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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.
Posted by Chris Forsythe at 12:31 PM | Comments (0)
November 26, 2006
Need more batteries
Someone send batteries at once! My wiimote is down! The screen says it has lost connectivity with the wiimote, oh nooes!
In all seriousness, the Wii is an awesome console. If you get one, make sure to get a battery charger and rechargable batteries. Double A.
I've just beaten the third dungeon in Zelda. I also got some games off the wiistore, and have the Tony Hawk Downhill Jam. Overall, I love the console. I don't have one of those high-fallutin high def displaying televisionerators, so I can't comment on that, but everything else is golden. Or something.
Now to just get a HaloBox and I'll be good. And next time I need a new linux desktop, I'll get a playstation 3.
Posted by Chris Forsythe at 05:53 PM | Comments (0)