EPTFollowing up on my smash hit first blog entry Firsts.. with 3 whole replies I thought I had to give it another go a few days after, you know, "striking while the iron is hot". :D Since my first blog entry was about "firsts" I thought this one should be about 2nd's (second mean 1/60 of a minute in my head)
I have always felt that 2nd's were hard, and I am not talking about dropping your midday deuce before class (even though that can be pretty hard, one way or another) I mean those 2nd's when you have to follow up on a first.
Scenario 1: Eating dinner, food was great, you are pretty full, and in comes round 2 of the roast with potatoes and sauce, and in my head I am thinking: "If I had taken more the first time, I would definitely be stuffed by now, plus my food probably would have been consumed while hot". But I give it another spin anyways, BAM, disappointed because the first time, the food was awesome, 2nd time, not so much.
Scenario 2: Playing SC and SC:BW campaign (at age 8-12, and I know that technically BW was a 2nd, but STFU it's my blog and it was BW, come on, BW). SC and SC:BW featured all 3 races in 2 campaigns, that's like 2*3=6 campaigns. Then when SC2 came out I'm naturally like: "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG", and I end up running around looting various planets while gathering an army to storm to Char, and Kerrigan lets me??????? WHAT? 1 campaign, (plus some nifty protoss "filler" missions) that's it. I bougt Broodwar for myself a few years ago, and even though I haven't played it that much, it was like 99 kroner (10-12$ give or take). I paid 500 for SC2, and I got this? Fuck me. Yes yes it is still an awesome game, but it will never be BW.
Scenario 3: You find yourself at a party (not a LAN one), hitting on a chick, she is in to you, but then again, she was in to your friend about 30 minutes ago, which you find out right before "it's about to get heavy", and you think she is sweet, hot etc. But all of the sudden, she is not "the one + Show Spoiler +
(you are going to bang tonight)
Being the younger brother, I myself am a 2nd. My entire life I have strived to live up to him, not that there is much to "live up" to. He was a really good handball player (Danish Champion in the U16 mens division a whole lot of years ago), but his academics were never near to mine. He was a ladies man, me, well I played BW at age 8-12, you go figure. And yet I still feel like my entire life I have been trying to out do him in any way possible. My only major accomplishment will be when I get my bachelor and masters (3+ years from now), then I can truly say that I have distanced myself from him and become #1 in my life instead of just a 2nd. (Plus being with my super awesome GF for 4½ years probably helps me too)
