Confound it all

I should be saving my money for a new car or an apartment or something, but now I have this urge to go on an unnecessary shopping spree. Even though it’s not getting any warmer than 40 degrees these days, all the stores have their summer stuff in, and I, like, really wanna buy some shorts. And flip flops. And a new belt. Then I want some new books and DVDs. I already buy music without thinking about it—damn you, iTunes. I also want a Mac Book, which is, like, the most unnecessary thing ever because I just bought an iMac, and I don’t do any traveling. But I just really like the idea of being able to take my computer anywhere. A new iPod would be nice too, especially since this one’s started acting up—I’ve had to restore it to its original factory settings, like, five times.

Theoretically, I could just go to the library instead of Barnes & Noble, because that would be much cheaper, but the Nashua Public Library does not have a lot of the books I want to read. Which is a damn shame. I love libraries. It did, however, have two books I wanted to read, both by Margaret Atwood, and the one I am reading now, The Handmaid’s Tale, is so good, but so horrifying that I can’t read it all at one clip like I usually do with books that are good. If you have any investment in the equal treatment of women, you should probably read this book. There have been a few parts that have made me actually sick to my stomach. Which I is why I am simultaneously reading On the Banks of Plum Creek, even though, if I recall correctly, this is the one where the entire family gets scarlet fever, and Mary goes blind. And it’s definitely the one with the locust plague. Still cheerier than The Handmaid’s Tale!