After quite a long break, I've returned to the joystick. (Well, not really, as joysticks are old school, thoroughly outdated. But you know what I mean.) This weekend I took advantage of World of Warcraft's free trial, and found myself immersed in the computer game. Now, perhaps spending hours of a gorgeously sunny Sunday does not sound like something to brag about. I agree, but I'm not bragging about the gaming. Instead, I'm proud of the fact that I allowed myself the "guilty" pleasure of playing a game. Not since before my eating disorder took hold have I allowed myself to be still and fully enjoy such a luxury. If I obeyed my compulsions, I would have been at the gym scoring an extra workout, or out hiking a mountain. That is a victory for me, and so I wanted to share the latest addition to my list of not-so-guilty pleasures.
When I last wrote about some things that I enjoy whose indulgence would induce some guilt if I let it, I asked what your not-so-guilty pleasures are. I liked them so much (not to mention that I share more than a few, such as watching America's Next Top Model) that I decided to share a few of the responses. Interestingly, these little indulgences fell into two categories: food and entertainment. Does that say something about the nature of humans and comfort? I'm not sure . . . but here are your responses nonetheless!
- chocolate! (no surprises there . . . it's hard to find a person who can write off all forms of the stuff
- young adult books
- "exorbitant amounts of coffee" (I agree completely!)
- Sex and the City + popcorn
- reality TV marathons
- "spending way too much time on YouTube"
- blog reading (!)
Do you have anything new to add to the list of fluffy (but important) pleasures? And if you play WoW or Guilt -- er, Guild Wars and want to team up, let me know! We can get our nerd on together.
Gaming nerds rock! I totally used to be one. If I had the time...Nathan and I used to play this one called "City of Heros." If WOW ever gets dull, which I'm sure it won't you should check it out.Also, I was a HUGE Sims fan. I loved everything about it- the people design, the houses, the careers. But after like version 4 or something it just got to complicated and it stressed me out having to make towns and stores and it was boggy on my machines so I gave up. Plus I got ED so that consumed my time anyways, sigh. That's the real reason.Anyways, I might have to find my old 2001 SimCity Disc and see if it still works.Too cool!
ReplyDeleteHoop time, Hoop City, YouTube hooping videos, playing with my hoop at the office - did I mention hoop time? :DUsed to be a Zelda junkie over a decade ago, but I got too hooked on it and needed to stop. Thank goodness getting hooked on hoops is actually healthy...
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