mall rats...
well it has been an eventful thanksgiving break so far, and today the david family managed to fit in even more activities into less than 12 hours of conscious time.
i promptly woke up today at 1:30pm to the extreme hunger pangs of starvation since yesterday around 9pm (my organs were probably starting to digest themselves and therefore chose food over any more sleep).
why did i wake up so late? well i was normally going to be sleeping in since it is break, but last night after seeing Rent (pretty good, review later), In the Mix (not very good, not worth reviewing...much), and hanging out with the family, i wasnt tired and decided to stay up and make yet another attempt to scare myself by watching the amityville horror (rented) alone in our basement with all the lights off. i had heard mixed reviews about this movie when it was in theaters, which led to me renting it many months later. and yeah, it had its moments, but still wasnt that impressive and no, it didnt scare me. mind you most others (including my relatively tough sisters) probably couldnt have made it through this flick by themselves, especially with the random sounds of the water-driven heating system which originates in our basement. it should also be noted that at our new house, my room is in the basement and therefore isolated from the rest of the family...maybe they are trying to tell me something...oh well. anyway, it didnt work, so i'll be looking for more scary movies in the future, with the hopes that one of them can accomplish this feat.
today there was another horror i faced, and this was something that TRULY scares me...SHOPPING...during the HOLIDAYS. i managed to get by the day after thanksgiving madness since my sisters woke up too late to go shopping and also attempt to drag me along. we ended up seeing the two aforementioned movies instead. today was a different story, as our entire family (minus rachel, but that's all the same) wanted to go shopping. the sad thing was that i actually needed to go shopping for some clothes, and i couldnt afford to pass up this opportunity of having sarah along to help me make all the choices. and i when i say 'help' i really mean make ALL the choices for me as i don't know what i'm doing when it comes to clothes shopping. this was generally something i left to my sisters or girlfriend depending on the time/situation. yes, i'm not only intimidated by shopping during the holidays (mainly because everyone is INSANE) but also relatively inept when picking out my own clothes. sarah says shopping for guys clothes is a cinch compared to girls clothes (she has helped out my cousins as well) and i have definitely never even attempted to get clothes for a girl (except for jewelry -which im actually good at- or gift cards).
anyway, it was a serious rampage through the express, AE, the buckle, and a few other stores (i also managed to pick up the paperback of the 5th harry potter book from borders along the way). needless to say i should be set for a while. i seriously think the last time i got any substantial clothes from shopping was about four years ago...and that was before a vacation where my sisters actually bought me all these clothes (i was doing field work at the time) and i wasn't even there. needless to say, that turned out quite well, all the more reason why i shouldnt even really be needed for outings to the mall...i should just pay them to do it for me next time.
another annoying thing about shopping is the different ways people try to push you into buying things. i like when i go to a store and someone asks if i need help (depending on the store of course...if its a fish store i tend to give out the help -yeah, im a nerd, shut up) and i say im either just looking, fine, or ask them a question. in response to the first question, the salesperson should just stand back a ways away, or just take off completely. today when sarah and i were at the buckle looking at some shoes, the salesperson was quite helpful and i got the shoes (of course with sarah's help, i wouldnt do that on my own nor just blatantly trust the salesperson). after that she proceeded to bring out a couple pairs of jeans which she insisted would work well with the shoes. she apparently did NOT see the two large bags from the express which were filled with clothes, including jeans which were nearly the same as the ones she was showing me. i said i wasnt interested since i had all these other clothes, including the jeans i was wearing (ok i made that part up), and she finally backed down a bit. we barely traveled 10 feet to the register (which she was manning) and she was right back in my face with some of those weirdo thick leather watch bands with fossil watch faces inside them. she said these were some options of what go well with the shoes.
