Stupid roomies...

Currently Listening to: Trivium - The End of Everything
I gotta get this off my chest because it's bugging me like crazy. Usually, I play Counter-Strike (an online PC game) every night with my friends. Some of these friends are actually from back home and I know them. Others I've just played with online for a long time and we're good friends now because of it. Usually I wouldn't play that much, but during the week, there's just nothing else to do without spending money. That may sound rediculous, but read further and hear me out. Well, here's the deal: My roommates keep saying stuff like "Haha, I wish I could be like Mike and play CS all night, every night." Yesterday I took a glance over at the TV while waiting for a round to end and asked them a perfectly normal question about it and they just go "Shut up Mike, we're not gonna answer that," and then claimed it was because I was being too loud on voice chat with my friends and it was annoying. They made a huge deal out of it, but never even asked me to quiet down. I have my big headphones (which is so I'm curteous to them, they can't hear all the gun fire) on so I can't always hear if I'm being too loud, but I gladly would've quieted down if they'd just asked me. Here's my main bone to pick though: First of all, when I have other stuff to do, I do it. I stay active by working out and going for a a run every other day, I go to social events, obviously make dinner every night, all that. So when we all come home at night, they sit and watch TV all night while I play Counter-Strike. TV involves no interaction except amongst themselves a tiny bit. I, however, am playing with both friends from back home and friends I've made online, interacting constantly and even making more friends. So what's so funny about playing? Not only that, but why the hell do they care in the first place? They have their interests, I have mine. Scott sits and watches the same British car show EVERY day. Isaiah and Kevin are addicted to ESPN... that's literally all they watch. Actually, I take that back. Kevin tapes like at least 3 soccer games a day and hogs the TV at night to watch those, without considering that everyone else might just be a bit sick of soccer. It's just rediculous. I thought people would mature in college and get past all that crap, but I guess not. On a more postive note, the friends I do have now are the best I've ever had. Yesterday was the GM Intern picnic, too. That was a blast- a lot more fun than I thought it would be. There was tons of good food, we played some football, and then I played probably 3 hours of volleyball with a bunch of cool people I met. One kid that actually goes to Tech was playing. He came in at the very end and kept talking himself up like he was a pro or something. Well, we served the first ball and someone on his team missed it, so he starts yellin "Oh my god! You suck! SUB! We need a sub!!" and was completely serious. Ironically, there were 5 serves hit straight to him towards the end of that game and he missed every single one. Serves him right :) The big toe on my right foot (the screwed up one from the nerve injury) got stubbed a ton yesterday from running around barefoot in pretty hardpacked sand and in some slippery grass fields. So that's sorta bruised up right now, but oh well. I suppose that's about it for now. Europe's in about a week, so I'll be updating on that for sure, at least once I get back.