More on Guitar Hero...
Apr. 25th, 2006 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroserose...or more specifically, how it's affected my perception of my life.
Some of you may have noticed something of a blandness to my entries of late; I have things that I enjoy and things that I get excited about, sure, but as a general rule my life has settled into a pretty comfortable rut. I'm not complaining here, and really, I have nothing to complain about, but the flipside of that is that it's safe - not exciting or passionate, but comfortable and safe. It's struck me more than once that Brian and I seem to be living a life that most people don't hit (either voluntarily or due to life fluctuations) until their late twenties and thirties. We both have steady jobs with a good company, we both make enough to cover expenses for a pretty darn nice middle-class life, and heck, we even have two kids - or might as well, with all the attention and money we lavish on our wonderful (if somewhat dim) kitties. If I had to sum it up in two words, it'd be: "It's nice." And I mean that in the best possible way. It really is nice to feel stable for once in my life. Flux can be exciting, but it's not very fun to live there all the time.
So when Brian bought Guitar Hero, I thought it'd be fun and decided to give it the ol' college try. It was enjoyable for the first few days, while I climbed the learning curve. What's totally surprised me is that today, when I suddenly hit that steep downhill slide that shows up in most coordination and rhythm games (where it suddenly seems like all the songs have gotten a heckuva lot easier, because you couldn't have gotten that much better that quickly), it started being more than fun - I felt like I was really getting into it and rocking out. Of course it was still just a game, but hey, if you're using a controller as an instrument to play music notes that're related to the song you actually hear coming out of the speakers, it's still making music, right?
So...yeah. I actually started feeling really excited (and dare I say, passionate) about something for the first time in quite a while. I'm not sure what to make of this at the moment, other than that I think it's a good sign that, if I want to start feeling more excited about things in general, this would be a good avenue to pursue further...either by getting a real guitar and lessons, or just by getting really, really damn good at Guitar Hero. =D
The real question here is...do I want to sacrifice the feeling of safety and security I have with my current life to pursue something I feel passionate about? It suddenly seems like I have a lot more to lose than I did when I was in college and didn't have much security to begin with...
Some of you may have noticed something of a blandness to my entries of late; I have things that I enjoy and things that I get excited about, sure, but as a general rule my life has settled into a pretty comfortable rut. I'm not complaining here, and really, I have nothing to complain about, but the flipside of that is that it's safe - not exciting or passionate, but comfortable and safe. It's struck me more than once that Brian and I seem to be living a life that most people don't hit (either voluntarily or due to life fluctuations) until their late twenties and thirties. We both have steady jobs with a good company, we both make enough to cover expenses for a pretty darn nice middle-class life, and heck, we even have two kids - or might as well, with all the attention and money we lavish on our wonderful (if somewhat dim) kitties. If I had to sum it up in two words, it'd be: "It's nice." And I mean that in the best possible way. It really is nice to feel stable for once in my life. Flux can be exciting, but it's not very fun to live there all the time.
So when Brian bought Guitar Hero, I thought it'd be fun and decided to give it the ol' college try. It was enjoyable for the first few days, while I climbed the learning curve. What's totally surprised me is that today, when I suddenly hit that steep downhill slide that shows up in most coordination and rhythm games (where it suddenly seems like all the songs have gotten a heckuva lot easier, because you couldn't have gotten that much better that quickly), it started being more than fun - I felt like I was really getting into it and rocking out. Of course it was still just a game, but hey, if you're using a controller as an instrument to play music notes that're related to the song you actually hear coming out of the speakers, it's still making music, right?
So...yeah. I actually started feeling really excited (and dare I say, passionate) about something for the first time in quite a while. I'm not sure what to make of this at the moment, other than that I think it's a good sign that, if I want to start feeling more excited about things in general, this would be a good avenue to pursue further...either by getting a real guitar and lessons, or just by getting really, really damn good at Guitar Hero. =D
The real question here is...do I want to sacrifice the feeling of safety and security I have with my current life to pursue something I feel passionate about? It suddenly seems like I have a lot more to lose than I did when I was in college and didn't have much security to begin with...
