Now here I am, after messing around with too many of my bookmarks (o lordy... nothing short of 3000). At least half of them were duplicates. Which gives me hope. (i am not sure what for, however...)
The lovely Lauren is at her new job as we speak. I do believe she should be ending her first shift aaaanytime now. I hope it went well. I havent heard from her since it first began, and I know she was stressing about it then. It was one of those sorts of mornings. YOU know what I mean.
Finally hung out with P.Dot last night. He's been so occupied with working again, after a long stint off because of work-related issues he was having with his back, and (but of course) a new girlfriend. I understand that. In fact, I can easily say that we all do.
Lauren, P.Dot, and myself went to McNally's last night and checked out a lovely selection of books. I always find that by the time I leave a book store my eyes just hurt so much. Y'know... that feeling that you get when you are in a place with wayyyy too much visual stimulation, where you feel the need to look over every last bit of whatever is in front of you and read every single word... as to not overlook any gems. (This is essential)
I get the same eye-numbing feeling when me and Lauren have those days where we go hunting through countless antiques, vintage, and thrift stores. By the end of the day, my sense of sight is friggin' exhausted. Weird how that happens.
I would like to find a way to avoid this happening in the future. Because I can assure you that I will not be avoiding bookstores, or anywhere that sells an array of used goods, or lovely antique-ee goodness.
Heck no.
That would be asking far much too much of me.
Anywho,
I picked up a couple new books for myself. Well, actually it was just one book and one magazine. Those two were expensive enough as is. Lauren grabbed like four or five for less than $35.00 total. Most of them were in the bargain section. PLUS an additional 50% off.
(do I sound like some sort of retail-store
spokesperson in some sort of retail-store
commercial right now? It is okay if you
say yes.)
SO! The book I picked up is called "Eating the Dinosaur" by Chuck Kloster. I've only checked out maybe like the first 5 pages (I am almost done the other two books that I am reading right now; The Grand Design and Get Up!. So it would be unfair of me to drop those when I am soooooooo close to being done!)...but those first 5 pages seemed super decent!
Not to mention, the content seems to be something I might like. (a very good trait to have in something that you've just spent money on - dont you think?)
Its a witty collection of about a dozen or so essays covering whole clusterfuck of random subjects.
[time travel... germans in grocery stores... ABBA vs. AC/DC... Garth Brooks...]
Sounds good to me.
Oh ya and another issue of GUP, this photography-design magazine that I really enjoy.
Huzzah...!! for interesting literature!
And I also (since I happen to be handing these out...) another "huzzah...!!!" for the wickedness that is: as me actually being able to concentrate for long enough to read a book!
O my.. I'd make my high school english teachers so proud.
My life is now complete.
