One busy afternoon, one big paragraph.

[go_team]

This afternoon I came home from tutoring to read Peter two chapters of Howl's Moving Castle. Eventually we got out and visited the GTFF union office, where we filled out some paperwork that makes me eligible for health insurance as his domestic partner. Rock! Then Peter went off to his office on campus, and I stopped by an ATM for some cash and hit Mother Kali's Books for their CD sale. There I got Independence Meal by Alix Olson, The Righteous Ones by Toshi Reagon, and End of the Summer by Dar Williams, which makes my CD collection much more complete (really, it's amazing I didn't already have those, especially the Dar). Yay! Outside Mother Kali's, a friendly butch lady perusing the super-sale rack told me they were giving out free ice cream cones at Dairy Queen, so that was my next stop (it's a promotional dealy celebrating the 100th anniversary of ice cream). Then I stopped by the Glenwood to pick up my tips, and so now I have small bills with which to do laundry. Then I wandered around and thought about getting a haircut, but decided it was a little risky to do so while wearing my Weird Al "Bad Hair Day" t-shirt (tempting fate and whatnot). So I stopped by Mother Kali's again and signed up to volunteer during textbook rush next week, because if they're really going out of business that could be my last chance to hang out and help out there. Then I rode my bike home, enjoying the beautiful weather all the way. All told, a most satisfying afternoon. Tutoring this morning went okay, too. I still need a haircut and we still need groceries, but I'll be getting on that aforementioned laundry in just a bit, and overall life is good.

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Update, 18:45: Okay, so I know this isn't one big paragraph anymore, but I wanted to note that I've been updating the above paragraph like every 15 minutes or something ridiculous like that, and I have no idea why.

Comments

[copaseticz.livejournal.com]

I love Mother Kali's so much. I seem to remember them almost going out of business a few years back... it would be really sad if they actually went this time. They've really become a Eugenean artifact over the years. It's disheartening to see so many of those little bookstores and shops and such that I grew up with around town going under (or at least closing for any number of reasons). I almost cried when Sam's subshop closed this summer.

[goteam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, from what I've been able to gather about the history of Mother Kali's, things were really bad a few years back when the original founder died, and now things are really bad because there was a major reorganization and restructuring of the board of directors, or maybe the big reorganization happened because things were really bad (it probably depends on who you ask). Either way, I will be really sad if they go.