Favourite Thing to See

Last night before I went out to Ashley's, my sister was playing Call of Duty on the XBOX 360, in the living room. Dad and mom (technically) were watching.

My sister was camping (like I do, and get made fun of for) and was picking guys off of the roof as they ran by.

Di said, "Don't take your eyes off there. There's a guy hiding."
They conversed a bit, and Katie got direction to where about this guy was hiding. He popped up and she got the kill.

What I liked was that Di'd gotten into the game AND helped. She likes the shoot 'em up movies, and war movies, but (unfortunately) isn't so good at the whole "hand-eye coordination" necessary for video games. Mario's good, but racing or anything you need more than a few buttons to play, or you need to react quickly, and she's a little challenged.

Common Courtesy

I live in a decent sized house with my parents and little sister. I live in the basement (and have ZERO issue with it).

Now, everyone knows that the walls and floors are kinda thin, so we try to keep the noise down in general.

My sister (who's room is on the third floor, but enjoys playing on the middle floor) neglects to be courteous of others on (frequent) occasions. For instance... Today; she was playing XBox 360, online and had the BlueTooth thing on her ear. She was playing Call of Duty, and talking really loud.

I walked up to check what was up, and she wasn't even talking to the person on the headset about the game she was playing. So I wanted her to turn the volume (on her voice) down.

Me: ...could you please be a little quieter?

Her: No.

Cut and dry just like that. There was no "I'll try," or "I'm sorry, but I can't." Just "no." AND she became louder.

My answer to this was, turn on the music in my room; really loud. I can't hear her as much anymore. I think she tried to beat my music in loudness, but gave up quickly.

I win, but still; there is such a thing as "common courtesy."

Childish ways...

Now, I was play Call of Duty with my sister. I've never really played on an XBox 360, but that's the system she's borrowing at the moment.
I'm a competitive being; it's just the way I am. And yeah, I was really tired of losing every time; but hey, I was getting better.

We play capture the flag. First time I played, it was 3-2. Then a whole bunch of 9-1 and 9-0 games. More 9-0, but I was getting better. I killed her more often.

Played tonight, and I kept all the games close; she never won by more than 3. When I'd say that, I'd get shot down and made fun of; but I never bit back.

One game I even got to take it to a TIE-BREAKER!!!

Still lost though.

Last game, she decides (without asking) to "make it fun," which means "pick a really hard map to watch [me] run around like my head's been cut off."

It was 1-0 for her for the longest time. When I finally got my hands on her flag; then I was running around like my head was cut off. I COULDN'T FIND MINE!!! AHH!!!

When she caught up with me and killed me, I said that the level was so hard, and that it was like a giant huge maze. (Remember I was playing, not grammatically correct.)

She gave me an instruction - that I was really already doing - so I told her I was doing that. Then she got all almighty about it, and said it again, but more rude. I told her I was doing it already, and called her a smart ass.

She flipped out.

She was winning, and one word got under her skin.

She threatened to turn off the game, and I told her that would be very immature of her.

We went to the second half; I was down by one. We switched sides.

Somehow I managed to get one, and stop her from getting mine. We went into a tie-breaker at 1-1.

She'd kind of started to chill a little... but then I WON!!!

Usually, when I win after LOADS of losing, I explode into celebration. But this time; all I did was whisper, "Finally," set down the controller, and look to the ceiling.

And then she exploded about me calling her a smart ass, and said I could never play again. (Kind of like turning off the system, no?) Then she tried to tell me that she was going to let me use the system when she wasn't home (as I wasn't allowed), but now she won't.

Between you, me, and the world; that's a bold faced lie. She would have told me sooner, and of course she say it then, 'cause it makes her not have to follow through. That' be like her saying, "I was going to lie in the middle of the highway for you, but I won't now because..." or "I was going to jump off the roof just for you, but I won't now."

Anyway...

She's a liar; I won, and; I completely unnerved her with logic (thank you Vulcans), so that's another win for me.

Not being able to play Call of Duty is a VERY small price to pay. Winning is MUCH more important.

I plan to buy a Wii and PS3 with Call of Duty in the future, and they will be mine (not borrowed from someone else) so I can return the favour; FOR YET ANOTHER WIN!!!

I love winning.