Words with Friends

I have a fair amount of artistic talent. When I was little and didn’t know what to do with myself my mother would say why don’t you draw something?

I rarely did crossword puzzles. But what I did like doing on a daily basis was the word jumble. The net effect was the same—increased vocabulary. But the journey was shorter—you already had the correct letters to the solution.

I played Words With Friends for about 5 days before I totally lost interest. I should have surmised that the fact that I did not like crossword puzzles nor playing Scrabble that this remote phone/tablet game would not appeal to me. It was too competitive and it required too much strategy. I just wasn’t having fun. And so I allowed all my games to expire—I raised a cyber-graphic white flag.

But what I am totally enjoying right now is DrawSomething. It’s like Pictionary and a word jumble all in one. It appeals to my creative side—one draws with your finger on your iphone or ipad screen. The person playing with you must guess the word by your artistry. And since you are playing with and not against someone the competitive pressure is off—there is no strategy other than making the best drawing you can and making your best guess as to what the other person draws for you.

It’s great.

It’s one more thing that keeps me connected. And it’s one more thing that I am still listening to my mother’s advice about---when I have some time on my hands and do not know what to do with myself-- I simply DrawSomething.