Sunday, December 12, 2004

Comic Book Store
Ah, I love going to the comic book store. Even if I don't end up walking out with anything, it still is a nice place to go to. Most of the people who work there don't stare at your chest if you happen to be female, which is a nice respite compared to other stores I've been to.

Anyway, I trekked out there with the intent of possibly purchasing a volume of Usagi Yojimbo I did not yet own (most of the earlier stuff, released by Fantagraphics), but didn't end up buying any graphic novels. They did have three volumes I didn't have (Volume 5; Space Usagi and Grasscutter II), but I picked up an older Japanese Newtype instead.

I like to boggle the cashiers there, because heaven forbid I can actually read the cover of a Japanese Newtype. ¬_¬x;; Sure, I may only know a couple hundred kanji and can't remember half of their readings, but I know hiragana and katakana pretty damn well. And yes, I can recognize the kanji for Hagane no Renkinjutsushi.

Actually, the cashier I got was a tad snotty about my buying the Japanese Newtype. "Just going to look at the pictures, huh? Well, I guess you're a fan of that show."

I raised my eyebrow. Quite the condescending tone, there. "Something wrong with Fullmetal Alchemist?"

"Oh, it's on Cartoon Network," the guy said it like it was some kind of disease. I just kind of shook my head at him. "All these people come in right after a show starts on there and claim to love the show and buy up ever piece of merchandise," he contiuned. "I bet you haven't even seen the whole show!"

Facial tick time, folks.

I sort of smiled at him. I always wear Flamel's Cross, I got this beautiful pendent of the variant Ed wears at the last con I attended. I was wearing it then. Around my neck. It's not a small pendant. "You know what?" I told him, leaning in close. "Ed dies at the end!"

He laughed at me, I paid for my purchase and walked out feeling smug. When I got out to my car, I opened the Newtype, and found the poster of Ed that was advertised on the cover. Oh, it's a shiny poster, shirtless and his hair is down.

Me, a fangirl? Never! That definitely made my day better. Although this person amused me to no end, lecturing me about 'not seeing the whole show' when he hadn't.

Man, what I wouldn't give to go back to the day that episode 50 aired. ... I can't wait for episode 50 to air over here. Nothing like watching fans have heart attacks at the end of THAT episode.

God, I'm evil.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

K-mart is having a 50% off sale, and when I was wandering through the DVD section, found boxes of DVDs for $4.99. Of course I started flipping through them, and what did I find?

A RahXephon DVD. I snatched it up immeaditely, giddy. As I flipped through more of the DVDs, I cam across Gasaraki DVDs. Oh, no way! I walked out of that store, having spent $30 and the proud owner of two RahXephon DVDs and four Gasaraki DVDs.

When I got home, I went to see what RahXephon DVDs I already had. Then I stared at the ones I had, and at the ones I had bought. I had, in my idiocy, bought two I already had.

>.<

I went to return them, but K-mart refused to process my return. (WTF? I still don't get why...) Now slightly peeved, I go out to Media Play and see if I can return them there. No dice. As I was getting ready to leave, one of the cashiers stopped me. "We CAN process returns without a recepit, it can only be store credit though."

Store credit? I can live with that. That was how I ended up with $60 in Media Play gift certificates. For $10 that I had spent.

... should I feel BAD about this?

Oh, and the Gasaraki DVDs I picked up are volumes 3; 6; 7 and 8. So... I need 1; 2; 4 and 5.

Whee!


Comments (0)