Seemed like a good idea

I'm trying to cut down on my xbox usage, and do good things like exercise, blog, write and draw. So far it's only kind of working.

So the other day I thought it would be cool to combine activities. So this afternoon I setup my xbox at the end of my treadmill. Now I can play while I walk. The downside is: this is really (dangerously) disorienting. Hopefully I'll get used to running in the game and walking in real life soon. Because it's either that or I'm going to develop a serious balance disorder or I'll fall and hurt myself, maybe both. After the dizziness subsides I'm sure I'll decide that falling wouldn't be so bad after all.

There are some minor tweaks to the experience that I'm working on. First, I keep zapping the controller while I walk. I can't imagine the static electricity is good for the xbox. I'm switching to the wireless controller, which I presume will solve the static problem. Secondly the headphones I started using leave a lot to be desired. Now I have a different pair of headphones with built in volume adjustment. So now the experience is as good as it's going to get. If all else fails I can always put in a DVD and just watch a movie instead of trying to control a video game character while I'm exercising.