Withlemon

So I’m standing in line at Wal-Mart at 10:30pm waiting for the release of the new WoW expansion and I think “My life sucks”. How much do I put into this game? Why am I here with all of “these” people. Have I matured past the age of 17? I really start to wonder as I’m standing in line, but then something changes. I start listening to the conversations that are going on around me. To most of these guys (and girls, 3 to be exact), this IS their life. They’ve got plans to stay up for 3 consecutive days playing a video game. The DLK (short for Dirty LAN Kid, an inside joke), in front of me has purchased a 2 liter of Code Red Mountain Dew, a pack of Little Debbie snack cakes and an industrial size can of generic spaghetti-O’s. He goes on to brag to his DLK friends that it’s going to be his only source of nutrition for the next 3 or 4 days, “Until I hit level 80″ he says. Other folks (and there are about 100 people in line) are talking about the game, all the stats of their level 70 characters, and how they spent 3 days grinding to get this one virtual item.

My life is much better than this. I think of my wife and son, the house we own, and two decent vehicles. I’m sure most of thsee kids either still live with their mom or in some dumpy apartment that has a letter instead of number (the bad one’s all have letters). I’ve got a good job and I play WoW to pass the time, not for braggin rights.

Anyway, I’m not here to bash the DLK’s, it’s the DLA (Adults) that worry me. The adults that haven’t showered in a couple of days and just threw on some torn jogging pants and shirt that looks like it’s been used as an oil rag. Am I one of these? Do I dress in ths same stuff everyday and dream about how much I’m going to enjoy ganking some guy in PvP? No.

There were a few of us there that seemed normal. We shower, we have jobs and familys, along with social skills and common courtesy. We play to have fun, and remember there is such a thing as real life and outdoors.

It’s moments like those that make you really appreciate where you are in life.