I made my decision on Wednesday for Halo 3-- I was gonna preorder it. I just couldn't hold back anymore, and seeing that only one small deposit of money at a local Game Stop would do the trick, I did it. I devoured a baby grun-- I preordered it after school, and to me, that was all that mattered. Even if I didn't own a 360, or even if I had no arms, I would've preordered it. It was awkward, asking the cash register worker a million times whether or not I'd be guaranteed a regular damn copy. And after I sold GRAW 2 and Prey and used my earned money as the deposit, I walked out of that store with shaking hands. I swear, my reciept almost flew out of the car window....

Getting home without messing up my dad's driving with shrills of excitement for the game was easy, but staying at home without being anxious was the difficult part. I knew I'd be guaranteed a copy, since one of the clerks was a friend of mine, and he said he'd hold my copy of Halo 3 if I didn't get there by the 27th. But even so, I felt as if something could go awry, such as having the Halo 3 delivery truck blown up at the hands of a Master Chief cosplayer standing out on the freeway with C4 in his bag...or having to be faced by lowly worms who forgot to place my preorder correctly like the Game Crazy clerks I encountered a few years back. In fact, I still haven't enjoyed my copy of Metal Slug Advance till this very day. I could vomit a rotting fireball of shrapnel at those employees riiiiiight now....

So, out of more anxiety, I called Game Stop on Friday and asked about the whole "guaranteed" thing. I called again that night, and once again today. This time, they gave me a better answer. Coincidentally, all of the answerers responded to my queries with the same response...something about "preordering it here at Game Stop will reserve you a spot for Halo 3...definitely." 'O course, the answer I got today was a bit more complex and relieving. And may I say that Game Stop called TODAY (before I did, surprisingly as hell) and reminded me to go at 9 PM on Monday for the midnight launch? Lol, of course, at that point, I'd already asked if they'd hold the copy until afternoon of the 25th, to which they clearly answered with a "**** off, caller number 200," which they don't know is me every single time, "You'll be guaranteed a ****ing copy, you ****ing head-job." By then, I had been enlightened by his cuss words of relief, and now, I'm getting ready for Forge. See ya all online sometime in the future. And don't forget, ladies, play on legendary co-op if playing the campaign falls "short" for you.

Ah yes, and to the poor chaps whose preorders have been lost due to production problems, CRY ME A RIVER. Better yet, as a challenge, a tributary to a larger river would truly let your feelings out.