Misery

I am sad. Today I figured out why I don't feel very good. I think that chocolate, or more specifically milk chocolate, is triggering some headaches for me. It makes sense because I have always loved chocolate but I have always not felt so good after eating it.

I was trying to do some work this morning while fighting another miserable headache when it occurred to me that there was no good reason for me to have a headache. I'm a perfectly healthy individual, my wife feeds me a very good and balanced dinner every night, and for crying out loud, I've been taking Flintstone's vitamins (can't stomach the adult version) for the better part of six months now.

Then I remembered that I had a slice of my birthday cake last night. And then I remembered that I had a horrible headache on Thursday. Wait for it. I worked from home on Wednesday and for snacks? Chocolate Cake. I was playing a video game last weekend and had to stop because my headache got so bad. Ready? Yah, that was the weekend she made the cake.

So, with tears in my eyes and a knife through my heart, I bid you farewell, Milk Chocolate. I have always loved you but I'm not putting up with these headaches anymore. So long and thanks for all the memories.

I Got Beat by a Girl...

We bought a Wii.  It was fun.  Until... (sigh)

I decided I wanted to try out Wii Sports Baseball.  My daughter Kelley obliged me as the opponent since my wife was not home.  Our first couple games were scoreless as neither of us were faring very well with the controls.  And then...it happened.

I was lobbing 60mph fastballs at her trying to give her a fair shot of hitting one. 

If you can't tell by now, I'm more than a little bit ashamed of this.

She got one in her wheelhouse and took it out of the park on me. 

I got homered off of

by a girl

in a Snow White Dress. 

Oh, the horror!

I'm not normally a prideful man but I have to say...that stings a little.

Rocking out to Rock Band

The kid is something else...

Rock Band ... Gone Wrong...

So my wife has been playing Rock Band and I took a video of her singing...

She wasn't so thrilled about that little stunt, so I had to do this to get her to play with me again :

yes it is hammy but then again so is the original :

Public Thank You to Rock Band

I have a few chief "thank you's" to the makers of Rock Band, one semi-sarcastic and the others genuine.

First of all, thank you to Harmonix for proving what my wife has been saying on car trips for a decade - I can't sing worth shit.  I started a Rock Band solo tour and was boo'ed off the stage twice in three songs (on Easy mode, no less).  I never knew I had such a tin ear.  The only song that I actually got through was Nirvana's "In Bloom" and even that was REALLY dicey.

My wife on the other hand has never scored below 90%, even on Medium.  Even on songs she doesn't know.  Even on songs she doesn't LIKE.  There is a good side to this though.  #1) I now have a lead singer for my band and #2) my wife is actually starting to appreciate rock songs.  I go through these songs and I say "Hey you remember that one from college?" and she goes "No...I didn't listen to those songs."  But now she actually kinda likes some of my favorite songs and that's COOL!

Last but not least, my wife and I have almost never played video games together.  I play shooters, she will occasionally play puzzlers or driving games like Burnout.  We played Band World Tour for an hour this morning, together.  I can't remember the last time we both played on the 360 at the same time.  Playing video games with your wife is COOL.

Thanks again, Harmonix.