What I learned this week:
America is full of flat slobs, and we're fine with that.
Case in point?: Black Friday
So, my parents, brother, and cousins pulled together to pull a Black-Friday-Monopoly. At first, it was just supposed to be me and my mom at one store, and brother and dad at another store, but after asking if an aunt wanted anything, we ended up staking out around 10 stores amongst us all. My brother and dad's group were stationed at Circuit City, while my mom and I did our rounds at Sports Authority. We all met up, exchanged lists of what we'd all buy for each other, etc. We then preceded to leave at 8:30, right after packing up after a long recap of Survivor. My dad got to his store first, and ended up the 50th or so in line at Circuit City, eventually my group got to the other side of town at Sports Authority, and we were the only ones waiting. By 11, Circuit City's line went from the front door, all the way around the side of the building, to the other side, and around the back of the strip; meanwhile, we were still the only ones waiting. By 1AM, a dozen of cops have blocked off a whole street so that people can hopelessly wait; again, meanwhile, we're still the only ones there, by then, we've went into hiding inside the truck instead of meaninglessly waiting outside in the coldest day of the year so far. 2AM, 2 taco trucks are competeting at Circuit City, small fight breaks out. 2:30, Another couple finally shows up, we tell them to just stay in their car, and wait it out with us. 3AM, helicopters are circling Circuit City, 2 kids are missing. Back at Sports Authority, we laugh at the one person waiting by himself at Office Depot across the forum. 5AM, at our side, 2 more couples have came over, we moan about finally having to go outside, meanwhile we hear the nearby Best Buy waiters chanting for them to open the doors; Circuit City finally passes out tickets for the first few people in line, my dad doesn't get one and stomps off. 6AM, after waiting for 10 hours, the line for Sports Authority finally passes the second glass window, the 16 of us wonder what the hell happened at Best Buy as an eerie silence finally comes. 6:30, 15 minutes before Sports Authority opens, 50 or so people have finally came by dejected from not getting tickets.
I'd like to also mention, there's only 1 Sports Authority in San Antonio, and everything was at least 50% off. And everyone in line gets a free 10-100 dollars off from a scratch-off ticket handed out. There's around 10 or so Circuit Cities, yet 10 of our lines would still be smaller then my dad's.
What I received from this knowledge: 800 bucks saved on a Bowflex and 300 lb weight set.

What I learned this week:
Random house cleanings should be announced, no surprises.
Case in point?: About an hour ago when I came home.
I come home from dropping off my old weight set to a parent's friend, go to the restroom, and take a nice deserved dump. Call it TMI, but as I went, at start to hear some sizzling. I spend around 2 minutes wondering if pop-rocks would end up doing that. I start to smell something really weird, I take a second dump, and hear the sizzling again, the smell gets stronger and stronger, I take a wiff wondering what it is, I jump as I figure it's the smell of acids and bleach. I take a look, sure enough, my junk's dissolving right before my eyes, and the smell grows, and my insides tear up. By the time I flush the toilet, wash my rands really quickly (gotta be sane still, right?), and run into the hall, I can barely think, and to this point I still can't breathe through my nose. As I'm lying on the floor, my dad walks up and says "Oh yeah, I cleaned the bathroom."
What I received from this knowledge: Knowing that the only time my parents will clean something for me, it's if they can use biological warfare in retaliation, and - 1 ability to smell.

What I learned this week:
HD Plasmas Own.
Case in point?: My ownage HD Plasma
I get a 60" HD Plasma (SRSLY?! HD PLASMA?!) on Wednesday, as the installer walks in, he carries the huge screen, I sit on my couch, mouth agate, in disbelief. As he finishes up, carries my old TV out, I sit there, forever still. He walks over to me, and turns it on for me, I'd like to point out, it's not ~that~ dark, but it's around 8 or 9 or so, and the daylights savings time really screwed us over. The second he turns it on, we're both blinded by it, and the whole house lights up. After he leaves, I sit there, in the same position, never moving. I pick up the remote and change the channel to the Mavericks vs. Rockets game. As I sit there, still in disbelief, Tracy McGrady trots over, in the middle of the court, and I stare vividly as I'm able to read every word on his tattoo. I precede to drool and soil myself by the end of the hour. I have no more clean pants by Saturday.
What I received from this knowledge: Plans to bring spare pants for when friends come over to watch NFL tomorrow.

I'm glad the youths of the world are and will continue to pursue knowledge and share with others.

You took way to much time writing that, but it was fun to read. I was at Circuit City for a while and hung out with my friends around the mall. It was quite a fun time.

Black Friday...

Weeeeelll, I was awake when it started, but I dozed off from Turkey drugs around 1, and despaired over my wallet.


When I awoke...Black Friday was about 7 hours from normal saturday, and I lept to work.


My Moral: Turkey + Wine + Homework =/= Missing Black Friday...

HD Plasmas are Gods among TVs.

Dude, if I saw my shit dissolving in the toilet, I would fucking call 911.

All I learned this week was -- MASSIVE DMG!!!!!!!!!!!