cyberspace junkyard

Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Another language?
Was having a conversation with someone over the weekend and realising that my life is being overrun by acronyms!

Here's an email I sent to a fellow ISBNer, (my little book/adventure club) HoPSCy, about the activities of the remaining two ISBNers (VoDaR and HoMITH) and another friend. If you can make it out the other end with your head still screwed on - well done!

VoDaR and HoMITH met up at 4.05pm in the glass-walled reading area of 383 Kent St. It would have been 4.00pm had HoMITH not spent 5 minutes wandering around King St trying to find 383 on the corner of King and Kent when it obviously wasn't. Suitably impressed at the afore-mentioned glass-walled reading area, VoDaR and HoMITH (hence forward to be known as the BH (Bargain Hunters)) proceeded to Ashwood to browse through the 2nd hand books. This was HoMITH's first trip to Ashwood and so she bought 2 books for $2 each, just for experience. HoMITH also searched for the musical Xena episode on video, but to no avail. VoDaR ran her expert eye over some CDs and books but held a copy of "Beauty" in her hands as a symbolic resistance against purchasing any books. It worked. She didn't.

BH then went to Galaxy. They looked through the books, and HoMITH got distracted by all the LOTR merchandise, temporarily putting on the HoP hat. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Buffy was also screening. BH spent several minutes there, then were making their way to the exit when they spotted the TTT 2003 desk calender. Looking at the price, they wondered if $24.95 was good. Then, HoMITH spotted a sign that said all calenders were half price. BH excitedly debated the pros and cons of buying it for $12.50. Exemplary display of VoRing. BH resolved not to buy dinner. Or lunch. Or something to that effect.

While BH took the purchases to the register, HoMITH received a call from AC, who was joining us for TTT. While they were talking, VoDaR proceeded to pay using credit card. Whether through some misunderstanding, distracted eavesdropping or time-space continuum, VoDaR ended up putting both calenders on her credit card. HoMITH promised to buy dinner in return.

BH walked toward Hoyts to meet AC before dinner. They made it to within 2 buildings, when VoDaR spotted a discount book sale. BH being extremely competent, they stopped at the outside display and gasped in shock as they saw a few TTT 2003 desk calenders. Wordlessly, VoDaR reached over and revealed a sale price sticker of $4.95. Sick with confusion and despair, BH began the long, slow process of further VoRing with regards to returning one or both Galaxy calenders and purchasing the bargain to end all bargains (BTEAB). They could even afford dinner now.

They decided to return one and split the difference on the other, then on their way to Galaxy, they decided to return both.
This refund experience was traumatic and guilt-inducing. HoMITH doesn't want to talk about it. Suffice to say that BH managed to blame it all on HoPSCy.

Having completed the refund transaction and purchased the BTEAB, BH finally met AC and purchased tickets to TTT. VoDaR, temporarily borrowing the HoMITH hat, also found a really cool Chicago promotional newspaper. Dinner was at Subway, with AC and HoMITH having Royal Copenhagen ice-creams afterwards to take into the movie and VoDaR devouring an apple.

TTT was, as expected excellent. Some VoDing ensued regaring the exact timing that the ROTK trailer would be released with TTT. BH+AC walked to AC's apartment, where they made the requisite toilet stop and water guzzling. AC then drove BH to HoMITH's place, where attempts at going to sleep before midnight proved to be rather futile. 3 hours after BH finally dozed off, the alarm went off, and off to work they went, on the Rivercat.

Thus endeth the tale.

# posted by Vron @ 4:39 pm