ok, would someone please explain something to me? what i can't figure out is my husband's obsession with all things play station, or, more accurately, why all he has been able to talk about for the past two weeks is that play station 3 (in the 80gb mode, as if that means anything) is being released and how he can't wait to get his hands on it.
ya know, i thought that having one play station was enough -- he's equipped with PS2 and a ton of games for it, and he even gets to jam out on guitar hero and be a big, bad rock god. apparently, this new one is so good that it will even cook dinner and change our daughter's diaper for us, in addition to having a blu-ray player and top of the line graphics! oooh, where do i sign up to get one?! after all, for $500, this baby had better be doing my laundry for me and watching the kid while i go shopping for a pair of manolos (which, incidentally, i could have for the same price).
and just getting excited about the new PS3 isn't enough -- i thought he was going to have a seizure last night when he was looking at the *PACKAGING* for the new systems online. i was watching diego with morgan and out of nowhere, i hear, "hey honey, look at the packaging on this." since diego didn't have his rescue pack out at the time (yes, it scares me how kid tv is overtaking my life...) i turn around to find Dork glued to the laptop with the screen turned around so that i could behold the really cool box that the PS3 comes in. but wait! there's more -- after all, there's not just *one* type of box that's available. evidently, there's a choice of packaging and he's pretty wound up about all the kinds that are available.
meanwhile, i'm wondering what the attraction is for a 30-something guy with a professional job and a child. sure, i had an atari hooked to my tv as a kid and video games were kinda cool when i was in high school, and i remember going to arcades with my friends when we were at the mall -- centipede was my fave, and i couldn't wait to shoot at the segments of the bug as it inched its way down the screen. but then i went to college and found boys, alcohol and my sorority more to my liking and the games went by the wayside. Dork, on the other hand, played video games and Dungeons & Dragons through college and (i can't even believe i'm saying this) he and his friends still play D&D as adults. the only difference? they now play online since everyone lives in different parts of the country. so now i can count on Dork to grab his headseat every few weekends and log on to their site so that he can talk live to his buddies while their characters (D&D as well as World of Warcraft) can interact together. maybe it's just me, but doesn't life itself have enough weird challenges and twists and turns, without having to create them in a fantasy realm? or maybe it's escaping reality that they really are looking for -- after all, even though i don't know too much about the D&D characters, i'm guessing they don't crap their diapers or spew barf on your new outfit as you're heading out the door, already running late for work. and if they did? i'm guessing men would be nowhere to be found.
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