I went shopping with ma ami, aka Caitlin, today. Yes I know, something new and exciting. ::rolls eyes:: I know, I know, the mall sucks, but we don't have anywhere else to go! Maybe if there was a coffeehouse or a poetry lounge nearby....But I swear if we don't find a cooler place to chill soon, I will burn down the local Starbucks and erect a real coffee joint in its place; God I hate Starbucks. From its fake quirkiness (which isn;t so quirky once you realize its chairs, tables, "art," and atmosphere is identical in every one of its thousands of stores across the globe) to its intense greenwashing, to its use of slave labor and its ridiculous prices, Starbucks is rotten to the core; its a corporate fast-food joint, not a coffeehouse, and it destroys the culture of every town it blights, and it totally decimates the coffeehouse scene, eliminating individuality and defining how a coffeehouse "should be." It is like a giant beige monstrosity in my town. I devote my soul to fighting that green, nippleless mermaid wherever she may go.
Okay, Starbucks rant over (at last); despite the dreary locale, today was fun; I got an awesome button-down shirt at Hot Topic on the clearance rack, a System of a Down poster I've been drooling over for months, U2s new album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower--a book Caitlin told me I must read. Check it out: xXx
Yeah, we also did our typical strange things, like using the giant massage chairs, smelling bucketloads of Bath and Body stuff, rocking out to music samples at FYE, miming in the glass elevator, acting like were actually going to buy something at Banana Republic (does anyone really get clothes there?) We reminisced in the photo booth from our last venture to Dullsville Consumer Depot, and we ran into a bunch of people we'd rather not've run into; I won't mention any names ::coughkidsfromSASandotherscough::
We actually found solace from the evil, harsh interior of the mall (shudder); the little industrial park outside with the drained fountain was unoccupied, so we literally ran from the mall gasping for air, burst through the doubledoors, and ran out into the brisk winter air; aah, Liberation! We ran around the fountain like airplanes, danced, meditated, and laid on our backs to look at the sky and the trees; we finally found a decent hangout!
Anyway, winter break is pretty dull, and I'm not enjoying it that much--but I am looking forward to New Years I suppose, it is one of my favourite holidays, after all.
Current Mood: carefree/borderline blah Current Tunes: Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode
P.S. Wednesday afternoon at the mall for five hours= DEATH!!
