My vacation's finally started...

Had a productive day of shopping and relaxing. Nothing's better than going shopping and getting things you really needed. Well, except maybe helping the poor and destitute. As long as they're clean and not crazy or fervently scratching their nether regions. I guess.

Speaking of which, a disgusting story on CP24 today - appparently, the Second Harvest charity office was robbed. The thugs cleaned house and got away with computers, petty cash, office equipment, a fork lift, and other stuff. I mean, who the hell would go and rob a charity that barely has any cash to start with? I hope the perps end up starving on the street, crawling towards a Second Harvest office while their stomachs digest themselves until their torsos are nothing more than a pool of acid with feet, arms, and an emaciated head sticking out.

But back to non-vengeful musings. Went in for massage therapy with a highly-recommended RMT the ladies at the library aptly named Don "The God" Williams. Very astute. He knew exactly what was going on with my twisted frame. I'll be taking his advice and seeing a naturopath about the tummy problems and talking with a personal trainer about stretching my hamstrings, which Don said were "in the top ten" tightest, stiffest hamstrings he'd ever encountered. I even asked at one point, while he was working on my neck, whether he'd ever said "oh my holy God!" out loud upon discovering a person's condition. "Funny," he said, "you must've read my mind."

So looks like I'm broken. Small, broken, but still good. Uh huh. Yup.

Met up with John, walked down Yonge Street and visited all the used bookstores on the strip. I know it's not a lucrative business, but if I ever won the lottery, I'd open a used/new bookshop with an Internet cafe. They're messy, and sometimes a little oogie (especially the ones that sell used porn... eew), but the stuff you can find! I got a nerly mint copy of Jane Jensen's Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father for $4.00. Nearly impossible to find except on eBay. Also picked up an edition of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass for John that I'd never seen before - we're not big collectors, but we sure do like our books.

Also ended up finishing my Sandman graphic novel collection today - yay! - and bought mom Dan Brown's Angels and Demons for Mother's Day. Cuz nothing says I love Mom like a murder mystery about the papalcy. Books books bookie books.

Got some rechargeable AAA batteries at Battery Plus, where the guy barely even let me touch them. All I said was "I need rechargeable AAA batteries," and he said "okay, right here, there they are I'll ring them up for you" and barely let me look at them. He almost sold them to me without the charger! But he had me hooked, so I ended up spending about $60 altogether with batteries and the charger sold separately. Then I went to Radio Shack - which is changing its name to Circuit City - and got new earbud covers for my MP3 player.

Then we had a yumtacular meal at Yummy BBQ on Yonge. If you've never been there, I HIGHLY recommend it for cheap and tasty Korean food. The location at Bloor and Bathurst is especially good. Go with three hungry friends and you can get 5 beers and a huge meal to share for just under $20. And I do mean HUGE. Every animal that walks the earth is on this platter, barbecued up in the Korean fashion, marinated with lots of garlic and soy sauce. Soooo good!

Went to Music World and almost almost ALMOST convinced myself that paying $9.99 for each of The Ewoks and The Droids Animated series and the two Ewok Adventure films would be worthwhile. But then I slapped myself and said, dude, like, they're Ewoks. I know you like the Ewok cartoon theme song, but do you really think buying it is a good idea? (We are the E-E-E-E-E-E-Ewoks/Where the spirits of the forest roam....)

So that's it. I'm hoping I'll have more days like today where I get things done, only don't spend so much money. Probably spend the next few days enjoying my purchases.