Last night Evan was playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 on the PS2. I walked by the TV and he was setting up his character. He told me you could set up your character to look just like you and he was creating his. I stopped and stared at the blonde man on the screen and said “uh – you have brown hair”. He told me he wasn’t done yet and continued to work on it.

He then came out and asked if I wanted to play and I told him I had fun things to do like cleaning up the kitchen, ironing, etc. Todd eventually sat down with him and started working on his character. I walked through again and had to laugh at the image on the screen. There was a semi bald man (Hair only on the bottom part of his head). Evan told him he had to put 100% on the midsection. This guy turned from a muscular guy into a middle aged man with a big gut. It was kind of funny to watch and I chuckled as I saw his character come to life. Of course Evan had lots of advice as to how his character should look.

After I finished the fun things I was doing I sat down with Evan because I knew Todd had tons of stuff to do to get ready for a business trip he was going on. Of course I had to create my character. Things that I thought were funny earlier started to not be so funny. I started getting the advice of my 8 yr old son as to what to do about my nose, mouth, hair, etc. As a matter of fact there was no hair style that matched mine because mine is so outdated. That was a sad thing to see and be reminded of. But hey – if you had my straight thick hair you would not know what to do with it either. Then he told me to make sure I increased my midsection too. My perception of myself was way different than what Evan’s was of me. I don’t think I have a big midsection. I’m not skinny but I don’t have a huge stomach either. Anyway – I increased it some and finally finished my character which I didn’t think looked like me at all.

We started to play some serious golf. Evan’s character appeared and I just had to stare at the muscular, tall, good looking man on the screen. Wow – I don’t recall him working out like that. Every time my character appeared Evan kept saying how big my backside was. That’s the last time I let my son help me create something that supposedly looks like me. He kept telling me how cool his guy looked and how big my backside was. Yeah – that’s what happens when you increase your midsection. Your backside gets bigger too!