Well its out there now and its actually quite ugly. I'm pretty sure it got kind of wet from the afternoon drizzle (which I may or may not be making up but, I think it happened while I was at the library- either that or someone sprinkled my bike seat with tiny drops of liquid).
At the library today I got another Hernandez brothers comic even though I still haven´t finished Love and Rockets. Also, I got a few CD´s. So far I've listened to Frank Zappa's Them or Us and Antibalas´ Security. Both were suitable for afternoon lunch- making (free bagel with some jam and things).
I got this Fritz Lang DVD collection of some sort. I know my brother likes him so I might as well try it out. I have a feeling I will be going back to my addiction to movies. I´m calling it an addiction because I use it in the same way most alcoholics use alcohol: a repetative solution for sadness or loneliness; the latter in my case. Yeah so, last night I watched Il Posto ("A magical tale about a young man's initiation into adulthood"... just like me!) and it really made me miss my friend Daniel in Austin. He has introduced me to so many weird movies but meanwhile he's got good taste in movies in general. The only reason I would say that is because I like the same movies he likes and so I guess the principle here is basically if someone likes the same thing as me... then they have good taste?
Welllll... today when I got home from another trip to the grocery store ( I have to get a little bit at a time since I'm on le bike) I was thinking on the ride home, "Man, I would love to have a tall glass of ______"
... then realizing I can't have a tall glass of anything rather since I have no tall glasses.
On that subject, I am also learning a lot about the consequences of being frugal. The other afternoon I was debating the choice of two candles. Both candles were of the same scent but one was pricier than the other and I, of course, decided on the one marginally cheaper. Then I came home to find out the candle would burn for only 2- 4 hours. I was dissapointed to notice at the grocery store today that my abandoned option was presumptuously sitting on its shelf with a label declaring a "lasting 6- 8 hours".
or maybe I should be a more attentive consumer? The thing is...
I really already am! I am that snobbish shopper standing in the middle of the isle for 6 minutes...reading the label on DelMonte´s Mandarin Orange Slices cans wondering ... why do they have to add sugar?!
Anyway. I applied to a million and one jobs online today. One was for a chocolate cafe... in hopes that I don't have to prove my devotion to the product. But seriously, in this economic crisis, maybe I have no choice but to abandon the founding values of my core existance. Am I exaggerating or is this not what patriotic Americans had to do in the time of the Great Depression?
Today the only people I talked to were:
The teenage cashier at the checkout "Oh, I don't need a bag actually......"
The library checkout woman "You too" (response to Have a nice day not, I love you)
And a dog on the street "Pssssttt..."
Well tomorrow I will apply for more jobs and go to a pumpkin carving event at an acquaintance's house. This is strangley in congruence with the latest activity formula in my life.
Where a = life
a = craft project + productive project
Try and see past the consequent behavior of my minimal social interaction.
There are people my age who live across the street. I am too timid to go over there and innitiate some kind of mumbling garbage about where I came from and what they do for a living. Oh and, what a nice cat you have.
I feel slightly defeated by the ants in my kitchen.
Here is a picture of my curtain fabric:
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