Waking from the Wii Launch
Waking from the Wii launch, slept almost all day Sunday after waiting twenty-four hours that I don’t think I can do again - under difficult conditions: cold, noise, being moved, tension. In the morning, I got bad diarrhea - it was very difficult to stay in line. What I did was rush to Walmart - advice given by Ben (first in line with Chris). I’ll need to walk to the CVS first thing this morning to get a razor (I forgot to shave). Last night had an aspect that is hard to give up: the camaraderie. The time passed fast because of conversation. I never used my headphones. Exceedingly tired I was during the wee hours. The trip was a mess of smoke (not mine) and beer. Young men in trench coats waiting for the first launch since they were able. In the morning, children with parents, still making it into the line of a hundred (of which I was second). Still tired now, but happy that I made it. Still recovering, the morning came too soon. Instead of doing pages, I might have to sleep on the trip in. The chair was pretty comfortable. Wanting to continue camaraderie - but that would have taken cards, which I didn’t have to present. Parts of me still ache, but I did something that gives me confidence for the future and appreciation of a good place to live. I do want to work more and harder, spend less, clean more, love more, waste less, hurt less, be hurt rather than hurt.
Also in the long wind, when cold, to have soft bed, sweetness, many things that are good.
The camaraderie - it will be goodwill that we know when we see, not always, but when we see or think, remembering the Wii launch, having seen it, been there, once now, a big dent, the first and last hurrah for one, more for others.