Wizzer's World

I am sooooo not a morning person. Someone out there has robbed me of at least an hour of my sleepy time and I would like it back please! Stupid daylight savings grumble grumble. So, I get a call to come into work because of some issues and now they are all done so I am going to take a few to go over the weekend. (Because I know a lot of you want to know) And because I know that everyone is waiting for the Super Hero news, I am going to hold off on it and attack the weekend in order.

First up, we got a Wii! Yes, I have joined the Nintendo revolution and purchased a Wii. (with a little help of course, THANK YOU MISSY!) We hooked it up on Friday and it was up and running in about 20 min. Andrew was shocked to say the least. You see, Lee and Missy and I have been planning this for a while now. She was able to secure one where she works and ship it out. The whole time Andrew had no clue. Our upstairs neighbor had one and we got the chance to play on his for a bit. I was really impressed with the way it makes you get up and move around to play the games. The game it comes with is Wii Sports, which has Bowling, Baseball, Tennis, Boxing, and Golf. When I say that you have to move to play, you have to MOVE to play. when you box, you guard you face, you jab, you punch. Baseball is mostly just Hitting the ball and pitching, but when you are swinging at 50 or so balls, you start to feel it. I am wiped out! After playing for about 30 min, My arm started to hurt. You definitely get the workout supreme with that box.

Andrew played till I don’t know when! I was beat so I had to break but he was having tons of fun with it so I let him go. He complained a little on Saturday, but I think he hid most of it for fear that I would stop him from playing too much. How do I say “No, I don’t want you to play that game that makes you exercise!” While Andrew was playing on Friday night, I took the time to work on the finishing touches for my Super Hero costume. So here is the short version of who and what my super hero was:

As a simple computer technician, he didn’t amount to much. When he heard that the government was doing a special project for data analysts, he applied. The project was simple. Using cybernetics, the analysts would be able to comb through data faster and find links in less time then the average user. Something went wrong though. After the implants were inserted, everything seemed fine, but on the first use, a power surge on the computer he was accessing caused the cybernetics to fuse instantly to his nervous system and become a part of him. He instantly felt more connected to the computer parts. He could see the data and feel it flowing through him. The implants had a storage of 4gigabytes and when data was loaded into that memory, he knew it. he knew it as if he had studied it for years. If the data was not in the memory, he didn’t remember anything about it. He could access computer networks wirelessly and could surf through the internet at lightning speed. He was, in effect, a digital Wizzer. The government instantly saw that this was a benefit and put him to use in the field he was outfitted with a few extra peripherals such as a video surveillance adapter that feeds out wirelessly what he see’s and hears. A prototype computer interface system for accessing systems that are not networked. and a glove that directly interfaces with the internal cybernetics. He now ventures out to criminal locations to access their systems first hand and assist law enforcement from the shadows.

The auditions were on Saturday up at the Dulles Town Center mall. I got there at about 11am. I was dressed as my secret Identity so that I could scope out the competition. there was plenty. They had about 65 people show up for this round. Some of them even came from far and wide. One guy flew in from California because he missed the auditions out there. Another from Florida, and yet another from Connecticut! I would have to say that about 15% of the people there were really good and had great costumes, personality, and heroes. The other 85% were ….ummm…..yeah. Overall it was great fun, and I got to meet a lot of really cool people. I took some good pictures, and stationed Andrew out to take some as well. Not all of them turned out that great but the ones that did are posted in the Gallery. Now, they said they had just over 500 people audition across the country. Of that, they are picking 12. the filming starts around the 1st of April so if I were to hear anything it would be in the next few weeks (they didn’t tell us anything at the audition). While it might be cool to go and do this, there were people there that deserved it much more than I. I just enjoyed getting out and trying it. I wish them luck and if they make it to the show, I will be rooting for them.