10.10.10

my birthday is on october 10. this year, that meant it was on 10.10.10. i did not implode, explode, become enlightened, gain superpowers or anything on this day. i am disappointed.

but i did eat eritrean food at a place called asmara in central square. it was good and they make traditional teff injera, so i can eat it. lee made me a delicious lemon poppy sead cake with lemon frosting.

and then i went to funspot, the world's largest video game arcade, located in weir's beach, new hampshire and home of many great, fun, old time arcade games, including but not limited to:

ms. pac man
centipede
tron
space invaders
indy 500
pong
super off road
duck hunt
donkey kong
after burner
frogger

and many more. also including, skee ball, plenty of pin ball, whack-a-mole, and so much more. it was heaven on earth!

so my parents were league bowlers when i was a kid. every friday night, we ate hamburgers for dinner (well, my parents and sister ate that. i had some kind of chef boyardee), then we got in the car and drove a half hour to get to the bowling alley. when we got there, my sister and i each got a roll of quarters and we hung out in the arcade. i played this cyclone pinball a lot, but i'm not so good at pinball anymore... they had a lot of fantastic pinball machines, too!

i also played this game a lot, but i still had it in me! lee played with me, but then ended up watching, and watching and watching. so he took some pictures.

just check this place out! and this is just part of one floor. it's three floors, and even has a full bowling alley, a bar and a small cafeteria.

here's lee playing tron. lee didn't really play video games as a kid and wasn't familiar with a lot of the games. but he had a good time and was a good sport :)

and here i am with my prize :) i didn't play too many ticket games, but my high score on skee ball was 290. i'm pretty proud of that. but lee and i combined our tickets for a grand total of 250. that got me this sweet fairies note pad. i had an awesome birthday!