Thats what Dad calls video games. He said he cant understand why so many of us seekers of knowledge and special skills dont use more of them and that if he were able to he would use them a lot more than he really does (wii seems to be ninja enabled and I have found a few scores on my games I dont think I really set). I dont know if I was thinking about this when I picked out games or not, but I was thinking about picking games that would help me stay fit and get better at things I knew I was very weak at, like timing in general and coordination. I've found that while some parts of my brain arent currently subject to improvement, that my timing can and does improve with practice.
I suspect my husband of being involved in the music selection on some of the games. It feels like hes given me a mix tape, but instead of sitting there or whatever, I get to hop around till I no longer feel like a spaztic cow, or push buttons heirachically aligned with our family structure till people cheer me and I get to make things explode (to more cheers).
Some games cause me to think about some things my students told me. I had one tell me that I should run away from the man who was sending me mix tapes through video games, which had me thinking this afternoon about why Im so intersting to a group not in good standing with my husband, wondering if someone is ofering them an incentive. But the power ballance seems to be on our side, as I noticed I get more opportuntites to shoot french icons than I get to shoot new human beings or traditional characters in some games.
Then I go back to wondering as I often do these days, what kind of person I am going to be when I stop squirming when something seems too sweet, and I realize its very close to a person I started out to be till people with no concern for me at all told me there was something wrong with being kinda sappy.
