Living in Burley certainly has its bizarre moments. Last week a bloke, who was obviously heavily stoned, danced his way across a pelican crossing on the main road. This morning, I was getting ready to cross a minor road when a bloke who seemed to be in his mid-30s started running towards me waving his arms. Usually I do my best to avoid such nutters, but I had nowhere to go this time, and he knew I'd seen him so I couldn't just blank him. Against my better judgment I asked him what he wanted. "You know anywhere I can get a cup of tea?" Tea?! I don't drink the stuff myself, so I said no, I didn't, and looked away, hoping he'd leave me alone. "You won't make me one then?" The cheek! I should have told him to fuck off or something more eloquent, but I simply said no. I just wanted to escape as quickly as possible. He went on to ask if there was any cafes in the area. I know of one or two but I wasn't about to direct him to them after he'd been so rude. I said no, turned away and crossed the road, fuming. It was an interesting moment.
I went to SHIP and deposited the all-singing, all-dancing, god-awful yellow bear in a Mac with them. Surprisingly they seemed to find it funny, and could even watch it play
Singing In The Rain for several minutes at a time. Which beats my record by, oooh, several minutes. Eamon suggested they incorporate it into an anger management course: see how long you can watch it for without beating its cheap, corporate, tacky arse into a furry pulp.
After SHIP I went shopping. I'm searching for a pair of trainers for the summer, as my current ones are on their last legs. Converse have some nice designs but charge more than I'd like to pay. I'd love a pair of
Art shoes, no matter how much they cost (which is lots, incidentally) but they don't do any which don't have leather or suede in there somewhere, much to my disappointment. So I ended up not buying any shoes, probably a good thing considering I spent £5 on used books (
The Chymical Wedding,
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters,
Ariadne's Clue and
I and Claudius), £4 on calcium supplements, £3 on Green and Black's cherry chocolate - now my favouritest chocolate in the world (even nicer than Maya Gold!), and also spent £13 on CDs from Ebay (Crustation and the Frank and Walters). I need to stop my spending now, I was buying things as I had an unexplained rise in my bank balance, but that's gone now, and I don't want to start losing money again.
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