You Get What You Wish For…

April21

Today is Jason’s birthday. He is 13. Could someone explain to me how that happened? Just how could he possibly be 13 years old? We’ve officially reached the teenage years. I can already tell it’s going to be a fun ride.

For weeks, Jason has been asking for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for the Xbox. Of course, he refers to it as just “Splinter Cell.” There is one problem with that. He has geek parents, with a somewhat twisted sense of humor. It took all the willpower we had to not purchase him a copy of Splinter Cell for his birthday. The original game came out in 2002, with a second round in 2004 and the current release last month.

Man, how mean would that have been? To be opening your gifts, convinced you were getting the game you wanted - only to find out you got the original version, not the one you wanted? I doubt that the original game has XBox Live capabilities, and Jason loves to play the Live games. It makes me giggle every time I think about it. I could have pulled it off too. I could have convinced hm that he had asked for “Splinter Cell” and how was I to know that he really meant “Splinter Cell Chaos Theory” when he said that?

Oh yes, you should be careful what you wish for around here. You just might get what you want!

posted by Christine on 21 April 2005 @ 12am under Birthday Wishes

6 Comments to

“You Get What You Wish For…”

On April 21st, 2005 at 1:37 am Mike Says:
Whenever a movie remake or sequal comes out, my younger friends have a habit of talking about it in this way, making it seem like it’s the only one and there were no prequals/originals, and I get the same geeky urge to tease them in just the same way
On April 21st, 2005 at 7:06 am Nicole Says:
Oh hunnie! That would be priceless! LOL
On April 21st, 2005 at 7:54 am Kate Says:
Hi Christine. I’m glad you can figure out those games. My son has GameCube and I never know what he’s talking about when he asks for games and always end up with the wrong thing by accident.
On April 21st, 2005 at 10:57 am Sara Says:
It would have been really delightful if you could have gotten your hands on just the *box* from the old one, and put the new game inside it.
On April 21st, 2005 at 12:11 pm kimberly Says:
Hee! That would have been very funny.

James will be 17 next month. I cannot believe he is that old. How did that happen? Was there a time warp and nobody told me?
On April 26th, 2005 at 2:35 pm redsaid Says:
In that case… since I’m the outlawed alien around here, I really, really, REALLY wish for a Green Card. You know? The one issued by the United States Government? It’s very hot among the foreign crowd. But unlike your son I’ll have to specify that it’s actually pink (go figure).

Hey, I had to give it a shot!

Anyway, belated happy birthday to the boy AND to his hot mama. After all, YOU were the one who did all the work 13 years and 5 days ago!