-"Hey man, what you doing later?"
-"Well i was gonna engage in sexual intercourse with my girlfriend, after which point i was probably going to indulge in all kinds of various drugs..."
-"Well me and some friends are gonna go to Best Buy, you wanna come?"
-"HELL YEA!"


Am I exaggerating? Perhaps a bit. Perhaps not.

But seriously, with some of my high school friends lately, hopping in a car and heading to Best Buy is the new "hopping in a car and heading to somebody's house."

And what reason would four high school seniors in their prime have to drive 20 minutes to a Best Buy? The great holiday deals? Nope. The wall of TV's in the back? Getting warmer...

Rock Band. ALL the way. We like to stop by any Best Buy we find, and play a few rounds of the game. None of us actually have the game yet . That's bound to change by this Christmas, when one of us is bound to get it. None of us really have jobs, so our income is essentially divided into one of two categories: "Skittles", and "Everything else"(drinks, other snacks, lost bets.)

Of course, gotta mention that we LOVE the game. When we are playing a game of Rock Band, we feel like the biggest bad asses in the world: nailing solos, five starring songs, and drawing the Best Buy crowds( Of course when the song ends, we realize once again we are still just 4 lonely nerds jamming on plastic toys. Oh well.)

I do kind of feel bad for loitering around their store, since our intentions were never really to buy anything. We make sure to pick up a coke on the way out, so it's all good.

Every group of high school kids you see playing in a Best Buy is another group that ISN'T on the streets.

Though maybe that would be better. At least we would get some exercise.