I appriciate the helpful suggestions once again in my last post. I'm a little afraid to ask Amelia about her scar, afraid she might get upset and start to notice that I suspect her of lying, and if she isn't, she would probably never forgive me. I don't know, I'll do something. It's my own affairs, and I apoligize for bringing everyone into my situation. Whether it be asking for more information or asking to see her scar from the transplant, I'll try to get proof somehow.
But enough of that. That's not why I'm writing a blog post right now. I'm pretty sure you all can guess why;). IT'S BECAUSE MINE AND AMELIA'S 2 MONTH ANNIVERSARY IS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!...................................(crickets start chirping) Alright, alright, it's because it's Black Friday. BLACK FRIDAY. Such dark words for the biggest shopping day of the year. What exactly does it mean, though? Well, according to the great and almighty wikipedia.com, it was named that "because of the heavy traffic on that day" before the 1970s, but nowadays, it is used to refer to the "beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit)." Just thought I'd share that to those who were interested.
*BOOOOOOO!!!! HISTORY IS FOR QUACKS WHO DON'T APPRICIATE THE PRESENT AND HATE THEIR LIFE!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!*
(sigh)
Before I share my second experience of Black Friday, though, let me tell you all about my Thanksgiving. Basically, I woke up at 5:15 A.M. to my mom playing bluegrass Christmas music and the smell of food cooking, which was really pleasant:roll:. Oh, and we got our first snow of the season that day, too:D. Perfect timing, isn't it? Everyone eating at 7:00 in the morning didn't help matters, and since I ate so much after just waking up when my stomach was unstable, I had stomach aches all day:?. But the food was delicious, and it was nice to eat dinner early for a change so we wouldn't have to worry about it later. After we finished, though, my dad and I decided to take advantage of some sales around the area. Well, we arrived too late to K-Mart, and were sh*t out of luck there. Guess the early bird gets the worm. However, we were a little successful at Wal-Mart. I got both 300 and Pan's Labyrinth for only $9.00, and they were the nice, 2-disk special editions as well. I even got a free movie ticket to go see The Golden Compass with my Pan's Labyrinth DVD:P. That was the highlight of the day pretty much.
*What about when you sat and watched that WONDERFUL Christmas movie Christmas With The Cranks on television with your mommy that afternoon? I bet that was a nice, heartwarming mother-and-son moment right there.*
:| At least I watched a little bit of Miracle On 34th Street to make up for the crappiness, wiseguy.
*HA! You weren't even watching it. You were playing Zelda the whole time! And you know what? You weren't even getting anywhere, either! You were STUCK, and only a moron gets stuck on such an easy game as that.*
:evil:
*Awwwwwwww, am I making you angry? Is little Goku gonna use the backspace key on me? Is little Goku gonna try to make me flee?
Look, before you call me by the wrong name again, why don't you go hang out at Video_Game_King's blog again? I'm sure he's expecting you with caviar and a glass of warm milk:|.
*I called you "little Goku" because Gohan is Goku's son, and resembles Goku a little bit, making him "little Goku," you genius. Learn some common sense. And besides, he doesn't get as irritated as you do, so it's no fun for me. I like it here because I piss you off so bad.*
....................(talking without any emotion while at the same time trying to hide the immense anger flowing through veins) I actually love you. I want to have your babies. I want to...
*ALRIGHT! Before you go all lovey-dovey on my ass, I'm going to get my sorry ass out of here. What was I thinking? You're a f*cking FREAK! UGH!!!!*
Yup, that's what I thought...............bub:P.
Anyways, today, I went totally insane and set my alarm for 2:15 A.M. This year, I planned to go hardcore8). Instead, I woke up to my dad calling me at 2:50 :|. Oh well, it's not like the sales started yet. I was still in good hands. First we went to Meijer, just to pass time. While there, my dad and I noticed something funny. There were like 4 separate lines: one for the Xbox 360 package with Halo 3 , one for a PS3 package, one for a Nintendo DS package, and one for a Nintendo Wii package. Well, here's about how many people were in each line:
Xbox 360: 1
PS3: 0
Nintendo DS: 0
Nintendo Wii: about 40
After 1 year, it still amazes me how quickly the Nintendo Wii is selling like hotcakes. People were even in lawn chairs waiting in the line:lol:. AND THIS IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE FREAKIN LAUNCH!!!!! What did my dad and I do as people were frantically standing in lines, waiting for all of these great deals? Walked around, looking at the video games and DVDs that were just regularly priced:P. Man it feels so good to have a Wii......
*Ew. FREAK!*
SHUT UP!
