I'm pretty sure the person this makes me think of most doesn't read livejournal, but I'm posting it for all the rest of you who grew up on the Jersey Trilogy (Warning for those of you unfamiliar with Chasing Amy: Audio is probably not work-safe):

I have a lot of love for Chasing Amy, both because I adore the characters--Banky, in particular, is ( Read more... )

We're the same age, Reading Rainbow and I: children of the early '80s, chronological peers united as well by our intense love of books. And so, perhaps it's not inaccurate to describe my current mood as one of mourning: Reading Rainbow ends today, after 26 years on the air ( Read more... )

Woman walks up to my register, brandishing a single stick of butter. Remember, at this point, we don't have a barcode scanner, so every non-bulk item has a price sticker on it.

Woman: There's no price on this!

Me: Okay, let me run and check on that.

I'm pretty sure we don't sell single sticks of butter, but I've been wrong before, so I run back ( Read more... )

Reading (The Customer Is) Not Always Right is sending me on a wicked nostalgia trip to my first "real" job, as a cashier at a natural foods store my senior year of high school ( Read more... )

( Dearly Beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes. )