i started playing the sims the other day, just to see what everyone has been raving about for the last couple of years, and i got hooked. i began to pore over every single detail of my house, the furniture, the outdoor patios… i became obsessed.

but then my sim wanted to play on the computer, spending hours of its life just sitting there, staring at a monitor. i realized that i was on my computer, watching my sim on its computer. i felt a wave of sadness rush over me.

i need to get out of the house.