after 3 years of eyeing it..

I can't explain what I am going through in this place. I am not suffering from any acute conditions - life is not too bad, but life is not what I had hoped it would be, and some stuff has gone unexpectedly bad. I am a mercurial person, if ever I knew one. I hate insipidity and today was an insipid day up unto the point when I decided to drag my ass to the closeby mall and kill some time at the local Barnes and Nobles.

I bought 2 books - one by Vonnegut and one by Seth. I loved Slaughterhouse 5, Cat's cradle (all by Vonny) and this one other book that I read, whose name I can't remember any more, it was about this dude who used to spontaneously travel in time and space? I will always have a soft corner in my heart for Indian authors who can write well. I loved A Suitable Boy (Seth). I read it in the summer of 2003. It was a great summer, I lived in the ULC with Johanna and that was the summer I was introduced to Weezer, Felicity and the WE channel.

I then sauntered over to Belk and bought myself Happy, the Clinique perfume. Claire's owned it forever and ever since I first smelt it three years ago, I have secretly coveted it. Perfumes are expensive indulgences, I can more easily justify buying a book than buying perfume. Whatever, I felt like today was the day I needed a little Clinique manufactured Happy in my life. And now, its mine!!

Went back to B and N to kill some more time. Found a DVD set of Persuasion the movie and the book. Must say that I am disappointed. The only Austen books that I didn't like were Northanger Abbey (which was just a little weird) and Emma (hate that type of personality - reminds me of too many people that I know). I didn't like the movie adaptation of Mansfield Park. I expected a lot of Ciaran Hinds. Must admit that I am a little disappointed. Umm, I wouldn't have spent the 20 somethings bucks that I did if I had watched the movie before. That's one for Blockbustering. Still, I thought the actress who played Anne did a decent job, lovely eyes.

Anyway, turns out that if B and N calls the stupid cab company, they show up in 10 mins flat. So, here's a lesson learnt, next time I am at B and N, get them to call the stupid cab!!

*sigh*