Only in the Apple – A New York City Blog

I haven’t written in awhile because I’ve become addicted to Guitar Hero. Ok, part of that’s a lie…I haven’t written because I’m lazy and I’ve been bogged down with this whole apartment-hunting-moving-process. But I am currently addicted to Guitar Hero. It’s only been in my life for a week now, but I now understand what the fuss is all about. After playing some easy songs and clearly mastering them, I discovered the “career” function. I created my own band and properly named it “HotCher.” Unfortunately, something went amiss and now whenever I log in to play, it comes up as “HotChe.” Not exactly what I was going for.

I’m excited that tonight I moved on to the medium level and managed to rock on both songs I played and even incorporated the fourth fret. I was feeling pretty good about myself until my neighbor came over and told me about this kid on YouTube who made his way to the most difficult song – Dragonslayer. I watched the video and immediately felt pretty shitty about my guitar hero ability. Watch for yourself and see how crappy he makes you feel.

After I watched it, I tried boxing on the Wii for the first time and felt much better about myself after two knockouts. Hey, you do whatever you have to for a little self-esteem.

When I saw this commercial for the first time last weekend, I choked on my dinner. My mom was like, “Oh, I guess you hadn’t seen this yet?” Uhh, that would be no. I was horrified! Poor Elvis is rolling in his grave right now.
And by the way, if my husband was sitting around with a bunch of other guys playing instruments and singing about viagra, he wouldn’t have to worry about being impotent: there’s no way he’d be getting laid anyways.