Sunday, January 3, 2010
6:41 PM
Numbers Up
I LOVED this game when I was a kid! I got it for Christmas in either 9th or 10th grade. Can't remember for sure which. I played it constantly and I was fast with it. What I didn't know when I received it was that my school would be taking us out to Votech the following month to run us through a battery of tests in order to help us recognize special on-hands skills we might have. One of the tests was almost just like this game. I had been playing it so much that I was lightning fast. When we finished the test and I smoked everyone, Ed H*********, the director, told me he was impressed and asked if I had every done anything like that before. He said I was serious fast. I know it's just a stupid little votech test and a seemingly insignificant compliment but I was really excited to have done so well on the test and to be singled out. In high school, self-esteem is hard to come by so if it smiles upon you for a moment, you grab onto it and celebrate.
I managed to find this game on ebay in it's orginal form so I sent it to Kit, hoping he would surprise me with it for Christmas, given that it was priced under $10. But apparently sending Kit a direct link to a gift you'd like to find under the Christmas tree is a hint too subtle for my guy. That's o.k. I'm not bitter at all.
; )