I like my school a lot, but I've just about had enough for one semester -laugh- My grades haven't been submitted yet, but hopefully my GPA doesn't go lower than the 3.8 I currently have. If it does, then oh well, I'll get over it.

I don't know why, but I'm rather happy that Christmas is coming, and I'm very much looking forward to spending it with my family. I can't exactly say the same for my birthday next week; I guess when you have my mindset, you're not that excited about being another year closer to death -laugh- But, what can one do, I suppose.

My Graphics Professor is trying to get me an internship next semester, but I don't know if I'll have him or not. I like him a lot, but his bitterness and negativity can wear on me from time to time, although most of what he says is true. But then again, that's just how the world is -laugh- He keeps telling me how DeviantArt doesn't help when it comes to networking with other artists, which I suppose can be true for career-seeking artists, but I like DeviantArt, so oh well. He's also trying to get me to quit both anime and game development and just focus purely on graphics. I suppose that would help a tad in career skills, but original anime and game development relax me, and make me happy. I don't see myself quitting either, but if it's one thing I'll never ever touch again, it's damned Fan Art -laugh-

So, there you have it, more anecdotes from the mind of yours truely -laugh- Everyone please have a safe and happy Christmas, or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or whatever the hell you celebrate.

GameStop is definitley a fun place to work, especially with so many interesting characters around. Below is a list of the downright strangest, and in some case, the stupidest events that have ever occured while I was on the clock. Consider these more reasons as to why I hate humans on Earth.

12-11-09 Update: Two more added.

"Do you guys have that Super Mario game that just came out for the Playstation 2?" (This woman wanted to seriously argue with us that a Mario game was released for the PS2)

"Why is the Kung Fu Panda game on the DS completely different from the one on the Playstation 2?"

"Do you guys sell makeup?"

"Do you guys have Residential Devil Codename Venezuela?" (As opposed to Resident Evil: Code Veronica...)

(He hands me a New game) "Can you open this and re-seal it so I can buy it Used?"

"Do you guys know anything about video games?" (No, we just go through hell and back to get a job here because we completely and utterly hate video games)

"Do you have a game that has racing, sharks, and playing pool in it?"

"Which Star Wars game has those laser swords in it?" (My god...)

(A 10 year old wants to buy Grand Theft Auto. I read all the Mature Content listed on the back to his father and he looks at his son, with a second's pause) " ... Are you out of your f*cking mind?!"

"Whenever I come in here, I want you to stop smiling! Got it?"

(A man wants to buy a set of Light Saber Wii Remote attachments) "So do my kids have to beat eachother with these in order for them to work?"

(A woman wants to buy Grand Theft Auto for her obnoxiously loud son. I tell her the total, and she reaches down her bra to pull out two 20 dollar bills) "Just mah lil' stash"

(A guy, appearing to be in his mid 50's, tells us that he wants to buy the Guitar Hero World Tour bundle, so I whip out the scanner and approach the tower of Guitar Hero and Rock Band bundles. I have a little difficulty locating the barcode since most of the bundles are all in one pile. I'm about to dismantle the pile so that I can locate the barcode when suddenly the guy shouts, being very serious) "Hey! You can't find the price! That means I get it for free, right?" (Uh, dumbass, no you don't)

(A guy comes in wanting to trade in his humongous bag of original Xbox games, including the console itself. I inform him that we've stopped taking all original Xbox merchandise as of February 9th) "What?! I don't beleive you!" (I reach behind the counter and pull up the sign that proves our dismissal of Xbox merchandise, which has actually been sitting on our counter for about a month or two. The guy angrily tosses his games back into his bag, and shouts on his way out) "I GUESS THAT MEANS I'M STUCK WITH THIS F*CKIN' THING THEN, HUH?!"

(A long line of people builds up so all three of our registers are in use. Of all the chatter amongst the customers, the most audible of which comes from a mother yelling at her 4 year old son, refusing to buy a game for him. The woman attempts to grab her son, but he leaps out of her reach, runs across the store, and inexplicably belly flops to the floor with a loud thud. Once he hits the floor, he begins wailing his arms and legs, screaming at the absolute top of his lungs, over and over, calling his mom a 'dirt bag.' Once the two leave the store and the screaming ends, my manager looks at me) "What was that beautiful music?"

(A woman wants to buy Wii Fit, so I snag one for her, scan it and ring her up. The transaction is finished but before she leaves the counter, she asks me a question) "Okay, so I don't actually need a Wii to play this, right? Cus' I don't have one." (No, it just says "WII" in huge letters on it for no fu*king reason at all.)

(A 13 year old side-cap comes in and starts shooting off his mouth to everyone in the store about how much he knows about video games. He comes up to me with his purchases, so I decide to ask him what game series he likes most) "Yeah dude, I be straight up Call ah Duty! How 'bout you?" (I tell him I dislike Call of Duty) "Oh, okay so you into Gears ah War?" (Again, I decline, and tell him that I'm a fan of the Final Fantasy series) "Oh... never heard of it."

(A woman comes in, and tells me she needs to return a game. I ask her if I may see the game and the receipt) "Well, I have the receipt but I don't have the game. I gave the game to my son as a gift so he has it and likes it, but can I still get my money back for it?" (Let me think... how about no?)

