my new hobby

Thursday, February 21, 2008 tnguyen308 2 Comments

I decided to take up a new hobby. Since my hubby took up running and I'm out there supporting him in the cold or hot, rain or not, I thought I should do something too so he'd come out and support me. Lots of ideas ran through my head. I could take up dancing, but with my bum knee and no dance partner, that doesn't really pan out.

While at the Austin Marathon Expo, waiting for my hubby to finish looking at running stuff, they had a XBox 360 set up for people to play guitar hero 3. Now, this isn't my first time playing, I am an avid fan. However, I haven't picked up a GH 3 guitar in quite a while due to my love of Rock Band.

So, after lots of waiting for my turn to come around, I finally got to play and show my stuff. I picked “Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine at hard difficulty. At this point, only my husband and his friends were watching me shred. By the time I was at the middle of the song, I had a whole crowd watching. My husband tells me that they are in awe, with their mouths wide open, looking amazed. This was just on hard, could you imagine if I were shredding on expert? Once I was done, I put down the guitar and started walking away, but before I could, one guy says, “Man, you are awesome!” And that did it for me.

It was such a thrill to be to show off my talents. So, I have decided to enter Guitar Hero 3 tournaments. I've started practicing almost every night on expert, since most tournaments are on the expert level. My first tournament will be a local one at a game store on March 15th. Wish me luck!