Favorite Pastime

When I was young, my brother and I would spend hours days on our Atari, then Nintendo, then 64, then Xbox, etc, etc etc. We would battle until our fingers couldn't move anymore. Come to think of it, that might even be where my hardcore "competitive side" was sprung.

Well for Christmas this year, Derek's sister got the new Mario Bros game for the Wii. I think I almost peed my pants with excitement as I couldn't wait to relive my youth through the eyes of a fire-spitting, short-person with a red hat.

That was December 25th.

This is January 14th.

Somehow, this little old school video game playing has officially turned into the "2010 Challenge to Beat The Game Before Matt Returns To School". Over the past couple of weeks Derek's brother and I developed this infatuation for the game and making sure we complete it in the next week. Are there endless free lives so you never really die? Yes. Are we pretty much dorks? Yes. Do we care? Nope.

So if I'm not picking up my phone, or responding to emails, I might just be on the last level fighting off the final big guy! Don't be jealous.