My Black Friday experience

Basically I need one good desktop for my kids. I pinned down to Best Buy’s Emachines desktop system. (Because it is flat $150. No rebates etc.) Also I planned few more items like sandisk 512MB MP player, Lite-on DVD recorder etc.
Based on the Internet discussions, hype, retailers publicity I know that I have to go to store before three hours. Initially I thought 3 AM is OK but later I thought 2AM is good.
At one point I feel it is better to go there before 1AM too. But I did not. I went to bed around 11AM. Slept for couple of hours. Woke up around 1.20 AM. Finally I started from home around 1.35 AM. Reached BB around 1.50. After parking car reached the line around 1.50 AM. More than 25+ people are already in the line with tents, blankets etc. Initially I got doubt that Will I get desktop? But I stayed in the line. No point in going back & sleeping again.
Decided to try my luck. Temperature is around 9F + it is too windy. Slowly more and more people are joining in line. One old lady (around 55+) joined the line next to me.
After first 30 mins, I started feeling cold. (My two-layer dress is not good enough.) I brought some tea to keep my self-warm. Started drinking the first cup of tea. Old lady next to me started talking. Initially I am very surprised why she is in the line. She told me that her son wants a Game cube package. (It is $100 less than retail price.) Seems to be during thanks giving dinner, he told to her. She decided immediately & seems to be she came very well prepared. With 4 layers of dresses & one think fleece blanket. Her son works in Costco, which is very opposite to BB. He is working at that time. (Around 4AM.) But I am very surprise with her decision. (For $100 saving, 3+ hours of standing in cold 9F) May be this is called true love? Or extreme love or true bargain hunter? Her son came by before going to Costco work (around 4AM), handed hot coffee to her. I was listening to songs & some times talking to other people around me. Around 4.05AM, BB folks started giving tokens to people in the line. First started with Toshiba TV, Kodak digital camera etc. Later Panasonic Camcorder. I took Panasonic token. Waiting for computers stuff. $380 Laptops are gone. Started feeling tension about desktop. Desktop tokens came. Luckily I got token for Emachine's desktop. I asked old lady to get additional token for me. (To give to my friend.) She took the token & give it to me. Time is around 4.30. Tea is over & wind is increasing & started feeling too much pain. Basically water is coming from nose continuously. Old lady offered her fleece Blanket to me. Saying that you much come with much better dressing & don’t give up. Last 30 mins is very horrible to be me. Finally store opened prompt 5AM. I went inside & took all the planned stuff & went in to checkout line. All done by 5.40 AM except desktop pickup. Separate line was created for desktop checkout. That line is too long. So I decided to go back to other stores & come back later. While returning from BB, I checked lines at circuit city & Office depot. Lines are too big. Decided not worth waiting. Started immediately & went Menards around 6.40 A.M. Struggled to get a parking spot. Finally managed a parking. Went inside & grabbed all the planned stuff & immediately went t checkout lines. All done with in 40 Mins. (Brought car seat for saketh, batteries, activity books etc. Back to home around 7.20AM. After little bit of breakfast, again went to BB to pick up desktop & camcorder & some rockeers etc. Returned home by 11 AM. It is snowing heavily. Return drive was too messy & very slow. Finally everything went smooth. Got lot of body pains later. (May be because of cold whether exposure.) Used some painkillers later. We put the desktop in the afternoon session & it was working great. Dhanvi face was glowing like a 1000-Watt bulb after seeing his new desktop. He played for couple of hours. I am very much happy after seeing his face. All pain is gone.
Later part of the day, I started thinking it is worth? May be if I buy all of them via sale prices, may be I will pay additional $400 to $500 for my stuff. So started thinking deeply about it.
it is worth going around 2AM in cold, alone? I felt is it is an good experience. In particular old women story was really touching to me. I placed myself in her position. Will I do that at her age? Still I am not sure at this point. This is my 7 th year in USA. Never went to black Friday shopping at that early. i.e. I went to stores but always after opening of the store i.e. after 5 or 6 AM. Whatever is left, I used to collect. But this year, it was whole new experience.
I saw all kind of people. (People who badly need some thing, people nice to have items, just to give the loved ones the asked stuff, and some idiots too. Who came around 5AM and trying to jump in to lines.)? Overall this black Friday is more than bargain hunting for me.
Share yours opinions too.

