September News, Part Four
Did I just discover the greatest bargain in history? Perhaps. Yesterday I was at … an undisclosed location, when I came across bins of LPs for sale. Mixed in were numerous laserdiscs of complete operas and ballets on labels like Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, London and Pioneer. I recognized many of them as being videos that were not issued on DVD. I asked the girl how much they were, and she said they were priced like the LPs: $1 each, or ten for $3. I started freakin’. I grabbed every one I saw that I didn’t already have on DVD. In all, I got thirty-three different complete operas and ballets, plus a couple LPs. My total: $12. But I panicked at first, because I thought they only accepted cash. When the girl explained a check was fine I was excited, because my checkbook was in the car, or so I thought. It turns out I used my last check on rent the other day. So I had to make a mad dash to find an ATM while she held the booty behind the counter. When I got back they were all ready, and I made my way to my car with my arms overflowing with laserdisc goodness. A passer-by smiled at me as she saw me struggling to open the car door. I’m wasn’t ashamed though. A million attractive girls laughing at me can’t diminish the glory of finding a bargain like that. Now I probably ought to buy a laserdisc player.
I can’t believe it’s already Friday. This week flew by. Now it appears that next week we’re going to have another hurricane. I don’t know what’s happening here, but I have lived in Florida since I was born, and we have never had so many storms so close together. It doth surely blow.
UPDATE: The “undisclosed location” referenced above was, in fact, the Smathers Library bookstore on campus.
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