Some Enchanted Evening (other than this one)

Tonight I was just going to hang out with Gerry and watch a movie but for some reason neither of us wanted to just sit around on a Saturday night. For some reason tonight was like the first chapters of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road when Dean Moriarty shows up and wants to go out, so they do. (If I'm the only one who gets that, it's still worth it.)

So Gerry and I decide to go to the mall with a half an hour until close to seek out this girl he met recently. It was funny- he knew that she worked at a kiosk near the Gap but didn't know where that was, and I knew where the Gap is (only because it's between Suncoast and EB Games) but not who we were looking for. She sells lotion, and obviously she had to stay there, so Gerry is talking to her and I'm standing in the mall next to a stand full of dubiously French lotion. It was odd, but probably better than another night of replaying the last level of Halo. We ended up wandering around the mall after closing time looking for an exit that wasn't locked, which had an oddly claustrophobic feeling to it. I always take it for granted that when I go to the mall I'll be able to escape when I'm ready. We finally ended up following some people out an employee exit.

I bought comics at Borders and then we went to Munchie for food and the last inning of the world series game. The employees were cool as usual, stopping to chat about baseball and the availability of cherry coke a the cigarette store across the street according to the lady who sometimes works there.

I've been thinking about eventually moving to a better city. I figure the economy is about due to bounce back in a concrete way, as opposed to because some talking head on the news says it is. When it does, the job market might follow, and any job that hasn't been exported to India or China will have openings. The odd thing is that my biggest reason to move is that I want to furnish an apartment. I really want to deck a place out with all kinds of cool stuff and inexpensive art on the walls. In the meantime, I hope I get the computer lab job. That would rule.