I've never been to a store on Friday of African-American Descent*. As a matter of fact, I've done everything in my power year after year to AVOID it. I never seem to have money around that time, and more often than not, I have no desire to wait around with a crowd of people trying to get in a door for an item.
Until this year...
I recently bought a computer from my cousin for $150. Nothing super special, just an HP to do some movie editing and music stuff with it. It already has a copy of Cakewalk Music Creator on it, which is the primary reason I got it. Nonetheless, he's selling it to me without the monitor. So, with Friday of African-American Descent* coming around, and the fact that I've actually got cash to spend for Black Friday, I decided to check out the ads. Best Buy was my first place, and after finding what I wanted, it's the only place I'll be going.
This sweet little thing comes in at a total cost of $99.99 plus tax. Definitely worth spending my money on. The response time is eh (5ms), but it's a nice 700:1 contrast ratio and 1440 x 900 native res.
So, that's gonna be my big thing this week. This will definitely help me to get my Warhammer Online video edited together in the privacy of my own home, and overdubbed with voiceover, in time for Monday's video contest deadline over at iGames. I'm prayin' for that big money, folks. $1500 first prize, and even if I get fifth, that's worth $200 bucks. I'll get half of whatever we win (my boss gets the other half since it's his gaming center). The last video I did for our launch party of Civilization Revolution, which was rather basic, put $250 in my pocket...and I'm going a bit more conceptual with this new one.
I'm also hoping that, with this new monitor in my place, I'll finally be able to start doing some of the things I've wanted to do for a while. Me and my cousin, bellybear, are going to start doing a weekly or bi-weekly show where we discuss music, movies, and games...and with the Music Creator program, I should be able to start doing a regular podcast.
The other big thing is that with the free camcorder that I got from my boss + this computer + all my editing software, I might FINALLY be able to do the one thing I've wanted to do forever: make a movie and submit it to SXSW. I don't even really care if I made a movie and it didn't get picked for show, but it would be nice to just make one and finally say "I did this". It's the same way that I finally bunkered down with bellybear and started writing some music that ended up getting recorded, despite the fact that it was in my mom's dining room. lol
So, what about you guys? Are you goin' out to get some doorbusters on Friday of African-American Descent*? What are you lookin' at? Pictures encouraged, as always.
Until next time, piece.
*EDIT - Thanks to HandsomeDead for correcting my utter racism. How could I DARE call it Black Friday?
SHIT, I SAID IT!!!
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