3 to go

  I got my 1997th trophy in a PS3 game last night. That leaves only 3 more until I hit 2000. That is a lot of game playing that I've enjoyed and I'm not sure exactly what trophy I get will push me over the edge. It is a strange thing really, these trophies don't mean anything but they are a virtual form of bragging, as in "I have done this much" or "I actually did this in a game". Despite that I'm kind of proud of what I do have. I've done a few things in games that the majority of people haven't actually done (confirmed this by pulling stats from giantbomb.com which tracks this kind of thing), it makes me feel special in a weird kind of way.

  You could argue that in the end none of this means anything in the "real world". To me though this is part of my world. It may just be a simple bit set in a piece of data in a computer but it is still something that shows what I have done with some of my life that I have a way of showing other people. They may not care about it but it is my way of showing who I am. Or at least one of my ways given that not many people read this blog which is another form of self expression for me.

  I have no problem with how people express who they are most of the time. The only time it grates me is if you force it on me. I may not like it, may think it is stupid and may even actually agree with some of it. Just don't try to make me be part of it. Religion is a big part of that for some people. I'm an atheist in the truest sense, I've never believed in any power other than the fact that the physical world exists and works in a certain why. It also works in a certain way for a reason and slowly we are discovering those reasons. The amount of strife in the world just from groups of people forcing other groups of people to believe in something that is purely fictional is fucking stupid and downright destructive. Let people be who they are as long as they don't infringe on how other people want to be and live.

  Huh, all that from me getting slightly excited over a number going up to a value that only has meaning because we use base 10 arithmetic due to us having 10 fingers. Way to go brain wandering all over the place.