Nov. 28th, 2003
mmmweekend
Nov. 28th, 2003 10:09 amSo I can't believe I'm up and out of bed before 10 on a 'weekend.'
I've been debating whether or not to go to the Fred Meyer Day After Thanksgiving Sale. Flannel sheets --50% off! I need new sheets. And I wonder if electronicy places are having sales, too. I could maybe get those two Final Fantasy X games for the soon-to-be-my-preciousss ps2!
But see. Um. I hate people. Especially crowds of rabid shoppers. And the mere thought of being bumped into, shoved, and pushed around is so extremely not appealing to me. My agoraphobia is kicking in just by thinking about it.
But it's soo cheap!! And being a poor student with expensive tastes, I should get my ass out there. Meow.
Hrm. Must check prices on Amazon.
HOLY SHIT!!! Final Fantasy X is selling for $20! $30 off!! Ok, yeah, so I'll be buying that from them. X-2 is still $50. Bastards. Also takes a couple of days to ship. Hrm. What's up with that? Maybe I'll call Fred Meyer and see if they're selling X-2.
The weather is all icky, too. Hrm.
God, absolutely no place is selling the damn game for under ~$50. Bastards. I know, I know, it's a new game. but still. Hrm. Buy.com has it for $43.99. And can ship it in 24hrs. But O might bring the ps2 by on Sunday!
Shitshit it's sold out at the Fred Meyer that's really close to me. Wah! Ok. Must find and buy game today.
I've been debating whether or not to go to the Fred Meyer Day After Thanksgiving Sale. Flannel sheets --50% off! I need new sheets. And I wonder if electronicy places are having sales, too. I could maybe get those two Final Fantasy X games for the soon-to-be-my-preciousss ps2!
But see. Um. I hate people. Especially crowds of rabid shoppers. And the mere thought of being bumped into, shoved, and pushed around is so extremely not appealing to me. My agoraphobia is kicking in just by thinking about it.
But it's soo cheap!! And being a poor student with expensive tastes, I should get my ass out there. Meow.
Hrm. Must check prices on Amazon.
HOLY SHIT!!! Final Fantasy X is selling for $20! $30 off!! Ok, yeah, so I'll be buying that from them. X-2 is still $50. Bastards. Also takes a couple of days to ship. Hrm. What's up with that? Maybe I'll call Fred Meyer and see if they're selling X-2.
The weather is all icky, too. Hrm.
God, absolutely no place is selling the damn game for under ~$50. Bastards. I know, I know, it's a new game. but still. Hrm. Buy.com has it for $43.99. And can ship it in 24hrs. But O might bring the ps2 by on Sunday!
Shitshit it's sold out at the Fred Meyer that's really close to me. Wah! Ok. Must find and buy game today.
veni vidi vici
Nov. 28th, 2003 12:54 pmI now have in my greedy paws Final Fantasy X-2 and for 20% off. Woo! I want my ps2 nownownownow.
Also so very glad I didn't buy Final Fantasy X back when it was $50, because I will now buy it for $20. Which leads to --if I wait 5 years, I can buy X-2 for $20, but nopenopenope, can't wait.
Man, I've got a mother of a headache.
Fred Meyer's was packed, though nowhere near as bad as I expected. Why? Because instead of the sale being from 11am-5pm as I thought, it was from 5am-11am. Doh! I did manage to get there RIGHT BEFORE the sale ended. How cool is that? I got towels for $4 and flannel sheet sets for both the sofabed and my bed.
I'm not sure I want the dark blue sheets for my bedroom, but I couldn't find anything else in Full that wasn't an appalling color. So figured I'd snag these at 1/2 price and just exchange the color later. It's a nice shade of dark blue, but it doesn't match the art in my room. No, actually I can't believe I just said that.
Hit the drugstore on the way home and actually remembered to buy Em a birthday card. Now to actually MAIL it on time.
Mm. Must take advil and chill and prevent headache from blooming into migraine. Ick.
Also so very glad I didn't buy Final Fantasy X back when it was $50, because I will now buy it for $20. Which leads to --if I wait 5 years, I can buy X-2 for $20, but nopenopenope, can't wait.
Man, I've got a mother of a headache.
Fred Meyer's was packed, though nowhere near as bad as I expected. Why? Because instead of the sale being from 11am-5pm as I thought, it was from 5am-11am. Doh! I did manage to get there RIGHT BEFORE the sale ended. How cool is that? I got towels for $4 and flannel sheet sets for both the sofabed and my bed.
I'm not sure I want the dark blue sheets for my bedroom, but I couldn't find anything else in Full that wasn't an appalling color. So figured I'd snag these at 1/2 price and just exchange the color later. It's a nice shade of dark blue, but it doesn't match the art in my room. No, actually I can't believe I just said that.
Hit the drugstore on the way home and actually remembered to buy Em a birthday card. Now to actually MAIL it on time.
Mm. Must take advil and chill and prevent headache from blooming into migraine. Ick.
Yay, headache all gone. Which should be a lesson to me, ignoring a headache=migraine; treating headache immediately=nopain.
Just talked to O, he's definitely dropping off ps2 Sunday! Whee! Want! Want! Want! And he might get me a memory card, too. Which would be nice because then I wouldn't have to snatch mine away from Zia, who's borrowed it until I got my own ps2. He's quite traumatized to give it up, but fucking hell, it cost me $30.
