The Lesson We Have Yet

I've Always Been Afraid Of Video Games - Not Afraid That I Wouldn't Like Them, But That I Would Like Them Too Much, And That After Mere Seconds In Front Of Any Particularly Bright And Absorbing Game, I Would Abandon All Ambition, Turn Into A Mouth-breathing Zombie, And Develop A Wide, Sofa-shaped Rear End.

I Remember Three- And Four-week-long Snow Days, And Drifts So Deep A Small Child, Namely Me, Could Get Lost In Them. No Such Winter Exists In The Record, But That's How Ohio Winters Seemed To Me When I Was Little - Silent, Silver, Endless, And Dreamy.

What's Funny Is That The Idea Of Popularity - Even The Use Of The Word 'popular' - Is Something That Had Been Mostly Absent From My Life Since Junior High. In Fact, The Hallmark Of Life After Junior High Seemed To Be The Shedding Of Popularity As A Central Concern.

I Heard A Computer Scientist The Other Day Refer To Playing With The Kinect As 'storytelling.' At First I Thought That Sounded A Little High-minded, But After Trying A Few Games I Could See What She Meant.

I Would Like To Make Sleeping My New Hobby, Except That I'm Too Tired, Really, To Have A Hobby. But A Girl Can Always Dream.