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08/16/2009 21:58 #49553

Owning a Book
So when I walked to the downtown library as mentioned in my previous post I took out 2 books and 2 movies. One movie was for my mom and the other was Sunset Blvd which I always wanted to see. I also took out 2 books. One called Let it Be True which is a novel about soicalites in texas who have no money but cuz they gave it all to charity and are scheming to get it back and the other is a sociology book about changing towns. Anywho while reading the novel first, i hate that I don't own it. I don't know why, its not like it is the best book ever or something I would read again but for some reason I just really like owning a book I am reading. I almost never go back and read a book again except a fwe that I really love but for some reason I just love owning a book and knowing I have to return it makes me like it a little less. Its strange and I don't know why that is but it most definitely is how i feel,.
lilho - 08/18/09 00:49
i feel the same way, and i end up owning them anyways and all movies i rent because i lack the ability to return. no one should ever let me rent/borrow anything... i didn't learn to share.

08/15/2009 16:50 #49544

Walking to the Downtown Library
SO there is this movie they only have at the downtown library that my mom wanted and i had nothing to do today so I decided to walk to the downtown library. I wasn't exactly sure how far it is cuz i am really bad at like estimating things like that. So i walked down franklin to virginia to main to the library. OMG downtown is deserted on the weekends. I guess I knew that but it is really shocking. THere are soooo few people anywhere. A couple homeless people and some people walking around but really very few ppeople. There was the tourist couple who I thnk was staying at the Hyatt and they were asking one of the police what to do cuz everything looked so deserted. I can't imagine walking out of my hotel to see nothing. I know there are tons of things to do around downtown and stuff if they put their time in and looked but it must seem so weird to be in a city that you may or may not know what it is like but from appearances at first seems like a somewhat big city and then walk out of your hotle to complete isolation and abandoness. ANywho, so i walked to the library, signed up for a new card cuz I haven't had one in years and perused the library for a whle. I got some books and i rented SUnset Blvd cuz I always wanted to see that. On they way back i stopped at the rite aid on main street to get some water cuz it was a scorcher out there today. WHile i was down there, i was trying to think of other things to do that i could walk to but there really is not much right there. I could have went to the main place mall i siupposed but that is really a glorified card shop and food court.

I know there is lots of architecture and stuff liek that to see downtown but i've done that all before. For someone just looking to spend a day like shopping or people watching or even really having a bite to eat there is really not much at all.

The walk back was much warmer for some reason, i could not wait fo rit to be over. Mostly cuz i stupidly wore by 2 dollar old navy flip flops which are not super comfortable ,espeically on long hot walks. I just looked it up on mapquest and is is like 1.5 miles, so thats 3 miles which for me is a lot of walking. more than i have done in a while!

ALl in all it was actually really fun though and i am glad i decided to do that!
jenks - 08/16/09 10:47
Reef flipflops are my fave in the world. I would wear them every day if I could.
lilho - 08/16/09 10:06
mike you are so cute! you need havianas flip flops, they will change your life! you can walk miles in them and your feet won't hurt one bit! they cost about $15 though, so they aren't as much as a bargain like the old navy ones, but i have had mine for well over a year and i pretty much wear them all day every day, and they look and feel brand new!
james - 08/15/09 17:42
Even during the weekday there isn't much going on. A lot of people going to court and into law offices. I had some project during the week I had to do out of the office. When I went to find lunch there were as many options in all of downtown as there are on one block of Elmwood.

