apparently i cannot trust myself to enter used bookstores. and i was doing so well on my quest to not spend quite so much money. really i was. argh. rodney's in particular is extremely dangerous, because while they are generally on the pricey end, their books are in such excellent condition and their selection is so diverse and unusual that i end up buying things both that i really want and that are just too tempting to resist. it's a curse. on the other hand, the nice proprietor-man essentially gave me $10 off -- two items for free -- because it was such are large purchase. and he was very nice even besides that. so i can't feel too bad. i so like buying nice things from nice people. and 2 of the items were for Chad [Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty, and Dave Barry's Homes and Other Black Holes] and 1 for jessie [the NYT Sunday Crossword Omnibus]. and really, 11 items for $66 is really a very good deal when you consider one of them was an absolutely gorgeous volume of Thurber [Writings and Drawings, #90 The Library of America] in very close to perfect condition that has a cover price of $35. i'm still practically drooling just thinking about it. yummmmm. in addition, 3 Austen's [Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and volume of Pride and Prejudice with two essays, one by Virginia Woolf], because my damn dwj list has been talking about them and making me long to reread them, a Michael Swanwick hardcover because i really want to read something by him and this one looks really good and it was pretty cheap and i've heard of it besides, a slim Pamela F. Service paperback from my childhood [Being of Two Minds, one of the ones i got for free], a Buffy the Vampire Slayer video [also for free, the tape with Angel and The Puppet Show eps on it, because i saw it recently and felt that if i wanted any Buffy ep, Angel would be it... though that may change as i see more Buffy eps, of course], and Parker's Astrology, because i've always been curious about how to make a complete astrological chart -- it seems so mathematical and nifty. so. an insane, but beautiful collection of books, i believe. add that to the comics i bought yesterday, and the money i've spent on food and supplies for work recently... eek. this is not good. i'm falling back into my old loose money habits, i can feel it. i've got to stop. damnit.
i think i should sing more. i am sad because i cannot go to the june massfilc meeting tomorrow because this weekend we're having spring cleaning at the shire. ah well. at least i've found some open sings to go to this summer. and have a place to look for choruses to audition with in the fall. either that, or i should having singing lessons every week instead of every two weeks. but i don't think i an afford that. :( i should also figure out how to string the borrowed bass, so i can figure out how to tune it properly, and then how to play it. so complicated -- or maybe not complicated enough. pianos are easy, you just pay someone else to do it because it is sufficiently complex. and then you can just play it for awhile and it will stay reasonably in tune. wah.
anyway, i'm supposed to be at the shire at 10 am tomorrow. so early! ugh. but i should probably sleep. or maybe stay up reading Austen all night. hmm... well, hopefully not. we'll see.
argh, lots of people i need to send email to. damon, corwin, sarah, ling, the little brothers! and i still haven't sent email about spies for casablanca. i'm a bad bad bad bad person.
wow, this is the twentieth entry. like, scary, man.