I need a watch that stops time

I hardly ever go out in public. I think this makes the grocery store more interesting. Sorta the same way TV is vastly different if you haven't watched it in several years and suddenly find yourself in a hotel for the duration of a blizzard. I watch late night talk shows and have no clue who these people are making fun of with such bitternesss. I can only assume they are former guests who are going to pretend they didn't care the next time they're on.

I'm glad I'm not in politics show business.

Today I went out to purchase an additional laptop. The one I use (an ASUS EEE) runs on Linux and I only use it for email and web stuff, sometimes writing a little. It's only 4 gigs but it's my favorite computer. I don't want to ruin it by adding a portable drive and forcing Windows on it. For SMP I need something that runs Vista/Word/Photo-Paint and other industry standard programs forced on me by the MAN (even though Open Office is better and free), and my old system is... old. I'm still using Excel 97 and Word 2003, etc.

I picked one with the least amount of crapware and the biggest hard drive and RAM. Even if I end up installing the full version of Microsoft Office on it instead of just Word it's going to be $200 cheaper than getting one direct from the manufacturer-- with 40 more gigs. Everything else including the warranty is exactly the same but, uh, oh, it doesn't come in red.

(Who cares? Is that really an issue with some people? Can't you just skin it in red?)

So LSS, because I don't know there's a sale going on and the thing was just released, they're sold out. I was a few minutes too late. Meanwhile I have to listen to some chick, maybe 20 or so, complaining because she doesn't understand the difference between an operating system and a word processor and a salesman trying to sell her the $450 Microsoft Office instead of oh, I don't know, mentioning that Vista comes with a word processing program already installed on it. Yeah, it's Works, not Word, but it doesn't sound like this woman is going to be using it on a daily basis to make a living.

I thought about butting in but they moved along and I lost them.

I'm glad I'm not in politics sales.

So since we're out and the Butterfly House is open until 4PM, we go there. Two women are standing outside the door with a stroller, and other cars are pulling in. BUT, they lock the doors at 3:30. We were 2 minutes too late for that.

So we head to the bakery to get some bread. Sold out. Completely. They don't start making more after noon on Saturday because they don't work on Sunday.

Went to the Post Office a half hour too late for my letter to go out today.

The price on my favorite printer paper doubled at Office Max. I got something else.

I didn't bother going down the soda aisle at the grocery store because at this point I figure the only Diet Rite they'll have is white grape. Also I was too busy marveling at the expressionless replicants wandering the store. Some of them didn't even look like they were there to buy anything. One guy was pushing a cart down the middle of the aisle taking less than one step a second and not looking at any shelves. Just staring into the distance. Bizarre.

However, I did find a big wooden cutting board made of sustainable Panda-safe bamboo so now I can knead bread without making a mess. I've been looking for one for ages and there it was. Not even sold out!

Next time I can cut the bakery off my list!

-Pet-