November 28, 2004

• Thursday

  I went to my aunt's around 4:30 for our family's tradional potluck dinner.   It was nice as usual but it definitely felt different without my grandfather there.    I left around 9:30 and relaxed.   Esther came over around 11 because we were planning to go to Best Buy for the big sale the next day.   I slept about 20 minutes and then found myself wide awake.   It was pretty pointless to try and sleep anyway since it was about 3 am and we wanted to leave at 4:30.    I ended up watching some poker on FSN.   4:30 finally came and it was time to get ready.

  Friday

  Today was my first time experiencing the infamous "day after Thanksgiving sale".    Esther and I left my house at 4:40, and got to Best Buy around 4:55.   To show you all how much of a noob I am at this shopping deal is, I actually thought Esther and I would be one of the first, if not the first, couple of people in line.   Nope.  There were probably a couple hundred people already there, and some people probably just camped outside with their sleeping bags.   Once the doors finally opened, Esther went into Best Buy and I went into OfficeMax (since it's right next door).   She needed some stuff from there too and we figured it would save time.   After enduring what two the stores had to offer, we finished and were ready to load up.    We ran into Jen and Wayne as we were leaving.    After the car was loaded, Esther and I went to IHOP for breakfast.    Once we ate, we walked to the mall so I could pick up a copy of GTA: SA and so Esther could buy some shoes.    When GTA first came out, I really didn't think about buying it but it was only because I wanted to get the new Smackdown game (which was released a month after GTA) more.      Actually, Esther bought the game for me as a early Christmas present so that was nice of her.   The mall actually wasn't as bad as Bestbuy and OfficeMax.   Maybe it seemed that way because I was a zombie at this point.   Anyway, we went to another Bestbuy so Esther could pick up a few more things and then we finally were able to call it a day.    It was only 11 something by now but it felt like friggin' 4 pm.   Once I got home, Esther left and I knocked out around 1.     I woke up around 5:30 and ate dinner.    Peter, Mike and I hung out around 9 at the 24 hour Starbucks.   We chilled for a bit and then I dropped Peter off at home.   After that, I went to Shane's and broke in Wayne's new poker chips.    They are really nice.   Way better than mine.

  Saturday

  Esther and I picked up some dinner from Pick Up Stix and took it back home.   Around 9ish, we went to Wayne's and played some Tetris and DDR.   Shane showed up a little later on.     We played poker again with Wayne's bro and his friends.   It was the first time we had an eight player game.    Esther and I left around 1:30.  

  Sunday

  Bummed at home all day.

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  After Friday,  I have to give the people who do this every year a lot of respect.   You really have to be on your game, mentally and physically.     If you're too slow and not paying attention, you'll miss out on what you're looking for.

  • 11:34 pm
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