i did a lot of things today:
I went to breakfast.
I went to the bank.
I got my cell phone thing figured out with cingular.
I exchanged my broken antique ring for another ring and bought a locket.
fascistprincess and I each bought a book. Mine is by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I like him. The bookstore we were in was playing the kind of music that scores a movie where the main character is a total jackass. I imagined a middle-aged man with bad hair getting into all kinds of embarrassing situations. Then the music got to me and I felt like I was the jackass main character. I noticed an old man in bad pants checking me out. I tried to leaf through a magazine but it only made me feel self-conscious. I wanted to approach the barista and make small talk about the bad music and how it's making me uncomfortable and the scenario I had about the jackass. Then I realized if I did that I would be playing out the jackass role. It was woeful. I wanted to leave.
I read to Samer from my new book in a public garden.
I locked my keys in the car. This was the first time I've done that. And I'm always so paranoid about it. A kind stranger appeared out of nowhere and opened my door with a key he had. We talked for a while until 6pm when the parking restriction would be over and we could leave our cars.
Ate a pineapple upside-down cake.
Bought Samer a new vest and sweater.
Went to the park and played basketball with some kids. I just learned how to play basketball today.