I really can't stand Christmas, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The only time it really did was when I was a kid, I understood the receiving part perfectly well.

First, I don't get why Christians hate it when people call it x-mas, I understand the whole concept of they don't like that 'Christ' in Christmas was taken out, but really... how much 'Christ' is there in Christmas in the first place?

Secondly, why should I go out and buy someone else a gift, get all sorts of frustrated wondering whether or not they will actually like it, when they could buy themselves what they want and I could buy myself what I want and we each can unwrap our gifts from ourselves. I can't get beyond the 'exchanging' of gifts, it feels like I'm playing the lotto, first to decide if I even bought anything good, and second to find out if they bought anything good.

People spend all sorts of money thinking that this is what you do on Christmas, I spent over $200 and I'm pretty sure that is chub change for some people. I thought about buying everyone, including myself remote control cars, then we could play destruction derby after Christmas, that would have cost me, for all the gifts, a whopping $120, and I think it would have been far more fun then all this other stuff.

Now don't get me wrong, I love to give gifts, and I've given plenty. I just hate the fact that it isn't really a thing from the heart, it's more like something we expect. 'Well I bought you a CHRISTMAS PRESENT! Where is MINE!?' type thing.

Christmas has a lot of potential to be awesome, but it's not.

I for one like to game, it is cold outside for most the year where I live (and NO I don't live in Canada, though given current circumstances...) and I really really hate the  cold. I like to go skiing or snowboard once in a while, but I can't do anything cool and most the time I'm worried about taking a tree on face to bark.


So I tend to stay inside my warm house, not play paintball with frozen paint that make me cry, or build a snowman that makes my hands throb when I go inside a warm house. Nope, I just sit here and stare at my computer and lose all my awesome muscle I built up.

Yes, I have the problem most wish they had, when I do nothing but eat, sleep, work, and play games, I lose weight, but that doesn't have anything to do with what I'm about to talk about. In fact, I was just trying to brag and make you feel bad so I could feel better about me having no life.


Anyways, on to the point. Anyone who is a gamer, or at least has bought a game to play, has experienced the painful thing game companies like to call 'anti-piracy' measures. They want you to connect to the internet, type in a bunch of mumbo-jumbo, call 10 different people, and send in a photo ID just in case... or at least, that is how painful it feels sometimes.

The irony in all of this is these companies are so dedicated to stopping people who are even more dedicated to not being stopped, they spend all sorts of money trying to figure this out. They even do some stupid commercials that are suppose to make them understand why downloading illegal copies of digital items doesn't make any sense, yet they actually don't make any sense.


I remember when Battlefield 3 came out, there were plenty other issues beyond the activation (anti-piracy) step, such as EA's new, less than loved Origin program which you must have and must have opened to play the game. People were locked out of the game that they purchased because EA's activation process was all locked up, while, of course, those who pirated were already playing the game free of the painful process of waiting for EA to get their heads out of their ass.


So, while they fight off people who are stealing their games, they drive more people into stealing their games... I mean, they might as well install a new device in all the cd-roms and any new gaming system that installs your game and evaporates your disk after installing. (In case you read this EA, I WAS JUST BEING SARCASTIC)