Good Clean Fun
So here we are in HK, rocking amazing Halloweens and partying all the time. But I just wanted to let you know that that's not all we do. On Wednesday night we were all tired and detoxing, so we decided to mix it up a bit.
Becuase of all the VIPs in town, there has been a lot of room switching around here. Luckily, when they're not here a few more people than usual have their own rooms lately. The downside is that when important people come there's the danger that we have to double up at a moment's notice. Most recently it was Joe and John, but they were fortunate enough to end up with an amazing suite. Since Wednesday was their last night in the suite we decided to give it a going away party. We went up there, with the 180-degree view of some HK body of water (really gorgeous) and hung out for a while, and then started playing Balderdash!
I don't know if you're all familiar with Balderdash, but I would like to commend it for being good family fun. There's a card with six categories, and you have to be creative, and it makes you have fun and think at the same time. For example, if the category is a word, they give you a hard word and you have to think up the definition. Then you read everyone's definition AND the real definition, and you vote on what you think it is. You get points if you get it right OR if someone guesses the answer you guessed. Joe, John, Dana, Danielle, Doug, Leah and I had a really fun time!! I think some of my favorite times with my friends are just the times when we're sitting around, talking or hanging out, sometimes playing a game.
I know it's my competitive nature (not playing sports for many years has left a void that wants to be filled by some screaming and pushing) but I love winning. I get so into games that I have a slight tendency to cheat (sorry Monopoly, but you make it too easy) or get reeeeally loud (Celebrity can only be played in a vacant corn field) but no matter what I have fun. Maybe it dates back to the days when my parents made me play the Allowance Game. It wasn't that fun - way too much math involved - but something about family game night must have been appealing. In high school my friends and I would always play Catch Phrase, and to this day it's my favorite game. I love the old-school version that isn't even electronic, even though I had a tendency to punch it too hard and break it. The bottom line is, games are good. And so is good clean fun.
P.S. My parents are going to LOVE this entry.
Becuase of all the VIPs in town, there has been a lot of room switching around here. Luckily, when they're not here a few more people than usual have their own rooms lately. The downside is that when important people come there's the danger that we have to double up at a moment's notice. Most recently it was Joe and John, but they were fortunate enough to end up with an amazing suite. Since Wednesday was their last night in the suite we decided to give it a going away party. We went up there, with the 180-degree view of some HK body of water (really gorgeous) and hung out for a while, and then started playing Balderdash!
I don't know if you're all familiar with Balderdash, but I would like to commend it for being good family fun. There's a card with six categories, and you have to be creative, and it makes you have fun and think at the same time. For example, if the category is a word, they give you a hard word and you have to think up the definition. Then you read everyone's definition AND the real definition, and you vote on what you think it is. You get points if you get it right OR if someone guesses the answer you guessed. Joe, John, Dana, Danielle, Doug, Leah and I had a really fun time!! I think some of my favorite times with my friends are just the times when we're sitting around, talking or hanging out, sometimes playing a game.
I know it's my competitive nature (not playing sports for many years has left a void that wants to be filled by some screaming and pushing) but I love winning. I get so into games that I have a slight tendency to cheat (sorry Monopoly, but you make it too easy) or get reeeeally loud (Celebrity can only be played in a vacant corn field) but no matter what I have fun. Maybe it dates back to the days when my parents made me play the Allowance Game. It wasn't that fun - way too much math involved - but something about family game night must have been appealing. In high school my friends and I would always play Catch Phrase, and to this day it's my favorite game. I love the old-school version that isn't even electronic, even though I had a tendency to punch it too hard and break it. The bottom line is, games are good. And so is good clean fun.
P.S. My parents are going to LOVE this entry.
posted by Beth at 2:36 AM
3 Comments:
How dare you condone family game night. BLASPHEMY!
Maybe we should bring Balderdash it up to Charlevoix Or will it be Harbor Springs....?
Since I am apparently picking out the cottage AND paying for it, it will definatly be in Charlevoix! ha ha! guess who Dave!
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