Black Friday

Hey, everyone.

Before I talk about the greatness that was Black Friday, I have to come clean with a fact that most of you already know by now. Are you ready? Here it is...I have a cell-phone.



Yeah, I know...I'm the guy who denounced the whole idea of a cell phone since high school. However, I also said that I knew I would have to get one someday, and that day finally came on November 27, 2005.

Basically, what happened was that my parents offered to buy me one, and I said "yes." I didn't even bother to put up a struggle because, deep down, I knew it would make life a whole lot easier, especially since I am now applying for internships to places that might possibly hound me day and night, for all I know, and my ass will probably get fired if I can't keep in contact. So, I am very grateful that my parents got me this phone, and I will do my best to use it wisely (try to stay within my minutes and try not to be that guy who lets it ring/vibrate in a movie theatre).

Anyway, on to Black Friday. As you all know, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) is the biggest sales day of the entire year, a day meant for people to go and do all of their Christmas shopping and get it out of the way while saving big. Of course, there are people, like me, who will go on this day to shop purely for themselves.

Behold: Exhibit A



Okay, so that's the only exhibit. But there it is! Three DVD boxsets, which would have normally cost me about $90 in total, cost a mere $45 on this wonderful, wonderful day. Yes, I know, it seems very greedy to just use the day meant for Christmas shopping on something as selfish as one's self, but c'mon...$45! However, I did buy my dad's Christmas gift (already wrapped and hidden), so the day wasn't completely self-serving.

Anyway, for me, Black Friday started at about 5:45am with not only a watch alarm but also a wake-up call from Bre and Smug. At, 5:55am, Smug and his sister arrived to pick me up and take me along with them to Circuit City, the first stop of the day. Now, the store opened at 6:00am, and we arrived there at about 6:10am. You'd think that we would be able to walk right in. C'mon, who the hell else would be up that early? Well, apparently enough people to warrant a 90-minute wait outside the store. Seriously, the line wrapped around a restaurant parking lot, which got me to thinking...somebody could make some serious bucks standing off to the side and serving coffee. Anybody want to help implement this idea next year?

So, after about 90 minutes of standing in the cold, walking over garbage, watching the sun rise (never knew it did that), we were inside...for about ten minutes. Rest assured, we all got something. I mean, after waiting for about 90 minutes, I would probably at least get a copy of Gigli to ensure the trip wasn't totally in vain...and Gigli sucks whale semen!

After Circuit City, our next stop was Best Buy (for me it was the first of three trips to that same goddamn Best Buy). Best Buy was a completely different story than Circuit City. At Best Buy, we all just walked right in, no waiting or anything. It was also at Best Buy that I realized one important thing for next year: Remember price-matching. All you need to do is collect all of the different stores' ads, and you can do all of your shopping at Best Buy...they price-match The Wherehouse for Christ's sake. Tell me, when was the last time you saw a Wherehouse store in existence?

After Best Buy, I was pretty much done for the day. I got home around 11:00am, watched three episodes of Arrested Development, and went to sleep for about three hours...then woke up with a huge headache. All-in-all, good times were had by all.

Speaking of which, I just finished watching the first season of Arrested Development, and I have to advise you all to move your asses and buy a copy. Seriously, this is some hilarious stuff! Don't believe me? Then check out this picture from me being blown away by it:



Okay, so maybe this is actually the same picture I used for playing Ikaruga, but, seriously, this was a great show, and I have already started watching the second season. I got to give a big thanks to Smug, though, for convincing me to buy both available seasons rather than just season 1. Sure, I could've saved some money for better meals and more frequent laundry room uses, but I think this really was the better choice. Thanks, buddy. I owe you one.

UPDATE:
Here is a link to something rather cool to kick off the month of December:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/xmaslights2.html