So, I saw online that Best Buy was having a special 5AM-noon Black Friday sale online yesterday. I remembered that last year, my friend Travis went and said it was so crazy because there were so many deals, you felt like you had to buy stuff that you didn't even want, just becuase it was so cheap. He was far too right. Typing this now, I'm not running off of very much sleep or cohereance, so please ignore any horrible spelling or grammar errors.
I had a friend who is back for Thanksgiving break spend the night, and we stayed up until 2AM watching End of Evangelion. We got about an hour or less of sleep (how can you sleep after that movie?), then we woke up my brother (who lives in the basement of evil) and left. It was super-cold outside, and I made the wonderful decision to wear the only pair of pants that I own that offer absolutely no warmth or protection from wind at all. This was my first mistake. On the way up, Kevin (the friend) decided that driving through backroads with creepy dead trees at 3:30 in the morning was not creepy enough for him. He put on the most horrible song from the Kill Bill Soundtrack (Track 02, the whistling song), which after listening to it again during sunrise, was not all that creepy, but I SWEAR I WAS GOING TO DIE LIKE THAT CHICK FROM THE RING WAS JUST GOING TO SLAM UP ON THE WINDSHIELD AND START EATING MY FACE OR SOMETHING.
So we get there. The line was already about 200 people long, and we showed up an hour early. The two geniuses I was with were sissies and didn't want to stand in the cold as soon as we got there, so we lost our good space, although we did go out into the cold after about 10 mintues or so. Whilist standing in the cold, I realized a universal truth about life. The dumber you look, or the dumber you can make yourself look using the clothes on your body, the warmer you will be. I tucked my shirt into my pants, and my pants into my socks and the cold ALMOST didn't bother me for the rest of the hour outside. As we stood, there were people yelling that things were already sold out, even though the store hadn't been opened yet. These were ticketed items, which I still don't really understand, nor do I care to.
Anyway, at about 4:56 Verizon Time EST, Best Buy opened. The best part of this whole charade was that there were people who stayed in their warm cars and got out when they saw the doors open, effectively bypassing the line in its entirity. Well, we got in, and it was a mad-house:
DVD PLAYERS - 29.99
120 GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVES - 29.99
160 GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES - 79.99
75 DVDR'S AND 25 CDR'S - 2.99
MP3 PLAYERS - 39.99
14" FLATSCREEN TV - 59.99
FULL PENTIUM COMPUTER SET-UP - 149.99
I put back so much stuff just because I was like "I don't need this...I DON'T EVEN WANT THIS." I eventually ended up getting one of those Rocker video game chairs, a video game for my dad, an MP3 Player, and those CD/DVD deals (2 packs). It was pure madness, and pure fun. The line for the line had about 15 people in it, and it took an hour and a hlaf to get through. No exageration, at all. We got out of the store, and had to fit the freaking Rocker box in the back seat with my poor brother, who had the pleasure of being crushed for the rest of the morning. To cheer him up, we went to ihop and had breakfast at like 8.
We got home, wrapped the Rocker and the game, and Kevin and I passed out. I just now woke up, wondering what's going on, so I read jTWG and made a voting guide.
=D
Pictures coming soon.
I had a friend who is back for Thanksgiving break spend the night, and we stayed up until 2AM watching End of Evangelion. We got about an hour or less of sleep (how can you sleep after that movie?), then we woke up my brother (who lives in the basement of evil) and left. It was super-cold outside, and I made the wonderful decision to wear the only pair of pants that I own that offer absolutely no warmth or protection from wind at all. This was my first mistake. On the way up, Kevin (the friend) decided that driving through backroads with creepy dead trees at 3:30 in the morning was not creepy enough for him. He put on the most horrible song from the Kill Bill Soundtrack (Track 02, the whistling song), which after listening to it again during sunrise, was not all that creepy, but I SWEAR I WAS GOING TO DIE LIKE THAT CHICK FROM THE RING WAS JUST GOING TO SLAM UP ON THE WINDSHIELD AND START EATING MY FACE OR SOMETHING.
So we get there. The line was already about 200 people long, and we showed up an hour early. The two geniuses I was with were sissies and didn't want to stand in the cold as soon as we got there, so we lost our good space, although we did go out into the cold after about 10 mintues or so. Whilist standing in the cold, I realized a universal truth about life. The dumber you look, or the dumber you can make yourself look using the clothes on your body, the warmer you will be. I tucked my shirt into my pants, and my pants into my socks and the cold ALMOST didn't bother me for the rest of the hour outside. As we stood, there were people yelling that things were already sold out, even though the store hadn't been opened yet. These were ticketed items, which I still don't really understand, nor do I care to.
Anyway, at about 4:56 Verizon Time EST, Best Buy opened. The best part of this whole charade was that there were people who stayed in their warm cars and got out when they saw the doors open, effectively bypassing the line in its entirity. Well, we got in, and it was a mad-house:
DVD PLAYERS - 29.99
120 GB INTERNAL HARD DRIVES - 29.99
160 GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES - 79.99
75 DVDR'S AND 25 CDR'S - 2.99
MP3 PLAYERS - 39.99
14" FLATSCREEN TV - 59.99
FULL PENTIUM COMPUTER SET-UP - 149.99
I put back so much stuff just because I was like "I don't need this...I DON'T EVEN WANT THIS." I eventually ended up getting one of those Rocker video game chairs, a video game for my dad, an MP3 Player, and those CD/DVD deals (2 packs). It was pure madness, and pure fun. The line for the line had about 15 people in it, and it took an hour and a hlaf to get through. No exageration, at all. We got out of the store, and had to fit the freaking Rocker box in the back seat with my poor brother, who had the pleasure of being crushed for the rest of the morning. To cheer him up, we went to ihop and had breakfast at like 8.
We got home, wrapped the Rocker and the game, and Kevin and I passed out. I just now woke up, wondering what's going on, so I read jTWG and made a voting guide.
=D
Pictures coming soon.
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