You know how I was talking about being more consistant over break? Well, first I got pummeled'd with work. Need the money, so that's good. Second.... I got Pokemon Pearl for Christmas. I know I'm 21 and I should get over the damn game but... damn. I love Pokemon. It's just a solid-ass game.


Here's a shocker. First, my mom got a Nintendo DS for Christmas and loved it. Didn't see that coming, nor did I expect to see her obsessively playing it every day. She got Brain Age. She's obsessed with it. It's even freakier that my sister (think popular blond cheerleader type who finds my geekiness embarrassing, we can't spend more than two days together without fighting) was the one that got it for her. Oh snap!

Second, my dad is trying to steal my Wii. This is the jock dad that complains about video games whenever he sees them, and how my brother and I should play sports. Well, Christmas night, my dad and my friends' dads were all huddled around the tv playing Wii Bowling. They were late for desert because they didn't want to stop playing. Anyway, he's going on a business trip and he wants to take my Wii. Don't think that's going to happen, but that won't stop him from trying. In a way I just find this a moment of victory, as I have finally convinced him that video games are a legitimate source of entertainment.

So there you have it. Nintendo has done the impossible. It has made my parents and my sister play video games. This means the US and Russia are about to launch their missiles, terrorists will bomb the rest, the world is going to explode, and they'll all live happily ever after, the end. Have some Oreos.