Hey, dude... you caught me at a really awkward time.

I honestly didn't see the text until just now.

You're the second one to have said that this week, thankfully my colored text is almost gone.

Anyway, what's up? I'm about to go back to Dragon's Dogma in a bit, been playing it almost non-stop since Christmas.

I have that game, just haven't gotten around to playing it.

Then again, what games don't I have?

Not much is going on with me today. Nobody really reaches out to talk to me these days. Christmas was nice, but bittersweet without my mom there. How was yours?

Well if you're ever bored I'd recommend you give it a try, I'm having an absolute blast with it and I'm unlocking more and more gameplay elements every 30 minutes.
If you do end up playing it I recommend you go with a strider.

I'm gonna guess you don't have anything virtual boy related :^)

Same, honestly. And I'm sorry, man, but if it makes you feel any better I don't really reach out to anyone. I'm more of a loner by nature.
I had a blast with Shea, her uncle, and her grandmother. I'm really sorry about your mom, man, but she'd be really happy you had a good Christmas.

I'm not bored, it's just that I have a mountain of games to go through.

No, I don't

It's alright. I'm just pretty down about all of my friends drifting away. Even Lisa hasn't been talking to me that much lately. Although, that's partially due to our work schedules.

You're not really missing out on much, you've pretty much got all the important systems.

As long as you're alright that's all that matters. I wouldn't worry too much about Lisa, Mast, you're a role model human being and have your life more figured out than most of the people I know.
Than being said, though, it never hurts to always try and reconnect when you think things are slipping a little.

Your motivation has to become the drive to never let yourself slip. The plants can't survive without you, the laundry will grow cold and wrinkled.
Mankind is the vessel of what our lives will become. If you stay in that dark place today it will grow and fester and eventually consume you. Your work, loved ones, and general outlook on life will deteriorate at an exponential rate.
Templars and monks suffer every day and bring themselves to the edge of despair just by living, but every day they recite their prayers and work with their higher power for strength. They feel energetic, happy, and fulfilled because it's their body and mind rewarding them for their diligence; I myself have live both lifestyles for years and I promise you that the reward of laboring through the pain makes it all so much easier in the end.

Hoist that righteous shield and push on through the bad times with every ounce of humanity you can muster. The momentum of habit and familiarity will carry you back to that lifestyle you worked so hard to now.

I know that much, and believe me, I'm a paragon of determination. I've just lost so much this year that even I've been pushed back. I need some time to center myself again. Hopefully the time off I'm getting in February will really do me some good.

I'm sure it will, my friend.
You have a square head on your shoulders and have made it this far in life and lived to tell the tale.

Enough sad stuff. Time for happy pug.

Thanks for being here for me.

Oh I remember that webm, so sweet I think it gave me diabeetus.

It's what I'm here for, dude, I'm gonna go ahead and grind like **** .

You grind, I'll shred.

I feel like I'm in a rather dark place right now. Honestly haven't felt like this in a long time. I find myself just not caring about things. They're small things, like how the pants in the other room haven't been watered regularly, or that none of the laundry has been folded and put away, but it's not how I normally am. I wish I was the guy I am at work when I'm at home. That guy cares about every little thing. That tool isn't in the right spot; that car has to have valve caps on every stem, etc. But I can't seem to find that motivation.