Xbox 360 in stores now!

Today is the release date for the next generation Microsoft console: Xbox 360.
I've haven't looked forward to something like this in gaming since Halo2 came out last year. Rick and I put on our pocket protectors and waited in line until they released the game at midnight. Then we went home and played it until 2am (on a school nite!). It was a huge nerd-fest that night and I'm bummed that I missed this year's nerd-fest over Xbox 360.
You can bet your sweet bippy that I'm going to order one of these new 360s and have it shipped over here ASAP.
another Xbox happening... last night Jim tried to plug in a 110V vacuum cleaner into the transformer that our TV and Xbox are hooked to. Ziiiiip! The $50 transformer fried because it turns out that the vacuum cleaner had a short (because someone had already plugged it into 220V). For awhile, we weren't sure what, exactly, had caused the transformer to fry and thought it might have been (oh God!!) the Xbox. Luckily, we were spared by the electricity demons and our precious Xbox was safe. We bought a new transformer and all was good in the swamp again.