January 2008 Shopping (a list)

As I’m a genious - correction: rich genious - I’ve earned a couple of bucks thanks to the hordes of christmas cards sent in December 2007. Yes, I’ve been working at the mail center here in Oslo, and yesterday I got paid. Not only did I enjoy the 3D-tits that Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein 3D wielded (did that just sound wierd to you, as it did to me?), I also had a good time drinking beer and listening to jazz. I’ll might do that again tonight.

You might call me a capitalist, I do love money. At least when I’ve earned them. The good, rewarding feeling when you check your account(s) and see that, instead of red negative numbers, you’ve got green positive ones with a lot of smileys right next to ‘em. Today I went shopping, both in RL and online:

In RL - meaning stores ‘n shit in the city - I bought myself:

• A dress: Matching pants and coat, 70% off original price
• Bunch of coloured socks: I hate black socks. They’re like the Devil in a Sock’s universe, or something. So I got myself some coloured ones, so I’ll know which one belongs to the other after they’ve been washed.
• Some boxers: just because.
• Dress-coat jacket: Or something. Not sure about decent translation on that one.
• Two comfortable shirts.

After the necessaries, here’s the online goodies (* is for my brother):

• DVDs:
  • Blade Runner (Five-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
  • Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away*
  • Day Watch (Unrated)
  • Futurama - Bender’s Big Score
  • Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere
  • Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
  • Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
  • Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
  • Eddie Izzard - Sexie (2003)
  • Family Guy - Blue Harvest
  • American Splendor
  • The Wire - Season 4
• Comics:
  • The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)
  • Terminal City
  • Batman: Dark Victory
  • The Perry Bible Fellowship: The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories
  • American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
• Books:
  • CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web (Pocket Reference)
  • XSLT 1.0 Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly))
• CDs:
  • I Have a Pony (Steven Wright)*
  • New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits*
  • Tom Waits - Hold on (Singel)*

I didn’t want to bring up the cost, as I’m now sitting here with only a tie and socks left. Also my soul’s been pawned for the time being. I’ve got to live the rest of January and the whole of February on water and toilet paper alone. It’ll be like living a goat’s midget-sized dream. And I haven’t ordered any fancy t-shirts yet…!