(A very pretty girl comes in with her boyfriend and they look around for a while. They eventually come up to the counter where I prepare to ring them up. To my surprise, the girl knew that my necklace was the Jecht symbol from Final Fantasy X, and she stated how much she loved the game. We chat about RPGs for a while, and I ask her what her favorite game is. She giggles, and lifts up her shirt to reveal a Keyblade tatooed down her side)

(I'm hanging around on register while a woman and her two little boys are looking at PS2 games. The boy picks up Rumble Roses, a wrestling game with women who wear revealing clothing and have over-exagerated breast physics, and shows it to his mother) "Look mommy! I can see her titties!"

(A woman in her 50's comes in with her daughter/grand-daughter) "Hi, yeah, I want to trade this DS Lite for the $70 off of the DSi" (My manager intervenes and tells the woman that the trade-in deal on the DSi ended about a week ago, and immediatley the woman begins throwing a hissy fit, throwing her pocketbook on the floor and calling us ridiculous) "After all the f*cking money I spent here you guys are going to deny me these stupid trade-in deal? I'm not spending another dime at GameStop!" (We inform the woman that GameStop was not affliated with the trade-in deal, and that it was run solely by Nintendo, and that they actually previously extended it by two months) "THIS IS F*CKING STUPID!" (The woman snatches her kid and storms out without buying the DSi)

(A few minutes later, she storms back in throwing an even worse hissy fit. She absolutely demands that we give her the $70 off, and my manager refuses) "Alright! Alright! Let me just buy this piece of shit and that'll be the last penny I ever spend at GameStop! (I desperately want to ring her up to annoy her further, but my manager takes the transaction over. The transaction is over and my manager tells the woman to have a good night) "PHBBT! Yeah! Okay! No chance of that happening!" (After she leaves, we lock the door to close the store and begin making fun of her for the rest of the night)

(A little girl, about 5 or 6 years old, is playing Wii Bowling on our Wii stand. She tosses the ball, and it goes straight into the gutter) "DAMN IT!!!"

(A very rude woman pushes two kind people out of the way once I'm finished with helping them) "Yeah, I need to return this game, here's the receipt" (It's a New DS game, so I ask the woman if it doesn't work) "It works, but some of the buttons on my son's DS don't work, and you need those buttons to play this game, so I want my money back." (I inform the woman that since she bought the game New, the only thing I can do is exchange it for the same game) "Uh, no, the receipt says I can return New Games and get my money back!"

(I read the reciept to the woman and point out that it clearly states that USED games can be returned within 7 days for a refund, and NEW games can only be exchanged for the same game within 30 days, so my assumption is that she only read half of it) "Listen, if you don't give me my money back, I will get my lawyer down here! So what if I just tell you that I bought the game Used?" (At this point, the woman is starting to get on my nerves. I tell her that she'd be lying to me, and that I'd be giving her the same response that I am now. I remind her that the return policy is stated clearly on the reciept AND on our counter, and that getting a lawyer to read it to her will make no difference) "WELL HIS DS'S BUTTONS ARE BROKEN SO HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT HE NEEDED THOSE BUTTONS TO PLAY THE GAME?!" (My manager intervenes) "Well, that's not our fault" (She leaves in a huff and we make fun of her for the rest of the day)

(An elderly woman walks in, so I politely ask her if she needs any help.) "Help? Yeah, I need help alright. I wanna know what the big appeal is with all these damn games!" (I giggle and respond) "...I guess you can call them interactive pieces of art." (She raises her eyebrows and nods in agreement, and then asks me...) "...So what's so artistic about just running around and shooting things?" (So I respond again) "Well, not every game is like that. Video Games have genres, like music. I'm typically in favor of Japanese Role Playing Games." (She immediately begins throwing a bitch fit and I'm trying my best not to laugh while she's yelling. Half of the reason I found this hilarious was because my grandmother gave me the same speech when I was young and played Pokemon. The other half is just because this woman was making an ass out of herself) "JAPANESE?! I'LL GIVE YA JAPANESE, HOW 'BOUT DECEMBER 7th 1941? HUH?!! YA CALL THAT ARTISTIC?!"

*NEW* (I transferred to the GameStop store in the mall since I moved, which is a complete wreck compared to the previous store I worked at. And to be honest, I think the intelligence level of people has been halved ever since I left my previous store. A guy about my age comes up to me) "Excuse me sir?" (I reply) "Yes?" (and he answers) "What in the world is a PS3?"

*NEW* (Some dumb foul-mouthed prep and her side-cap boyfriend come in) "Hi, yeah, I like, need Xbox Live, whatever the f*ck that is..." (I ask her whether she'd like to buy the 3 Month or the 12 Month Xbox Live card) "Well, like, I kinda don't know what it is, so, like, what is it?" (I explain the whole Xbox Live deal to her, and tell her that the card increases the time you're allowed to use the service) "Oh, so like, it's basically Nintendo or whatever telling you to bend the f*ck over? -cackle-" (I was seriously about to go ape-shit on this girl because of how stupid she was, so my other associate took over the transaction)