Videogames

If you know me even just a little bit, you'll know that I'm not a big fan of videogames - and watching TV - even though we had those at home growing up. I'm not saying I don't like them at all. I just want to avoid them as much as possible because I KNOW I can get hooked to them. I loveD (yes, past tense) videogames when I was a little girl. But my days of video gaming ended ever since the "joystick" switched from a simple flat gadget with just a cross on the left side, 4 buttons on the right (black and red A & B's), a select and a start button

This picture doesn't have the red A & B buttons [turbo]

 to something more complicated that vibrates on its own with gazillion other buttons (x, triangle, circle, square, etc) and switches all around.

Add also the changes in graphics from 2d to 3d that made me dizzy, I was totally content to stop myself from wasting my time in video gaming. 

But, I must admit... it is out of playing video games (usually my husband's love for it) that made Jesse and I find some friends in Hawai'i that we will never forget...

Yes, NATE, I am actually saying thanks to you (the husbands) "addiction" (playing 'til past 12 midnight, ahem!) to NBA LIVE while us, your wives, were all pregnant because it is one of the many (okay, the MAJOR) contributor to having friends like you and the Gellors. Even though I know the frequent "chillaxing" in Sharks' Cove or Waimea Bay, or eating some garlic shrimp together, random FHE's, Sunday potlucks at the Gellors, or the Big Island trip, or any other crazy fun things we did as a group definitely have contributed to developing (drama) our friendship, it all started when the men (sige na nga, kayo na panalo) started playing VIRTUAL basketball together.

Bottom line is, even though I'm a firm believer that video games, IF UNCONTROLLED, is a waste of time, I am still glad that it brought the "boys" in our group together which eventually brought the ladies together, too (because we had nothing else to do but to "talk stories" while the boys scream and yell at each other in the midst of their game), and formed a whole group of friends. I miss hanging out with you all!