Up to my ass in alligators January 3, 2008 ~ 4:44 pm
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey , trackbackThe headache that is the new method of answering phone calls at Some College continues. I spend much of the day wishing I were home knitting or playing Wii, but instead I have to tell the computer when I am getting up to move away from my desk, whether it’s to do research or pee. And when I’m not informing Big Brother of my movements, I’m helping my staff to tell Big Brother of their movements. Good times.
Tonight will be all about Wii (the Tiger Woods game I bought for Rick yesterday seems compelled to taunt me when I suck at golf, and that makes me want to prove it wrong), knitting, and movie watching. I’ve got Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (that would be the original Sidney Poitier version, not that lame ass ghetto version from a couple of years ago) on TiVo, and I feel the need to work on my sister-in-law’s birthday shawlette while watching it. When work turns all 1984 on you, you take your solace and relaxation where you can find it.
Hey, anyone who has a Wii - if you can tell me how the stupid Mii parade feature works? That would be great. No Miis ever parade through my Wii, and that makes me feel sad and unloved. I am so into the tech I might as well be a Borg, you know.
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I looked at that briefly. I know you need to connect it to the internet. It’s got built in wireless so you can connect it to your router. I did that with mine and turned on wiiconnect24. But you have to configure the update thingie so that it doesn’t make the CD light flash otherwise it will be constantly on. Perhaps we can find each other via Wii. I’ll have to look into that tomorrow. I got my two other remotes today so now we can play up to 4 at a time. I also see more Wii in my immediate future.
My son says he wants to get his friend’s Wii numbers so they can email and visit each other. I’d have to ask him. He just figured out how to put the mii’s into the remote to take along. So cool.
But, I do feel a bit offended that I have to pay five dollars to download an internet browser…
J-Me and Vince~Obviously we should all just exchange Wii numbers. I have no idea why other than it seems like a good idea. I’ve got the WiiConnect24 fired up, so maybe we’ll all see each other’s Miis soon? (BTW, Vince, I made one that looks like Freddie Mercury. He’s awesome.) And Jamie, I concur about the five dollar browser. Rip off Wii Shop Channel…
And here I sit, lusting after a Playstation 2 so I can play Guitar Hero. I feel like I ride the short bus.
Whaaaaa? Another language to learn??? Wii, Mii, tigers and bears!
So we have to download the internet browser to get the Mii parade to work? Damnit. If that’s the case, then I lose the “No Internet on the Wii” argument HARDCORE.
Oh yeah, and I’m right there with you about being a Borg.
Grace~I think we just have to register each other. The internet browser is just a little frill for Wii playing, but I don’t think we need it to see each others’ Miis. However, it does have a certain appeal because I am too lazy to go over to the computer when I could just see it on my TV. The idea of Ravelry on the TV? Mind-blowingly awesome.
Seamus~You can’t tell me that not one of your kids has a Wii. Or wait, did you raise them so they wouldn’t be assimilated by the Borg?
Pan~They make Guitar Hero for Wii. Just so you know…
Shit. I didn’t think about seeing Ravelry on TV. Damn you Julie, you’ve made me do a 180 on my position of internet on the TV! But with good reason.