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So I got cancelled on today. Typical. Needed the uplift. Didn't get it.
Offerred then, to take Mom and Grandma to the movies. They opted not to. Actually I think it was "Oh, way down there? Well, in that case...no...we'll just stay here." Thanks. You can drive 2 hours to spend one hour gaming, but you can't ride half an hour for a two hour movie with your son. Thanks. Feel the love over the day's disappointment.
Hence, Anthony took a grand tour of shopping places in an attempt to avoid people. So I went to dumbest place possible: Walmart.
Walmart is crowded on a Sunday. Over the top so. There are people everywhere, and looking and buying all sorts of crap. Hey, why don't I go over there and look at the punching bags. There's no looking at punching bags, right? Oh wait, there's a *line* to look at them. Damn you Walmart.
I push my way through a myriad of non-english speaking patrons, and a couple of 'round the way girls (bamboo earrings, at least two pair), and go back to the car.
I drive over to the next best place for shopping and avoiding people. K-Mart.
K-Mart sucks. It looks like it's been picked clean by Martha Stewart supporters who want to make sure that she comes back to money when she gets out of jail. It's kinda ridiculous, really. There is nothing there by way of stuff, and much less in the way of good crap. Walmart had better crap. Just too many ass people.
I shipped over to Target.
Target has much of the same stuff as K-Mart, save that it is poorly set up. You can't find anything because it's laid out like a grocery store with a clothing section. And to make matters worse there's a whole part of it that's been torn up and moved around thanks to the Halloween sectiong.
The place wreaks of plastic-latex masks and candy corn. I hate candy corn.
It was then off to Big Lots!
Big Lots! takes a special type of person to shop at it. There is all sorts of wonkey shit sold there, and for little of thinging as for price. The recording announcer states over the speaker that "everywhere you turn, you'll find band name at close out prices!" Brand names if you agree that "Smith Company" is a major brand. But it's still a neat place to wander through if you don't care about what you find. It's not unlike shopping at a Salvation Army where everything is still in the wrapper. Where else can you find a full fledged Desk set for $50. Or a complete silverware service for five for 6 bucks.
I lit outta there like a bat outta hell.
Took a quick tour of Sav-On Drugs. Amazing that they sell hole punchers, but not the brads/paper fastners that you'd need afterwards. There were hardly any people there. You could breathe. Passed by some lady who was bruised all over. She looked like she had been seriously manhandled at some point. Hand shaped bruises on her upper arms, bruises on her thighs, and some scratches on her face. Either she'd recently had the shit beaten out of her, or there was some horribly over rough sex going on. She was wearing shades, so I imagine there was something nefarious going on in her life. I whispered a silent prayer for her, and kept on going.
Bought some gum and a Twix, and made off. This time to Circuit City.
Circuit City is filled with folks picking up on the Sunday Circular Sales. All the close out "Back to school" sales on computers, cameras and other non-essentials. There's a line goig to pick up counter, and a bunch of crazed staff running around. Not nearly enough Red Shirts floating through.
I go and take a look at the tiny computers that are far more worthwhile than the big honking things that they call "laptops" that are merely scaled down versions of desk computers. I get some goffy chick to print out a copy of the specs for me so I can drool and know that I can't afford it later. They have crap for PDA's and PS2 stuff. I haul over to CompUSA next door.
CompUSA has lots of friendly people who are all standing at the front door. No one is around in the corners. Or they don't care. They have a greater selection than Circuit City, but the prices are higher.
I opt to look at music and Video, so I head to The WOW! Superstore.
WOW! is actually a gigantic superstore of Tower and The Good Guys under one roof. They have everything. Pretty much. I wander around and pick up a bunch of stuff for both me and the family. Mainly the family. I opt for Ghost World and Rocky in the vid department (everything is on sale, and only comes out to like 21 bucks), and a slew of other things for mom and grandma. I also grab The Best of Tears For Fears (since they don't have!!! Songs From The Big Chair) and Tori Amos' Boys For Pele. And then I dug through the bins for what seemed like forever. Found nothing new so I left with my bucks worth of booty. Six DVD's and two CD's. Not a bad night's bounty for such a cheap price. Way to shop them sales, huh?
Scooted over to Ralph's to pick up some bread and soda for Grandma, and then home. 7th street to 405 north to 710 north to 91 west, off on Santa Fe, singing "Shout" the whole way.