08/14/2009 17:12 #49537

Terrified of Everything
Yeah, I'm pretty much terrified of everything i am learning! Staying in a big empty house makes me realize just how scared I am. This lead me to go out to a bar alone the other night. I was in the mansh, a little scared and sick of being locked in a room so I decided to take a walk over to Fugazi by myself cuz noone was going out. As you all know, I am terribly awkward in every social situation when I don't know people so i walked in sat down ordered a drink and looked down awkwardly the whole time. That is until a crazy older drunk man told me he thinks I am a towel headed terrorist. So then i was gonna leave but he was leaving so I couldn't leave at the same time so i stayed and then i started talking to the other people a little more and so that was good. I was pretty proud of myself really cuz I am generally very dependent on other people and don't deal well alone. Then went off to Cole's to meet some peeps for ladies night and kept in classy by doing things such as saying "why is this pregnant lady buying us all these drinks" ...well it turns out she was our waitress...and not pregnant
lauren - 08/15/09 16:27
Good for you for going out! I would probably have stayed home and drank by myself so that I could feel even more sorry for myself :)
lilho - 08/15/09 15:15
This post exemplifies why I love you. You remind me of me... I am scared too so don't feel dumb I am making my cousin stay with me this week. And if she doesn't come I will find someone and lure them with rice crispie ice cream treats! I will see you soon peaches!
tinypliny - 08/15/09 00:46
You were attacked by ghosts in the shower @ the 24? Wow. Who knew "Psycho" fandom existed well into afterlife...
mike - 08/14/09 22:14
just yesterday in the shower in fact, i swear they were there
paul - 08/14/09 21:35
You seriously need to get over it. Just think, when was the last time you were attacked by ghosts.

08/11/2009 01:30 #49501

National Enquirer Personals
So work was really slow today and so me and rachelle were reading through the last issue of National Enquirer (or was it Examiner, basically the same either way) and we realized they have personals! they are the best personals ever. One lady who described herself as former model and actress ended her ad with the line Slightly Disabled is ok with me! It seems like a weird thing to put in an ad. LIke it is a fine thing to be fine with but do you put that in your ad and then do people have to ask you if there disability is slight enough for you. A lot were from convicts one that opened with Inmate but innocent. And then there was the one that was an inmate and said Beware: i love to hug and snuggle. They were hilar! But the best part of it all was the prices people pay for these things. The one that was ok with slightly disabled, i counted the words and the nubmer of heart graphics and it comes in at a whopping 123 dollars an issue (THATS EVERY WEEK), it seems like you could spend your money like 500 a month on a better way of finding someon than the national enquirer!
tinypliny - 08/11/09 21:04
LOL
heidi - 08/11/09 16:21
  • giggle* (e:jenks) - i was so confused by the spelling of the Philadelphia Inquirer - I thought "Enquirer" was correct until i was in my 20s! *blush*
jenks - 08/11/09 08:34
hahah tiny sometimes I forget you're not American. :) Ah, the Enquirer. "Enquiring minds want to know!" (And I've always wondered why it's not the Inquirer- is Enquirer even a word??) But anyway, it's like a super ridiculous tabloid paper... always in the checkout lane at the grocery story... but it always has the most ridiculous stories... like about "Bat Boy" and "700lb baby" and "Prophets have revealed: end of the world next tuesday!"

hahahahaha good stuff.
tinypliny - 08/11/09 03:12
Hmmm... what is the circulation of this paper? Is it really "national"? What kind of people read it? Is it like the ultra-gossip dirt-digging weekly of the masses - you know, like The Sun? If that is the case, then enquiring nationally might be worth $500. hehe

08/06/2009 15:45 #49473

Watermelon
Watermelon...i love it ... a lot.... that is all
tinypliny - 08/06/09 22:28
Or maybe they are just good at pretending. I went to get watermelon but some of the watermelons were so ripe that they had split open and leaked all over the floor. You could hear people's shoes peeling off the sticky linoleum floor.

Yeah. Pretense. The mother of all disgust.
mk - 08/06/09 22:16
Sometimes I wish I liked watermelon. Everyone else seems so refreshed and happy when they eat it.
james - 08/06/09 17:38
Shonuff!
tinypliny - 08/06/09 16:06
Thank you for the reminder. I am getting watermelon pronto, I am getting it NOW. (Well, in a few minutes.)