Adventures in Virtual Reality, or Reason #1005 Why My Parenting Skills Suck.

Okay, so I was trying to find the Graduation mini-movie from Kim Possible, which apparently ISN'T AVAILABLE for either download or purchase - don't get me started yet again on my craptastic DVR which isn't TiVo and which therefore SUCKS because it doesn't understand the concept of ONE HOUR MOVIE and only recorded half the episode, thereby ruining our family's entire evening of fun and viewership, DAMN YOU DIRECTV DVR! - and ran across a phenomenon called ToonTown, which is like EverQuest for the Elementary set, except free. Well, this is from Disney, so obviously you can pay for "an upgraded experience," but there's a lot to do for free, so free it is.

The Boy and I created a toon, and I thought, "This'll be fun for a few days."

Famous last words.

That place is freaking addictive!  We fish, and play games, and defeat evil cogs by throwing pies in their faces, and have pets and help friends in battle, and  - good grief.  There's a reason I never started World of Warcraft, or any other MMORPG.  I understand my limitations, and my tendency to be sucked into the internet.  However, I grossly misunderestimated Disney - a mistake I shall not repeat, friends.

So now I have my toon, and The Boy has his, and he uses his TV time on ToonTown. 

Good news - no TV.  Bad news - I've become obsessed with completing the task that will give us Frame 16 of the Sound Gag Training Movie, so that we'll have a new and improved weapon in our anti-Cog arsenal.

I can't believe I just typed that sentence.

Sigh.

At least my TV Boyfriend and his Geeky Ginormous TV Brother will return tomorrow evening, so I can be distracted from my burning need to defeat Cogs.