Ah, the weekend

When everyone who is NOT me is NOT blogging. I got bored with blonde hair so I’m changing it up a little. I think Spouse likes is lighter, so I went with Light Reddish Blonde. We’ll see.

I’m also pretty sure I’m chopping my hair off this week. I’m going to put some pictures on my Zune so I can take them with me to see Markesa.

I decided that the next best thing to Guitar Hero will be a Tiger Woods golf game on our Wii. Spouse has had a chance to check out Wii Golf and I think he wants a little more variety. On the other hand, GUITAR HERO.

I have a competition issue with video gaming. Back when I was in junior high school, Mario Brothers 3 was all the rage. This was back when my parents were with the Crazy Church, so we couldn’t have anything like a Nintendo, but my friend Danielle had 4 older brothers (which means Nintendo). So I spent the weekend at her house and we hung out (probably discussing The Little Mermaid, The (new!) Mickey Mouse Club, and New Kids on the Block) and then she broke out the Super Mario.

We played for a while and then eventually SHE went to sleep. I stayed awake for about 36 hours until I beat that effing game. Every time I died, I just started over and over and OVER. Until I won.

She got up for breakfast the next morning and I was STILL playing and that was when i realized I had a problem. I’m not competitive with other people playing those kind of games, I’m competitive with the GAME. And I will play until I win. My sleep issues make it super easy for me to stay up a hideous number of hours without really noticing it (until far too late) and I will just. Keep. Playing. Until I win.

That was when I decided I should not play those games any more. Give me something like Tetris or Wii Golf/Bowling/Boxing and there’s no level that HAS to be reached. The goal is infinite (much like yoga) so I don’t feel pressure to GET someplace. Games with that set up don’t press THAT particular button in my head to KEEP GOING.

I’m thinking Guitar Hero will be AWESOME.