I get a Wii, you cannot find. Great success!

In celebration of K.T.'s 3-month, we went to the movies again.

This time we saw Borat. Unlike last time, we were not the only ones in the theatre. There were probably a dozen or so other babies.

When we got there, K.T. was sleeping soundly in her carriage. As soon as the previews started, she woke up dazed and confused. Immediately, she began to give me the "I'm scared Mommy. Pick me up." pout. It's the cutest and yet the most pathetic look you can imagine. So, I picked her up.

By this time a preview of Casino Royale popped up on the screen. 007 began shooting and exploding his way through the preview. K.T. was having none of it and quickly decided that she was going to ball her eyes out. The next preview was just as loud.

But then a funny thing happened. Borat started and she instantly calmed down. I'm not sure if it was Borat himself (he's pretty funny looking) or the funky Eastern Block-type polka music they were playing. She watched the whole movie and even laughed at one point.

I thought Borat was hilarious. But, that's my kinda thing. I'm into that in-your-face type of comedy. Putting people in akward positions and seeing how they react.

It's kinda like the sitcom 'The Office' on NBC. 'The Office' is actually the USA version of the British hit named, um, 'The Office'. There is no laugh track and people find themselves in awkward yet hysterical situations. Usually, these situations have to do with crossing boundaries of what is polite and acceptable. Borat's version of comedy is kinda like that, but R-rated. There is also lots of male nudity. Not so nice male nudity. You have been warned.

Saturday we made our weekly trip to REI to buy yet more cycling gear. This time Huzbend's waterproof gloves ripped. So, he needed a new pair. He also got himself a kick-butt waterproof jacket. Sigh. This makes Huzbend happy though. So, I cannot complain too much. It's also nice to have him walking around everyday in his spandex outfits. Did I say that out loud? Oooops.

About Thursday of last week, Huzbend decided that, yes, he did want a Nintendo Wii. He always does this. Waits until the last minute to decide that he wants these high demand video game consoles. Last time it was the Xbox 360. I shoulda learned my lesson. But NOOOOOO, stupid me, I thought that he really would wait to see what all the hype was about. So, I didn't preorder one.

One of the local stores, Fred Meyer, was going to start selling them at 12:01am Sunday. As we were driving around Saturday afternoon, Huzbend and I made a bet. I said that there would be people waiting in line and he said, "No way, dude". I was right. Nya-nya-nya-nyaaaaaaaaa-nya! He had to make dinner AND do the dishes.

Huzbend decided that he would go out to our local Fred Meyer store at 11:30 to see if he could get one. No luck. The line was about 60 people long and they had already allocated all their machines to the people in line.

Sunday morning rolled around. K.T. woke up at 7am for her feeding. After doing my motherly duty, I decided to see if I could save the day. I got myself out of bed and drove off to the local Target store that was opening at 8am. I got there at about 7:45 and got myself in line. I stood there, in the rain, for about 10 minutes before I overheard someone talking about 'tickets'. I asked the guy if they had already allocated the units. He said yes. Dammit! I decided to drive down the street to the Toys 'R Us to see if that was a possibility. Toys 'R Us had tents out front. I figured it was a lost cause. I decided to give it one more try at the local Best Buy.

Best Buy had a line that snaked its way around the corner of the building. I pulled up and rolled down my passenger side window. There was this big kid standing on the side walk near the front of the line. He had glasses and a winter hat with a puff ball on top. He was wearing baggy jeans and Converse sneakers. He was also completely soaked. He must have been there overnight.

"Hey! Did they already allocate all the Wii's?" I screamed over the pouring rain.

"They're handin' out the tickets right now! Hurry up! You could still get one!" He yelled back.

I damn near hit 80 mph pulling into the nearest parking spot. I threw the truck in park, hopped out and ran towards the back of the line as fast as I could. It's a good thing I'm back on the treadmill. It guaranteed that I could outrun any other nerds that might have been making a run for it.

I found the guy with the magic tickets. I saw that he had two left.

"I need one! I need one!", I yelled at him, slightly out of breath.

"Here you go! Luck is on your side today."

I got Number 83 out of 84.

I had to wait until 9am for the store to open. So, I decided to go back to Target to get other shopping done. On the way back to the truck, I saw the nerdy kid that told me to hurry. He asked me if I had gotten one.

"Yep! Thanks to you, dude. Hug. You rock, man!" I gave the big kid with the glasses a hug. He did rock.

I got back to Best Buy at about 10 minutes to 9 to wait in line. At 9am they opened the door and there was a mad dash to this table that they had set up with all the games and accessories that were available. I almost got trampled. By the time I got to the table it was cleaned of anything worth getting. Then some guy that worked there said, "We have more at the back of the store in the video game department". Soooooo, all these big guys went running back there. I got stuck in a sea of nerdity as I went to try to get another controller. No luck. Gone-so.

Oh well. At least I ended up with a system, which I must say is completely awesome. If you don't know what the Wii does, I'll try and explain. Instead of using a controller to play the games, many of them use a 'remote control'.

For example, you can play baseball. You take the 'remote' and hold it like a bat. The character on screen pitches the ball to you and you swing the 'remote' like a bat and it hits the ball. Hope you can picture that. They also have golf, tennis, bowling, and boxing. There are also many other games that use the 'remote'. Like, Legend of Zelda. In that game you can use the 'remote' as your sword and another remote control called a 'nunchuck' as your sheild. So you are actually fighting in real life AND in the game as the same time.

We loves the Nintendo Wii! Is nice!

High five!