Cha-Ching!!!

I have found my calling. Some might call it an addiction, but I just say I'm trying my luck. Friday night John, Brad, Natalie & I decided to go to Dave & Busters. We walked in and I felt like a kid in a candy store. Games...money machines...prizes everywhere. Stimulant overload. We decided we should eat some dinner & take time to let all of our surroundings soak in. After we scarfed down our dinner, we headed for the game room. This time I was walking around and really checking out all the games...I needed to be frugal with my game card & had to choose wisely. Soon I realized this place was even more amazing than I had imagined.

While in college, we spent many anight bowling. I disguised my need and passion for gambling by showing interest in bowling. Why? Because at the front door of the bowling alley there was a money gambling machine. Keenan & Monte know exactly what I'm talking 'bout. The kind you could drop a couple (or 50) quarters into a little slot and watch them tumble down to the sliding money floor. If you positioned your quarter well or screamed loud enough, it would land in a magical spot...pushing and forcing the other quarters to fall down into the abyss of pure elation (my little hands). Oh man. I need to go bowling right now.

As we walked into the game room with nothing but ass-kicking on our minds, I found MILLIONS of money game machines. My mind could not comprehend what my eyes were seeing. The left, right, far and near--MONEY MACHINES EVERYWHERE. I grabbed my Dave & Busters game card and became a card swipin' fool. I haven't had an inanimate object ever evoke so much joy, despair, hope, and grit from me. I can never get enough. I walked around the game room like a vulture, sizing up all the different games...looking at my chances. Are more coins hanging over the edge on this one or that one? I made my decision and went in for the kill. I found my perfect money machine. I slid my card...watched my coins drop and then they were allll mine to strategize with. I used the "skill shot" to perfect my aim. It allowed me to make my coin drop so precise, I almost giggle thinking about it. The "skill shot" was a button that controlled a plastic coin shaft and allowed it to move back and forth. After, umm I would say just a few tries I banked on the Cash Roulette. Natalie was my witness and we shrieked together in celebration. I dropped the coins in just the right places & sometimes dropped two at a time to really disturb the moving money tray. And MAN...it was raining coins. Coins were getting pushed over the edge, flowing like it Niagra Falls. We were jumping around, celebrating my new feat. If you do well on these Dave & Buster games, you can get tickets. Seriously, the ticket slot exploded when I won. I didn't know what to keep my eyes on. The coins falling out of the sky or the tickets I won filling up the game room. I think I saw some people running for cover.

I hope you share my passion for this type of gambling. The night soon came to an end because I ran out of points on my card and redeemed my tickets for a stuffed animal dog. John got some sunglasses with attached sideburns...but of course he needed some of my tickets to afford his purchase because I totalled banked. One great thing about the bowling alley is that it gives you cold hard cash...no bells & whistles, which is very bowling alley-esque.

Please, if you see these money machines, just drop in a quarter for me. I bet you can't stop, but don't blame it on me.