i wanted to tell her i wasnt into matching up the ensemble enough to care about a chunky leather band that would match my shoes or jeans, but i just said i already had a fossil watch (proceeded to show her mine, and that it was not on a chunky leather band) and went back to the belt that sarah and i were picking out (which was also fossil...i have always liked fossils, dinosaurs actually, but thats another story). so i ditch the leather things and she comes back at me with a belt style COMPLETELY different than the regular brown belt we were looking at. i dont know for sure, but it had some weird white frill thread things coming off it, and although im a fan of centipedes, i didnt want to look like i had one around my waist. i took it from her hands and then just hung on to it until she went behind the register...then i just told sarah (hoping the lady may hear me) that i was a bit too conservative for the frilly centipede belt. i ended up getting the plain brown belt (i had purchased a black belt from AE earlier...this way i could change belts depending on what type of warrior class i felt like). luckily, we made it out of there alive and later met up with my parents.
yikes! leave me alone! this doesnt include the incident at finish line with the kid who looked 12 years old and was just hovering over us while we tried to find a decent pair of pumas! he must have been about 3 apples tall...i swear i thought you had to be 16 to work these days, but who knows. anyway, i got some clothes, got my book (i have decided to start reading a bit again), and my diet sprite zero (which is actually pretty good if you are desperate for refreshment -- according to my mom) and we headed back home to celebrate my dad's bday with some cake.
after that we all watched 'the terminal' on dvd (great movie btw) and that brings me to right now. yeah, thats about it; tomorrow we go to church (making my 4th appearance at the new place), out to eat, take a long nap and its back to ann arbor to continue the insanity which will now be the limbo period of hectic work between thanksgiving and christmas. thank goodness i already have half my christmas shopping done! hope you all are having a good break; good night <:><
random photo:
here's a pic of a red devil cichlid which i caught during my first trip down to miami this year (back in september). these fish are MUCH more brightly colored when caught in the wild than when they are purchased from a pet store; its believed that natural sunlight has a lot to do with this. and i thought you would all like to know that.
i promptly woke up today at 1:30pm to the extreme hunger pangs of starvation since yesterday around 9pm (my organs were probably starting to digest themselves and therefore chose food over any more sleep).
why did i wake up so late? well i was normally going to be sleeping in since it is break, but last night after seeing Rent (pretty good, review later), In the Mix (not very good, not worth reviewing...much), and hanging out with the family, i wasnt tired and decided to stay up and make yet another attempt to scare myself by watching the amityville horror (rented) alone in our basement with all the lights off. i had heard mixed reviews about this movie when it was in theaters, which led to me renting it many months later. and yeah, it had its moments, but still wasnt that impressive and no, it didnt scare me. mind you most others (including my relatively tough sisters) probably couldnt have made it through this flick by themselves, especially with the random sounds of the water-driven heating system which originates in our basement. it should also be noted that at our new house, my room is in the basement and therefore isolated from the rest of the family...maybe they are trying to tell me something...oh well. anyway, it didnt work, so i'll be looking for more scary movies in the future, with the hopes that one of them can accomplish this feat.
today there was another horror i faced, and this was something that TRULY scares me...SHOPPING...during the HOLIDAYS. i managed to get by the day after thanksgiving madness since my sisters woke up too late to go shopping and also attempt to drag me along. we ended up seeing the two aforementioned movies instead. today was a different story, as our entire family (minus rachel, but that's all the same) wanted to go shopping. the sad thing was that i actually needed to go shopping for some clothes, and i couldnt afford to pass up this opportunity of having sarah along to help me make all the choices. and i when i say 'help' i really mean make ALL the choices for me as i don't know what i'm doing when it comes to clothes shopping. this was generally something i left to my sisters or girlfriend depending on the time/situation. yes, i'm not only intimidated by shopping during the holidays (mainly because everyone is INSANE) but also relatively inept when picking out my own clothes. sarah says shopping for guys clothes is a cinch compared to girls clothes (she has helped out my cousins as well) and i have definitely never even attempted to get clothes for a girl (except for jewelry -which im actually good at- or gift cards).
