Anger Management?

Well I have another theory.

Things have been going quite well for us as of late, we found a house, made a bid, it was accepted, and it looks like we will have no problem selling our house. (People have already been in to see it, and liked it quite well.)So this means things have been looking positive around here lately, which is good for a moody guy like me.

Then today our youngest son was riding his bike around the yard. Now I have told him several times not to ride between the two cars in the yard, one being our car, the other being my work car. As you may have guessed he did not head my words of wisdom today, and now the car I drive for work has a very noticeable scratch on the driver’s side.

I was very angry, I still am. I will have to explain what happened to my boss, I will offer to pay for the repair, it’s just the right thing to do. Of course being 7 years old my son had forgotten later in the day how upset I was, and seemed to forget the seriousness of the situation, as he curled up next to me with his head on my shoulder and asked "What are you doing daddy?"

So now comes my theory; If I stay angry (as is my nature) am I simply inviting more negativity into my household, will my “I’m angry and have a right to be!” attitude bring more “bad luck” if you will?

Should I simply take a page from my son’s book and let it go, not that he will not be punished, but deal with it and move along? It’s harder for me than it sounds. I tend to stew on things, stay angry “go into my cave” as someone once said.

So, am I looking or trouble? Or am I just a moody old shit?

Video Game Memories?

I had a thought this morning. Do first person video games create the same memories as actually doing something in person? Now before you call me a kook just hear me out. Think back to a time in your life that you remember well, but something at least 10 years ago. Do you remember how things looked, the layout of an old apartment, the interior of a favorite car? Now think back to a first person shooter game, do you remember walking into a room, where things were (if you did it a couple hundred times you most likely do:) ) a broken chair, blinking light?

Now let’s fast forward to the future, let’s say I’m an old man, I’m starting to confuse things. Is it possible that I will remember being in the army because of playing Battlefield 2?
“I remember the day we were pinned down in a little town over in the Gulf of Oman, I was down, but the field meds patched me up good. So I pressed R to reload my rifle, and we kicked the shit out of em!”
“Grandpa, you were never in the war.”
“Listen to me sonny, I remember it like it was yesterday, just like the time the Aliens landed and we sent them packing.”
“Grandpa, that’s was just a video game.”
“That’s no way to speak to a War Vet; you kids today have no respect!”

So, what do you think? Am I crazy, or are we really rotting our brains with all these video games?