i would do anything for love.... but i won't do that...
so at noon today, after talking about it and planning for it all week, huey and i decide to call our nearest wallyworld to check out the situation. after reading and watching news reports all week talking about people standing in freezing cold and snow for their chance at one of the five ps3's at their local gamestop, the day has come for the release of a system i'm actually interested in.... the nintendo wii!!
so huey calls and asks what the situation is. how many are they gettin in (at least twenty) when do they go on sale (midnight) when are tickets being handed out (at 10pm) and when can we get in line (there are already about 10-15 people in line). after spluttering, huey yells out "we have to go... now!!" he scrambles, i scramble, and in the middle of it all he says "i'm so excited!!" then does a mario-hitting-a-block leap into the air, one fist raised, and goes bling! bling! it seems kind of silly, but it made me laugh and got me excited...
so we filled up our bookbag with all the necessay standing in line for hours items - my laptop, homework, ipods, phones, huey's ds lite and games - and head for the car. then huey announces he has a "wii standing in line" gift for me, and pulls out a new ds light for me that he picked up in savannah... now we can play games together! we got here about 1:15 and staked our place in line. luckily, they are being nice and letting people stand in line inside. since its chilly outside now and will rpolly be freezing by midnight, this is actually a pretty good deal.
so right now i'm feeling kind of like natalie portman in "where the heart is." i've set up camp and feel a little already like i'm living here. of course, nintendo has said repeatedly that there will be plenty of wii's for the holidays and most people assumed waiting in line would be pointless because you could probably just walk into a store and pick one up any time between now and christmas. while we completely believe them and know we don't HAVE to be here... it feels good knowing that i'll be walking out of here tonite with my very own wii. no point in chancing it since it is my christmas gift.
so a few more people have shown up since i've been writing this... it's good to know that we won't be last in line for the next 9 hours though... then i would have REALLY felt stupid!!
