diff --git a/src/container/block.zig b/src/container/block.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4926afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/container/block.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const container = @import("root.zig");
+
+const Point = container.Point;
+const Rect = container.Rect;
+
+/// Block is a location and size, or a definition of the bounds of a
+/// submatrix.
+pub const Block = struct {
+    loc: Point,
+    size: Rect,
+};
diff --git a/src/container/matrix.zig b/src/container/matrix.zig
index c7f68de..b187e63 100644
--- a/src/container/matrix.zig
+++ b/src/container/matrix.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const container = @import("root.zig");
 
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
 const Rect = container.Rect;
+const Block = container.Block;
 const Rowable = container.Rowable;
 const Point = container.Point;
 const SubMatrix = container.SubMatrix;
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ pub fn Matrix(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         /// submatrix returns a [SubMatrix]
-        pub fn submatrix(self: *@This(), loc: Point, area: Rect) SubMatrix(T) {
-            return SubMatrix(T).init(self, loc, area);
+        pub fn submatrix(self: *@This(), mask: Block) SubMatrix(T) {
+            return SubMatrix(T).init(self, mask);
         }
 
         // TODO: you were in the middle of debugging this
diff --git a/src/container/root.zig b/src/container/root.zig
index 61167b1..6b8dc94 100644
--- a/src/container/root.zig
+++ b/src/container/root.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub const Point = @import("point.zig").Point;
 pub const Rect = @import("rect.zig").Rect;
+pub const Block = @import("block.zig").Block;
 pub const Rowable = @import("rowable.zig").Rowable;
 pub const Matrix = @import("matrix.zig").Matrix;
 pub const SubMatrix = @import("sub_matrix.zig").SubMatrix;
diff --git a/src/container/row_iterator.zig b/src/container/row_iterator.zig
index 7261cab..a0edf3d 100644
--- a/src/container/row_iterator.zig
+++ b/src/container/row_iterator.zig
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test "TestRowIterator" {
     }
     try testing.expectEqual(10, x);
 
-    var sub = m.submatrix(.{ .x = 5, .y = 5 }, .{ .width = 5, .height = 5 });
+    var sub = m.submatrix(.{ .loc = .{ .x = 5, .y = 5 }, .size = .{ .width = 5, .height = 5 } });
     var sub_iter = sub.row_iterator();
     x = 0;
     while (sub_iter.next()) |row| {
diff --git a/src/container/sub_matrix.zig b/src/container/sub_matrix.zig
index 00d46c8..06e33cb 100644
--- a/src/container/sub_matrix.zig
+++ b/src/container/sub_matrix.zig
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const mem = std.mem;
 const container = @import("root.zig");
 
-const Rect = container.Rect;
-const Rowable = container.Rowable;
+const Block = container.Block;
 const Point = container.Point;
+const Rowable = container.Rowable;
 const Matrix = container.Matrix;
 const Error = container.Error;
 const RowIterator = container.RowIterator;
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ pub fn SubMatrix(comptime T: type) type {
     return struct {
         // Data is made up of different sections of the
         _m: *Matrix(T),
-        _offset: Point,
-        _mask: Rect,
+        _mask: Block,
         //_width: usize,
         rowable: Rowable(T),
 
         /// init takes the underlying data from the upstream matrix and creates
         /// a submatrix of it
-        pub fn init(m: *Matrix(T), loc: Point, size: Rect) @This() {
-            return .{ ._m = m, ._offset = loc, ._mask = size, .rowable = Rowable(T){ .rowFn = SubMatrix(T).row } };
+        pub fn init(m: *Matrix(T), mask: Block) @This() {
+            return .{ ._m = m, ._mask = mask, .rowable = Rowable(T){ .rowFn = SubMatrix(T).row } };
         }
 
         pub fn get(self: *const @This(), loc: Point) !T {
@@ -30,11 +29,11 @@ pub fn SubMatrix(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         pub fn getPtr(self: *const @This(), loc: Point) !*T {
-            if (loc.x >= self._mask.width or loc.y >= self._mask.height) {
+            if (loc.x >= self._mask.size.width or loc.y >= self._mask.size.height) {
                 return Error.OutOfBounds;
             }
 
-            return self._m.getPtr(self._offset.add(loc));
+            return self._m.getPtr(self._mask.loc.add(loc));
         }
 
         pub fn set(self: *@This(), loc: Point, val: T) !void {
@@ -43,14 +42,14 @@ pub fn SubMatrix(comptime T: type) type {
 
         pub fn row(interface: *Rowable(T), line: usize) ![]T {
             var self: *@This() = @fieldParentPtr("rowable", interface);
-            if (line >= self._mask.height) {
+            if (line >= self._mask.size.height) {
                 return Error.OutOfBounds;
             }
 
             // TODO: This can index out of bound
             // we need to checkt to make sure everything is copesedic
-            var r = try self._m.rowable.row(line + self._offset.y);
-            return r[self._offset.x .. self._offset.x + self._mask.width];
+            var r = try self._m.rowable.row(line + self._mask.loc.y);
+            return r[self._mask.loc.x .. self._mask.loc.x + self._mask.size.width];
         }
 
         pub fn row_iterator(self: *@This()) RowIterator(T) {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ test "SubMatrix" {
     // create our matrix and submatrix
     var m = try Matrix(u8).initZero(testing.allocator, .{ .height = 10, .width = 10 });
     defer m.deinit(testing.allocator);
-    var sub = m.submatrix(.{ .x = 4, .y = 4 }, .{ .height = 5, .width = 5 });
+    var sub = m.submatrix(.{ .loc = .{ .x = 4, .y = 4 }, .size = .{ .height = 5, .width = 5 } });
     try sub.set(.{ .x = 0, .y = 0 }, 'a');
 
     // we should see the value updated in the Matrix
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 9364099..589ae02 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     try double_buf.hard_refresh(w);
 
     while (true) {
-        var frame = double_buf.frame(.{ .x = 0, .y = 10 }, .{ .height = 1, .width = 120 });
+        var frame = double_buf.frame(.{ .loc = .{ .x = 0, .y = 10 }, .size = .{ .height = 1, .width = 120 } });
         const row = try frame.rowable.row(0);
         var fill_next: bool = false;
         var unfilled: bool = true;
diff --git a/src/view/double_buffer.zig b/src/view/double_buffer.zig
index 9eb2b09..4eaaa0b 100644
--- a/src/view/double_buffer.zig
+++ b/src/view/double_buffer.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
 const Matrix = grome.container.Matrix;
 const SubMatrix = grome.container.SubMatrix;
 const Point = grome.container.Point;
+const Block = grome.container.Block;
 const Rect = grome.container.Rect;
 const Cell = grome.view.Cell;
 
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ pub const DoubleBuffer = struct {
 
     // frame returns a subset of the backbuffer where `loc` is the top left point of the
     // subsection, and `size` is the area or size of the subset.
-    pub fn frame(self: *@This(), loc: Point, size: Rect) SubMatrix(Cell) {
-        return .init(&self.back, loc, size);
+    pub fn frame(self: *@This(), mask: Block) SubMatrix(Cell) {
+        return .init(&self.back, mask);
     }
 
     // swap the front and back. This should be called right before rendering