Odd. I take the day off and still this post doesn’t see light until way after 5pm.
Of course, I spent a great deal of the day out among my fellow Americans. I wouldn’t call what I was doing “last minute shopping” — I’m pretty good at the gift-getting thing — but rather, exploratory erranding. Unfortunately, my primary destination was right in the heart of Buckhead, way far from the suburban trappings of Alpharetta.
So to get from point A to point B, I had to slog through traffic for North Point Mall, for Perimeter Mall and for Lenox Mall. I’d include Phipps, but since their target demographic often arrive via helicopter and hovercraft, they don’t contribute so much to the automobile-load.
After my one big task was finished, I reverse my route and ascend northerly on 400. I could’ve gone on home, but something lured me into the exact place where nobody in their right mind would willingly go. Media Play. They’re closing. For good. I feel bad for them, but not so bad that I won’t swoop into their 30% to 50% off clearance sale to see what’s what.
Walked out with a couple of additions to our Christmas music library (about a $4 investment) and the realization that I should always carry a bottle of anti-bacterial stuff just for clearance shopping frenzies. If I picked up and put down about fifteen or twenty CDs, then most everyone else did as well, and people are … well … you know, people.
Filthy creatures.
Today’s Track Present: “At The Closing Of The Year” is from a movie that practically nobody likes. It’s overly colorful, it’s impossible to market, it’s a bit off-key and it puts Robin Williams and L L Cool J in the same room, each wearing ridiculous outfits. Of course, few people remember that Joan Cusack is pretty awesome throughout the film, and so is Michael “Dumbledore” Gambon. On top of it all, the now out-of-print soundtrack manages to effectively and believably combine Tori Amos, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Pat Metheny, Grace Jones and those two girls from Prince’s band. The movie? 1992′s Toys
Gift Idea: – Ahimsa House exists to help save the animal victims of domestic violence. There are many shelters for human domestic violence victims in Georgia, but Ahimsa House is the only domestic violence shelter for animals in this state. And you can help.
