Thursday, August 24, 2006

Music: Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
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I'm such a failure this week. I haven't gotten in to work before 11 at all this week. And I can only honestly say that one of the days was not my fault...Fucking landscapers.

I also almost took off this guy's car door on the way in to work this morning. I had to take epic evasive action to avoid it. It's almost like he was waiting for a car to come by to open his door. Hah...then he probably would have come in to this office for help with the lawsuit...bastard.

Yesterday was spent in preparation for Tuesday's roadtrip. Bought some gifts for those I'll be crashing with. Oh. And a very vague roadmap of the East Coast. Thanks so much, Borders, for having such a pathetic map selection. And a milkshake.

I also had to swing by my comic book store to ask if they could do me a favor. Practically everything I read is coming out next week while I'll be in NC, so I asked the owner (who was behind the counter that day) if they could hold some books for me. That's right...I now have a pull list. I am officially an ubergeek. I wrote out the list and the store's owner teased me a bit about the fact that, apparently all the really big books were new this week, but here I was waiting for, like four second or third string titles.

What can I say? I don't like things that are too popular, I guess. After all, back in the day I was a hardcore Yellow Ranger fan...

Back to the shop, I gotta say I like that place. The owner is about my mom's age and clearly living his dream. All the employees seem to be friends of his, and he knows a lot of his clientel by name. Also, unlike Hero Town in Ledgewood, I see girls buying comics in there. That makes me feel less awkward, for one thing, and also confirms that I'm probably not the only one who's gotten the feeling that Hero Town isn't really...female-friendly. I've been going there for years and they *still* don't seem too thrilled about my presence there.

Now that I think about it, I'm really starting to set myself up here. I have my friends, my stores, my job...and in one year I'm going to be saying goodbye to them to start all over again in Law School. Not that I'm wavering about going. Reading the news makes me more determined than ever that I need to get in gear and make a difference. Just now...I realize I'm going to be leaving a lot behind.
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