The last time I will likely speak of it

I got a 100 dollar Visa gift card from my folks for Xmas, and I’d been torn about what to do with it.

Today, I decided that what I really needed was a pair of good solid knockaround shoes — my old Timberlands are nearly falling apart and I have good dress shoes already for work, so off to the stores and malls I went.

After MUCH running around, I ended up at Newbury Comics (local CD/comics/all things trite and wonderful store) and bought a pair of Docs — first I’ve owned in years. Nice low cut 5 eyelet black pair. They feel great.

Because they were on sale, I was even able to splurge and buy a DVD of a recent Samuel L. Jackson movie about aviation and herpetology. (Hee hee.)

I also got some pirate/skull and crossbone stickers to ironically decorate the headstock of my electric guitar (because it’s plain black and I got tired of seeing no logo up there) and a considerate bumper sticker that explains what to do if you’re on a plane and there are snakes on it. Good to be prepared. (It’s going on Blondie’s case — Blondie being the big dreadnought.)

What? I don’t believe in being entirely practical with gift money…and God knows I proved it today.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a muthafuckin’ movie to watch.