It's 3.10 a.m. so why am I not sleeping..?

Jun 27, 2009 03:10

In an attempt to save some cash, I've exercised great self-control and not bought a whole lot of new cufflinks and tie clips lately. There haven't been any really nice ones on auction, for one. There was a pair of Pentti Sarpaneva "Rauma lace" silver cufflinks, but it was a mixed pair and pretty expensive, so I didn't get them. I thought that was pretty impressive, as feats of self-control go. And I haven't really even been going without, since I bought a small dress jewelry tie clip for 3 euro 30 cents the other day...
Tonight, as I was watching Numb3rs on reruns, I suddenly got a terrible craving for a certain type of tie holder. It's this contraption with a bar-shaped body and a chain and it fastens onto a buttonhole. The tie is then slid through the chain. There've been these kinds of tie holders on auction before, but for some reason I've never gotten one. But now I suddenly wanted one so bad I nearly started shaking. And there's one there now, actually, starting at 6 euro with the bidding ending on July 2nd. I should ask the seller how long the body is, since I wear narrow and skinny ties. The thing doesn't work unless the body's completely hidden behind the tie.
There's also a really nice looking pair of silver and onyx cufflinks from the 70's starting at 8 euro.

These sudden withdrawal symptoms may have been brought on by the fact that I polished the clips and cufflinks I got at Lappeenranta last month. They were so beautifully sparkly and shiny. Why must it be too damn hot to wear a tie..?

I'm reading Life Class by Pat Barker. It's getting really good. But instead of writing anything about that, I'm writing that lately I've felt like a massive dickhead. There're three of us going to Waseda from the uni, and this one guy is already pissing me off so much that I kinda wish he wouldn't get a scholarship he needs to afford to go. Frankly, that doesn't really make me as big a dickhead as it may seem, since it's not a matter of wishing. Honestly I don't think any amount of wishing would make him get it over some Korean or Chinese applicant. So when/if he doesn't get it, my wishing it will have had absolutely no part in it. But I still feel very much a dickhead. Probably he's a nice enough guy if one chooses to disregard some of his less agreeable qualities, like the fact that instead of making the slightest effort in trying to figure things out himself, he'll either call or email me and the other chick to make us do the work for him.

piss moan, acquisitions, books

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