Zodiac = Boy Magnet?

Today I experienced a rather surreal moment. Just for the record, France provides me with plenty of surreal moments, but this one is at least relevant.

I arrived at the university this morning to find a healthy assortment of students standing around, waiting for someone with keys to open the classrooms in the vicinity. Being that I wasn’t quite in the mood yet to partake in the daily massacre of the French language (a.k.a. socializing with fellow foreigners), I took to a corner and started playing with my Zodiac.

Five seconds later – I’m not even exaggerating – I was literally surrounded by every single guy within a 15ft radius.

“What that?”

“Combien lahjsjgt…?”

“Pika la blah blah…”

I stared at them all in startled incomprehension, as several different languages, ranging from Chinese to Russian darted out at me from various mouths.

I then spent about ten minutes showing off the games, graphics, and wonderfulness of my gadget. They oooh’d and aaah’d and commented amongst themselves in their native languages. I can only assume they were captivated by the Zodiac. Either that, or my beautiful brown eyes.

Meanwhile, all the girls stared over at me and my swarm of males.

I’m certain that Tapwave (R.I.P.) was not aware that their creation had such potential before they decided to close shop. Clearly, if more females got wind of its alluring powers, they’d be selling like hotcakes.

Wonder if the PSP works just as well …