Ambition?

I used to think I had ambition... video games seem to have sucked that away, though. Is entertainment merely an opiate for the masses? Truly, as Marx said, religion can be used to this extent as well, but does that also cover many forms of distraction and amusement?

Over the past 2 days, I've probably spend about 10 hours playing video games. Hell, probably more. This seems to be the most to date this year. Looking back, I realize that its completely without merit. In all fairness, this is something I realized while playing as well, but there's this addictive quality about it. It follows with tv as well. Even watching the news has this effect, though that's because the news is nothing more than entertainment anymore anyway.

So, I have nothing productive to say. Self-pity is nothing but emotional masturbation. Entertainment is an opiate for the masses; big freakin surprise there. I just need a way to strengthen my character and avoid repeats of these past two days. Ironically, give the mention of Marx a few paragraphs ago, I have reason to believe religion may be a means to achieve this. Then again, I'm ranting and its 4am. I'm only writing this so that I hopefully remember this feel tomorrow morning before starting to play more games...

PS: Sorry this post sucks. I also despise self pitying blogs. More meaningful content to come.