A Family of Geeks

I would be a liar if I said we weren't a bunch of geeks.

 At any given moment, there is someone, somewhere..playing a video game in our house. We have an original NES, a Super NES, several gameboys of all generations, a GameCube, a psp, and and X Box. Every single person in this house has their own pc as well. There is no shortage of ways to game.

A lot of people will argue that technology can kill relationships. And, I agree with this on some level. As with all things in life, there has to moderation.

Also, my husband and I game together. We have a game room with a large couch and two recliners sitting side by side. We sit there like an old couple, taking turns slaying dragons and making armor. I cheer him on when he's doing a co-op battle with other players. He gets excited for me when I find a new Pokemon. Yes..I'm afraid we are that couple.

Forever acting like children, yet growing old together.

Our kids are more sophisticated gamers. Their games require keyboards instead of a few buttons. My daughter and son keep begging me to become a member and play their game..but I get overwhelmed just watching for a few minutes. Remember the old days when we used to take typing classes on actual typewriters?! Now by the age of six, a child can type seventy words per minute. Sometimes I hear the clacking of keys and wonder if they are just typing random letters...because how in the world can someone type so fast?

And still yet, we have such polarity in this house. One minute my daughter is gaming, the next she's reading for three hours straight in the bath. My son likes to take Physics textbooks in the car to read while I'm driving. I read bedtime stories to my husband. Have you ever seen a grown man cry over a dog dying in a book? It's a beautiful thing.

We don't have cable television. Apart from a movie night now and then, our TV sits behind closed doors with no cable attached to it. I love the response we get when cable companies call to offer us a discount on cable and I politely say, "no thank you..we don't watch TV." I can hear an audible gasp on the other end. "What?? No tv at all? You don't watch TV shows?" It's like people think we are in the dark ages. "What do you do?" We talk. Our living room is a meeting place for talking. Believe it or not, it used to be a common occurrence between family and friends. Sometimes, we get crazy and play a board game or do arts and crafts.

I remember when being called a nerd was a negative thing in school. Now...we own it. We rock it..and we wear the title proudly.