My New Addiction

"Hi, my name is Major Mom and I have a problem."

"Hi Major Mom!"

I'm addicted to a silly little game on Facebook. It's called "Bejeweled Blitz" and Facebook went and made it interesting by turning it into a challenge against my other Facebook friends. So if I hear about one of my friends beating my high score, I'm on Facebook trying to beat him or her.

Unlike the classic game "Bejeweled" that's available on the web, the version on Facebook is timed. So it's as many jewels as can be cleared in just 1 minute.

I'll spend HOURS on this! It reminds me of how I was with Tetris back in the late 80s/early 90s! A lot of it is luck, but there's quite a bit of skill involved, too. I think Dave was worried about me for a while because I had a period where I did this instead of, say, laundry, dishes, or cooking dinner.

Jacob even plays this game now, but he prefers an untimed version on Popcap.com, or else the version on the game on Webkinz, where he can earn Kinzcash for his pets.

So if you're wondering where I am instead of blogging, I'm probably wasting my life away with video games.