Heart of Console : Success!

Well, this was probably one of the stupidist things I've done. Nicky and I waited in a line with 300 other people on Dundas street for 8 hours in the cold for the opportunity to pick up a Nintendo Wii on launch day. For the most part the line was calm and organized with the ambient sounds of physics arguments, Pocky munching, and DS lite button-mashing and we managed to make some friends with people of all ages and walks of life who were just as crazy/desperate as us and happened to be trapped in the same line.

When dawn broke however, all hell started to break loose. The Best Buy staff were delayed an hour before handing out tickets - which is an extremely long hour for the sleep depraved, hungry attention-deficit-disordered. The tickets were numbered 1 through 300 based on the order of the line and were handed out accordingly - Nicky and I walked away with number 69. However due to mob mentality and a series of unfortunated misguided events, the order of the line quickly descended into survival of the fittest and some people who were first in line somehow found themselves behind number 252.

When the dust cleared though, everyone walked out with what they wanted, including Nicky and I, and all was well with the world. Shortly after we got back home (10:30am)we lost consciousness and blacked out. The pictures we took are the only proof that we didn't halucinate the whole ordeal.

I have to say though, it was totally worth it.