on solitude

so i'm not usually one for solitude unless i'm forced, which was the case on such a fine night as this. so everyone is out of town, and i still had errands to run at lik 630 tonight, so i went on a drive, which, in case you didn't know, is one of my most favorite things to do (driving, that is). i drove to books a million, because i had to get one of my summer reading books. (i decided on the awakening only because it was the cheapest. i mean, it's a feminist novel, so why not? not that i'm a feminist, because i'm really not. i just think it'll be interesting. i bet it's one of those empowering kind of novels that makes you glad you're a woman. but probably not). anyway, so i'm at books a million, and i just was like really glad to be by myself for once. i didn't have to make anyone laugh, i didn't have to talk until my voice got scratchy. i was just peaceful. in fact, book stores in general are pretty peaceful places. but anyway, i looked around for a while, and happened upon the catcher in the rye-- recommended to me by quite a charming young fellow. i read the first page, and seeing as how i had a grin ten miles wide just reading the first page, i figured it would be a nice investment. so now i am 2 books richer and 10 dollars poorer. fair trade, i'd say.

then, i went to walmart, which is a whole different story in itself. complete with a questionably gendered he/she, a lovely encounter with miss angie, and the general cross-section of strange and/or awkward walmart customers and employees, this trip was undoubtably eventful; however, i must say that this particular situation might have been more enjoyable with company.

anyway, so i got home and i was reading the catcher in the rye, which kind of made me sleepy, seeing as how my convenient reading area is my bed, and i decided to get on stumbleupon, and happened upon these two lovely pieces:

this one is the theme of my night:


anyway, i just really like the quote though. the last part is pretty cute.

oh, and good news for my total of ZERO readers!-- i'm starting a series of posts on what i learned from the boys i've dated/talked to. should be interesting