Who doesn't love a bargain?

I went to work yesterday thinking about the impending doom of the homework I have to do. *Yuck* I came home astonished by the awesomeness around me.

A friend of mine had gotten a great deal on some games. Fortunately, he was willing to share said deal. When I stopped by his home after leaving the office, I ran across the street, talked for a few minutes, and inquired if he knew how to get any discounts on Guitar Hero II. You see, my wife is all about playing Guitar Hero, so I had to find a way to make that happen. It just so happened he had a gotten a copy, but does not have a 360. I'm not sure how that happened, but he freely offered me his copy. I felt like Gandalf being offered the One Ring. Unfortunately, it was more than I could bear. I caved.

When I arrived home, I freely flaunted the box (especially since there is no way on Earth to conceal something of that magnitude). She nervously continued doing dishes, wondering how to remind me of the $90 price tag I had to have paid. When I revealed it was lent to us free of charge, she all but said, "Hey man, is that freedom Rock?!? Well, turn it up, man!"

Since I had to go into a teleconference, my wife started rockin'. She didn't relent until I pried the guitar from her hands. I'm pretty sure my daughter wanted to play too. She escaped from bedtime and sat with her mom to watch me face the Guitar Hero II for the first time. At first I was frustrated by my natural inclination to press where the frets ought to be, but I quickly broke my good guitar-playing practices and found my stride in the button pressing. I haven't been so excited to hear a KISS song since "I Was Made for Lovin' You" first aired on my Internet radio station.

Guitar Hero III better have some of the Darkness. Just about anything off of Permission to Land would be grand (only the edited lyrics, of course).