Mamarati

it’s time to write, dammit.

cheat sheet in hand, here I go…

Wii Campout

As the day drew near for the pre-sell of the Wii, I have to admit, I cared less and less about it. Was I in denial or something? I mean, I was literally thinking that all would be fine and well and come Nov. 19, I would just stroll into GameStop and pick one up much like I’d pick up tuna at the grocery store.

And then, the eve of the pre-sell was upon me and Brandon was calling me to see if I was going to “do anything” about it. He was on his way to a movie and it was 10 p.m.

I told him I didn’t know, but to call me when he got out of the movie, but wait…

First, drive by GameStop and see if anyone is camped outside…

He called back and reported that two people were there.

Now, I start to panic just a wii bit. ha.

I go check things out around the blogosphere. There’s nothing video game nerds like to do more than brag about securing a new console. Here I am doing it, after all. So what I find is that, yes, there are plenty of nerds that plan on camping out or waking up at the asscrack of dawn to secure a receipt.

More panic as I wait for Brandon’s movie to finish…

He calls and drives by the GameStop again, and this time, the squatters are gone, so I feel a bit more relieved. I tell him I’m just going to get my butt up early and go stand in line, he agrees and we say goodnight.

All’s well and I’m about to head to bed. But then a little voice in my head says, “What if those squatters just went to go pee or get coffee or food?”

So I call Brandon back and tell him my theory and he says he just had the same thought. No questions asked, I tell him to not even go home, to get over to the house and I will start loading up the Subaru.

Which I did. Blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, change for QT coffee and snacks…

He arrives and we head out after my car finally starts. And we head to the various GameStops, all located within about three miles of each other, to see what’s going on. We are relieved to see that there’s no activity at any of them and start to wonder if this camping trip is going to be a waste of time.

We stop at Taco Bell and QT and get some munchies and coffee, water… and then head to the GameStop I like the best. Then, a security guard shows up and asks what we are doing. I tell him and he goes away. I continue eating my gorditas.

He comes back and says that we have to leave and that we can either park across the street or we can come back at 7 a.m., but that “his boss” says that no one can stay in the parking lot overnight.

Oh hell no. I’m finishing my Gorditas and then I’ll go. And that’s what I did.

So we headed to a GameStop that was attached to a Barnes and Noble. But then we noticed that this one opened at 9 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. like most GameStops, so I started to think that maybe this one wasn’t going to do pre-sell, that it wasn’t a “normal” GameStop, but rather more of a fake — kind of like the Starbucks inside a Barnes and Noble is not a real Starbucks and won’t take your Starbucks card.

But we can’t seem to make a decision about leaving, and the prospect of getting all this taken care of an hour earlier in the morning is looking damn good.

So we stay.

ack. More in a bit… I was just interrupted (ha) by work stuff and then a spontaneous bout of animal crossing broke out. Oops.

I need to do something with this kitchen before I leave to go to the library now, so will come back later and finish up.