Let it all out.
This is Not a commercial.
Offerred then, to take Mom and Grandma to the movies. They opted not to. Actually I think it was "Oh, way down there? Well, in that case...no...we'll just stay here." Thanks. You can drive 2 hours to spend one hour gaming, but you can't ride half an hour for a two hour movie with your son. Thanks. Feel the love over the day's disappointment.
Hence, Anthony took a grand tour of shopping places in an attempt to avoid people. So I went to dumbest place possible: Walmart.
Walmart is crowded on a Sunday. Over the top so. There are people everywhere, and looking and buying all sorts of crap. Hey, why don't I go over there and look at the punching bags. There's no looking at punching bags, right? Oh wait, there's a *line* to look at them. Damn you Walmart.
I push my way through a myriad of non-english speaking patrons, and a couple of 'round the way girls (bamboo earrings, at least two pair), and go back to the car.
I drive over to the next best place for shopping and avoiding people. K-Mart.
K-Mart sucks. It looks like it's been picked clean by Martha Stewart supporters who want to make sure that she comes back to money when she gets out of jail. It's kinda ridiculous, really. There is nothing there by way of stuff, and much less in the way of good crap. Walmart had better crap. Just too many ass people.
I shipped over to Target.
Target has much of the same stuff as K-Mart, save that it is poorly set up. You can't find anything because it's laid out like a grocery store with a clothing section. And to make matters worse there's a whole part of it that's been torn up and moved around thanks to the Halloween sectiong.
The place wreaks of plastic-latex masks and candy corn. I hate candy corn.
It was then off to Big Lots!
Big Lots! takes a special type of person to shop at it. There is all sorts of wonkey shit sold there, and for little of thinging as for price. The recording announcer states over the speaker that "everywhere you turn, you'll find band name at close out prices!" Brand names if you agree that "Smith Company" is a major brand. But it's still a neat place to wander through if you don't care about what you find. It's not unlike shopping at a Salvation Army where everything is still in the wrapper. Where else can you find a full fledged Desk set for $50. Or a complete silverware service for five for 6 bucks.
I lit outta there like a bat outta hell.
Took a quick tour of Sav-On Drugs. Amazing that they sell hole punchers, but not the brads/paper fastners that you'd need afterwards. There were hardly any people there. You could breathe. Passed by some lady who was bruised all over. She looked like she had been seriously manhandled at some point. Hand shaped bruises on her upper arms, bruises on her thighs, and some scratches on her face. Either she'd recently had the shit beaten out of her, or there was some horribly over rough sex going on. She was wearing shades, so I imagine there was something nefarious going on in her life. I whispered a silent prayer for her, and kept on going.
Bought some gum and a Twix, and made off. This time to Circuit City.
Circuit City is filled with folks picking up on the Sunday Circular Sales. All the close out "Back to school" sales on computers, cameras and other non-essentials. There's a line goig to pick up counter, and a bunch of crazed staff running around. Not nearly enough Red Shirts floating through.
I go and take a look at the tiny computers that are far more worthwhile than the big honking things that they call "laptops" that are merely scaled down versions of desk computers. I get some goffy chick to print out a copy of the specs for me so I can drool and know that I can't afford it later. They have crap for PDA's and PS2 stuff. I haul over to CompUSA next door.
CompUSA has lots of friendly people who are all standing at the front door. No one is around in the corners. Or they don't care. They have a greater selection than Circuit City, but the prices are higher.
I opt to look at music and Video, so I head to The WOW! Superstore.
WOW! is actually a gigantic superstore of Tower and The Good Guys under one roof. They have everything. Pretty much. I wander around and pick up a bunch of stuff for both me and the family. Mainly the family. I opt for Ghost World and Rocky in the vid department (everything is on sale, and only comes out to like 21 bucks), and a slew of other things for mom and grandma. I also grab The Best of Tears For Fears (since they don't have!!! Songs From The Big Chair) and Tori Amos' Boys For Pele. And then I dug through the bins for what seemed like forever. Found nothing new so I left with my bucks worth of booty. Six DVD's and two CD's. Not a bad night's bounty for such a cheap price. Way to shop them sales, huh?
Scooted over to Ralph's to pick up some bread and soda for Grandma, and then home. 7th street to 405 north to 710 north to 91 west, off on Santa Fe, singing "Shout" the whole way.
Let it all out.
This is Not a commercial.
