Second Entry: Suspension of Disbelief

So let me draw you a picture. I’ll try and make it a little more intricate than stick figures:

The common room is dark, Link is running around on the television, and a lone boy sits entranced by the screen. Three gaming systems dominate the table and ground around the TV. There used to be only two. The Game Cube and Wii are not new to the scene, so this leaves only the Nintendo64. My good buddy Trevor is playing Zelda. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised to see someone obsessed with another game. Three weeks ago it was Super Smash Bros. Mark brought the Game Cube, but the novelty of that was eclipsed a day later when Tony whipped out his Wii. (Ha. That’s what she said.) The super smashing has calmed down a bit, but that first week, every spare moment that was not devoted to homework found a group of boys button mashing and laughing at their nerdy video game jokes around the television. I could go on about video games for pages but, out of consideration for those people who have slightly more productive pastimes, I’ll return to the picture at hand. If you’ve seen 3 South at night, you know that this scene could be at no other time of day than before 5 p.m.

Most days there’s somebody here, but regardless of that I’ll sit in here with a book or my computer, or even just watching whatever’s on TV. My favorite is when Bret’s around and he comes out and says, “I love it how you’re just out here when no one’s around.” That’s just an average comment of course. Usually he’d throw an f-bomb or some other unnecessary expletive in for good measure.

Now where was I? Oh right. The quiet common room. At first, I wouldn’t come in during the non-happening times. I would just go back to my suite and attempt to be productive or some nonsense like that. There are days when I choose to spend time with the girls, but they aren’t particularly common. What can I say? I’m addicted to 3 South.

Suspension of Disbelief!!! Sorry for the poor segway, but we like to mock it sometimes. Tony is here. He’s never played Zelda so he’s commenting. You know how Link can just change his boots no matter where he is? Well if you don’t know, Link, the main character, can do that. Tony apparently thinks that’s unlikely. It just adds fuel to the fire that Link needs only to change the color of his clothes to be able to breathe under water. Tony announced sarcastically, “That’s perfectly logical.” about a minute after exclaiming, “That doesn’t make sense!” Tony’s a bit of an oxymoron sometimes. He’s about the nicest cynic I’ve ever met.

I’m not a very well sequenced artist am I?

George: “How the f***’s a bat underwater!?” (I am going to apologize in advance for including the swearing; but for the sake of giving an accurate portrayal of 3 South I will, indeed, quote the boys exactly.)

George: “I love how he’s carrying lead boots around in his back pack.” Tony: “Yeah and it only makes him sink when he’s wearing them.”

Suspension of Disbelief.

Is that better? No, I suppose not.

Oh George is here now. (Clearly) Quiet hours are ending. Technically quiet hours begin at 9:00 on weeknights. But in 3 South, quiet hours begin at 2:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. the next day. Loud hours? Basically any other time of day, and when Luke or Steve are there. ESPECIALLY when Luke or Steve is there.

Mark: “It bothers you that bats are under water but it doesn’t bother you that HE can go underwater?" George says, as if it’s totally obvious, “He has a blue shirt on.” See…we’re learning.

Link falls, screams, doesn’t get hurt when he lands. Mark: “I still don’t get that.” George informs him, “He has gloves on.” and gets a good laugh out of that one. We laugh at the simplest things.

Bret, sarcastically, asks, “You’re a** looks like the Japanese flag?” Trevor’s incessant playing of Zelda could only entertain for so long, and Steve brought it upon himself to divert our attention upon first entering the room. Steve walked in, stood in front of the TV and announced that his shorts looked like the Japanese flag. There are only two problems with that statement. One: the Japanese flag is red and white. Steve’s shorts are black and red. Two: The Japanese flag doesn’t have stripes.

And this is only the beginning of the evening.