There were 2 exciting things that have happened to me today. No! 3! And it's only noon... Sheesh, I can't keep living at this fast pace.
I'll start with the one I almost forgot. It was exciting in a bad way. It was a car crash on the corner of a busy intersection. I didn't see the actual crash, just the aftermath. It looks like a car plowed into a traffic light pole. The car was on its side, and the pole was down and the breakable bits broken.
There was a woman on the side of the road, sitting down, who looked a little shaken. But there was also a medic who appeared to be giving CPR to someone, though I couldn't see the person. Gosh, I hope everyone was alright.
Now, the other 2 exciting things to happen to me sort of pale in comparison, and involve shopping. (Big surprise.
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1. I had a knowledgeable gamer girl in the video game store all to myself for about 5 minutes while the store was empty, and we discussed the XBox360 and Kinect (which I want but soooo can't afford) which then led into a discussion on virtual reality gaming, and how soon we think it might come about for reals. Very interesting, and I don't often have interesting conversations with people in real life, so that was kind of exciting. Plus - gamer girl. An actual flesh-and-blood girl that I had something to talk about with! Miracle of miracles!
2. This happened before going into the game store. There was a book sale in the centre of the mall. It opened up yesterday, but they've been in this mall plenty of times in the past year. I've gotten to know the boss lady there a little bit, and being a book distributor sale company, naturally I've bought a bunch of books from them.
Anyway, today I was walking up to them, and the boss lady caught my eye and waved me over, and said, "We just got in a load of Pratchett novels." It's awesome that she not only remembers me as a loyal customer, but also remembers most of the authors I've discussed with her.
So there were about 10 Discworld novels (2 were the same though) and 5 that I had never read before (I'm not made of money, and there's, like, 35 of them!). The sign said, "$6.95 each, or 3 for $15" so obviously I wanted to get 3, which was just $1 more than buying 2. I was tossing up whether or not to spend the money, but in the end, I had the cash on me, and I'd received extra money in my pay yesterday, so I eventually decided, "Hell yes!"
I was already thrilled with the price, and a woman I didn't know came over to take my money. I handed her the money, and then the boss lady wandered over and said, "$12 for him." Total fucking win.
So basically, I got 3 books for $4 each, when normally a Discworld novel in Australia will cost about $22 each.
So that was quite exciting.
I have to rearrange parts of my 2 bookcases now, because I don't actually have room for these 3 books the way it's currently set up.
/ramble
(I think the person who got a new guitar had a better day than me though.
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