Cats are so funny. Hobbes just woke up from a nap and went off into this fit of yowling meows. Like: I was sleeping! And now! I'm! awake! Let everyone! Be! Aware! Of this! Delightful! Fact!
He's so much noisier nowadays. Which is kinda hilarious, when I don't want to gag him.
Back to SIP re-read. I feel like a moron. I'm catching all these duh! things this time around. Like I never realized that Darcy shot at David twice. And it was the second time that broke his wrist. I never caught that second POW!
Maaaaaan. I wish I'd gotten the ps2 at the beginning of this weekend instead of at the end. How sweet would that have been? I'd have done nothing else.
Crap, must start reading book for bookclub meeting. Have to have it finished this time. I get to pick the next one, though. We're going to read Sarah Water's Affinity. If it's anywhere near as fucked up as Fingersmith was, it should be damn cool. I'm still not over that book.
Just talked to O, he's definitely dropping off ps2 Sunday! Whee! Want! Want! Want! And he might get me a memory card, too. Which would be nice because then I wouldn't have to snatch mine away from Zia, who's borrowed it until I got my own ps2. He's quite traumatized to give it up, but fucking hell, it cost me $30.
Cats are so funny. Hobbes just woke up from a nap and went off into this fit of yowling meows. Like: I was sleeping! And now! I'm! awake! Let everyone! Be! Aware! Of this! Delightful! Fact!
He's so much noisier nowadays. Which is kinda hilarious, when I don't want to gag him.
Back to SIP re-read. I feel like a moron. I'm catching all these duh! things this time around. Like I never realized that Darcy shot at David twice. And it was the second time that broke his wrist. I never caught that second POW!
Maaaaaan. I wish I'd gotten the ps2 at the beginning of this weekend instead of at the end. How sweet would that have been? I'd have done nothing else.
Crap, must start reading book for bookclub meeting. Have to have it finished this time. I get to pick the next one, though. We're going to read Sarah Water's Affinity. If it's anywhere near as fucked up as Fingersmith was, it should be damn cool. I'm still not over that book.
So weird headache came back. Wah. I wonder if I'm dehydrated? All that salty food and maybe not enough water today. So here I sit with a pitcher of grapefruit Crystal Light and a glass.
Called Kiki, thinking maybe I just needed a little distraction, and after babbling with her for a bit and two glasses down, I feel a little more human.
Hobbes was very sweet and took a nice nap with me. I swear, the animal is so intuitive. Normally he sleeps curled up by my side, today he slept on the pillow, rubbing his head against mine in sympathy. Yay anthropomorphism.
More Strangers in Paradise.
And wow. This Mask I Wear. It doesn't matter how many times I read it, it never loses it's potency. It always makes me feel vaguely ill, knowing what Katchoo has been through, imaging what it was like for her to stand up in class, as a teenger, and recite it in front of people like Freddie. Every time I read it, it makes me realize what a sheltered, luxurious life I've led in comparison. It also makes me appreciate Terry Moore's work all the more. Little things like the thought-banner of music over Katchoo's head when Francine quietly tells her how amazing her poem is. I wish I could play music so I could hear the notes Terry imagines there. The high school arc was really well done. Really gave insight into why these characters became who they did.
This Mask I Wear by Katchoo
This mask I wear, you gave to me
One winter night beneath the trees;
Its black and blue enshrouds my life,
Surrounds my eyes and blinds my sight.
This mask I wear pretends I'm here,
And hides me from the awful fear
That you might find the heart of me
And take that too, beneath the trees.
This mask I wear to hide the pain,
It's all I have to keep me sane.
I just fell down, I'm told toe tell.
There are no words to stop this hell.
This mask I pray to God for why
He hates me so to watch me die
A little more with every night
This man comes in and rapes my life.
But little girls grow up, my friend
And learn the wicked ways of men.
And this mask I wear comes off the day
This mask I wear lays on your grave.
Called Kiki, thinking maybe I just needed a little distraction, and after babbling with her for a bit and two glasses down, I feel a little more human.
Hobbes was very sweet and took a nice nap with me. I swear, the animal is so intuitive. Normally he sleeps curled up by my side, today he slept on the pillow, rubbing his head against mine in sympathy. Yay anthropomorphism.
More Strangers in Paradise.
And wow. This Mask I Wear. It doesn't matter how many times I read it, it never loses it's potency. It always makes me feel vaguely ill, knowing what Katchoo has been through, imaging what it was like for her to stand up in class, as a teenger, and recite it in front of people like Freddie. Every time I read it, it makes me realize what a sheltered, luxurious life I've led in comparison. It also makes me appreciate Terry Moore's work all the more. Little things like the thought-banner of music over Katchoo's head when Francine quietly tells her how amazing her poem is. I wish I could play music so I could hear the notes Terry imagines there. The high school arc was really well done. Really gave insight into why these characters became who they did.
This Mask I Wear by Katchoo
This mask I wear, you gave to me
One winter night beneath the trees;
Its black and blue enshrouds my life,
Surrounds my eyes and blinds my sight.
This mask I wear pretends I'm here,
And hides me from the awful fear
That you might find the heart of me
And take that too, beneath the trees.
This mask I wear to hide the pain,
It's all I have to keep me sane.
I just fell down, I'm told toe tell.
There are no words to stop this hell.
This mask I pray to God for why
He hates me so to watch me die
A little more with every night
This man comes in and rapes my life.
But little girls grow up, my friend
And learn the wicked ways of men.
And this mask I wear comes off the day
This mask I wear lays on your grave.
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