4/30/2008 Guitar Hero

This weekend we went to Asheville to go to Heather and Josh's baby shower. Heather's friend Rachel had the party at her house in Oakley, and the weather was beautiful so we spent lots of time on the porch.
After opening the adorable, fleecy gifts, heather and Josh brought their "Guitar Hero" control in from the car to join with Rachel's for duo playing. People would go into the house two by two and play the game. A guy there named Greg had the hilarious idea of "Sitar Hero", but we decided it wouldn't do well in the United States. "Banjo Hero", "Mandolin Hero" or "Dobro Hero" might do well regionally.
I finally answered the siren song of "Guitar Hero" and went inside to play. The last times I had played the game I was really bad and it sounded like my character was playing a tin can, but this time I was able to get through a few songs without getting booed off stage. I became obsessed and played 20 times in a row; I played until I had a blister on my thumb from "strumming", and the posters appeared to be melting off the wall.