anyway, it was a serious rampage through the express, AE, the buckle, and a few other stores (i also managed to pick up the paperback of the 5th harry potter book from borders along the way). needless to say i should be set for a while. i seriously think the last time i got any substantial clothes from shopping was about four years ago...and that was before a vacation where my sisters actually bought me all these clothes (i was doing field work at the time) and i wasn't even there. needless to say, that turned out quite well, all the more reason why i shouldnt even really be needed for outings to the mall...i should just pay them to do it for me next time.
another annoying thing about shopping is the different ways people try to push you into buying things. i like when i go to a store and someone asks if i need help (depending on the store of course...if its a fish store i tend to give out the help -yeah, im a nerd, shut up) and i say im either just looking, fine, or ask them a question. in response to the first question, the salesperson should just stand back a ways away, or just take off completely. today when sarah and i were at the buckle looking at some shoes, the salesperson was quite helpful and i got the shoes (of course with sarah's help, i wouldnt do that on my own nor just blatantly trust the salesperson). after that she proceeded to bring out a couple pairs of jeans which she insisted would work well with the shoes. she apparently did NOT see the two large bags from the express which were filled with clothes, including jeans which were nearly the same as the ones she was showing me. i said i wasnt interested since i had all these other clothes, including the jeans i was wearing (ok i made that part up), and she finally backed down a bit. we barely traveled 10 feet to the register (which she was manning) and she was right back in my face with some of those weirdo thick leather watch bands with fossil watch faces inside them. she said these were some options of what go well with the shoes.
i wanted to tell her i wasnt into matching up the ensemble enough to care about a chunky leather band that would match my shoes or jeans, but i just said i already had a fossil watch (proceeded to show her mine, and that it was not on a chunky leather band) and went back to the belt that sarah and i were picking out (which was also fossil...i have always liked fossils, dinosaurs actually, but thats another story). so i ditch the leather things and she comes back at me with a belt style COMPLETELY different than the regular brown belt we were looking at. i dont know for sure, but it had some weird white frill thread things coming off it, and although im a fan of centipedes, i didnt want to look like i had one around my waist. i took it from her hands and then just hung on to it until she went behind the register...then i just told sarah (hoping the lady may hear me) that i was a bit too conservative for the frilly centipede belt. i ended up getting the plain brown belt (i had purchased a black belt from AE earlier...this way i could change belts depending on what type of warrior class i felt like). luckily, we made it out of there alive and later met up with my parents.
yikes! leave me alone! this doesnt include the incident at finish line with the kid who looked 12 years old and was just hovering over us while we tried to find a decent pair of pumas! he must have been about 3 apples tall...i swear i thought you had to be 16 to work these days, but who knows. anyway, i got some clothes, got my book (i have decided to start reading a bit again), and my diet sprite zero (which is actually pretty good if you are desperate for refreshment -- according to my mom) and we headed back home to celebrate my dad's bday with some cake.
after that we all watched 'the terminal' on dvd (great movie btw) and that brings me to right now. yeah, thats about it; tomorrow we go to church (making my 4th appearance at the new place), out to eat, take a long nap and its back to ann arbor to continue the insanity which will now be the limbo period of hectic work between thanksgiving and christmas. thank goodness i already have half my christmas shopping done! hope you all are having a good break; good night <:><
random photo:
here's a pic of a red devil cichlid which i caught during my first trip down to miami this year (back in september). these fish are MUCH more brightly colored when caught in the wild than when they are purchased from a pet store; its believed that natural sunlight has a lot to do with this. and i thought you would all like to know that.
posted by Solomon at 12:37 AM
2 Comments:
on the next shopping adventure i do expect compensation for my assistance.
in other news, is it bad that i'm commenting on this while ur sitting right behind me on your computer? i guess i could as easily SAY my comment out loud.
oh well...then u wouldn't get one of those fun emails that said 'u have a comment'...see, i'm doing this for you.
oh man, i can't believe you were even brave enought to *enter* the buckle! i haven't stepped inside one since being "helped" by the "friendly" staff in high school. yikes.
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