Yesterday I went with a couple friends on a hunt for sun-related accessories after line duty. Now is the time to buy, buy, buy summer stuff since the weather is so fine and everything is on sale. It's unfortunate there's no money to buy stuff with. But I guess I don't need the stuff that badly.
I sort of wanted to get sunglasses, but since I hate wearing contacts (my right eye hates anything getting close to it and immediately shuts tightly when I shove contacts towards it) it seems sort of pointless. Wearing sunglasses over my bulky regular glasses doesn't work so much. Still...
One of my (under normal circumstances) co-workers has been worried about money because she operates on a paycheck to paycheck basis and now there's not much money coming in. So she went to the bank to try to get a credit line, to see her through this time. They asked her to bring in some paystubs, but she either doesn't keep them at all or they're stuffed in her desk inside the building we have no access to. She's infamous for being a bit... eccentric, let's say, and realised she has bags of "stuff" in the backseat of her car, and she thought maybe there might be some paystubs there.
As she went through the piles of papers, she discovered a lottery ticket. This distracted her from her mission and she went to the shop to check it. Because of all the lottery scandals in Ontario, apparently now you're supposed to check tickets yourself. She scanned it through the reader. Up pops a message that she won $1000 and three QuickPicks. She immediately thought that couldn't be right and handed the ticket to the cashier to check. Same result.
I have no idea if she ever went back to the bank to get a credit line.
Yesterday I saw a USB turntable and honestly contemplated how I could make it mine. Seems easier than getting a crap stereo to run my pre-amp/turntable through to then hook up to the computer to be able to make mixes of vinyl classics. They also had portable record players, something I tried to get while I was rolling in money in Japan (but they were sold out almost instantly), but it isn't so practical. I think I have a subscription to a 7" singles club that starts soon, so I probably should organise something soon. Unless... anyone nearby have any vinyl capabilities?
Seriously, the only thing that would get me out to the BJM show September 8th is if the old tambourine player rejoined the band and they played "Got My Eye On You," neither of which will happen. That was a great moment in rock.
Currently listening :
Strung Out in Heaven
By The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Release date: 23 June, 1998
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