...and then DorkLiz showed up.

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

This afternoon I woke up still in Caddo Mills TX and after some internet surfing, decided that before I would hit the road, I should probably get a shower while there's hopefully nobody in line waiting for one. So I gathered up my things, figured out what I wanted to wear and went inside. I looked up at the shower monitor screen: Available showers: 0. Ugh. 2 people waiting in line. Ugh. Well, I'm already here, may as well get in line as well so I went up to the cashier and gave her my reward card so she could deduct one of my free showers and I went over to the nearby game room to wait.

While waiting, there was another driver who was playing a table top video game. I didn't pay much attention. A few minutes later, his number was called for a shower so he got up and said to me that he still has a few games left on that machine if I wanted to try it. Hey what the heck, why not, I'll give it a try. The video game was a 4-player PacMan game where you play against up to 4 other people (or the computer) and the winner of each round is whoever can eat the bigger power pellets, which makes all the other enemies turn blue, and then you're able to "gobble them up" and they're out of the game for that round.

...and then DorkLiz showed up.

Years of growing up playing Atari video games, including Ms. PacMan all came flooding back to me. I grabbed that controller like I was back in the 80s and with my lightning quick reflexes managed to move my little PacMan guy all around the board, dodging enemy ghosts, gobbling up power pellets and taking down the mean old computer.

I noticed but didn't really pay much attention to the driver who had left for his shower was back just a minute later (I didn't really look up because I was in...."the zone"). Well he was watching me play and after a few rounds commented "..you're pretty good at this." I smiled and told him I've had practice playing this as a kid growing up. I think he was expecting me to be bad at it but oh no, not when DorkLiz shows up and takes over.

Eventually the game ended and DorkLiz was victorious. That's when I slinked back to my normal humble self and flashed a blushing smile because someone just noticed this prissy high maintenance girl is actually kinda good at video games.

I try not to switch to DorkLiz mode if someone's playing video games and asks me to join in. Some games I'm kinda good at and it would be a big blow to the ego (the guy's, not mine) if people watching just saw some guy lose in a video game to a girl. Sure I could play dumb and be like "omg this is so tough!" but eventually DorkLiz will show up......

[Sally]

Lizzie, I have always said to just be yourself and if DorkLiz is who you feel like when playing video games - just go with the flow.

As for the guys, well sooner or later everybody needs to learn that you cannot be number one all of the time.

Love ya,

Sally

PS Did you ever get around to taking that shower or did the siren song of the video games entrance you?

[Guest Cinnamon Girl]

This is going to sound terribly male of me, which is hilarious, but; chicks who are good at video games are HOT! This is an irrefutable fact. In fact I'm counting on it! Wait until they get a load of me!

Hugs!

Chloe "icanbeatmario3in11minutes" Danielle

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

This is going to sound terribly male of me, which is hilarious, but; chicks who are good at video games are HOT! This is an irrefutable fact.

I almost had a guy propose to me after I did something really awesome in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Sally: yes I did get my shower, the video game was only 5 rounds so shortly after the game was over, my number was called.

[JJ]

You know even when I thought I was in girl mode all those years I always beat the pants off any guy I could at anything I could. I'm a phenomenal natural shot-could beat my police academy trained ex with his 357 magnum within half an hour of learning to shoot a handgun -a passionate and gifted fisherman and not bad at pool and such, Had a lot of first and last dates that way but it just seemed so unnatural to let someone else win just because they were wearing pants.

Goes to show the guy or the girl we really are will come out because you already know what I could never learn Lizzy

Glad you had fun and got your shower.

[Guest Gwendolyn Elizabeth]

Lizzy,

Its ok, because i bet i can out dork you. I have a small table with arcade controls mounted on it for playing old arcade games on my computer. And from time to time you might see me in the local r/c hobby store or electronics store. Drop by for a game the next time you are in dallas.

[Guest Cinnamon Girl]

A REAL gamer worries not about silly frivalities such as hygiene! Haha

Chloe Danielle