No Wii for Mii (again)
My mother told me that, since she can't find a Wii by Christmas time, I'd get money for one. Well that's cool. Cuz then I still get a Wii for Christmas, just not by Christmas. So then I started searching. I called different places and asked about the Wii and then I hit. A Target store said, when I called last Thursday, that they would get a shipment this morning and pass out tickets to buy it at 7am. So I'm like, "Yes! I can get a Wii and give to Mom to put under the tree." So I had it all planned out. Just to make sure I'd get one, my girlfriend and I'd come out to the Target at 5am to get in line or wait in the car until another vehicle showed up, then at 7 we'd get the ticket and come back at 8 when the opened and buy it.
Notice the time of the entry. And the time of the ticket passing out. I'm not in line. I have no ticket. I will have no Wii. We drove to the Target in high hopes, me thinking we'd be first in line. But there were more cars in the parking lot than when I drive by on my way to work daily. Yikes. So then we get out of the car, grab chairs, and walk over to the end of the line. We see a tent. Somebody stayed overnight for this. We walk to the end of the line and set the chairs down. The last lady in line says, "They said they're getting 12, so everybody after 12 left. There was just a group that left," and then she made this kind of shooing motion with her hand, but not at us, just indicating people left. Okay. I'm thinking. What do we do now. Stay in line and see how many they really get? And my girlfriend says to me, "Let's go." So we went. After all, it doesn't make sense to stand in line for nothing. But what if?
Anyway, now I can't sleep. I had no idea all of those people were going to be there, waiting. I didn't expect a line at all, let alone somebody camping out overnight. How disappointing. And the worst part is... I don't care that much about the Wii. But I need it. Because I know my girlfriend is getting me the new Zelda. That's all I really want. But since I'm "getting" the Wii for Christmas, I have to get the Wii version of Zelda instead of the Gamecube version, which I would be able to play already. So I have to wait until I get the Wii before I can play Zelda. That's the saddest story I have to tell.
But I really didn't expect all of those people there. And a tent? It's not like the system is released today. It's a month after being released. It's just because it's Christmas and the Wii made every gamer's Christmas list... and it's affordable. I can't stand it. A line. Already. At 5am. A two hour time frame... not long enough. Either next time I try harder, or I just be patient. Either way I have to be patient. But you and I both know which route I'm taking. The next time I get a chance like this... I'm giving a ten hour time frame. Maybe that'll get the job done. I could have waited that long for this... I just didn't expect to have to. And now I wish I would have. I would have been bored. And hungry. But I'd stay. And wait. Patiently. For the Wii. Even though I wouldn't be able to open it until Christmas. Blah! I can't stand thinking about it. I'll just have to pretend Christmas and the release date are both a month away. Hopefully by then I'll have it. Then I'll be able to play.
Notice the time of the entry. And the time of the ticket passing out. I'm not in line. I have no ticket. I will have no Wii. We drove to the Target in high hopes, me thinking we'd be first in line. But there were more cars in the parking lot than when I drive by on my way to work daily. Yikes. So then we get out of the car, grab chairs, and walk over to the end of the line. We see a tent. Somebody stayed overnight for this. We walk to the end of the line and set the chairs down. The last lady in line says, "They said they're getting 12, so everybody after 12 left. There was just a group that left," and then she made this kind of shooing motion with her hand, but not at us, just indicating people left. Okay. I'm thinking. What do we do now. Stay in line and see how many they really get? And my girlfriend says to me, "Let's go." So we went. After all, it doesn't make sense to stand in line for nothing. But what if?
Anyway, now I can't sleep. I had no idea all of those people were going to be there, waiting. I didn't expect a line at all, let alone somebody camping out overnight. How disappointing. And the worst part is... I don't care that much about the Wii. But I need it. Because I know my girlfriend is getting me the new Zelda. That's all I really want. But since I'm "getting" the Wii for Christmas, I have to get the Wii version of Zelda instead of the Gamecube version, which I would be able to play already. So I have to wait until I get the Wii before I can play Zelda. That's the saddest story I have to tell.
But I really didn't expect all of those people there. And a tent? It's not like the system is released today. It's a month after being released. It's just because it's Christmas and the Wii made every gamer's Christmas list... and it's affordable. I can't stand it. A line. Already. At 5am. A two hour time frame... not long enough. Either next time I try harder, or I just be patient. Either way I have to be patient. But you and I both know which route I'm taking. The next time I get a chance like this... I'm giving a ten hour time frame. Maybe that'll get the job done. I could have waited that long for this... I just didn't expect to have to. And now I wish I would have. I would have been bored. And hungry. But I'd stay. And wait. Patiently. For the Wii. Even though I wouldn't be able to open it until Christmas. Blah! I can't stand thinking about it. I'll just have to pretend Christmas and the release date are both a month away. Hopefully by then I'll have it. Then I'll be able to play.