Growing up a little bit...
Since I was a kid, I've been a huge Transformers fan. Optimus Prime was, is, and will always be my hero. He is why I could never really be a truly bad person. He showed me every day after school that while the good guys didn't get jets or flight, they did get to be cool. And later, they got to be jets, and rockets, and cities, and so forth.
I also played Magic: The Gathering. I got heavily into it for many years, giving it up primarily once I moved west.
Oddly enough, after watching "Ted (which was great)" I decided to sell my collection. It's time to grow up, and other than keeping a few decks for nostalgia and torturing an old friend, it was time to let things go. The good news from this is that it allows me to finally sell my Touchpad and get my iPad I've wanted for three years. Even better, the cards sold, if my grading of their condition is the same, will cover the cost of the iPad and screen protectors/case IN FULL!
WOO HOO!!!
Now for the hard part.
I am debating selling some of my Transformers. If I was a Magic Geek, I was an all out Transformers fan boy. At one point, I had shelves covering 3 walls. Most of it ended up in my grandfather's attic when I moved out here, and I only brought what I truly loved and wanted. I bought the better half an engagement ring, and I know that the figures would pretty much pay it off, or a good portion of my car, or some other things of that nature. I'd also like to get her a fairly good laptop, so that she can play her favorite games without being tied to the desktop (valuable here in Cali), or also get myself an iMac or sell my Air and get the MBPro with Retina. Anyways, the point being.. sometime, while watching that movie, something clicked.
It's just plain time to grow up.
I still love video games, don't see myself EVER giving those up. But it's time to take a more serious hand at some things.
I'm putting this in my pagan tag, because growing up also means taking much more of an active hand in my beliefs and less of playtime. So my other question is,
Based on my earlier "This is what I believe" post, what should I focus on first? I feel like energy manipulation is what I'm pulled to, that and just learning to SHUT UP in my head.
Answers?