WORDTWIST. TWIST. WORD. WIST. ORD.TWO.ROD.SOD.TOT.STIR....
Betsy convinced me to go on Facebook to be able to view pictures of the kids...a way of keeping in touch so to speak. Then it happened...Wordtwist. I am addicted. It is a nightmare. I awoke last night thinking of dredging (ding, red, dred, gin, din, ...) I can't stop myself. My eyes fly open with thoughts of curmudgeon (cur, mud, geo, ego, deo, durm, derm, drum). It has become an addiction (add.dit.ion.don.dad.act...). When I am on the computer I become embarrassed.
I am so horrible at this that Betsy suggested that I challenge Julia to a game. Perhaps I could beat her. That would be Julia the 8 year old. She thought it would build her self esteem, playing against someone my age ad winning. That face that I could then have Loser tatooed on my forehead is irrelevant.
I have 140 on ladder score and then Liz suggested I might have had Betsy over trying to increase my score. I immediately thought...you know maybe she is right, did I. Maybe I would have never gotten this high on my own...maybe Betsy is playing under my name (cause she doesn't have enough to do). How is my confidence level...remember, noone can beat me at Scrabble...but this this is a whole new ball of wax.
Other people have this addiction...it has even spread to the sporting world. I understand that Joe Thomas, rookie in Cleveland (football, I think because he is 6'7" and 340#) has issues. He actually plays up to 9 letters--my hero. You may think he made a touchdown here---but no, he had a "bingo" at WT.
I particularly like the words of another blogger Alaskanmama who states that she has been on a week and wants to pulverize her own sons on facebook...and can't even think about knitting. Sound familiar. All of you that thought you would be getting handknitted catnip toys can forget about it! I am busy.
There are actual sites quantifying life in the world of Wordtwist.
It was actually interesting to know that the basic demographics for this game is an Asian female graduate student who is less affluent (of course...she cannot work it would interfere with the game) living in California. Basically me! No wait...I only live in California.
Think people take this seriously...there is actually a place to cheat. That is right...word twist cheat. I should send this link to Alaskamama, it might help her beat her kids.
I actually have played enough that I am beginning to remember the games that are repeated. There must be a 12 step program for this. WTA............
