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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:43 am
I think I understand where you're coming from Wally. By giving up spomething, you're pushing yourself to experience something new and broaden yourself.
Me, myself and I, I'm taking it a step further by giving up comics altogether for the month of February. I just feel slighted overall by DC and Marvel so I decided I wanted to just take a break and leave it.
This is giving me more time to both write and read some novels that I picked up.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:01 pm
well...most of the things I would consider putting up on the list, I've already been without for quite a while.
even though the 32BJ union stipulates that superintendents receive gratis cable, they cut us off most of our stations. So, with the exception of local nyc cable stations, I've been without cnn, cartoon network and scifi. no big deal, so I picked up books instead.
books were cool, but I find that without the guidance of school, I often end up picking up crappy books and beating myself up for trying to read them, even if I didn't spend money on them.
as per school...I had to give that up due to financial constraints....god, was that painful.
but...in the end...I can't really complain. I work oddjobs, my dad still supports me during this time, and I have his continued love, as well as my sister's. I've still got clothing, food, and a passion for drawing, and even though I've lost a few things, or had to give them up...to some extent...it was worth it.
I may not be in school, but I'm recieving an eductaion most people don't recieve...actually, I've recieved two, come to think of it. A private school education for a under classed, underprivilaged minority (me) due to what his father sacrificed (time with us, a better paying job, even his own share of food or the little bit of change he would have in his pockets just so my sister and I wouldn't starve or so we could afford a metro card fare so we could spend time with our friends) just to make sure I could recieve it...and the one he, the work I'm doing with him, and experience, faith and...perhaps even destiny has dealt me.
Perhaps I'm rambling now...and perhaps what I've been trying to say hasn't made sense. And perhaps, I'll never know the words to fully express the trials and tribulations my family and I have gone through in our lives...the empty fridges and pantries, the lack of money to pay bills or to buy new clothes...the ridicule by others richer, leaner, and dare I say it (though with no racism to my friends online or off), whiter than in a private upper west side, Jewish run school in which I'm the only muslim...
*sighs* I guess what I'm trying to say is that, while I applaud those who choose to give up something, no matter how miniscule(sp) it may seem, and realize the benefits of giving it up for a certain amount of time, I'm proud to say that, due to outside circumstances, and my own choices, everything I've been through, good and bad...everything I, or my family or friends, have ever had to give up, has helped cultivate me into a better person than what most people will ever be or know, and for that, for the grace of God, I'm most grateful.
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:20 am
Well, I'll be giving Gaia up for a month, maybe more starting on Sunday.
Going off to Edinburgh for an intensive training course, then on to a new job (if I pass). So it will be bye-bye internet for me and hello lots of hard work.
I've gone without Gaia before but all it's really proven to me is that I'm addicted to it. It sucks I'm going to miss my third anniversary ball and Valentines. Ah well, save me some goodies. heart
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:19 am
You got it, D. We'll see you soon!
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:07 pm
I have been giving this matter consideration. While the most obvious choice would be to give up Lucifer for a month, those who know me know that would be insane for at least a dozen reasons. Nevertheless, I have never been against the idea of abstinence for personal growth, personal health or personal sanity.
So I thought about that in my life that could and perhaps should be given up for a month. I cannot give up comics altogether. Although I will readily admit I have cut back severely on my comic intake, there are still things that I need to know in the industry. From a professional standpoint, it is not a wise move.. I have friends who give up meat, which I never could. There's no reason to go to such idiotic lengths.
And of course the answer was staring me in the face the whole time.
For the past two years I have kept a co-presidency of the college anime club. I quit this semester, stating reasons of time constraints, though I still go to club meetings and take unofficial part in the administration.
This, I assure you, was bullshit.
Truth be told I am getting tired of anime and anime fans. I still enjoy the occasional anime. I do have several series in my library that I watch whenever I please. My portable hard drive is filled with various shows. And yet....the club exhausts me. I am tired of being around people who believe ninjas to be the greatest form of entertainment ever. I thought that by curtailing my involvement with some of these neurotic people (some of which are friends of mine) I would find myself no longer loathing to see a new series. It has worked, so far.
But I have been hanging on the assumption that it's just overexposure. That a step back is all I need. There are several people whom I would never see were it not for the club itself. I thought it was the responsibility was tiring me out. And yet there has never been much responsibility involved. Dealing with my co-president undermining me however, by constantly complaining that there aren't enough ninjas? Dealing with the three people who attend anime club every single night come rain or shine or plague of locusts? The ones who want to know the same damn thing over and over again? I don't even want to show new stuff to these people, because they'll latch on and then I'll have to hear about the damn show every single time I see them.
When it reaches the point that I don't even want to show people something knew because I know they'll be interested? That's a bad sign.
No longer.
After tonight's showing, I will officially cut myself off from anime in its entirety. Not just the club, but anime itself. Maybe I have been over saturated and have gotten sick of it. Maybe I have simply been over annoyed by the people. Either way, it's over.
I feel relieved.
What are the benefits? Well for one, never again will I have to plan a Saturday night around the club. This leaves me free for several fun activities that are not geek related. Recently it involved going out for drinks with friends. Before that, an impromptu Christmas. This is a good thing.
Wally said that it allowed time for literary persuits. I'm not worried about this, I read too much as it is. But it will mean I have a night I can work again. Working in a dark auditorium quickly degenerates into ignoring work. Now I'm going to have time to do things like screen print.
More directly, it will free up space on my hard drive and I'll be installing a new version of photoshop.
My own parameters are somewhat more severe than Wally's, and yet a bit more lax at the same time.
I am allowing myself cartoons of Bruce Timm origin, and whatever American series happens to strike my fancy, but nothing else. I am allowing a short list of approved anime. This is because there is a mini con coming up and I'll be able to purchase bootslegs of a few shows from the 70s and even early 80s that I would otherwise have to wait another year for. I am not allowed to watch them until March though.
My abstinence will not end until Anime Detour, the annual convention in these parts. This is because I have not decided whether or not I will attend, knowing that this is the last year the school will get me in for free and I haen't attended a single time before.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:38 am
Wally_West I think you guys are missing the point of the excersize sweatdrop ...but that's okay. I know what I'm doing is good for me and by the end of the month I think my head will feel clearer. You may be right, but I AM serious. Once March 1st hits, no more practicing Fyuk Yuu Do for 40 days. In fact, if someone catches me doing it, the guild can fine me 1000 gold.
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:12 am
crying *Succumbs to a moment of weakness*
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:27 am
I recently went a month without lying.
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