Well, Crap.

pretty ideas and random daydreams are one thing; they're pleasant distractions from the real world, and that's fine. the problem is when something goes from being a pretty - and probably unobtainable - idea to being something you actively want. wanting is never good. it means you're emotionally invested and that if (or more likely when) you don't get that thing, it takes a toll. wanting is a part of desire, and to quote neil gaiman, desire is always cruel. dammit....