Wow, this week has really been just...a complete pile of steaming feces.  My best friend told me once that I was, (oh, how did he put it?) "The unluckiest SOB he has ever met."  I do, I think I'm cursed.  I'm just glad that it doesn't seem to infect the people that surround me, or else the bands that I'm in would be like Spinal Tap; with the countless number of deceased drummers and all.  Those of you that have watched that movie will fully understand my meaning.  Anyway, here's the creamy whipped feces topping on an otherwise crap week.
We're at Aldi, right?  I like Aldi, the food is surprisingly good and the deals aren't too bad.  It sucks that they have these really strange hours (like not open on Sundays - yeah, who the hell does that anymore??), but all in all I like it.  I didn't at first, but just like the Blues Brothers standing in front of James Brown, I've seen the light.
O.K.....  We show up and realize - we don't have quarter.  You know, the little peice of metal that's worth 25 cents?  You know, the same denomination of money that Aldi requires from you to 'rent' a cart?  Um, yeah, we had no quarters.  In fact, after tearing apart the inside of the car in 10 degree weather, we found that we had no change in the car - at all.  Which is wierd, because although we are perpetually poor, there is always a penny on two in the car. 
I look in my wallet; not for a coin, but for a guitar pick.  I thought, 'It's about the size of a quarter, it should work'.  Alas, I had NONE!  So, I approached the carts with all sorts of people looking on, and tried like hell to 'jimmy' the little things that they have on the carts that lock them together.  I had tools in the trunk, I thought 'One of these things is bound to work.  I thought, 'I don't care what people think, besides, I can get out of here before the infamous Vienna police get here'.  Again, foiled again!!!  I started realizing that breaking into the buggies at Aldi is a futile cause.
Lynda was repeatedly suggesting that we drive clear to Belpre to go to Save-a-Lot.  "Hell, the gas alone in that sort of trek was not worth it" I was thinking to myself.  (Um, yes we shop at the 'poor stores'.  Hell, we can't even afford to shop at Wal-Mart).  There was no way in hell I was going to let Aldi beat me.  I'm Chris Shepard, dammit.  I don't need a cart!!  I'll just carry everything!!
Our only saving grace was the fact that one of our friends works close by at Lowes.  We literally go over there begging for a freaking quarter!!  Absolutely rediculous!!  I know Aldi is trying to save some coin, but when you don't have a coin, it sucks royal!!
So, does anybody else here on the myspace suck as bad as we do, or is Mitch right and I just suck donkey??