 300 of that for anime I haven't finished. But to name a few, I am still behind on Banshee, Following, Blacklist, Hannibal, Homeland, SHIELD, Outlander, Sons of Anarchy (no spoilers!), & Sherlock (Cumberpatch one, not the ugh-worthy Elementary). This list doesn't include shows that are on my Must-Watch-When-I-Have-Time list like Battlestar & The Wire (don't bash me! I didn't have cable TV for years). Then that is on top of the stuff that starts back up soon, that I will watch when it comes on. The shortlist (okay, I think we all know now that my shortlist is a longlist) is Gotham, Scorpion, Agent Carter, and Grimm. Walking Dead, Arrow and Flash have another month before they start, so I have some breathing room there. But then when Mar/April hits, I have Game of Thrones, Bates Motel, From Dusk Til Dawn, House of Cards, and Orphan Black to watch when they come on. Eventually Orange is the New Black will be on again too, as well as Penny Dreadful. 

Now both of these things are hard enough for a single person. But they're even harder when you have to watch certain ones with a significant other. Almost all that I have said here are things my husband will want to watch, so I have to wait for him to have time too! Which brings me to this point... Watching movies and tv shows without your partner can trigger a massive explosion of words and emotions. Just don't do it. Even if you think there is a slight chance he/she wants to watch it, don't do it.

Thankfully, that segues straight into my next point. Books. I love reading. I don't do enough of it. As in, I rarely read actual books these days. The occasional comic book, but that doesn't count. Or does it? It does... Sorry. All reading counts. This does not have to be shared. But my interests align with my husband's, so we often read a book after the other has. I haven't recently, I must confess. And that makes me sad.

Maybe that's what I should do with my time today...

Then my other interest include gaming. PC, console, table top. I love it all. Do I have time to play anything except for Terra Battle or Bubble Witch Saga 2 outside of World of Warcraft? Not Really.... And that's because of World of Warcraft. I play for my friends and for the routine of it. But really, I love to play JRPGs and actions games and adventure games and even the occasional fps. I'm eclectic. I know what I like. And I know what I don't like. Sports games, sim games and strategy games are just not for me. But recently I haven't allowed myself to be called a gamer... Because I don't game. I'm the definition of a girl gamer that says they game then only plays phone games and mmos. That's not real skill... (altho I'm a pretty amazing healer on WoW... gah! There I go again!) So I'm a casual gamer.... And I have hundreds of games (see photo above and replace that image with game covers rather than dvd ones)  that I haven't finished... I have a pile of shame as big as my whole video game cabinet. I think I have finished 15 games over the course of the last 5 years. That's pathetic. Tho admittedly, Bioshock Infinite was one of those, and it's perhaps one of the best games I have ever played. Bayonetta is another. But needless to say, that is yet another direction my focus is split to... When I do decide I want to play something other than WoW, I spend another 30min trying to figure out which one, and by the end of it, I give up and just turn on my phone until someone decides for me what to do next.

I'm so lucky to have so many interests. I'm really very lucky to be able to indulge in any of them at any given time. I know this entire post is a slap in the face to many many third world country residents or even half the population of first world countries. I am not saying I have it rough... All I am saying is that I'm bored... and this is why.