March 16, 2003 :: 11:49 p.m.
I bought six sunflowers at Sunday's farmers' market
Back at school. I am not pleased. This entire evening has been very frustrating, actually. Adam and I came back here, unpacked our stuff, and I discovered that I left my shower tote at home, thus rendering me unable to wash myself properly. We went to Mama's for dinner (yummy, as usual), and then set off for my house. We planned to stop at Borders and Target on the way, as we both needed to pick up some things. Unfortunately, Borders let me down in a very harsh way by having nothing in the way of what I needed. The Borders in Camp Hill and B&N didn't have it either, though, so I guess it's just one big game of Let's Keep Stuff From Amanda.
Seriously, how fucking hard is it to get an almanac that tells you when the moon is void of course? It shouldn't be hard. Any magickal almanac worth its salt should include it, because it's a very important thing to know when planning future magickal activities. However, I scoured each of those bookstores like there were hundred dollar bills stuffed behind random rows of book, and not one of the almanacs could provide me with this very simple and basic bit of information. I didn't expect The Farmer's Almanac to, because come on, farmers, but I am genuinely shocked and appalled by the fact that not one of the FOUR almanacs published by Llewellyn that I found included it. Llewellyn is a big "new age/pagan/whatever" publisher, and their almanacs are appropriately titled. There was the standard Magical Almanac, which was chock full o' pointless little articles but completely devoid of this little detail. There was the 2003 Spell-A-Day Almanac, the idea of which personally annoys me to no end, and which of course did not include void of course information. The 2003 Wicca Almanac both looked and actually was incredible useless, and the 2003 Herbal Almanac didn't resemble an almanac at all. The only book that had void of course info in it was some moon signs book, which I refuse to buy because I think it's ridiculous that I should have to buy a stupid moon sign book instead of an actual almanac in order to look up when the mood is void of course.
I was absolutely seething. I know I'm often prone to abuse hyperbole, but this little incident had me so frustrated that exaggeration isn't even possible. I called Joe and demanded to know what he uses, and it turns out that he bought a calendar thing that includes all of the necessary information. Too bad bookstores put the calendars away on like January 3rd. I am, as they say, screwed. Well, not really. I found tables for all of it online, but it's still very incredibly annoying. You know? Yeah, you know.
I got rewriteable CDs at Target, so that I can make myself a new mix CD to take walking whenever I feel like it, instead of using up a new CD every time. I also got shampoo, conditioner, face wash, melon-scented air freshener spray, bacon-flavored chewy bone things for Dog, and a chocolate bar with a cow on it. We stopped at my house to pick up my shower tote, and the bones went over very well. I got the kind for somewhat larger dogs, not the little puppy/yippy dog kind, but damn... Buddy tore through half of the first bone in like 5 seconds. He needs the huge, Great Dane-sized bones to keep him busy. I love this dog. He is yet another reason I wish I could be at home instead of here at Hell-VC. I can't wait to take him to meet Samson (Adam's dog) and my brother Jobe's three dogs. They can romp together, and swim and stuff. Buddy likes to swim, apparently. Aww, cute.
Gah. I'm tired. It's 1:30 now, because I opened this and then made myself do some research on Chile before I could write anything. Chile is interesting enough, but I seriously do not know how I'm going to get through the next two months or so. I have no desire to do my work. I'm getting to the point where I almost can't even make myself do it. I wonder what would happen if I just stopped going to class, or just didn't do any of my homework. There are two classes which I could ace just by taking the tests, since there isn't much (if any) homework. English would die a terrible death, as would 2-D Design. Thing is... I don't care. Not at all. It will be a freaking miracle if I hold up 'til the end of the semester. No jokes, man.
Anyway... sleepy, and obviously there will be no more work done tonight. I'm going to draw a little picture for Adam and then hit the sack. 'Night.
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