So, now that I'm a bearded Mac-using waiter I feel much more at home in Urban Outfitters than ever before. Ironically, I'm able to find time to shop in the middle of the day, but not able to buy anything. While rubbing elbows with my fellow wearing-new-clothes-inspired-by-That-70s-Show-sters, I made a decision that gave me a little deja-vu...
First, a flashback....
The year was 1997, the place was my parent's living room. This is where I made my first car purchase. I bought my sister's 1989 Isuzu pickup for $200. It was a grey, four speed, single cab, short bed beauty with just over 125K miles. After my dad invested a further $400 or so to make sure that the tires and brakes were good to go, all it would need is a radio and air conditioning and it would be a sure lady-magnet when I got my license. The problem was, my job at Chicken Express was only lucrative enough to allow me to invest in EITHER a radio, OR a functional AC.
I think that all of Waxahachie knew when I got off from work because every night I would blast Beck's Odelay album from the two 6x9's screwed to the floor behind my seat.
This brings me back to today's Deja-Vu....
Last night was perhaps the craziest night that my restaurant career had ever seen, so I decided that would reward myself a bit for avoiding a complete and total meltdown. So, off to Urban O I went. The decision that I eluded to above was whether or not to spend $45 on a shirt (something that I certainly don't NEED, but something that I could certainly USE), or to go down the street a bit and by music (something I have alot of but can' seem to get enough of).
Two record stores and (only) two albums later, I feel adequately rewarded (though I will no doubt stare frustrated into my closet in the very near future.
Incidentally, the albums I bought today are quite good. Panda Bear's Person Pitch came highly reccommended from Gorilla vs. Bear and so far it's living up to the hype. I haven't gotten to Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury yet, but I expect good things there too.
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Clothes are completely overrated- I have a closet full and still shudder when it comes to getting dressed in the morning. Music is lasting, memorable, insights different emotions and feelings. When I was listeing to NPR last week they profiled Kurt Vonnegut. Even though he was a secular humanist and crtical of organized religion he said the only proof needed for the existence of God was music. Music is powerful- I think you made the right decision. I really like your title by the way.
-NRT
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