I guess I got F'ed up the A again!!!!

Yes, before I start, it has been a month since I updated this and I have not updated my site(s) at all yet as well so shut it! In the words of my momma, "It will get done when it gets done!" To this day, I still have not understood that whole catch-22 statement; I kind of understand what it means but it's one of those statements which honestly, well, has only one purpose and that purpose is to give a response back to the person who asked the question, which, leaves the person with no way to ask any more questions as far as a time frame goes because, although not exactly, it does answer the question as to when the said task at hand will get done and that is.... when it gets done!! Got it? Good!! Now, on to the reason why I am posting an update to my blog at 3:25AM...

As you all know (unless you were living in a cave for the past 50 years), today is Black (or Green) Friday. This is the day (in case you were living in a cave for the past 50 years) after Thanksgiving, when all of the retail stores open up at 5AM and have a selection of stuff for pretty cheap, usually instant rebates, some instant and mail-in. As for a person being in retail, this is a day all of us dread and wish it would just fly by, which it usually does. This is also the day where each store, such as Best Buy, has to make a budget which is $750,000+ in one day!! That is just staggering. This is also a day where a bunch of cheap asses wait in line way before the store opens to get one of those good deals in the paper. I, unfortunately, was (until now), one of those people. I think this was one of the most all time low things I have hit in my life to this day. Let me give you a rundown on the situation:

It was Wednesday night, the day before Thanksgiving when I (and 20+ other associates) was working until 2:30AM to get the store ready for this wonderful day. I saw the front page of the ad and saw a HP laptop on sale for $379 (model DV6103NR). Normally it is $749 so if you do the math, it' a savings of $370!! When you look at the specs of this laptop, you'll know it's a sweet deal. I still kick myself in the ass for spending $799 for a Gateway laptop with a celeron in it a year ago. I knew that would be a good laptop for my uncle because he needs one. Now onto the next day...

The next day, I showed him the ad and he was looking at some other stuff as well, such as a big plasma tv w/ over $1000 off the price and a few other things. The main things he wanted to get and what I wanted to get as well was on sale from 5AM-12PM. I decided to volunteer to wait in line before the store opens because it would be a fun experience for me, I don't go to bed until early in the morning anyway, and I just wanted to get my damn hands on those electronics so we all could be happy!!

The time ticked away and I decided I wanted to get there by 3AM, two hours before the store opened. At around 2AM, I was looking at the clock in my room and started to get this nervous, gut feeling, a feeling like I get sometimes when I pour more than one of that Fire sauce on a taco from Taco Bell, but not quite. It kind of gave me a picture in my head with the store and some kind of image as to how crowded it was at already, or at least going to be very soon. It was a little more than two hours before the store opened but I knew, for some reason, I had to get my ass in gear soon.

At 2:15AM, I decided to get a move on it so I gathered what I needed and got in my car and started on this journey; a journey with an unsure outcome. A journey with dedication, a focus, a meaning, and a wanting to succeed in. I was on my way, driving in semi-empty roads, to go to Best Buy (the store I still work at and would have to be back at 5PM) and stand in line with the rest of the crowd, which, should, I thought, be small at this early of a time.

At approximately 2:30AM, I was turning into the road to go into the parking lot. I took a glance through my darkly tinted passenger window and noticed a few cars already parked in the lot. I then made a right turn to pull into the store and, to my astonishing amazement, I already, 2 1/2 hours before the store even opened, saw a line. Actually, this was not a normal line like any line of people; it was a line of hordes of people with heavy coats, chairs, sleeping bags, pissed off looks on their faces, and very impatient people. I took a slow ride in KITT and looked to my left through my darkly tinted driver side glass at all the people, who stared back at me (or not believing their eyes they saw KITT from the TV show but that is beside the point!) until I was at the end of the store, "Linens and Things" (way past Best Buy). I turned into the parking lot, took a deep breath, looked around, and just could not believe what was going on around me. I, honestly, started to get a little freaked out now. Seriously, how important in a persons life is it to spend a whole Thanksgiving waiting outside for some electronic device, such as a TV, PC, MP3 player, or whatever it is? Just to get it for cheap? Do they not have a job where they can afford these items? If that is the case, shouldn't that money be used towards something else in life, like, oh, I don't know, food, gas, clothes, and other necessities?? If money is not the issue, why, in a persons right mind would they wait way before a store opened? I thought waiting a little more than two hours was long enough but to get there at that time with a line already a few hundred yards long, and over 200 people filled? Come on now, that's just some crazy shit!! So, to cut that part short because there is really nothing more to add to that, I just drove right where I came in, and watched as a Martin County Sheriff car drove in next. lol!! But honestly, how important in a persons life is it to get an electronic? Don't get me wrong now; I'm an electronic freak myself but there is no way I'm waiting in line over five hours for something. It's just a waste of valuable time life, which can never be replaced or bought, unlike those pesky electronic gizmo's.

On the way home, in the quite roads, I decided to top off my gas again because I didn't remember when the last time I filled it up was. Looking at the price on the sign, which has been going up again these past few months, I let my car have it; a whole 4 gallons, totaling around $10.00! I guess that was all it needed and all I needed to burn off on the way home, which will be explained now.

It was now 3AM and I'm just sitting at the stop light on the PSL Blvd/Gatlin intersection when a Mustang came up to the left lane next to me. I started to get another gut feeling again, although a little smaller than the other one with the Fire sauce. I noticed he was revving up his motor and stepping up a bit. I knew what he wanted from me and KITT. I stepped up as well and focussed on the light. He was stepping up a little more, as did I. The light turned green and I gracefully put my foot on the gas and he did the same. He started to get ahead a little so, I did what KITT would normally do at this time, I floored the shit outa the pedal and took da fuck off down PSL Blvd and the Mustang was shifting gears trying to catch up but........ it was too late; his ass was way behind! I honestly did not think I would have made it passed him without KITT doing the shifting game he always pulls on me at times, where I usually have to take my foot off the gas in order for it to not conk out but this time... this time... KITT was all power, baby and that, my friend, was actually a great way to end that worthless, yet adventurous journey!

Until next time,

Justin