Opportunity Cost's A Bitch, Ain't It?

When I walked through Gregory Park on my way to my grandma's house at about 5 p.m., things were looking ugly. No leaves, no sun, no snow, everything grey and mushy. Comfort Eagle rattled in my ears as I thought "Max, keep this in your mind. This is just about as bad as the middle of Gregory will get. Remember it so you can compare it to a beautiful snowy Gregory, or a bright blue sunny Gregory."

Three hours later I walked by the same spot. Only a couple things had changed (the Cake album [Prolonging the Magic] and the number of pugs [I was down to one]), but combined with the gentle snowfall and the orange streetlamp lighting, they made a world of difference. Walking through falling snow at night is one of my favorite activities (screw the beach), and Thor picked just the right weather to give me a little pick-me-up on a Sunday evening.

I have a feeling this is going to be a good week.

Treasure Hunt brainstorm: teams are blindfolded and driven to somewhere in Brainerd. They must find their way, on foot, to a nearby landmark.


WEEKEND PLANS: I drive down with Sam (Friday afternoon/eveing or Saturday morning), curse Capelle for coming a weekend early, I guess maybe stay with Josh (could I dude?), attend the Iowa-Gophers game (utilizing the extra ticket of Mr. John Valesano [Quick aside here: It has been unbelievably sweet to be able to go to all of these football games for free. I've spent the more getting into Warriors games this year than I have getting into Gophers games...and I'm in the band. Seriously though, thank you Pammy, Gracia, and John {and Josh and Amelia for letting me crash}], perhaps hit the MIA somewhere in there, and probably come back to B-town by Saturday night.

Why no second night, you ask? Why, because this Sunday is November 19th, otherwise known as the WII LAUNCH DATE SPECTACULAR. All sources point to Minneapolis being a much harder place than Brainerd in which to find a Wii. By "all sources," I mean Sam Walker's intuition, a tip in Time magazine, and the wiiseeker, according to which Brainerd will have approx. 173 Wii's available (96 of those at Best Buy). I have a feeling that this supply will more than fulfill the demand of Brainerd residents (I mean, there's only one Logan Mohs, after all), whereas the Twin Cities probably contain enough geeks to snatch up every available Wii by about 8:24 a.m. on Sunday morning. Thus, it would behoove me to be in the hub-city on Sunday morning. Hell, I'd even purchase a Wii for a desperate, lazy Minneapolisite or two, provided they were to provide me with the moolah, and Best Buy allows multiple purchases per person, and they had some way of getting it back to Minneapolis.