Shoppin’ (when WILL he stop doin’ that stupid apostrophe thin’?)
I gathered up all the gift cards I had accrued for Barnes and Noble. And I went…
and I still went $10 over.
Highlights… I boutght the 2004 Bonaroo CD. This gives me a chance to sample some bands, and decide if I want to buy their whole CD.
I bought The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, which included a CD of Shel reading the story. I still think I’ll cry. Call me a softie, but you’ll cry too if I read it to you.
I also bought a couple other kids books, and a Pulitzer Prize Winner; Guns, Germs, and Steel as a warm up while I wait for 1776
Lowlights:
I walked into the CD part of B&N and immediately grabbed these three CD’s; DMB, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen.
Let me repeat that, because it bears repeating:
DMB, Coldplay, and Bruce Springsteen
Now, I’m not on the cutting edge of music–I haven’t explored Emo or punk or indie bands as much as I’ve wanted, but I dabble. How did I become so frickin’ mainstream. It made me feel a little sick. To compensate, I bought the aforementioned 2004 Bonaroo CD. (and if I think about THAT too much, it gets even more depressing… keep thinking, keep thinking… there, isn’t that sad?)
The final lowlight: The store clerk who rang up my stuff said, and I QUOTE:
“Yeah, if I marry some rich guy and I didn’t have to work, I would totally be a teacher. It would be so fun to set up the room.”
My brain, which was at that point trying hard to not to jump out of its skull and strangle the girl with its spongy brainstem, muttered something polite. And then I left quickly, so as not to commit a crime. I will rant about this at another date.
Talk to you tomorrow… or will I?
RSS Trackback URL 20. June 2005 (21:33)Filed under: General, Music and Movies, Entertainment Tonight