F the 360

Usually I don't post after a monday or a wednesday because I work all day, but this was noteworthy. As you might have heard Xbox 360 came out today. Well last night I watched the line outside the Best Buy swell from 10 or so at six pm to about 100 at 10pm. Of course every other person in the door asked why the people were lining up and most had the same reaction, "thats crazy."

I felt bad for them because it was so cold, and that we didn't have nearly enough Xbox 360 to go around. Microsoft didn't make as many as they said they would. Also, about once an hour someone from the line would come in and tell us how bad the attitude of people in line was. There was almost a fight. However, at the Wal-mart across the way there was a fist-fight. This is because people were holding places for people in line. We were asked many different times by many different people to give out tickets, but that wouldn't help because once everyone is gone at about 11 or so, they are on their own until about 5 am when employee's show back up.

Anyway, this whole thing is a mess. I applaude all the people who are waiting out in that weather for so long to get their Xbox (to each his own), but its not worth it.

Awesome

That is how my weekend was. Friday night we say Harry Potter on the IMAX and it was visually stunning. We all agreed that it was the best of the series. However, we had to wait an hour and a half to watch it because there was a problem with the projector. So we were given tickets for a free movie, popcorn and soda because we had to wait so long. At one point Tim, in full Dumbledore costume, stood up faced the projector (we were in the 3rd row) and said "technico repario." Of course everyone laughed, but in a good way. It was most unexpected.

The movie was long, and because of the delay we got out that much later. We got home about 2ish, and I didn't get to sleep until about 3. Then I had to wake up at 6:30 for a meeting at Best Buy. But it was ok because we were having our "early thanksgiving." Of course I slept through much of the cooking, but I wouldn't have been doing much anyway. Though, when I did wake up I did a lot of cleaning and helped as much as I could with the cooking.

The dinner was great and so was the company. It was nice to have everyone together again. There was much wine and other various alcoholic beverages so even the food channel was mildly fun. We talked a lot and of quoted many movies that no one else cares about but us. We played some "Scene It" and Trival Pursuit. The underdogs (Andrew, J, and I) beat the all knowing Geoff. All I have to say is "Mel Gibson." Then of course, the girls kicked our ass in Trival Pursuit until we were able to pull even with them. However they did win in the end. Speaking of which:

Q: How many chickens would you need to trade to get a AK-47 on the black market of Uganda in 2000?
A: One

Everyone was gone about 12:30 because the turkey tired most people out. Then I had to work from 6am to 11 the next morning. The early morning were the only thing that sucked about this weekend. Needless to say I slept for a while on sunday afternoon.

Amanda is not coming back to meat, but she is going to eat some now and again. Tuesday I will properly introduce her to some again.

That's my girl!

As you can see, this is Amanda... and this is the cover for a card that is going up. So in a few months don't be surprized if you see this on the shelves of Target. She at least has a good sense of humor about it.

As for tonight, Amanda and I are meeting the rest of apartment 9 to see Harry Potter at the IMAX tonight. I am looking forward to it. Even though I have not, and probably never will read the books I have been excited to see this for a long time.

Then on saturday friends are going to come over to our apartment and have a "little" thanksgiving. We will have the normal spread and all, so it should be great. Two thanksgivings in one year could be the greatest invention man has ever concieved...

Anyway, not much more going on that that. Hope you enjoy your weekend. I will.

Paris

Yesterday was busy as most wednesdays are. However, there was one surprize in the sense that I tried to use my credit card, and it didn't work. I didn't think it was a big deal at the time, but about 10 minutes later I got a call from Commerce Bank, and they told me someone in Paris tried to use my credit card at an ATM. They blocked this and put my card on a temporary freeze.

They think that paypal e-mails could be the culprit. I filled one out, saying that my membership would expire if I didn't. It took me to the official site and such. It probably was real, but apparently some people have been getting "dummy" e-mails. Anyway, just be careful if you get such an e-mail.

Since my card info has been compromised I am going to get a new one in about a week or so. I hope it gets here before I go to St. Louis next weekend. Yes, the weekend-- Amanda and I are leaving KS on saturday the 26th and coming back on monday the 28th.

As you can see, I have been updating my blog so that it looks a little nicer. I really didn't like the way it was before. But now I have a nice banner (until I make a new one) and some links to thinks that I like.

ARG!

I don't know whats wrong with me, but I was short tempered yesterday. I din't explode or yell at anything or anyone, but I was just "mad" and I didn't know why. One reason may be that I accidentally washed my cell phone last night. I am not going to tell you the story of how it ended up in the washing machine because you DON'T want to know. But at least I had my old one which still works fine.

At least Amanda was around and made me feel better by proxy.