Yesterday was a bit of a quiet day. Fridays are always a day off from the Tech Annex, and my aunt wanted me to drive her to her eye appointment and to go shopping on the way home for a birthday gift for one of her niece's sons. (my cousin's son)

I went home with intentions of animating some more, but never quite got GTA 3 out of my head. I finished the game at about 3:30 in the afternoon before I shrugged, saved it, and went back to my drawing pad.

While watching court shows, the Simpsons, and then somewhere around the middle of TMZ, I got hungry and antsy. Needing a bit of refreshment in my perspective, so I decided to head out to Orland Mall. I had not been in a while.
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I went out at about 6pm, knowing full well it was Friday night, and a popular teen-vampire sequel was released this week. (We all know that a werewolf can never beat a tried and true Tuffy-dog!)

I perused the place, soaking up the ambiance of a shopping mall for the first scene of my AMV. (shit! I gave away my project) While there, I did a lot of window shopping for things I would not normally buy. It must have been a loooong time since I've really enjoyed a mall, because I noticed Orland finally got a Lego store. I was also hankering for Hickory Farms, and looking around housewares in department stores. (If it wasn't for my trip to the Lego store, I would swear I was old)

I went to the Subway sandwich storefront and turned a five-Dah-yuh footyong (say it outloud like a little kid, and it makes sense) into a 1.50 footlong.

I left the mall and went to Borders, still mindful that "New Moon" came out to theaters last night. I sat in the car for a few minutes eating my sandwich, and remembering I had apple juice stashed in the back seat. I cut costs on a trip out and still haven't been bummered.

I went into Borders and walked slower than usual. The store was surprisingly empty, and I brought my netbook to mooch some wifi. While mindlessly cruising the books with pictures in them, I was annoyed to find humor and comic and even manga lacked my neat books. "f*ck 'em!". So I cruised the art books and got slightly less annoyed that no one sells my art books...that kind of aren't in print anyway. I wondered if Monet felt like this going to gallery sales of paintings.

I left after checking some messages, and then went down the block to Michael's. (for the record: I like Hobby Lobby much better, but who can argue with convenience) Needless to say I just sort of walked around hoping a muse would slap me in the back of the head with a small notebook of ideas, but no such luck.

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I got in my car and decided to just go home, since it was almost 9pm. Most places close at that time, so I went home. I was thinking of love so I sang along with a lot of the music on the mp3 player.

most memorable on the trip:
"Alive and Kicking" - Simple Minds
"Heart Breaker" - Dionne Warwick

I like singing along in the car, especially since people assume you are talking on a cel phone through the dashboard.

Maybe I'll meet someone nice, but even so, it was a pleasant feeling for once without feeling lonely.