Button Mashing & Expletive Shouting

Lest I sound like a pompous, self-important idiot going on about all the books I'm going to read these days, I'd like to tell you about another less "academic" pursuit I'm extremely excited about catching up on: video gaming.

During the school year I have to be content with watching Mark play whatever is on his list that particular day (usually Rock Band or Guitar Hero), but now it's my turn to helm the controller.

This little guy on up there on the right is who I'm particularly interested in interacting with. He's Roald from the Wii's Animal Crossing, which looks thoroughly addicting. For those of you not familiar with this game, it's like a cuter, kid-friendly version of the Sims genre.

On another note, regarding the button mashing and expletive shouting, there's two situations where I suddenly develop Tourette's Syndrome: while driving around total jerks and while playing Mortal Kombat. You will never hear me curse more, I'm quite proud of my sailor potty mouth. You name it, I say it.

I put my lovely locutionary skills to work just the other night while battling Mark in the new Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. In this game I can play as my all-time hero Wonder Woman against the likes of Baraka, Liu Kang and Subzero. Fun fun fun. Also a great stress reliever as I smash the buttons in an uncoordinated symphony of frustration.


All I want for Xmas is...
success with all the new recipes I'll be trying out since I now have time to actually cook.