Low Prices, Bad Hairdos & Slurpees

Suffering from insomnia, I recently made a visit to one of the few places around here that is open 24 hours: Sprawl Walmart. On the plus side, they had some fun, colorful stuff in their Halloween dept. On the down side, apparently someone didn't get the memo on "rolling back prices."

Later that day I dropped in on our new Best Buy. Pretty store. Shitty selection. And the worst part of all: New employees. They're the worst. So goddamn upbeat and faux helpful (no wonder they didn't hire me). No, "Debbie" I don't need any help, but thanks for asking...no, I'm not interested in learning how I can rent movies online...uh, no I'm not looking for a DVD/CD rack...yes, I've seen the circular. Shouldn't you be unpacking some Nelly and/or Usher CDs or something?

My next stop was the post office, where I encountered this wet blanket. She was one of those job inspector-types (thus the fear-inducing clipboard-o-doom!). I normally would have revered her bitchiness, but she had way too much to say for a fuckin' pencilmonkey. I've been going to this post office for years and everyone that works there is as nice as can be (except that one new woman who's a total package Nazi) and knows their shit. However, on this day Chubby Checker here (AKA Mrs. D.J. Conner), had to question every little thing the clerk was doing and/or comment on how it COULD have been done or how she's seen it done before in the past and/or how Nostradamus predicted it would be done, etc. Jesus Christ, beat it already, Tupperware!

While pulling out of the post office parking lot (15 "suggestions/observations" later), I noticed that I was running low on gas. I went to the nearby Shamrock station and here's what I paid for ONE tank of gas. I hadn't even filled up the second tank yet! Goddamn! I could have done so many more things with that money. Geez

For example...

Onto 7-11, where I purchased a delicious cherry Slurpee (I am a Slurpee FIEND!) and 2 Monterey Chicken Taquitos (can you say Heaven?). I always like 7-11 because it's one of the few things that never seems to change. It's a pop culture staple.

And last, but certainly not least, the last 4 pictures: (from left to right) [1] I saw these so-called "American Hero" dolls at the gas station. I couldn't resist taking a picture of them. Living in Texas, naturally the John Kerry dolls just happened to be pushed to the back. Lol! And as far as the the display saying that the dolls "sing and dance," how apropos. We've been seeing that ever since "Operation Iraqi Freedom" began. [2] I would never make a good photojournalist, because I am not always at the ready with my damn camera, when I wish I was! Totally had an opportunity to get a picture of this guy's face (so cute), but missed it because I had to fumble with the camera. This was the best I could do. [3] I love this gnarly old tree outside the post office. Had to take a picture of it. [4] It rained today, so I took a picture of it, from my backyard. As you can see, fall hasn't arrived just yet, dammit!

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