After a 5 hour video game bonanza Friday night, I have officially become a guitar hero and Wii fanatic – or shall I see Mii fanatic?

Thank you Tres for opening up your lovely home for a party – with hopes of many more! Guitar Hero has me hooked. I automatically love any game that involves Primus’, John the Fisherman, and Sonic Youth’s, Kool Thing.

Creating Miis at midnight, was the icing on the cake. Miis are tiny avatars you design on the Wii as your game player. Mii creation has actually turned into it’s own cultural phenomenon.

There are plenty of Mii celebrity look-a-like sites which I find very entertaining.

However, I wanted to share this little gem: www.fabjectory.com.

For $50, Fabjectory will create a look-a-like Mii statuette of your avatar. You simply send them a photo of your Mii and they do all the rest. Brilliant. This is the perfect surprise gift for your Wii loving friend. There are rumours of Wii statuettes being used as cake toppers at weddings. Can I say geek love?

I will need to post a photo of one of my Miis. They are truly something to behold (or be afraid of). (coming soon)

Fun sites:

FamousMii.com: How-to guide for making celebrity Miis

Photo credit: MJ at famousmii.com

MiiStation.com: $10 for a Mii look-a-like!

Photo credit: miistation.com

ok…I’m officially a dork.

MJ himself

This Christmas, my family started a new tradition consisting of a white elephant gift exchange. To add additional competition, each person contributed $2 for the “kitty”. The person who brought the gift that was stolen the most, would win the money. With our twenty person Christmas, this equaled $40.

I found my gift at this year’s Handmade Arcade held at Pittsburgh’s Construction Junction. The Handmade Arcade is a yearly craft show for indie and punk rock crafters. Vendors sell everything from screen printed posters, hand made purses and jewelery, to….cross-stitch Michael Jacksons.

I snagged a Michael Jackson cross-stitch portrait for my gift. I knew when I saw it’s kitschy splendor that I was in the running for the kitty.

As I predicted, there were many battles over Michael Jackson. My mother has followed Michael through the years via the National Enquirer. She was determined to take home Michael once his awesomeness was revealed.

When it was all said and done, through the help of Franco, my father, Michael went home with my mother.

Tres and Matt have since inquired how they could purchase their very own Michael. Barry also loved Michael and is thinking about contacting the artist to make a custom cross-stitch portrait of his own.

However, Michael’s maker did not have business cards at her booth. I have contacted the event’s organizer to track down her info. If anyone knows how to reach this vendor, please leave a comment!