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Hmm…things to talk about, yes indeedy. Today we were one person short of putting 50% of our customers through the show, a personal goal of mine. A recent (2005) Bard graduate came in to the store with his girlfriend (2006). He’s from Bulgaria, now living in Red Hook. We had a lot of international guests today. Aside from Bulgaria we had India, Mexico, South Africa, England and a group of four from Japan.

Blondie seems to like to walk by the store at exactly the right moment that I can’t come out the door. Twice she walked by, once as a customer walked in the door, once right after John left, making it so that I couldn’t leave Rachel alone in the store. She’s also been wearing sexier clothes lately. Today, a black shoulderless top, the other day an impossibly tight white baby T. I swear she’s taunting me.

There seems to be a new obsession in my life, though. The other day I ordered Chinese food from out back and I when I went over to pick it up a very cute Chinese girl was working the register. She had no idea what she was doing, however, as it was her first day on the job. She seemed to be having a good time though, and while I thought she might have been flirting with me I brushed that notion off thinking she was just having fun in the awkward situation of the new job. I might have been wrong though. Today Len came in and asked who had the VW Beetle convertible out in the parking lot. I didn’t know what he was talking about, thinking he meant Pieter’s new Mini convertible (he was on loan to the store, as Jeremy is at a wedding. I know, too complicated so far). Sure enough Lenny was talking about the Mini. But that’s all despite the point. The point is, while I was looking out the side door I saw a Chinese girl get into a silver car parked behind Anne Klein who I swear was the same girl from Panda Garden. She stopped getting into the car and we stared at each other for a moment. I don’t really know what it all meant. There is a very good chance I’m going to be eating a lot of Chinese food in the coming weeks.

Too much for one day. I shall retire.

I didn’t tell you this before, but I guess it is a big deal. I’m not only the August Employee of the Month, but I’m also the District Employee of the Month. Pretty good job, if I do say so myself.

The O.C. is back! The O.C. is back! The O.C. is back!

I’m such a girl.

Anyway, you can blame my friend Josh for the following…

He wrote to me that he just figured out that he’s seen 1,001 movies for the first time since 2000.

Mine don’t go back quite as far, unfortunately. What I do have is 2003-2005, and for shits and giggles, here we go:

2003: 246
2004: 291
2005: 240 (so far)

Yep, so that’s a grand total of 777 films I’ve seen in the past three years, for the first time. I’m a little surprised that I’m only six away this year from what I did in 2003. 777, that’s kind of funny that when he wrote me that’s the number that I’m at.

For total films I’ve seen since 2003:

2003: 362
2004: 352
2005: 287

For a grand total of 1001! Wow, that’s another freaky number. In the last three years I’ve seen 1,001 movies. That just blows my mind.

I don’t know why I get so worked up over the lottery, considering it is just about statistically impossible for me to ever win. I’m more likely to talk to Blondie.

Hey, gas didn’t go up at all today.

Hurrah!

Today I came up with a rather unique solution to our current oil woes. Try to keep up with me now, folks. Oil is pretty much dead dinosaurs and other plant and animal matter compressed over a long period of time, which finally changes into oil. Coal compressed over time turns into diamonds. Superman can squeeze coal in his hands and make it into a diamond. So all we have to do is give Superman a kitten and tell him to go make us some oil.

I came up with this inspiration in a split second, and almost just as quickly told it to Jeremy who then doubled over laughing. “You sure do have quite an imagination” he said after finally regaining his breath.

Blondie walked by THREE times today, all on the other side of the street while nothing was going on in the store. I think she’s taunting me. She only walks on our side of the street while I’m working with a customer. It’s just madness.

Gas is just crazy. This morning I filled up my car at $2.95 (put in $31 worth). Drove by the same gas station after work and gas was $3.45. Jebus! They say it is because of the hurricane and that when things finally get sorted out again things will level out. The problem isn’t the supply, it is that we can’t get at the supply. Of course no one actually knows what it is going to “level out” at. I don’t imagine it’s going to go back down very much.

Isn’t that happy news? Last night I watched the Constant Gardener. Great movie. About how drug companies are using African AIDS victims as new drug guinea pigs. When the main characters find out they of course get killed. Happy stuff.

I’m reading in Rolling Stone about how there are more slaves in the world now than there ever have been in any other time period. Don’t you feel great?!

My car does get 31 miles to the gallon. Of course I drive 70 miles a day. Yeah, that won’t hurt.

Tonight I rewatched The Truman Show. It’s really a great movie. Billy, you and I have never talked about it. It seems like a movie right up your alley. Your cup of tea, as it were.

Another close call with Blondie today. She was going the wrong direction at the wrong time. Customer came in. I couldn’t go out. She wore all black.

We switched to new uniforms at work today. Pretty classy stuff. Except my new shoes were killing me. Not enough sole. Or soul. Or both. I’m not sure.

I’m really worried that the current gas situation is going to kill our Labor Day weekend. We’re totally going to suck out the month, I know it. God bless rich people in SUVs and Hummers, who hate the environment and need giant surround sound systems they’ll never use! I was THIS CLOSE to selling a Lifestyle to a couple who don’t watch movies or listen to music. It would have been perfect.

Even though it says right on my phone that it has a 4x digital zoom, I can only get it to go between 1x and 2x. Does anyone know why this is?

I haven’t actually heard my phone ring yet. I’ve gotten voice mail, but still haven’t actually heard it ring. I got a ringtone for it the other day of Bjork’s Big Time Sensuality, and I want to know if I actually set it up right. A watched pot never boils though.

I almost, ALMOST had the perfect chance to talk to Blondie tonight. The store was almost all closed up for the night and there she goes walking by the front door, right there in front of me.

Of course she was with a guy.

They were walking together rather platonically though. Also, we think she’s Russian, or at least part of the Eastern Bloc, and the guy she was with also fit that description. For the benefit of the doubt we all agreed that it was probably her brother, or some other kind of family. Got to keep the faith alive, people.

What’s funny is that my initial impression of seeing her at a distance was an image in my mind that isn’t nearly as good as the reality. For probably the first time in history a girl I have a thing for is actually better looking in person than the image I have in my mind. She’s quite cute.

Some day I’ll actually talk to her. And don’t you doubt that when that day comes I’ll share with all of you.