Call of Duty consumes lives.

So ever since the release of Modern Warfare 2 a couple of weeks ago, I have seen less and less of some of the guys I know on campus.

After trying anf failing miserably in class, I will be steering clear of CoD but I cannot say the same for my boyrfriend and his friends.  Conversations in class or in the cafeteria have recently included many statements similar to "Later, man, we're completing all of Echo.." or "DUDE, SPEC-OPS." 

This kind of talk goes completely over my head.  When I watch anyone play the game, especially when being played by more than one player at a time in the same room, I just witness the strategies being laid out.  These guys will plan out meticulous attack and defense strategies that show me critical thinking skills that I previously didn't think any of them possessed.  It makes me wonder what they could accomplish if they put those tactics to work in other aspects of their daily lives? Hm.

Wii!

So this past week in class we had game day.  The class divided into two room: one with an Xbox and the other with a Wii.  Most of the avid gamers ran next door to the Xbox room to play the new Call of Duty which has been consuming lives since its recent release.

I, however, stayed in the room with the Wii.  I have had very limited experience with video game systems, especially the Wii.  I had played Wii bowling and boxing MAYBE once a couple of years ago. This time around, we took turns playing different games found in Wii Sports Resort.  I watched a couple of my classmates play the Waterskiing game and it was very amusing.  Other students played an Archery game, which I knew I would be terrible at.  As I sat there, I felt like the poor student in math class dreading his turn up at the board for fear of being terribly wrong.  However, I lucked out and by the time it was my turn to play the magnificent game of Wii Swordfighting was up on the screen.  I had a feeling this game would actually be fun and a healthy way to channel out my frustration of being terrible at playing video games in general.  I played a few of my classmaytes and suffered losses as well as experienced triumphs.  This is a game I actually hope to play gain in the near future, I even broke a sweat.

UPDATE: I have succeeded in smuggling my friend's Wii system into my apartment and am about to go set i up to play some games I don't fail miserably at...

Womb Raider

So my highly anticipated halloween costume turned out to be almost all I hoped it would be.  Womb Raider manifested herself twice this halloween season fully strapped with hand gun and baby dolls.  I was only disappointed in my hunt for baby dolls of multiple ethnicities.  I went into multiple stores across the island and could only find a minimal selection of caucasian baby dolls.  I was so sure I would be able to easily get my hands on an African baby as well as an Asian baby doll in order to realistically portray Madamn Jolie and her diverse group of adopted children.

For those curious as to the final outcome:

 

Sadly I could only represent the biological twins.