Thanks to a medical command regarding diet and general health here at Chez Spwug my dearest and I have started on a diet. Also I am making him take a couple of short walks every day to help him get into better shape, as he is, well… prone to sitting rather than moving. Thanks to the demands of various works (including helping out with Diginin Publishing,) and then the natural desire to relax after a day full of various work, he is fairly chair-and-sofa prone. Upon reflection I realize that I, too, have gravitated sofa-ward. I mean, I even play WoW from my sofa (can I just mention off topic here how much I love love love having a laptop these days?)

This sudden need to shake that lifestyle up has coincided rather interestingly with the advent of the Wii Fit, thus making me really start thinking about geeks and health. It is, after all, a fairly well known stereotype- the overweight pimply geek that either games nonstop or hangs out at the local comic book store. We all know the image, but how many of us actually conform to it? I have a number of friends who, in addition to rather serious gaming habits manage to make time for rock climbing, for body building, and for martial arts to name a few. They are distinctly not conforming to that geek physique image. The advent of Dance Dance Revolution got millions of gamers off their butts, and the Wii Fit is sure to do the same, though for a somewhat different reason I suspect. I’m personally looking forward to seeing how it pans out. I myself need to find an exercise based fun thing that I can do to get ME off the sofa a bit more- is there anything you guys could recommend to busy chick?

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By now, you’ve probably seen the above. Very entertaining. Almost hypnotic with those stripes.

Clearly, the guy is taking video of his girlfriend without her knowing. Now she knows. And while she was apparently fairly pissed off when she first discovered her boyfriend’s indiscretion, she’s now quite comfortable with her fifteen minutes of fame.

Although part of me thankful that he posted the video (now I know Wii fit has a sexy hula hoop game! Maybe my ass will look that hot after hours of Wii), part of me also wonders if maybe our lives in this digital era are a little over exposed. Playing Wii Fit in a t-shirt and undies is something you do in private. It’s certainly not as private as having sex, but it’s not meant for the rest of the world. And yet, even these tiny little moments are exposed to the world.

This is the age of user generated content. We all have opinions. We all do crazy things. And we can all share our ideas in ways never before possible. The crazy thing? There’s an audience! Everyone wants to know what everyone else thinks or says or does. In some ways, it’s a little voyeuristic. But in some way, we all seem to be fascinated with the lives of other people no matter how random or mundane.

In previous generations, posting such a video would have been a one way ticket to single town. These days, hell, even a sex tape might not be enough to break up over.

Anyway, back to gawking at the hula game.

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Greetings, Sith Lords!

This week I wanted to change things up a little bit and show you these really awesome collectible figures that everyone should be into.

They’re cute, they’re poseable, they’re MiniMates!

I’ve been collecting these amazing things since they first started coming out. As you can see, there are several different properties being made into MiniMates these days. It all started with Marvel. Eventually DC jumped on board, and now almost any property, from Back to the Future to Clint Eastwood westerns, are getting the MiniMate treatment.

Hey. No fighting please.

Hey! What the hell?!? I said no figh—

Oh dear God.

Somebody help! They’ve gone berserk! Oh crap! Now Banner’s ticked!

Oh dear Lord! Somebody please stop this! And where’s Daredevil?

Oh no. Hulk! Watch out! Did I mention that when DC joined the MiniMate club, that they were the first to make large-sized MiniMates?

Gah! That’s not good. And Grodd made my camera unfocus!

Grodd! Look—

*sigh* Nevermind. Can this get any worse?

SWEET JEEBUS!!!! ZOMBIES!!!!

I… I can’t look anymore. I think I need to go lay down. Oh Lord, the carnage…

Oh wait… There’s Daredevil now! You survived! Hey - you don’t look so good, pal.

Dude! What are you doing?!? You need to get out of there! Don’t just kneel–

Um… yeah. I think we’re done here. I’m gonna go now before anyone discovers this.
MINIMATES RULE!

The Don is a little bit country, and little bits of plastic.

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This just says it all for this week.

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