Personal Dork Assistant

Mall Crawl

Went to the mall to pick up a Wavebird from Electronics Boutique. Of course, it was selling for five bucks less everywhere else three days later, but there was something to be said for instant gratification. Plus it was cool to snatch the last one off the shelf, in its own tawdry, acquisitive way.

Talking about tawdry acquisitions, went by the Gap... just because. It just seems like such a mall thing to do. Flipping through the "Made In" tags was like taking a trip through Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, China, etc. Even with globalized labor practices, the clothes are still too damn expensive, IMHO. Clearly, they're paying the factory workers too much. Did grab a shirt off the sales rack for ten bucks. Made in China. Hey, gotta support the home team of exploited garment workers.

Boba Bliss is suppose to be coming soon to the food court. There's well over a billion people of Chinese descent in the world. Am I the only one who doesn't want large tapioca blobs in my iced tea?

Electronic wedding registries are great. You punch in the name of the lucky couple and the computer spits out what they're registered for. There's even one at WalMart. Why the fuck would you register at WalMart? Since Michael Wang is such a generic name, I can go up to one of these machines and punch it in and almost always get a result. Tried it at the Crate&Barrel and thought about buying my lucky doppleganger a set of Elite Chardonnay glasses, or perhaps some Tuscany flatware placeset (5 pcs). I'll have to check the WalMart registry next time I go.