HD Madness

Sunday afternoon I made the mistake of stopping by Fry's. It turned out that they were having an HD DVD blowout sale. Everything must go. They had an Xbox 360 HD DVD player for only $40. Too bad I already have one. Most of the movies were $11.99 and I was unable to resist purchasing several. I even picked up a copy of 300 since it was only $10 and I don't even like that movie. I'm watching it now and I'm torn between joy at how good it looks, laughing at how ridiculous at times, and rolling my eyes at the blatant homo-eroticism. But even though it's history as told by the WWF (come to think of it, I guess they are the WWE now), it still looks amazing. I was also unable to resist $40 for the unbelievable Planet Earth. $10 for Transformers, $12 for Letters From Iwo Jima, and $12 for Blood Diamond and I was finally able to pull myself away.

Movies in hand, I got home to find a 65" 1080p LCD tv on woot for only $2300. It took every ounce of willpower I could muster to not order one of those. Luckily for my bank account, the danger has past and they are all gone. But I'm still convinced that forces are conspiring against me to empty my wallet with every HD deal on the planet. I'm only a man, I can only resist so much.