summertime blues

this morning i installed all of starcraft, after coming to the quick conclusion that downloading it again was most probably a good idea. (it was.) now i'm going to play through the entire campaign series again, hopefully finishing it before school begins on the 9th (if UP could really afford to start it on the 9th).

in a span of at least two hours, i've blazed through 80% of the first terran campaign. granted, its difficulty level is a traditional slope upwards, and being the first campaign in the game EVER it's going to be hella easy, but that was something i could never have accomplished without cheating ten years ago, when the game was still relatively fresh.

i think it's funny how we, as children, easily resort to cheats. while yes, some if not most of us do grow out of it easily (with a few exceptions *cough*rodney*cough*), it's still pretty amusing that we actually found it fun to play with cheat codes. sure, cheating will get you stuff you literally couldn't get in a real game, and would totally advance you faster. however, nowadays, whenever i get too far in a game too easily (i.e. become too rich in a Sims household in just one sitting), i easily get bored and find that i start wanting to play something else.

i now wonder how, back then, i cheated and still lived with starcraft for a long time, without ever getting bored with the same old units and buildings. (okay, maybe me being a proficient, but not skilled, staredit tinkerer played a big part in that.)

i've concluded that i really do easily become bored with most things nowadays. i find myself quickly moving on from one thing to another, always trying to find something that could fight for my interest. the last game that really, truly held my interest was ff12, but i finished that game a month ago, and sadly, it doesn't do well enough to make me pop it back in and try to complete it 100%. here i am, always on the lookout for something new (or old) to play or do. hopefully, i can see starcraft through to the end.

most of the time, i keep hoping that my penchant for becoming too easily bored doesn't manifest itself in the things that really matter more. like, you know, relationships. thus, i find myself fighting and fighting and fighting for interest, by doing this and that, going out to places that include UP and their house, and by doing this, i find that i've done quite a good job of keeping not only myself, but other people entertained. pats on the back are in order for dealing with it.

now... i do wonder if i've made an iota of sense at all. if so, then awesome. if not, thanks for bearing with me anyway.

hopefully, little blog, i won't become bored with you.