The Shrine

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>So I got $80 in Best Buy gift cards. As I didn't get Animal Crossing yesterday, I figured I'd go out and pick it up today.

Yeah.

So I turn on my car, get it defrosting, and go to scrape the windows. Apparently when I was getting OUT of the car, my elbow bumped the door lock button. I was not pleased to realize that my car was locked and idling. I was further displeased when I realized that my spare set of keys is up in Boston.

So much swearing, and a $60 locksmith visit later, I'm off to Best Buy. Only the one near me doesn't have it. Apparently they had two copies today, and because my delay meant I didn't get there until 1:30, no dice.

So I drove about 20 minutes over to the Best Buy in Reston. I knew I was in luck when one of the guys working there asked me what I was looking for, and got an utterly blank stare when I told him.

At this point I was just annoyed. Realized that I wasn't going to get it from Best Buy, so I drove to the mall, to go to EBX. I'll just say the mall was just as much fun as the christmas shopping I did the last few days there. Oooh boy.

Moral of this story? Uh...well, keep a spare set of keys handy, I guess. At least I've still got my gift cards.

I do have AC now, if any of you guys want to set up some trades.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I then proceeded to get lost, and while in traffic, I realized that the reccomendations I just sent to MIT for my grad school applications were the wrong ones. So by the time I got back to the post office - an hour and a half later - they were already sent off.</div>

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>also, just a little secret for you. When I give you a code for something to trade, you can put that code in over and over again at the shop and keep getting the item. After the 3rd time, he'll say he's out so you leave and go back in and do it again. If you have any really good NES games you can do that and make an etra copy for yourself and then send me one. :)</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>You're a bum. :P</div>

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yer just jealous that I got to him first. ;)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Fair Oaks, actually.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Tennis and Excitebike (w00t!)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Though I'm starting over on the proper memory card (stupid slot A restrictions), so it doesn't really matter.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>Heh, i've locked my keys in a running car before in harrisonburg. Only cost me $30 bucks there, gotta love local townie auto shops.</div>