Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Not that this is a new beginning, mind you. I just must be sufficiently bored to have started one of these "blog" things. And I think about different random things that I thought might be interesting to look in on later, when I'm in a different state of mind. And I also love that lyric, so it's worth repeating.

One thing I was thinking about this evening--does the LDS culture cause singles to be more concerned about age differences than someone outside the faith would be? Mormons are so marriage-obsessed that I find myself the male equivalent of an old maid at the ripe age of 32, looking at profiles on LDS dating sites, wondering what's wrong with me--so the tide of thoughts naturally flows in that sort of direction. It just makes me curious--I wonder if girls who are not LDS are less concerned about age differences? I don't really have any basis for conjecture in that area, only one girl who was 27 and said in her profile "no one over 30!" Personally I would be willing to date someone 5 years older, if we clicked, but that's just me. A somewhat vengeful part of me hopes that young lady stays single into her 30s and comes across a profile just like hers to put her in her place. Perhaps she'll feel differently with the shoe on the other foot, eh? It's just one of many requirements so many women seem to have on their profiles that I don't meet--so I try not to worry about it. But I do admit she's an anomaly, most LDS women don't seem near as concerned about age differences.

Playing alot of Guild Wars in the last few days, balanced out by alot of Burnout Paradise on the PS3 :) There really is nothing quite the same as boosting up to asinine speeds, making a huge jump, only to make a spectacular crash upon landing, watching your 3D rendered metal carcass smoosh up like an accordion. And Guild Wars new Eye of the North expansion is proving pretty enjoyable too. I spent an hour or two this afternoon "driving" a giant scorpion-turned-siege-tank around, killing monsters. Fun stuff.

My biggest frustration at the moment is my shiny new HTPC--which loses significant shine due to the fact I can't get it to go into standby, wake up to record, then go back into standby, without crashing. Tried everything save wiping the hard drive to start over, nothing works. Guess that's my next step.

Ah well, tomorrow starts another week of well-paid, but fairly meaningless work. Yay! :P

P.S. A Burnout Paradise vid for your enjoyment. :)