My Free Weekend…

I spent this Sunday like I spend most Sunday’s – at my parents’ house. We barbeque and play games with my nieces and nephews. These Sunday’s have always been a joy… until the invention of the Wii.

What happened to the good ol’ days of Nintendo and Sega glassy eyed kids? Now they are dancing, singing, and playing instruments. It’s as if the Wii transformed our family into a modern day Brady Bunch band. Ugh.

I rented the Sonic vs. Mario Summer Olympics game from the library. I’m pretty sure I would have expelled less energy actually competing IN the Olympics. Real swimming isn’t nearly as difficult as Wii swimming. Trust me… I can’t use my arms today.

And with the invention of Rock Band, I can’t just sing Aerosmith, I have to sing Aerosmith AND play a guitar. My voice has joined my arms in the ‘not usable’ category.

I think these games were secretly invented by parents who would like to temporarily disable their children. You can’t talk back after losing your voice to Paramore – or maybe that’s just me.

I wish I could say my nieces and nephews suffered from the same painful muscle strain I have today but… I had so much fun playing that I didn’t exactly let them play. When they started crying about the unfairness of it all, I could only say, ‘Back off shorty! Aunti Beks has to finish the last rift of Salt N Pepa so she can win a new tour bus for the band.’

The best things in life are free.

Posted by Beks on June 1, 2009 at 5:00 AM in About Me, Free Stuff, Life Experiences, Living Frugal | 6 Comments »
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Neil responded:
Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 6:43 am
Hi

Very funny! My son has a wii and I like to play tennis with him (basically because it’s the only game I can beat him at!)

When we do the boxing we look like we’re both having some kind of fit, and you’re right – you do ache the next day!

Neil
Phaedra responded:
Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 10:36 am
Laughing so hard….very good post!
paisleypenguin responded:
Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 10:37 am
I love our Wii. Not being a gamer I actually really enjoy the exercise games we have for our Wii fir board. Skiing – fun!
mark harrison responded:
Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The Wii is fab. It’s been the only gaming sytstem that my whole family joins in with and I know the x-box knocks the socks off it with graphics but who cares – the Wii is mega fun!
Claire in CA, USA responded:
Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
LOL! I haven’t played Wii yet, but I watched my kids and some friends play a couple weeks ago…now, I want one! Sounds like a great work-out!
Lizzie responded:
Posted: June 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Oh, how I miss the Wii!! Enjoy, I’m jealous!