July 18, 2005

• Just how
  popular and available is harry potter?  Well...  I think I
  got my answer this weekend.  Thinking that copies were going to be
  hard to get since everyone and their baby mice is going to want to know
  what our favorite wizard is up to.  I got suited up and perfectly
  ready to claw, bite and chew
  my way to the last copy.
  
  
  
  However to my amazement, I was
  barely even out of my front door when I see out of my downstair
  drugstore window where they normally advertise specials like
  tampons and diapers... sits copies of the new harry potter book.
  
  
  
  I had no idea they even sold
  books at duane reade.  Well, they don't... normally...  I
  found my copy sitting right next to the toilet paper.  I suppose
  that's a pretty smart combo.  The message was to me was... Buy a
  copy of harry potter and some aloe scented charmin (on sale!) and throw
  in one well lit bathroom, you are all set for the weekend.
  
  
  
  Excited, I bought my copy at an exorbiant price (a whole freakin $30 US DOLLARS)
  because I was too lazy to walk 3 more blocks and because my shoes were
  too nice for fighting some 13 year old.  But mostly it was because
  I WANTED IT NOW.  I was all ready for my weekend mission.  I
  couldn't wait to find out who Harry lost his virginity to or why Ron is
  such a loser or why I harbor such secret hatred for Hermione when my
  phone rang.
  
  
  
  Days later as I nursed my
  weekend hangover barely alive on my couch, I realized I didn't even
  touch my new book
  once.  It's just sitting there on the counter mocking me...
  seemingly saying... "you could have ordered me off amazon for $15
  less!".
  
  
  
  Damn, I hate falling victim to
  instant gratification.  I suppose I could always bring it into
  work.  They do have nice toilet paper and a very well lit loo

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