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Slimming Down

July 21, 2010 by Arena Blake 9 Comments

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A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that they were releasing a new version of the XBox 360.
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Slimmer. Stronger. Sleeker.
The Nerd was instantly intrigued. A *new* XBox?
His XBox Elite was three years old. That’s practically an antique.
Of course, there was nothing *wrong* with it per se, but *eventually* it would die.
So, we had to get a new one.
Just over a week after the model was released, we searched all over DFW for a store with one in stock.
And we *finally* found one at Fry’s in Irving, a mere 26 miles from my parents’ house, where we were spending the weekend.
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Can you see the excitement?
(He probably realized at this point that I was going to make fun of him on the blog. Poor guy.)
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Ok, now he definitely knows I’m going to make fun of him.
And thus begins a series of photos of The Nerd taking the XBox out of its box.
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Ooohhh…shiny.
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This is *our* version of an unboxing video… errr… unboxing photos.
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It’s out of the box!! Can we play games??
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No! We *must* read the instruction manual. Because, you know, XBoxes are *so* complicated and stuff.
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Ok, ok. *Now* we play games.
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And now, all is right in the world.
We have acquired the latest electronic device.
No longer will the fear of a failing XBox plague us.
That is, until a *newer* model is released.
Sigh.
When the new XBox 360 was announced, The Nerd couldn’t *wait* to get his hands on one. Even though the old one still worked.

Filed Under: Geeking Tagged With: Featured, Gaming, Nerd

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Comments

  1. Dana Alma

    July 21, 2010 at 6:35 am

    If only we could capture their interest like that for other things. (Sigh)

    Reply
  2. thegamerswife

    July 21, 2010 at 6:35 am

    oh goodness..that is SO my husband! I'm always afraid to get a new system because I know it won't be long before he says I HAVE TO HAVE THIS to something else 😛

    Reply
  3. Ellen Stewart (aka Ellie/El)

    July 21, 2010 at 7:29 am

    giggling, just giggling

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  4. Marvelous Mommy

    July 21, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Haha I love all the picture captions!!

    Reply
  5. Rachel

    July 21, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    You know, my fiance is the same. I don't 'get' it. It must be a boy thing. If the old one still works, why bother getting a newer one? Seems pretty pointless to me. As I said, I don't 'get' it. Great post!

    Rachel
    And the plot thickens…

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  6. Arena @ {thenerdswife}

    July 21, 2010 at 9:43 pm

    Rachel –

    I don't 'get' it either. The Nerd's response was: "The new one is better."

    Sigh.

    Reply
  7. AlleluiaLu

    July 24, 2010 at 8:01 am

    I just gave you an award! Come visit me and claim it:

    http://bookendcrossing.blogspot.com/2010/07/award-to-get-and-to-pass-along.html

    Have a great day!

    Reply
  8. Nikki-ann

    July 25, 2010 at 4:24 am

    Hehe. Brilliant! How unusual of a man wanted to actually read instructions first! 😀

    Reply
  9. LLM

    August 6, 2010 at 11:43 am

    I know it's coming — the casual comment about how much better, faster, whatever the new Xbox 360 is and how much we really need it. It probably won't come until fall because I've instituted a spending ban for the summer. Also, the nerds in our family also have the I am to misbehave t-shirts!

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