Ed Anderson's Blog

Black Friday! I've never done it before. I've never camped out in front of a store from 11:45a to 5:00a in the bitter cold to cash in on some cool deals. It was great! My uncle and I were about 12th in line at Best Buy, although that about doubled by the end of the night, as people invited friends, and others snuck into the front. My uncle brought some chairs, and I brought a sleeping bag that kept me very warm all through the night. A good friend from highschool got there about 15 minutes after we did, so I told him to come join us in line. Apparently this wind and cold was nothing, to him. Less than a week ago, he was in the same place, camping out for an xbox 360, in the rain and even lower temperatures. Now he has four of them that he's going to sell.

I bought two new 19" LCD monitors, and a 425VA UPS, to replace my old crappy battery backup when it dies. The coolest part was that I was the absolute first person to check out! It was nightmarish for most everyone else, who were waiting probably 3 hours in line for check-out. I'm glad I went. It was fun!