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this weekend sarah and i hit up the nearby bestbuy to look at dvds...yes, more dvds.
unexpectedly, as we were perusing the aisles, we came across a stack of boxes neatly arranged in some cross-hatch pattern. it was like jenga for giants. only the pieces were made of 60GB PS3s. and throughout the store there were more - probably 25-30 scattered about willy-nilly. the main stack was closely guarded by several 20 something year old males, hovering and staring and circling with furrowed brows. i think i may have heard one whisper "my precious" as he made another pass. some even dared to pick up a box like it would actually tell them something they didn't already know and hadn't researched daily for the past few months. but most of them put it back down quickly, disgusted at the $600 price tag. $600 for what? It didn't include a second controller, a game, a blu ray DVD or even tax. everyone knew you wouldn't walk out with one dropping at least $750.
still, mezmerized i joined the zombie like stares and found myself more suprised than anything. how could there be so many sitting idly in such a small area? people are still willing to drop-kick their dogs for a wii. i guess in retrospect i shouldn't have. it was january 7th, well after the christmas rush and people simply didn't have the dough. I didn't have the dough. besides, rewind 3 months to when we got Sammy, our 1080p LCD. i made a deal with our budget that if I got the tv, i'd wait till we had a house to get the ps3.
...fuckin' short-sighted impatient and impulsive bill...
that probably should have been the end of that dance but sarah decided to throw a wildcard into the equation. she said we could get one but we'd basically have to eat dirt for the next few months. mmm...dirt. i gave it another moment of consideration, bid the stack adieu and walked away calmly. everybody who knows me knows i'm a loyal playstation consumer so don't think i've walked away for good. i'll get one when the time is right and my wallet is fatter.
unexpectedly, as we were perusing the aisles, we came across a stack of boxes neatly arranged in some cross-hatch pattern. it was like jenga for giants. only the pieces were made of 60GB PS3s. and throughout the store there were more - probably 25-30 scattered about willy-nilly. the main stack was closely guarded by several 20 something year old males, hovering and staring and circling with furrowed brows. i think i may have heard one whisper "my precious" as he made another pass. some even dared to pick up a box like it would actually tell them something they didn't already know and hadn't researched daily for the past few months. but most of them put it back down quickly, disgusted at the $600 price tag. $600 for what? It didn't include a second controller, a game, a blu ray DVD or even tax. everyone knew you wouldn't walk out with one dropping at least $750.
still, mezmerized i joined the zombie like stares and found myself more suprised than anything. how could there be so many sitting idly in such a small area? people are still willing to drop-kick their dogs for a wii. i guess in retrospect i shouldn't have. it was january 7th, well after the christmas rush and people simply didn't have the dough. I didn't have the dough. besides, rewind 3 months to when we got Sammy, our 1080p LCD. i made a deal with our budget that if I got the tv, i'd wait till we had a house to get the ps3.
...fuckin' short-sighted impatient and impulsive bill...
that probably should have been the end of that dance but sarah decided to throw a wildcard into the equation. she said we could get one but we'd basically have to eat dirt for the next few months. mmm...dirt. i gave it another moment of consideration, bid the stack adieu and walked away calmly. everybody who knows me knows i'm a loyal playstation consumer so don't think i've walked away for good. i'll get one when the time is right and my wallet is fatter.
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