Wheee...It's a Wii!!

Those of you over 30 reading this blog may struggle with understanding the headline. I know I would have not that long ago. Here is a picture of the Wii remote showing the hand action. Read on for further description..

Last night, we headed out with the Bffs and other fun people (OFP) to go bowling. The OFPs said they knew of a really cheap, tacky place that would be great for bowling, and we wouldn't run into any of our students. Not that that's a problem, just, well you know, the sight of teachers "letting their hair down" sometimes frightens students.

Anyway, after TWO attempts at finding places (we found them, they just weren't open), it was decided by the collective brain trust that we would head back to the BFFs home for a night of Wii bowling. So we stopped at the local snack store, loaded up and headed off for a night of games.

Wiis are interactive computer games. To play, you hold something like a remote (more like a an umbrella handle) in your hand and then replicate the action of bowling or swinging a tennis racket or whatever game you're playing. You choose your character from a list of silly ani-may characters (or can have one custom designed if you know what you're doing) and then play the game almost like it was real.

The sight of a bunch of adults huddled near a television screen, screaming and going through motions would probably frighten most children. We had a great time. One can get quite "into" whatever sport. David busted a sweat after getting soundly defeated at tennis (maybe it's because his character was "Mary Ellen"). At least we didn't replicate the Enthusiasm one OFP did when bowling, they completely "cleared" the table of all cups, plates with one well-aimed swipe!

I found my groove while playing Darts against the male BFF.(game name Daddy-o) In fact, David left their home at 10:15 pm and I said "I'll be home right away". Well, three dart games later (I only lost the last round by 2 points!) and it was time to depart. OH WAIT now we find Wii trivia. So after three rounds of that (my remote clearly wasn't working at this point because I kept losing!), it clearly was time to retreat.

A couple years ago David bought me DD2 (Dance Dance Revolution for those of you who don't speak teen) as a great way to get exercise. It was--but it was also more fun watching our children play and also watching other adults look as silly as we did. These computer toys may not be such a bad idea. It's not quite the same as a night of gutter balls, but it was still good clean fun. I know there will be several Wii tournaments over the next couple months. (look out Daddy-o, I'm comin' for revenge...)

PS to Dootcher and 'Mos who taught me to love DDR...this one is almost as much fun!!