When I was younger one year for Christmas we got a Super Nintendo. Now this was a really big deal. For years my mom had said that we wouldn't have anything like that in our house. But low and behold Christmas day arrived and under our tree was a Super Nintendo. And with it was the game Super Metriod. For years this was our favorite game. I remember not only playing it my self, but watching my brothers and my dad playing. Sometimes on the weekends I would sit there in front of our TV and watch my dad play for what seemed to me like hours. And I enjoyed it. We would talk about what items he hadn't found yet or how hard that boss was to beat. I know that some people today would have plenty to say about my form of entertainment, but I enjoyed it. And now that I am all grown up, I see my daughter doing the same thing. I bought the newest Metroid game for my husband this Christmas. And since then my oldest daughter has enjoyed watching her daddy play. Sometimes she drives my husband nuts, asking question after question about the game, if he has beaten this boss or that boss. I asked her the other day why she likes watching and she simply replied, "because he's my daddy."
Anyways, back to the game from my childhood. One of the things that I remember the most about the game was the little brain energy sucker things. The would attach themselves to the head of the Heroine, and suck the energy right out of her. This is the memory that surfaced today while I was tending to my three young children. I had turned on the TV to see what the weather was going to be like for the day, and The Martha Stewart show caught my attention. She had one of the co-creators of Facebook on. He looked so young, and turns out he is young, only 25. Now I am not saying I am old, but I am older than he is. I began to think, why haven't I done something so big. That is when it hit me. Brain Suckers. I have Brain Suckers sucking out all my energy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And you know what...I am glad I do. These are some brain suckers that I don't want to avoid. :)
