I received two whole days off from work, making a four day weekend a magical and needed vacation.  I, however, have a second job that bends itself to the needs of the masses, especially on weekend nights.  I am a door jockey for an establishment that dispenses spirits.  This claims my weekends and keeps me out of trouble.

I went to Best Buy on Friday in a vain hope to acquire a PS3 or (more realistically) a Wii.  People are insane.  I was one of them.  I arrived at 2 am to a store that opened at 5 am.  It gets very cold at night,  almost too cold to wait in front of a store for three hours.  I arrived to find a line, a LONG line, in front that spanned past 3 other large storefronts.  My dissappointment grew.  I was shattered.  They had a PS3 that was subsequently offered to the line waiting to get in the store... I dont know what the going rate on it was, but I sure wasn't going to pay it and I sure as heck did not have that kind of money in cash anyway.

The guy at Best Buy said that they were getting Wii's on Sunday.  I should have guessed this was not "secure" information and that 2 hours before opening was no time to arrive to wait.  I was a fool again.  There were about 30 people waiting for 12 units.  I was not waiting in this line.

Black Friday was not a total waste.  I did get into Best Buy and get some things I was looking for.  A 22" widescreen monitor, blank DVDs, and a 1 GB SD card.

Yesterday was my birthday and I really did not want to spend the first hours of the in front of Best Buy freezing my butt off for several hours to get a Wii...