I am such a grown-up. I am so disappointed in myself. I could not, for the life of me, have an intelligent conversation about Nintendo with the kid that I'm tutoring! I am so disappointed in myself. He asked me what my favorite game was, and I was like, "Um, Legend of Zelda.. I think they still make that."

So now, I need to go out and buy myself a video game system. I don't want to be a nerdy asocial grownup.

So, my mom's response to my video game quagmire:

so you NEED a video game system? nooo... it's OK to get OLD... just tell
kids you are into yoga or something and that video games lead to violent and
antisocial behavior and, what's the matter with them anyway, they should be
reading classic literature - fill in the blanks to sound like an adult: "At
YOUR age, I was...." (i.e. reading a book a day, walking to school in the
rain uphill with no shoes, volunteering at the local soup kitchen 40 hrs. per
week AFTER SCHOOL, working 2 parttime jobs to help pay the bills at home and
doing homework at 2am when household chores were done.... get the idea?)