go eat worms
In book news, I finished High Fidelity the other day and have started reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.
High Fidelity was good. Not as good as I expected it to be, but still really good. While I was reading I kept seeing bits of myself in Rob; I related to this book a lot. Every insane music geek should read High Fidelity (the book gets more into the emotional desperation and connections to music than the film). It's funny how much music factors into the love life of some music geeks, literally and metaphorically. Funny and kind of endearing. I smiled a lot while I was reading this book.
I'm only about 35 pages into Haunted so far, but already I know it's one of those books I'll end up reading in a week. It's totally captivating me by being quirky and completely disturbing all at once. Already there have been intensely graphic paragraphs I've had to re-read because I couldn't bear to read them the first time through. I've felt sick to my stomach once or twice so far. Chuck Palahniuk just loves to grab hold of your stomach and twist it into knots while punching you in the heart, I find.
Anyway, like I said, so far the book is gut-wrenching and totally un-put-down-able, hahaha. I can't wait to have a good night where I can just lie down and read and read and read.
Yesterday I FINALLY opened a savings account at my bank. It's been like, 4 years since I decided I really wanted to open one, and I only JUST got around to it. Oh well, at least I did it. The guy also changed my chequing account to one that will end up costing me less in bank fees, and I get free cheques, and he also upgraded my visa to one where I get more points. Sweet, a successful trip to the bank I might say! I also arranged to go talk about setting up an RRSP sometime in the new year. Ew I feel so old! Heh.
On the bus on my way home from work last night, some girl tapped me on the shoulder and passed me a folded-up piece of paper and said "Here, my friend wanted me to give this to you" and on it was the email address and phone number of the dude sitting with her. He was obviously totally embarrassed and wouldn't even really look at me (although the feeling was mutual)... WHOA uncomfortable! It definitely called for some random person going "AWK-waaaard..." I just was like "err, I have a boyfriend... who I'm actually on my way home to right now..." and she goes "Oh. ... well... you could be friends?" It was so dorky and uncomfortable haha, but I couldn't help smiling to myself like a goof after I stepped off the bus. It was, afterall, sort of cute. But still... the guy was like, 25. By 25, you should have some moves, not just getting your friend to pass on your number like we're in highschool. Haha.
High Fidelity was good. Not as good as I expected it to be, but still really good. While I was reading I kept seeing bits of myself in Rob; I related to this book a lot. Every insane music geek should read High Fidelity (the book gets more into the emotional desperation and connections to music than the film). It's funny how much music factors into the love life of some music geeks, literally and metaphorically. Funny and kind of endearing. I smiled a lot while I was reading this book.
I'm only about 35 pages into Haunted so far, but already I know it's one of those books I'll end up reading in a week. It's totally captivating me by being quirky and completely disturbing all at once. Already there have been intensely graphic paragraphs I've had to re-read because I couldn't bear to read them the first time through. I've felt sick to my stomach once or twice so far. Chuck Palahniuk just loves to grab hold of your stomach and twist it into knots while punching you in the heart, I find.
Anyway, like I said, so far the book is gut-wrenching and totally un-put-down-able, hahaha. I can't wait to have a good night where I can just lie down and read and read and read.
Yesterday I FINALLY opened a savings account at my bank. It's been like, 4 years since I decided I really wanted to open one, and I only JUST got around to it. Oh well, at least I did it. The guy also changed my chequing account to one that will end up costing me less in bank fees, and I get free cheques, and he also upgraded my visa to one where I get more points. Sweet, a successful trip to the bank I might say! I also arranged to go talk about setting up an RRSP sometime in the new year. Ew I feel so old! Heh.
On the bus on my way home from work last night, some girl tapped me on the shoulder and passed me a folded-up piece of paper and said "Here, my friend wanted me to give this to you" and on it was the email address and phone number of the dude sitting with her. He was obviously totally embarrassed and wouldn't even really look at me (although the feeling was mutual)... WHOA uncomfortable! It definitely called for some random person going "AWK-waaaard..." I just was like "err, I have a boyfriend... who I'm actually on my way home to right now..." and she goes "Oh. ... well... you could be friends?" It was so dorky and uncomfortable haha, but I couldn't help smiling to myself like a goof after I stepped off the bus. It was, afterall, sort of cute. But still... the guy was like, 25. By 25, you should have some moves, not just getting your friend to pass on your number like we're in highschool. Haha.