So addictive

Today was a pretty nice and relaxing day for me. I played some games on my Nintendo DS, read a book, watched some TV, ate unusual food, and read some more. Much of which allowed me to be huddled under my nice big blanket on the couch. But back to that first thing...A couple of years ago, I came here to Ottawa to visit my sister and she got me addicted to the Sims 2. A game we didn't have back home. It was terrible. I eventually found out that there was a version for the Nintendo DS, so I bought myself a DS. I kind of wanted one anyway because I had tried my cousin's and thought it was pretty fun. It was a lot of money; I could have bought the game for cheaper. Because it was expensive, I pretty much didn't tell anyone in my family that I had this Nintendo game console. After about a week of having this really odd secret all to myself, I told one of my sisters but she was sworn to secrecy. It wasn't until I had moved to Boston that I actually let my mom know that I had this game thing. All things considered, this secret was a really weird secret to have and I don't know why I felt the urge to keep it a secret but there you have it. Last year, I let my sister try my DS and she ended up getting one for herself; she now has more games than I do. She also got one for my mom when my mom broke her arm to stifle the boredom of not being able to do anything. My niece loves it. My mom probably does too, when my niece lets her use it. Anyway, yesterday my sister bought two new games. I have been playing both of them pretty steadily for the last day or so, with one of the game cards in my console and one in hers. I think my sister probably would enjoy the games as well, but I seem to be a bit like my niece.

Yet another thing my sister got me addicted too.....

A couple years ago, I came to Ottawa for a week to visit my sister. She had just gotten really into the game the Sims 2 and decided to show it to me. I ended up playing it most of the visit, couldn't stop thinking about my characters when I got home, played it much of the time on subsequent visits and, now that I am living with her, I usually tend to play it before I go to bed at night. When I first started playing, I had absolutely no idea what to do. My sister ended up having to fix my characters because they were doing quite terribly. I have figured it out since and haven't screwed up my new characters too badly.
It seems like such a basic game, fulfulling the characters wants and needs, so they don't get depressed or die, but it definitely draws you in. The Sims 2 is the basic game, and the subsequent expansion packs allow you to do more.
Once you get into it, it can be quite addicting and I often stay up much too late because I want to fix a problem or seem how something turns out. It's technically my sister's game, which I play on her computer, but she hasn't actually played the game since I moved in with her since I kind of hijacked her computer (it's in the same room I sleep in. Not to worry, she's pretty much hijacked my laptop. I got the better end of the deal. Mwa ha ha ha)

And that's what I did all day.......

I pretty much go on the internet everyday. In fact, I probably can't go more than a few hours without going on the internet....which sounds startlingly like an addiction.....which it probably is...(Me addicted to something? Never......Oh!) (I think I just used way to many of these ".....") (I am also using too many brackets (Crud!)) Where was I? Oh right...the internet! I have a few websites that I check first thing such as my iGoogle page, Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook, and my blog, anyone of which can lead me on some sort of timewasting yet enjoyable journey through the internet. Checking one thing leads me to something else which leads me to something else which leads me to IMDB, which wastes even more time because checking one thing leads me to something else which leads me to something else which is probably why I am still unemployed. For those that are unaware, the IMDB or Internet Movie Database is a website where pretty much anyone who has ever worked on anything TV or movie related is listed. So if you are watching a TV show or something and you recognize someone but can't place where you know them from, you can go to the IMDB and type in the show name and Voila! For TV, it helps if you know either the character name or episode name/number. Occasionally, you will read the list of what the actor has done and still be completely baffled but at least you tried. The IMDB also has Trivia, Memorable Quotes, Actor biographies, and Viewer reviews and forums. I end up spending way too long on that website.

Mwa ha ha ha!

My evil, evil sister has this ability to get me hooked on to various things. Many of the things that I enjoy, particularily of the TV variety, it is because she is the one that said you should watch this. And I do. And I pretty much get hooked. It's happened with the Office, Bones, Buffy and to a lesser extent Angel. Yesterday she taught me a solitaire game that I had a difficult time not playing today. So when I know that I have gotten her interested in a particular show it makes me happy. The shows that I started getting her to watch have been Big Bang Theory, Chuck and 30 Rock. Knowing that I am the reason that she watches those shows makes me quite happy and I feel that is justifiable payback for all of the shows she's hooked me on over the years. So today's favourite thing is getting my sister interested in stuff and then not telling her how it ends.