Wii would like to play

Yesterday was Matt's birthday. Unfortunately it was also the first day that the music group was in the studio, so we spent all day at the Tracking Station while I worked to lay down the reference tracks with a few of the musicians. But I had plans to make up for it.

First, when we got in the car, Matt discovered a Dairy Queen ice cream cake (thank God his birthday's in January!) sitting on the front seat. Personally I prefer the Carvel cakes but he likes DQ's fudgey layer in the middle, so I went with the DQ. I gave him the option of going to Chez Vachons or something like that for breakfast, but he decided he'd rather just get Dunkin's on the way there.

We got to the studio around 9:30, and he played with his new laptop, which he had thought was his birthday gift, while we recorded the first two songs. Between the set up, rehearsing and then actually playing a reference track we like, that took about 3 hours to get done. Lunchtime! That's when things got really fun. I should mention that the Tracking Station is a studio which was built by our drummer in his barn. So he and I had concocted a plan earlier in the week. I ordered Matt's birthday present and had it shipped directly to Mitch's house. He had his daughter wrap them for me. So after lunch and birthday cake, Mitch dropped the presents on the counter in front of Matt and said "Hey buddy, I got you something!" Matt unwrapped the Wii, the extra remote, nunchuck, and the WiiPlay game, and turned to Mitch to thank him with a grateful but extremely confused grin on his face. Mitch told him "you're welcome" and would have continued to take credit if I hadn't let Matt know that the gifts were from me. He was completely surprised ... Apparently I did too good a job convincing him that we couldn't get a Wii.

So after another few hours there, we headed home. Matt decided he wanted to get Outback for dinner, so we picked up some food and spent the evening playing the new games. The final verdict? He's much better at tennis and the tank game than I am, but I am an excellent Wii golfer. And I beat him down in boxing.