Moving on to Wal-Mart, there was a big crowd near the front of the store, where there was printers, computers, small HDTVs, and a bin of DVDs on sale. Still, it was early, so my dad and I just walked around a little bit. Really, we were just anticipating to see what the crowd was going to do when an employee took down the CAUTION tape that was outlining the merchandise so that nobody could get to it. Sure enough, when 5:00 A.M. rolled around, everyone charged after it like hungry savages trying to claim one juicy steak:lol:. I even heard one person yell, "GET BACK, GET BACK!!!" It was so hilarious, I captured it on video on my phone to keep for a memory:P. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it. Laughing amongst ourselves, my dad and I just walked around the store, trying to find any good DVD deals we could find, not giving a sh*t about any of the big stuff. We got toward the DVD bin, but everyone was crowded around it, so there was no chance of getting in. Fortunately, there was a small cart next to it packed with DVDs, and I got lucky enough to get a spot to jump in. I managed to obtain L.A. Confidential (a movie I haven't seen), The Devil's Advocate (another I haven't seen), Get Shorty (and another:P ), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and Training Day, all for $2.99. After that, though, it was time to leave the chaos and go to another store: K-Mart.
As soon as we got there, we knew we were going to face some problems. The store hadn't opened yet, and TONS of people were crowded in front of the doors in the freezing cold weather. I thought to myself, "How are they crazy enough to stand outside like that, and how the hell can that many people fit inside that little, dinky K-Mart:| ?" Eventually, my dad and I got out at 6:00 A.M. when the stores opened, and everyone moved in. I even commented to my dad that it was like standing in line for soup and bread during the Great Depression:lol:.
*HEY! I was there, and that comment WASN'T FUNNY! You never knew that I got reincarnated as this text, did you? Well, I used to be a clerk for a general store up in Saginaw in the 1920s. Used to stand in soup lines all the time, even if it meant waiting for hours with a hungry stomach. But then, finally, hunger got the worst of me one day, and as I charged toward the soup in anger, cutting many people in line, I got tripped by this fat fellow. As fate would have it, there was a nail pointing straight up on the ground, stabbing me right in the heart as I land on it.*
:| SHUT UP!!!!!
We get in, head to the electronics section, and we almost gave up because it looked so crowded. However, I was NOT determined to walk away easily, and I managed to smoothly get to the DVDs that were on sale, so I grabbed Young Frankenstein and Cinderella Man for $3.99. Then, just because we felt satisfied, we just did a little clothes shopping since I needed some new pants, and I ended up getting two pairs and a cool new shirt as well. Getting out of the store was a huge b*tch, though, unlike Wal-Mart, which contained countless lanes to go through. We stood in the crowded line for about a half an hour, but finally managed to escape the store, and without a scratch. The only pain we were feeling was hunger, so we went to eat.
*Yup, typical fatass. Always begs for food after a big shopping spree.*
Ok, first of all, that was very stereotypical. Second, notice I said "WE," indicating that I was including my dad, who is skinny. Next, I wasn't begging. I was only pointing out the fact that I was hungry due to feeling sick to m stomach, and my dad also was hungry, so don't make me look like the bad guy. And finally, it wasn't a shopping spree. In fact, my dad bought most of the stuff.
*So...........then you're spoiled?*
:evil: I'm going to kill you.
*But you CAN'T! Why? Because I am TEXT! GET IT THROUGH YOUR SKULL!!!!!!!!!!!*
GO TO VIDEO_GAME_KING'S BLOG NOW!!!!!!!
*.....................I WILL be back someday, though......*
Yeah, I know:roll:.
After dropping by the house for a little bit to take a break, we headed back to Wal-Mart to see if we could get lucky with that huge DVD bin everyone was hogging the space around. Turns out everything was pretty much the same as in that cart, but I DID find As Good As It Gets in there. I got up to the cash register, though, and it was $5.88 instead. Someone must've carelessly put it into the $2.99 bin when they got it from somewhere else. Oh well, still a good deal.
Overall, the grand total of DVDs comes down to......................10! Plus my dad bought a lot as well, but those don't really matter:P.
So there you have it. My second experience of Black Friday. And I survived. Without a single scratch. It seemed a little less fun than last year, because I went up to my grandma's last year on Black Friday and got to go to Target, but I was still pumped and had a good time. Watching people trample over one another is the best part:P. It's amazing what extremes people go through to obtain material things. I hope I never turn into one of those people who stampede just to get a cheap-ass television. But, until next year...........(starts playing that "Ave Maria" song that appears in the Hitman games and movie)