Too batty?Howdy, I have this obsession. And yeah, there's really no way of sugar-coating it. I'm obsessed. Batman Begins came out in... what, 2005? Well ever since then I've been waiting for the sequel. (Oh, sorry. WB says it isn't a "sequel". It's a "continuation". My bad.) And in about a week I'll get to see it. Then I'll get to see it everyday I'm at work, whenever I want, for the next 3 months. And I'll get paid. And I'll dress up as Batman... Starting to get the idea, right? I took the week off from my other job so I could stockpile on sleep. I essentially plan on being at work from... well, let's just say double digit hours for a few days. People are tossing around "12 or 13 hours shifts!" and I'm mentally rolling my eyes at them. Rookies. ;) I've spent the equivalent of a few days decorating the theater with comic book covers. I've begged and cajoled to get in to see it early. None of this is including my constantly going on about it socially. Getting customers @ SB to buy tickets to see it in IMAX. Discussing it with any friend that will be foolish enough to stop and listen. I've actually cut myself off from trailers/spoilers/and ads, because I know that if I didn't? I'd just watch them over and over and over. Sigh. Like I said, it's a bit much. I'm more excited for this movie than I was to see my family. I've spent the last 6 months overthinking this thing. This month alone is already... well, a bit much. Taxes? Don't care. Price of gas? Whatever. My car got towed... rolled my eyes, paid a fine, moved on. Female companionship? Eh. Running? I'll get to it. Nope, it's BatmanBatmanBatmanBatman. Now, I have no problem letting things be low priority. I figure the less you worry about finances, the happier your life will be. Why fret over the kind of stuff that you really can't change? So I figure my thinking about other stuff is just fine. But there's such a thing as too much. I argue that I've breached that point. The only real "problem" that comes of all this, is what does it say about my priorities? Shouldn't what you think about the most reflect what you care about the most? Let's pick... oh... I dunno.... God, for example. Now, I certainly haven't forsaken my Quakerness for Batman. Come now. I still go to church every Sunday, I read my bible weekday mornings, I have constant prayers going through my head over the course of the day. I have not regressed into some anti-religious psycho. Nope. But... well, shouldn't God be thought of much more than a movie? I am of two minds about it. (Which is a minor pun for those of you who know about Harvey Dent.) ;) On one hand, I figure God gave me my interests and passions for a reason. I thoroughly enjoy comics. I like watching movies. I happen to work at a place where we have an IMAX theater. Ya toss all those three things into one metling pot, and yes, I'm in Nerdvana. I think that God is happiest when his people are doing what they love most. On the other hand, there should still be time made for God. And as I was typing up that first "hand", it hit me. Praise God for the gifts he's given me. For the blessing of being able to work around things that I love. That I can be completely passionate about what I'm doing and what's around me. Don't choose Batman over God, thank God that I have Batman. Continual thanks. And a less exciting movie will come around and God will get thanked for something else. Praise God. Watch Batman. Have fun. Thank God. Sounds so simple, doesn't it? Well, I never claimed to be the brightest Bat-signal in the sky. Toodles -PC, actually had a moment of clarity that solved his own question... while it was being asked! How convenient | 
