Tuesday, January 12, 2010

January 9, 2010





Paid rent and deposit for the new house.
-740.00

Ate some Bouldin Creek...
-9.25

...and tipped the folks.
-1.75

Bought some gas for the CRV.
-28.00

Got some grubbies from Wheatsville.
-9.44

Friday, January 8, 2010

January 8, 2010





Ate some pho at Oanh...
-7.53

...and tipped the guy.
-1.47

Ripped Half Price Books for all they were worth. Actually, they kicked my ass. Here's what I found, including Infinite Jest!: If Teachers Were Free by Richard Renfield, A Modern Art Education by Rudolf Steiner, Education: Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard, The Neon Wilderness, The Man with the Golden Arm, A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren, Gender and Development by Janet Henshall Momsen, A Letter to Teachers by Vito Perrone, Hawksmoor by Peter Akroyd, Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, If On A Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, Labyrinths by Jose Luis Borges, The New Advocate: For Those Involved With Young People and Their Literature, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America by David Horowitz, The Dictionary of Texas Misinformation, Cassel's German English Dictionary, Small World by David Lodge, The Novel and the Police by D.A. Miller, The Lone Ranger and Tonta Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie, Ask the Dust by John Fante, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Mostly True: Collected Stories and Drawings by Brian Andreas, Falling Man by Don DeLillo, The Prince by Machiavelli, The Fourth Angel by John Rechy, Through the Safety Net by Charles Baxter, Power in Modern Societies by Marvin E. Olsen and Martin N. Marger, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, July 7th by Jill McCorkle, The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, Brownsville by Oscar Casares, Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Programs of Early Education: The Constructivist View by Rheta DeVries and Lawrence Kohlberg.
-166.89

Ate some food at India Star...
-11.90

...and tipped the guy.
-2.00

Stopped by HEB for some stuff on the way home.
-10.12

January 7, 2010



Ate some food at Banzai...
-13.51

...and tipped the lady.
-2.49

Grabbed some stuff for the game to watch at Nick's.
-17.82

Paid for my share of the keg.
-10.00

Lent some money to Jason to give someone change for their share of the keg.
-10.00

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

January 6, 2010



Had to stop and get gas. I also bought a bottle of water, spicy V-8 juice, and a dvd of horseriding called, "Corre, Pinche Bestia, Corre," which means "Run, Fucking Beast, Run."
-32.95

Purchased a VGA cable to project during my adult literacy class. Purchased at PC Guru.
-11.91

Grabbed a Neal tofu taco with jalapeños at Bouldin Creek...
-3.00

...and tipped the feller.
-1.00

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 5, 2010



Hit Half Price looking for David Foster Wallace. Found Hollywood by Charles Bukowski and Beyond Liberation Theory by Humberto Belli & Ronald Nash.
-13.60

Got some food after work at 888...
-7.04

...and tipped the feller.
-1.96

Got a cup of coffee at Progress after failing to find typewriter at TOPS...
-1.83

...and tipped the feller after he said he liked my mustache.
-1.00

January 4, 2010



Got some vegan pho after work...
-7.53

...and tipped the help.
-1.47

Stopped by Thunderbird on Manor for reading and bought a coffee and a tea...
-4.42

...and tipped the help.
1.58

Grabbed a beer to meet up at Nick's to watch the fourth quarter of the Fiesta Bowl, Boise State and TCU.
-1.94

Sunday, January 3, 2010

January 3, 2010





Looking for David Foster Wallace at Half Price Books. Didn't find it, but I found these:
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kozinski, Hunger by Knut Hamsun, The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow, Moon Deluxe by Frederick Barthelme, and Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt by Richard Brautigan.
-15.89

Grabbed some food at Madam Mam's with tea...
-10.83

...and tipped the help.
-2.17

Checked the South Half Price Books for David Foster Wallace and found these instead: Invitation to a Beheading by Vladamir Nabakov and The Women and the Men: Poems by Nikki Giovanni...
-10.96

...and got a discount.
+5.00

Got a coffee at Garden District and read all day...
-2.25

...and tipped a chunk.
-.75

Stopped by HEB for groceries.
-18.14