Swingers

by Doug Liman

I watched this movie director’s previous movie Bourne Identity.
So I put his movies in my watch list. Last week-end I watched swingers.

Overall, This movie is a one of the best teen’s comedy movie.
Coming to review part, This is story about a guy & his friends moved from NY to LS for
His Hollywood dreams after his girl friend dumps him.
Whole movie revolves around this guy & his friends.
All about real people & real incidents & their dating experiences, feelings etc.
In particular this movie ending was awesome. I liked it.

Dont watch without any expectations.
Again my credits to writer & director. Both did commanding job.

Dead Man (1996) review

Directed by: Jim Jarmusch

Nearly 5 years back. I watched this director’s movie Mystery Train.
I liked it a lot. So I purchased “DEAD MAN” DVD.
This movie theme on US Wild West 1800 time period.
Director tries to show the real facts of the Wild wild west in 2000?
I don’t know. I thought it is an adventure film but I am 100% flop on this guess.

Now review part, movie start with Johnny Depp, traveling from Cleveland to West (machines) on a train for a Job purpose. One more import point is the whole movie was shot in black & white. For first five mins, he shows different people changing but still Depp is on the train. Finally he reaches the destination & goes to the office, where he got job offer. After reaching there, he come to know that he lost the job to somebody else. In the same night, he meets a girl at the bar. He goes with the girl. Before sleeping on the bed, girls ex husband, come to the girl’s room. Boom, few arguments and some shooting. Girl & her ex. friend are dead on the spot. Depp get injured. (To save Depp, girl comes in front of Depp. Bullet goes from girl heart to Depp’s heart.) Depps escapes from the spot on a horse to wild country side. Girlfriend's ex husband father hires, three killers to shoot Depp. Now chase is on. After escaping, Depp meets a native Indian ( his name is nobody, funny). He tries to remove Depps bullet from chest. But it is too deep. Now Indian put some sprit in to Depp’s body. Now chase is on. Killers tries to kill Depp. Now movie keeps on goes on killings & funny native Indians dialogs etc.etc. drags for 70+ mins.

Ending was not interesting or good to me.
Only good thing is too good photography & absolute amazing visuals.
(In black & while, he shows the Wild West scenes too good.)
Some times background score is too exceptional. (Some times too loud & bad.)
Actor’s performance was good.

Finally I felt, I watched an American classic or Art movie or western psychic movie?
I don’t know. Not satisfied with whole movie.
(May be I am expecting adventure? Or I am not ready for two hours of black & white movie?)

Abc of DVD copy

Good one.

Heaven(2002) movie review

It is my first review. So bare with me.
Before going to the movie review, reason to watch this movie is I liked
this director’s previous movie RunLoraRun.
(Though it was inspired movie, this movie was good.)

Now coming to movie part, movie start with lady (Philippa) trying to kill a man by keeping a bomb in his office. But her attempt fails & police catches her. Now interrogation process, young police officer (acts as translator) helps her to escape from the jail. This whole sequence is escaping from police is too good. (Simple ideas & effective execution too.)
Immediately after escape, again with the help of the same young officer, she kills the bad man. (She wants to kill this man, a drug leader, because of him, her husband and other young kids die with drug over dosage.) Next 30 mins, both (Philippa & translator) tries to escape from the chasing police officers & translator expresses his love to her.)
Ending was unsatisfactory to me. (May be I did catch the director thoughts here.)
I don’t want to reveal the ending in this review.

But over all it is good movie with good action from actors, brilliant visuals & locations & quiet & simple effective dialogs.

In particular, I watched so many movies but this movie locations are simply great & awesome.

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