Me and the Wii

My oldest brother and his wife acquired a Wii earlier this year (by earlier I mean, in November) It was a birthday present to my sister in law. Since its adoption I have had a couple of opportunities to play with it. And I have to say it's REALLY fun!

Last night, as we gathered together as a partial family to celebrate Christmas, I say partial because my second brother and my third sister live out of state and couldn't with us for the holidays--I can't blame them though, even buying gas to drive the less than 20 miles to visit for me can be a nightmare, out came the Wii.

I was early and as we waited for mom and dad to arrive I picked up the controllers and started boxing, taking on any and all competitors. I must admit that I had been longing to try out the Wii Boxing ever since the Christmas episode of Psych where Lassiter was playing it with Juliette's nephews. I can't remember who my first victim was, but let's just say I took down every competitor I had...and about had a heart attack in the process (kudos to the guy who decided it would be cool to get a cardio workout and play video games at the same time. :) I had so much fun--and I think I scared my family in the process. As I was riveted to the screen boxing my heart out (and my arms off) the competitive, aggressive side of myself started to show--most of my family had never seen this side of me before--as I have a certain image to maintain.

Things were going great and I was undefeated until Karl came along. (Before you get any ideas, no Karl is not my boyfriend, nor is Karl even a boy (I don't think--it's hard to tell). Karl is a very odd looking person with the hair of a woman and a beard. Karl has eyebrows so high up on his head that he looks like some sort of weird insect and his blue eyeshadow is a sight to behold). In the world of Wii -- every player gets to create a virtual doppelganger of themselves called a "Mii" to make the game more personal, i guess. Most people try to make their Mii resemble themselves as best they can but such is not the case with Karl. Karl is the alter ego of a 6-year old girl with a very funny imagination, who we'll call Marley, because it rhymes with her real name. :) Marley has more fun changing her Wii character than playing the games sometimes...in Karl's first incarnation I swear she spent 30 minutes getting him just perfect...but that's another story.

To make a long story short my reign of terror came to an end as Marley's creation Karl kicked my butt at boxing. I can't even say I took it easy on her because she's a little kid. She totally kicked my butt--it's a little humiliating getting beat by a six year old...but I'll get over it and I will beat her next time the Wii comes out to play. :)