Monday, March 20, 2006
Yesterday, Hunter was playing Brood Wars, his latest addiction. Mark and I try and play a game or two with him every weekend, which thrills Hunter beyond his wildest dreams, but during the week he's left to his own devices. (So Uncle Michael, if you want to come out for Easter and a Brood Wars Marathon, Hunter would be entirely delighted!) Anyway, while Hunter was playing, I was making dinner with Caleb on my hip and Noah and Denver wrapped around each ankle. Hunter would occasionally call out some detail about his present game and I would "uh-hum," letting him know I had heard him. During one of those occasions, he said something like, "Did you know you can watch a movie at the beginning of Brood Wars?" I said "no" and he said, "Come and see." So, when I got to a good breaking point, I wandered in and sat down next to Hunter to see this "really short movie" that I just had to see. Now, Brood Wars is a war game, so of course, there is going to be some violence. Fortunatley, the violence is mild and I've never worried about it ruining Hunter's innocence or his future happiness. So, the movie began and there were aliens and fighting and big explosions and I started wondering if maybe he shouldn't be watching this short movie afterall. But Hunter assured me he wasn't scared and that he'd watched it a million times before and it was no big deal. So, we continued watching and Hunter said, "There is a smoking part, but we can skip that part." Smoking part, I wondered. The movie continued and then, all of the sudden Hunter clicked the mouse and it was over. "Hey!" I protested. "What happened?" Hunter then, non-chalantly said, "That's the smoking part." "What smoking part?" I asked. "Well, there's just a guy smoking and he throws his cigarette out the window." Oh, I thought, thank goodness he understands that smoking is bad but aliens and war is a-okay! At least he's got the important stuff.
posted by Shana # 9:09 AM 
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