Warning: At the end of the blog I'm going to give away something that happened in the season finale of The O.C last night. If you care at all and don't want anything ruined, don't read the last part until you've seen the finale. You know, most of my summers involve me spending hours at a time on the computer, followed by hours at a time in front of the T.V., followed by hours at a time sleeping. Come to think of it, that pretty much summed up my entire life. And
I gueesss that's sad. And pathetic. But it's also not the point.
The point thing is that this summer, unlike any Maury-filled summer preceding it, I seem to actually be going out and doing things. I know I went to France last year at about this time, but even then I spent most of the time either in the bookshop reading "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (high-larious!) or sitting in the hotel room watching "Janelle" and "Tifi," the French Maury equivalents. But no, so far this summer has been different. And yes, I realize that I'm using the term "summer" when it's actually only spring. But you know what I mean so don't be a douche about it.
To start things off, it looks like I may be working at Paradise Comics this summer in a
non-whipping-boy capacity, which is a good thing. It seems that this summer, one worker is leaving for Japan, another is taking a month off, another is getting surgery, and another really doesn't feel like working, which leaves just me and the mentally handicapped girl who replaced me while I was in Windsor and who I suppose is technically my superior. This means that I'll be able to work cushily behind the counter. When my superior allows it, that is.
Pete, the store owner, taught me how to open and close and work the visa swipey thing last week, and on Saturday I did my first full day behind the counter. It was great. I mostly chatted with little 8-year-old Asian kids about trading-cards.
Asian Kid: Can I get a pack of those Magic: the Gathering cards?
Me: Magic? Holy shit, I remember Magic cards! They rock, eh?
Asian Kid: Yeah, they're pretty good I guess.
Me: And how about Pokémon cards? Pretty cool, huh?
Asian Kid: Yeah, I like Pokémon cards okay.
Me: Ooh, and Yu Gi Oh! cards are awesome, aren't they?
Asian Kid: I guess so...
Me: And how about those Neopet cards, eh?
Asian Kid: Neopets? I don't know. Those are kind of gay.
Me: Get out of my fucking store.
It rocked like nobody's business, let me tell you. If I can manage to work like that for most of June, I'm fucking set. I'll keep you posted on how it goes, oh blog of mine. But right now it's apparently so late that I just saw my parents leave for work. They don't seem too thrilled to see me up. Humph.
******O.C SPOILERS*****
-it sucked