Getting spanked at Galaga

Galaga was my shit back in the day.  You know, the pinnacle of space

invaders type games, where you shoot the flying birds, bumblebees and shit.

I used to play the hell out of that game.  I even knew where the one was in

the city where you could just hold the button down the whole time without

hitting it over and over again, so you would have like an automatic machine

gun.  I had played it so much that i knew which side of the screen the next

things were going to fly in from.



I was the shit at Galaga.



So I'm out at the movies and while I'm standing in line for the concession

stand, she starts playing a game of Galaga.  I'm like damn, "it must be a

connection from above." So she says, "hey, you wanna play a game?"  I look

at her and say are you sure you want to play this one? .... my shit?.... and

she's like "sure, why not".



She says, "I used to love this game!!"  I was like "Are you sure you want to

play this? because I'll just kick your ass and it won't be any fun for you."

I was still trying to determine if I should let her win or really spank

her to show her that not only am I a great guy, but I'm good at Galaga too.

So she makes me start off, "to make sure I remember how to play...."  Once

she started talking a little shit, no matter how little she was playing

around, I went into "It's on!" mode and the I must win attitude in me just

took over.



So I start off, was picked up by the super hawk rays where they take your

ship away and then when you shoot the hawk in motion, you get a double

guy.. double the fire power and virtually guaranteed perfect score during

the 'challenging stages'..  So I'm moving along kicking ass, then she goes,

"You're about to die."



not but two seconds later..... I die and it's her turn...



At this point, I still hadn't seen everything that had previously played

out.. the fact she just happen to be playing Galaga, the you go ahead

and  go first, the way I saw her aimlessly die as I approached her

playing, the "aww damn" sorrow she expressed like she just couldn't do

it well....



Ladies and Gentlemen, I was set the fuck up.



She KICKED MY ASS at Galaga.  I mean she REALLY kicked my ass.  I

played  the first one off like I let her win to be nice, but I wouldn't be

so nice this time.   At this point the competitive nature inside of me

was brewing and there was no way i was going to let her win this time... 

So I get all serious and am really trying hard this time.



I'm hanging in there for a while, then she starts taking the lead again,

and then she starts talking shit... "Whatchoo got bitch?".... I was like

"What?" and she was like, "oh nevermind.".... then I started getting

angry and competitive and at this point, i was trying beat her.  then I

lost another man, and as I watched her point total pass me and take

the lead, she kept talking shit!!  "I told you not to fuck with me." 

soooooooo...................  I cheated.



I was so frustrated that I reached over and moved her joystick into the

missles so that she would lose a ship....



she looked at me in utter amazement and I didn't know what to do....

so I just looked at her and said, "what?"



.........and she STILL kicked my ass.  I don't know what it was.  But I

was really upset.  I played it off like it was all fun in games but she

was all like, "IN YOUR FACE BEEEYYYAAATTTTCCCCHHHHH!!!!!" and

then to put the icing on the cake she said, "I'm sorry.  I'll let you win

next time."



................... I just wanted to go home and go to bed.  I'm going

to start going to the arcade and hanging out with the 9 year olds to get

my practice on.



~C