do as i say and not as i do!

Let's have a nice fun one today. It can't always be doom and gloom, can it!?

I've recently discovered the Playstation, much to the bear's disgust! For years I have berated him when he wants to play during what I like to think of as television time (most hours of the day when I'm not at work). Over the years, he has grown to accept his restricted allowance of Playstation time, particulary as in the last year I have started spending a number of hours per week on Guiding matters, thus allowing him to use the television for whatever purpose he desires. Far from the early days when the PS2 was young, and we would bicker constantly over it's usage, I even bought the bear a PS3 a few months ago, as a reward for his substantial bravery during his recovery from a fairly nasty bit of surgery. (The bear's colleagues were immensely impressed; I am now the scourge of their wives'/girlfriends' lives, held up as a shining example of perfect wifelihood. Oh, if only they could see the state of our house!)

Back in the beginning, as an antedote to the regular sniping, I decided to buy a PS2 game that I might enjoy, on the basis that if you can't beat them, you should join them. This game - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - had a couple of brief outings, and was then left to gather dust while I resumed my facist control of the television screen. (Wouldn't it be so much easier if we'd only bought a second telly? I hear you ask. Yes, probably! But we've nowhere to put it!)

Then suddenly, one evening last week, with nothing I wanted to watch on the telly, and my hubby retreating upstairs for a nap, I decided to give Harry P. another go. And this time was golden; I was hooked! Since then I've spent a fair bit of time dominating the telly (mostly when the bear is out) and have pretty much mastered the expelliarmus, flipendo and lumos spells, Quiddich, Gnome throwing, and Jelly-bean collecting. Last night I began at 7.30 and only threw in the towel at a little before midnight. Suddenly I have images of myself as one of those Chinese fellas who play online for 84 hours at a stretch without sleep or food and then suffer heart failure. I now have slightly more empathy for them than I might ever have had before!

The downside is that in the interest of fairness I'm going to have to let the bear play his driving games and shoot-em-up games a bit more. I've been known to have a fair old rant about Grand Theft Auto - but that's not for today's entry. I suppose I must be grateful for the fact that my husband's worst vice is in a virtual world. I'd rather have Colin McCray as the competition for my husband's attentions than sexy blonde!