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Going Out On The Weekend
This blog is going to be, for the most part, the first step in how to be a pimp. Now for many of you, you may not need this advice because this might not be your problem. Still there are some of you that need the help. So I'm going to give you a bit of advice.
GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE ON THE WEEKEND!!!! I have one computer dork friend who doesn't leave the house hardly. Usually it's to go to the store, work, or to rent a movie. I know he's not happy, usually when I talk to him he's miserable for the most part. I tell him to get out of his house and have fun at least once a week. He doesn't do it out of a lack of confidence. After all being picked on in high school can have some bad effects on you as I have seen. Also, I know he isn't the only one out there that has problems with going out. In 99, for most of the year, I was an Internet junkie. I'd get on at say 12:00 PM (12:00 for the rest of the world) and then I wouldn't get off the Internet till about 5:30 AM (5:30 for the rest of the world). During this time I wouldn't use the bathroom, and I wouldn't eat. This was horrible for me. I was miserable. Then you have people who are into playing games all day everyday. This isn't good either.
If it is a confidence issue about going out, then don't even worry about it. Once you are 18 and out of high school you rarely run into people trying to talk bad about you for how you look anyway. Once you are out of high school no one really pays attention to you anyway. So just do it. Go out with your friends, I know you have to have some. If not go join some local organization that you can be interested in. You'd be surprised who you can find to hang out with.
If your problem isn't confidence, and it's just lazy. Stop being lazy, you are wasting your life. Don't get me wrong. I love sitting behind the computer for hours learning about Linux, and I love sitting there playing Grand Theft Auto or Rise of Legends, but I have to go out. I found out that a night life can be pretty fun.
See there is a problem with being in all the time. You get stale. You see the same walls, the same things, your routine is the same. You then lose your will to experience the new. Then you become dual and bored. Then everyone else thinks your boring, even your friends. Let's face it, you tell your friends no every time they ask you if you want to go hang out somewhere then after a while they will stop asking you and they won't hang out with you so much. It's just that simple. Sure they can come to your house and play games, but that gets old after a while, and if you are like me no one will want to sit there and watch you fiddle about with Linux. The only person who deals with my Linux babel is my girlfriend and that is because she is my girlfriend and she is trying to be supportive.... I do feel bad for her sometimes when I realize I just talked to her about Linux for 2 hours....
Look, I'll put it plain and simple. We, as human beings, need social lives. We need to go out and try new things. We need companionship. Computers and video games are not good companions. I don't care if you talk to 20 people at one time on the messenger, those people aren't there with you. I'm sure the majority of those same people wouldn't pass up the chance to go hang out with their friends who live near them. It's just a healthy thing to do. I'm sure if you lived near them they'd want to go out and hang out with you too, not just talk on line.
So don't shrug off your friends who live near you. Go hang out with them, and just enjoy yourself. Don't worry about who is looking at you. Don't worry about the cute girl you see. Just focus on having fun. That's the first step to getting out there and feeling better about yourself anyway. I was there in the low self-esteem bracket once. I was there where no one asked me to hang out anymore because I always said no. Life is too short. Spend time with family and friends whenever you can. Your game will be there waiting for you. The computer will be there in the same spot doing the same thing. Just hang out and have fun. It's all I can say. You live longer when you have fun, it's a proven fact. It's a proven fact that I chose to say it is a proven fact. So if I say so it must be so. After all I am the Ubuntu Pimp.
OK I'm done tooting my own horn. Point is, get out of your house at least once a week and go have fun somewhere. I'm not saying go out and try to find a girlfriend. I'm just saying go out and have fun. You need it, and I sure know I need it.
