My friend today sent me a link to a news story that happened locally here. This was the first I had heard about it, but I don't keep up with the news very often. Apparently in Seattle there is a horror convention called Crypticon happening at some point, and some guy decided to cosplay as HUNK from Resident Evil for the "zombie crawl." Well, his costume was good. So good that people called the police. Finding this entertaining as I did I decided to send the artcile to Kotaku. And they posted it! Yay! I feel special now, lol.

See where it says: "Thanks, foolio1!" Yeah, that was me

I'm not sure how many people are aware, but Sony and Microsoft both have Retail Loyalty Sites available to those who work at approved retailers of their products. Basically, since I work at GameStop, I get to go to these fancy sites and learn about their products and take little quizzes to test this knowledge. Upon completion of quizzes I earn points that can be redeemed for merchandise. Sony's is currently free (though they play to start charging but are promising better stuff) and Microsoft charges a bit of money. Either way, it's pretty awesome considering I've gotten Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Folklore, Resistance, Pursuit Force, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, and a Dual Shock 3 from Sony for absolutely nothing. And before Microsoft upped their prices I got Gears of War, PGR3, Viva Pinata, Halo, Halo 2, the original Forza, and another wireless 360 controller from MS for $50. That was just my first order from them.

Okay, so that bloated explanantion turned out to be a bit of a bragging fest, but I can't help it, it's just really awesome for a gamer like me. Well, sometimes when you complete quizzes you get entered in for contests and it turns out I am a grand prize winner in Sony's MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Sweepstakes! Sadly it wasn't one of the big contests where I get a system or anything, but I have a free MotorStorm hat coming my way! So remember kids, working retail can sometimes have its benefits!

So, a while back (in fact just a few blog posts down from this one) I mentioned that Lauren Jackson, one of the star players from the WNBA team the Seattle Storm visited the GameStop I worked at.  I ended up selling her a PS3 and Guitar Hero.  Well, Saturday (November 8th) I had my second celebrity sighting at the store, this time someone much more well-know (no offense Lauren).

I was sitting in the back room working on processing a shipment from another store when my store managers walks in blushing and says to me: "Rose McGowan is in the Wii section right now."  I was pretty surprised.  I knew her best from the show Charmed (thanks Mom), but most will probably  recognize her from her roles in Grindhouse and is playing Red Sonja in the upcoming movie adaptation.

She was picking up a Wii and a bunch of games for her dad whom apparently lives in the area. Thankfully not to many people bothered her (I always feel bad for celebrities about that), but she was nice enough to pose for a quick picture with my store manager, lol.  What was really funny too was one of my coworkers that was ringing her up had to check her ID since she was paying with a credit card.  Of course I had to card Lauren Jackson too even though I had seen her on the news the night before, haha.

Okay, so it's not the biggest news, but it's not every day that one gets to meet a celebrity in-person.  This makes a total of four celebrity visits to our store since I have been there.  Rose McGowan and Lauren Jackson which I was present for.  We've also had a visit from the Swedish rock band The Hives (which I am still mad I missed because I love the band) and Deadliest Catch capitan Sig Hansen.