t'was a busy friday morning

which began with me reading giger's foreword, which is really interesting. then i shaved and went searching for a tailor. i got to my meeting with the agent before i found one, had a cup of coffee with them and discussed how we're going to proceed, then continued my search.

i got to view another apartment before i found one, a really pretty apartment but five square metres makes a large difference. although it's in really snazzy condition, it just doesn't light me up, and i continued my search.

i got to the games store before i found one, and just couldn't decide between munchkin fu, munchkin cthulu and super munchkin - they didn't have the basic set. although cthulu anything is cool (like my new "buddy cthulu" shirt), it doesn't appeal to everybody (which isn't helpful when trying to introduce newbies), so i flipped a coin between the other two.
i'm actually glad that the outcome wasn't munchkin fu, but only because i've played it and i know i'd enjoy it, and it's always better to try new things. then i continued my search.

i found a tailor, and what a tailor i found! he's one of those special characters, kinda like the soup-nazi, in high demand, doing good, cheap work, who with a comical seriousness barks orders and insults at all his customers, all the while demonstrating magnanimity and professionalism.

sharp as a button and full of shit, he finished the work in two seconds and let me go with a smile. i'll be going back there.

across the road i went, intent on harassing the guy at the hardware store over silicon and velcro. he caught me out immediately, though, and as i opened my mouth to ask for something he barked "ain't got none of that". i stopped, then opened my mouth again to retort but he got there first: "we've *just* run out". he managed to keep this up until i actually had to stop and think of a way to get past, but then he just smiled and got helpful.

i didn't let him get off easily, though - i posed a problem with my silicon request that we eventually agreed would need to be handled by a factory or something. it was nice that he agreed that it's a good idea :)

on my way back home i passed a book store, one of those ancient, dusty ones like that from the neverending story (i need to buy the book again, it's fantastic).

[pauses to buy the book]

[back - just bought it, along with hans belting - hieronymus bosch: garden of earthly delights and terry pratchett - making money. i need help.]

i walked in, browsed a bit and got my eye caught on a rather elegant collection of israeli poetry / prose. i was quite taken with it, and decided it would have to come home with me... only i suddenly had the strangest sensation that i was in a library and not a bookstore. i looked around and couldn't find any sign of sales, so i awkwardly went to the girl sitting at the entrance and asked her if i'd got it right.

sweet girl, she was greatly amused and very coy about the whole thing, to the point where i was convinced she thought i was high. i walked out laughing, and the smile didn't fade, it's been one of those days ^_^

i turned on the palmtop that the kid left me, and it's pretty cool although there appears to be an issue with the backup battery. and now that i've played with it a little i seem to have gotten it stuck on the start-up screen. fabulous. if i can get it sorted out then the only thing i'll have to organize is a wireless card to make it sweet.

i went to jeremiah for coffee, breakfast, and then beer and orange juice when karnaf rocked up. we moved on to play frisbee in the park, and when the sun started to go down i came back home to... shower and sit online before watching horton hears a who!: that's the plan, anyway.