Since it's so exciting to be able to say this; “Wii! We got our WIIIIIIIIIIII!!!! OMFG I'm completely ecstatic! Zelda will be my personal sexy princess!”
Oh, also…there's my feature, ready to be loved by you, the readers. Don't ever scorn it!
Thanks my friend Wade at work, I now own Sneak King and Pocketbike Racer, all without having to ever step inside a Burger King myself! Braving their horrid food was more than I could stand.
The funny thing is, as much as I wanted these games (and want Big Bumpin’), I don’t even have an Xbox of any sort yet. I plan to get a 360 sometime next year. I just wanted to make sure that I got the pure awesomeness of Sneak King before it disappeared.
Until then…Wii Sports, Twilight Princess, and Excite Truck will just have to be enough to last me until Christmas. Shuckszilla :P
The DaFrito Code
This is my first “feature”ish type post, so might as well make it super special by announcing the first ever Jux-Giveaway.
Prize
2000 Wii Points or $10 cold hard cash (yes, you get penalized for not having a Wii). Prize may change due to how long the code stays hidden.
Rules
Just figure it out. I don’t expect anyone to figure out the answer anytime soon. Rules may change at any time. Hints may be given during future posts (perhaps there are hints in previous posts). Beware of red herrings .
Regulations
None?
Eligibility
Eligible participants must be human-being who is currently alive. Participants must have an email address. Participants must have a way to collect said prize (either a mailbox or an open hand if you live close enough). Even Jux-Staff can try to crack the code (only I know the answer).
How to Win
Email me the answer bbqfrito@juxentente.com along with a brief summary on how you uncovered the answer.
Apologies for the lack of updates. Work on my second seminar paper and Thanksgiving have eaten up most of my time lately. That and playing Wii Sports with Viv, Peter, and Travis.
I just turned in my rough draft on the historiography of the origins of World War One. I know how much I’ve bitched about historiography in the past, but doing a paper on a subject I’m actually interested in the field may have driven me to like it. I’ve always been more personally fond of the writing and analysis side of history than I have been pouring through microfilm looking for a tiny blurb of a primary source (although that’s fun too), and that’s what historiography is all about.
I’ll probably wait to post my World War One paper until I’ve completed my final draft. Next Monday my final draft of my research on the perceptions of British working men during the American Civil War is due, and that will be uploaded as a feature then. I’m giving a presentation on my findings on that topic in about an hour and a half. This is my break between classes.
George St. Pierre’d
12:30 AM
After watching George St. Pierre kick Matt Hughes in the crotch region a couple of times Me, Graeme, and Vivian went to go Wii hunting. All three of us thought it would be easy to find a Wii since Nintendo had shipped a whole lot of them.
3:00 AM
Three Wal-Marts, a Best Buy, and a Target later, we decided to give up. While traveling home I decided to check my local K-Mart just to see what was going on there. While driving by I saw a Jeep and a white car sitting there along with one lonely tent. I parked and approached the white car. He was number one “in line” and was waiting there since 10:00 PM. He explained that I was number four for about six Wiis.
6:00 AM
The hours pass. Two people show up wanting Wiis; we tell them of their lucky fortune and we all talk about politics, life, love, and video games.
6:45 AM
Fifteen minutes to go! Number seven strolls up with a friend or two. We explain to them that they should probably go home since they are only getting six consoles. Number seven replied “I know, I work here”. I thought to myself “They must all work here and are just waiting to go to work”.
7:01 AM
An old lady opens the door. We all orderly walk in, take a right, and head towards the electronics section. No Wiis to be found! We send number five to the front of the store to find that old lady and ask her where the Wiis are. They are at the front desk area!
7:05 AM
Mad rush to the front occurs! Number six notices that there are only five Wiis. Much to her chagrin, the old lady explains “I already sold one”. Number seven is nowhere to be found. Needless to say we all wanted to kick that guy in the crotch region a couple of times.
Long story short. “Wii GET!”.
I also got a Wii at launch! I went to Best Buy upon rumors that they had 168+ in stock. I had driven by the night before, but there was a tent village outside. It didn’t look like 168 people, however, so I decided to get up and go out there before Best Buy opened at 9am.
I got there at 8:15AM, and the vouchers had already been passed out. One of the employees walked up and gave a few extra out to people in line, and then cut the line off 5 people in front of me.
Not willing to give up that easily, I went up the line and started shouting “Anyone want to sell their voucher? $20!” (Some people had sold their vouchers earlier) I was laughed at initially, but then someone came out and offered his to me. Someone from the end of the line shouted “$50!!” and my benefactor briefly considered this before shrugging and selling it to me (woot!). Then I waited a bit longer until a dedicated Best Buy employee personally escorted me through the whole process and checked me out. I got a Wii, Zelda, Trauma Center, and an extra Wiimote along with a 2000 Wiipoint card.
Peter brought his controller over tonight, and Travis D., Graeme, Vivian, Peter, and I all played for a bit tonight, beating each other senseless in Wii Sports.
There is finally something to do in Cobb/Cherokee county. Wiiiiiiiiii!
Costco.com’d!
Although we failed to find a Wii in our hunt with Peter last night, he secured one from K-Mart this morning. My plan to get one from Costco has also succeeded. Rather than venture down to their warehouse, since they told us yesterday they weren’t getting any in today and not that many at all anyway, I ventured forth to their website. No Wii was listed. Luckily, I knew the product code, and entering it summoned up the “limited supplies available!!!” of the Wii + Excite Truck + Zelda bundle. $339.99. Hell yeah.
After shipping and tax it comes out to essentially the exact same as if I’d bought the console and those two games anywhere else at launch. I have to wait a week or so for the standard shipping to get it to me. I have to buy a Wiimote and nunchuck. But I’ve got my receipt right here, and best of all, Costco means lifetime extended warranty. Including refunds on the shipping costs.
So, yes, I promised myself after we bought the Lancer that I wasn’t going to get a Wii at launch. I caved. There is no excuse. I think I might give one of the games (Excite Truck) to my mother to wrap up for Christmas or something, though.
Perceptions of the British Working Class during the American Civil War.
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