I've been grounded from the girl as of late. Which has forced me to change my normal routine of nearly vomit inducing I love you's and kissy wissy's. My own contradictions amaze even me sometimes. Considering I'm the one that coined the phrase "Love is a disease". Hey, what do you expect.
Regardless, due to current seperation. I've been losing myself in the mind decaying feast of the internet. I'm happy to say I've been reunited with an old love. Fishy!!!! For those who havn't indulged in Fishy goodness; you're directed
here Fuck, my apologies.
here I promise
Anyway, the princible of the game is simple. You start as a little fish. You eat even smaller fish to get bigger. Until eventually *SPOILER* you get so big you eat up all the other fishys, and destroy the entire ecosystem.*SPOILER OVER* Pretty tight spoiler, right? You aren't even going to bother playing the game now are you.
Well, as you start playing this game. You realize. While simple in princible. It's not an easy game. Generally, you'll find yourself eaten right away if you aren't on your toes. Then even still. You get greedy. You'll see a fish that's looks close, and you try your luck. While playing this game. I realized fishy serves as an excellent reminder of life on a lot of levels.
Know who you're. Know you're size. Some of those fish that come across the screen are lucky enough to be big. They don't have to worry about shit. Nothing's going to eat them. Except me, if i'm smart enough. Some are lucky enough to be made that way, but hell they could have had to work up just like me. Me, I'm not that big yet. I can't even think about them. They're out of my leauge. It's only important for my to know my size, and move how I need to move to eat that mother fucker.
Choice
Always there is a choice. There's a certain bit of balance needed for Fishy. You need to be risky. Just by being in the tank you're gotta take risk. At the begining you have no choice but be careful. We wait around, and just sit for oppurtune moment to find the much smaller fish. Take what they give you, and wait some more. As you build yourself up. You accept more and more risk. And the first couple attempts. You'll probably get eaten. Get back on the horse. You begin to assess risk. What is worth it. Yes, that fish is nearly my size, but am I sure it's smaller. Sometimes, it might even be smaller, but you gotta let it go. Just in case it isn't. You've come too far to let it all come crashing down over one fish.
Now, you don't have to do anything. You can dive for the fat fish right away, but you'll find yourself fish food. Unfortunatly, as good of a metaphore the Fishy serves for life and living. It's not as spelled out. Granted, life is based on the same princibles, but we have a hard time looking at it like that. We just want the big fish. Fuck all the little ones. What if you were born a big fish? How do you know what it's like to be a small fish. You just eat em'. It's nothing personal. Just gotta keep moving. You have to keep learning, earning, burning, and turning. You can choose to wait around, but it's all gonna keep going anyway.