“The way media portrays urban America contributes to suburban apathy.”
Agree or disagree?
Apologies: October 18, 2009
I would like to apologize to my readers (all 3 of you) for not updating in awhile. My life has been kinda crazy to say the least but I’m working on making it better. Here are the things going on:
1. My sister is moving in at the end of the month.
2. My step-family is no longer my step-family. Not because of divorce but because my sister and I are “ASSHOLES” (gotta go all caps for the right effect).
3. Work is stressful.
4. I got drunk on my birthday.
5. Homework, homework, homework.
6. I’m being Prince for Halloween.
7. I’m starting to do arts and crafts as a way to relieve stress. I’ll let you know how it works.
I live the most boring life on earth but I’m fine with it. The more I’m by myself, the less drama there is in my life.
I’m so fucking tired of: September 24, 2009
People (i.e. my dad and other misc family members) saying that who I am isn’t who I am. Like, I don’t really truly like the things I like. That I have the tattoos that I have to stand out. That I shaved my head for the attention.
SO. FUCKING. TIRED.
I get it. You’re better than me. I’m over it.
1. All the things that I claim to like such as Bedouin Soundclash, football, shopping on eBay, Adrien Brody, Prince, Michael Jackson, collecting vinyl, reading, basketball, comedy shows, going to the movies, going to concerts etc – yeah, I really truly like all of those things!!
2. I have tattoos because I think they’re interesting and the ones I have mean something to me. I’m not just going to spend money on something just to do it and decorate my body just to decorate it.
3. You got me! I totally planned on having a disorder and pulling out my hair. I thought to myself “Hmmmm, how about I start doing this, never stop and get bald spots!” Sounded like such a good idea that I did it for 12 years! Sometimes you just can’t let problems control your life and that’s why I shaved my head. I started off wearing a wig but I realized that I wasn’t ashamed to go out in public with a bald head. It’s amazing though…because other people are ashamed of me.
Sorry for the sarcasm but bitches be hatin’.
The Half Price Books Report: 9/5/09 Edition September 5, 2009
Half Price Books had a 20% off sale this weekend. Everything in the store. You know I couldn’t pass that up! Ed and I hit up 2 locations. Here’s what I got.
Half Price Books Westgate:
BOOKS
1. 1421 by Gavin Menzies $2.40
2. Collins College Outlines: Modern European History $0.80
3. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi $0.80
4. High Tide in Tucson by Barbara Kingsolver $0.80
5. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel $0.80
6. Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller $5.58
CDs
7. The Knack – Get the Knack $4.78 – This is one of my favorite albums ever. Originally pressing of the CD!
VINYL
8. Janet Jackson – Control $4.00
9. Elton John – 11-17-70 $2.40
10. Whitney Houston – Whitney $2.40
11. The Gap Band – IV $2.40
12. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions $3.20
Half Price Books North Olmsted:
BOOKS
13. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown $0.80
14. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear $3.98
15. Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits and the Struggle for the Constitution by Lawrence Goldstone $5.58
16. Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems by John H. Bodley $4.78
MOVIES
17. Must Love Dogs $1.60
18. In Love and War $1.60
CDs
19. Prince (he was actually called the symbol on this one) – Chaos and Disorder $3.98
20. Architects – Vice $3.98
21. Alexisonfire – Old Crows/Young Cardinals $4.78
22. Outkast – Speakerboxx/The Love Below $0.80
21. Brian McKnight – Back at One $0.80
22. Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight $0.80
23. Lenny Kravitz – Mama Said $0.80
VINYL
24. Peter Gabriel – So $2.40
25. Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel $2.40
26. Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive $1.60 WOW!
27. Grease Soundtrack $1.60
28. The Wiz Soundtrack $3.18
29. Eddie Money – Eddie Money $0.80 He looks soooo hot on the cover!!
30. Greg Kihn Band – Kihntinued $0.80
31. Elton John – Greatest Hits $0.80
I’d be lying: September 3, 2009
I’d be lying if I said that I don’t miss the way my life used to be.
I miss many different facets of how my life was a year and a half or so ago.
For MJ’s Birthday: August 30, 2009
My tribute to Michael Jackson.
I had actually been considering getting this for about 3 or 4 years now.
RIP, MJ.
Tonight’s Half Price Books scores: August 25, 2009
BOOKS
1. 21 Nights – Prince/Randee St. Nicholas $14.98 new (retail: $50.00) Comes with exclusive book-only live Prince CD Indigo Sessions. The book is coffee table-sized.
2. 1776 – David McCullough $7.98 used (retail: $18.00) Paperback
3. The Map That Changed the World – Simon Winchester $2.00 new (retail: $13.95) Paperback
4. The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America – Louis Menand $2.00 used (retail: $15.00) Paperback
5. Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America – Evan Carton $1.00 used (retail $30.00) Hardcover
MOVIES
6. Mystic River $2.00
7. Pieces of April $2.00 still sealed
8. Dreamcatcher $2.00
9. Mean Girls $2.00 (Which I have yet to see. Yeah, I know.)
10. Dave Chappelle’s Block Party $2.00
CDs
11. Seal – self-titled $2.00
12. Burning London: The Clash Tribute $2.00
13. Elvis Costello live with the Metropole Orkest – My Flame Burns Blue (2 CD set) $6.98
VINYL
14. Earth, Wind & Fire – Raise! $1.00 – light corner wear and white marks from condensation on cover. Record is mint.
15. Terence Trent D’Arby – Introducing the Hardline According To $2.98 – almost perfect except for very minor ring wear. You can only notice it up close. Record is mint.
16. Tina Turner – Private Dancer $1.98 – opened but still covered with shrink. Record and sleeve are mint.
17. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Southern Accents $2.98 – sleeve and record are mint minus a small bend in top right hand corner on the back cover. Extremely minor ring wear.
18. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hard Promises $2.98 – very light corner wear. Record is mint.
19. Madonna – Like a Virgin $1.98 – Record and sleeve are mint.
20. The Time – Ice Cream Castle $3.98 – Sleeve is still in shrink. Record and sleeve are mint. My favorite purchase of the evening.
21. The Gap Band – III $1.00 – Record and sleeve are mint minus a pinhole that goes all the way through the sleeve in the top right corner.
22. Lionel Richie – Can’t Slow Down $1.00 – Record and sleeve are mint.
23. Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling $1.00 – Amazing condition. I think this is the finest record I own in terms of condition. It’s a good thing it’s a bitchin’ album.
24. The Commodores – Midnight Magic $1.00 – Very light corner wear and very slight ring wear.
25. S.O.S. Band – Just the Way You Like It $1.00 – signs of corner wear and ringwear but again, an awesome album!
25 reasons I love Half Price Books!
