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Written by illumination
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Thursday, 09 June 2005 |
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... and I am addicted to buying CD's.
I seem to have this problem where I feel I _need_ to by CD's. Yesterday I heard a song on the radio, and thought, hmm, I like that. So I found out what it was Mr. Brightside by The Killers (We have a system here where you can dial a number when you hear a song on a particular radio station and they text you the title and artist of the song.) Then I spent a little time on the net and found the song and downloaded it. Yes, yes, I know, it's illegal.
Anyways, during the afternoon, I had to go and get a birthday gift for my cousin and decided to get her a CD. So I went to a cd store and was looking around for something for her. This is generally where all my problems begin. I had been humming Mr Brightside in my head since I left work, and wondered what the chances were that the store would have their CD. Lo and behold they did. I picked it up and was like, "Ooh, nice".
I then start debating with myself. Do I really need this, do I really want this, do I have enough money for this. Well, when the answer to question 1 comes back as yes, I generally forget the rest of the argument and find myself in my car with a new CD. ;-)
So the album I bought was Hot Fuss by The Killers, a very nice album, and I did actually get a gift for my cousin, Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales, also an awesome CD.
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Written by illumination
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Wednesday, 08 June 2005 |
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Anyways, I needed some money today, so I stopped at the petrol station to use the ATM. I walk up to the machine and before I put my bank card in, I notice that the machine has no R100 notes and no R20 notes (it has a little icon on the screen to inform you of this). So, I'm thinking to myself, well, if I ask for R150 I should be ok because it can give me 3 R50 notes. So I type that in. And it comes back with, "We're unable to facilitate tbe requested amount, is R140 ok?". Now I'm thinking, well, that is weird, but maybe they're running low on R50 notes and for some reason only want to give me 4 R10 notes (I have no idea what algorithm they use to determine what notes to give). So I say, ok, sure, why not, I mean R10 less isn't a major thing.
And What do I get out? A R100 note and 2 R20 notes. Go figure. |
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