OK….
Our family splurged on a WII recently.
Me myself….I’ve always been a huge fan of Legend of Zelda. Oh yes….it’s true. Back when I was in college and my husband and I were first living together…..I had eight of the nine tri-forces to complete the entire quest for Link (the main character of Legend of Zelda.)
MY HUSBAND…..in all his “4 years older than me….doesn’t like video games wisdom” – unplugged my game system before I had saved my game and I LOST MY ENTIRE life’s work…..my greatest accomplishment up to that point in my life!!!
OK…well….maybe not the accomplishment that would forever define me…but…
It WAS traumatic for me. This was 1990 – and the graphics on these video games sucked.
I had moved this little stick man around for WEEKS gathering up rupies and slaying dragons….finding secret weapons….and it was Gone….Gone Baby Gone.
I grabbed the yellow pages and began looking for a divorce attorney immediately.
Anyway……of course…we’re still together. I was a grown up….and just started over and spent another 8 weeks gathering up tri-forces until I won. I’m sure my college finals were less than stellar that semester.
Fast forward to today….
YWOWZA!
The graphics on an XBox 360 are incredible. So life like…..I can see why they can give someone a seizure. I can hardly distinguish between my life and the life of the characters.
Very real…..scary real.
BUT….and this is a BIG BUT…..video games….alas….in all their coolness….can make YOUR BUTT big. Really big. I’m disgusted when I see my 13 year old plopped in a slump on the basement couch playing XBox Live with his goober friends.
Oh sure….he’s in Boy Scouts, basketball, mows the grass…..hikes….bike rides….
But he’s also on that dang XBox Live thingy a lot. I’m not sure I like the idea of contributing to my child’s future when it looks like it will have heart disease or diabetes in it. I know I control this aspect of my child’s life right now….but we live in the middle of nowhere….and he hasn’t a single friend to hang-out with. We also live on a mountain….in the mountains….and bike riding is like taking your life into your own hands and wishing for a leg broke in several places.
For all the effort I make buying organic foods, making nutritious meals…..non-junk snacks….never any soda in the house….packed lunches…etc – I’d prefer both my kids were
very active.
So….we get the WII. The WII is a gaming system that we’ve all heard of that is supposed to revolutionize gaming by making the players more active. We’ve had this thing two weeks….and I find myself a little exhausted after playing. Quite the touchy little thing.
But – it’s not so much exhausted by getting a nice cardio work out – it’s more…exhausted from frustration because the controller makes me feel like a spaze.
So…..I look for more games besides Legend of Zelda (yes I was weak and had to buy it!), Mario Brothers Smash and Mario Cart. I want these kids active – like get up out of your chair. And for me as well. (My husband ever the rebel refuses to take part in any video game activity.) But maybe…just maybe the tide will turn for him…..
Today I read about the WII FIT. Hmmm……yoga? Exercise? Yep…..you get a little mat and you follow along with the program.
I’m thinking…..I need to try this. It’s not too terribly expensive. I think $89.99? Or something like that.
So….maybe I can become a hard body……maybe I will be so hot my husband will ask….”What have you been doing? You’re lookin good….you’re on fire…..smokin hot….uberbabe…..rockin my world……come over here and give me some sugar….you foxy….”
Wait…I think I read a romance novel last night before bed – I’m getting confused.
Maybe my husband will say, simply….”You’re looking a little slimmer – more toned…way to go!”
He’s pretty low key. And I will take what I can get. I’m 41 and 12 pounds over weight right now…..so I can’t be picky.
But….when I am in better shape – after training with my video gaming system.
I can boldly strut up to my husband and say….
BODY BY WII!!
