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November 27, 2006
How I got a Wii, or, why I'm about to enduringly aggrivate those in search of one right now
Some prerequisites. I indeed wanted to get a Wii, but didn't think I could until after Christmas. I also like looking at figures of how much stuff is in stock at places this time of year so I know which stores to avoid and which to stop at.
Anyhow, the Wii-non-story-story.
So from my previous post, you should have gathered that I have acquired a Wii. It's awesome, it's great, it beats any other console I've owned hands down.
I have a confession to make though. I bought it on launch day at a local Target, however:
I was not on my way to purchase the Wii
Seriously, I went out for Kolache's. At like 6 AM, I couldn't find any, so I happened to be bummed and just drove around a little bit. I drove by the local Best Buy and saw a whole line of folks and then it hit me like a log that it was indeed a launch day. I figured it was probably a PS/3 post-launch line or something waiting for another shipments or something. I then drove around some more and located a Target. I saw the line there too, but it wasn't as bad as the Best Buy one, so I got out and went up to talk to some folks. They said "this is the line for the Wii" and I said "Oh my god no way!" but with more curse words and less actual words. Something like that.
flash back to the night before
I had been perusing the list of stock that stores had at http://wii.clambert.org/. No, I hadn't actually looked at the sidebar or much of the text, I just entered my zip and off I went at it. One of the stores next to me had 51.
flash forward
I now remembered that this is the store with 51. And there was no way there was more than 35 people in line. So I sat in line for an hour and a half, and got a Wii.
I was number 30 of 51.
The Wii is the most awesome happenstance Festivus Miracle yet. At least in my household.