February 07, 2005

Addiction

I know I haven't been updating much. A lot of the recent journal entries were actually written on the date listed, but I just haven't been getting around to posting them.

It happens every year around this time. Every January and February, I tend to get really depressed and lethargic. I've self-diagnosed it for years as Seasonal Affective Disorder or whatever that is. Otherwise known as the Winter Blahs. It's nothing too serious…I generally just sleep a lot and tend to be even more antisocial than normal.

This year however, it was different. I discovered Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic 2.

I tend to get sucked into video games, but my version of "sucked in" means playing - at the most - 3 hours at a time. Not this game.

Since last Sunday (just over a week ago), I've managed to log 50 hours playing the damn thing. That includes one all-nighter when I managed to play for 13 hours straight without realizing it. That, my friends, is an illness.

Yesterday, I had a lot of work to do…both things for the upcoming week and things I'd been neglecting. The entire day, I was BITTER because I was WORKING and EARNING A LIVING rather than playing this game.

But, on the other hand, I've been much less depressed than I normally am this time of year. I just really, REALLY hate Dark Jedi and Sith Lords right now.

Help…me…

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