Money, Books, and Music
In that order.
I came by a good amount of money through the garage sale, babysitting, washing windows, and trading books in to Powell's. So, naturally, the first thing I did upon recieving the money (and, in the case of Powell's, store credit, which is all well and good since I spend much more than that on books anyway and I was glad to have it) was to buy stuff. I began at Powell's, and bought a bunch of books that I haven't read yet (a nice situation, because I often find myself buying books that I have read, just so I can actually own them). These four books that blew out 34 dollars in total were Neuromancer by William Gibson, Robert Heinlein's The Moon Is a Strange Mistress, Brokedown Palace (perhaps the only Steven Brust book I haven't read besides Freedom and Necessity and one of the few I don't own), and The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (I liked her Vorkosigan Saga space operas, so I'm trying out her fantasy). Yes, four books stand on my reading list. Mmmmmm…. Of course, I didn't stop there, for what better thing is there to follow book buying than buying more books? So, I went to Borders and got Stranger In a Strange Land (its what got me hooked on Heinlein), and then to Everyday Music to pick up Picaresque by The Decemberists. Brilliant band, that. (Of course, when I got home, there was the realization that I could buy their CDs for cheaper off the Record Label's site [11.00 for the cd, 2.00 for the shipping], but I'll do that when I get another of their albums.)
As you can see, I have a lot of information in parentheticals (and a lovely, nested parenthetical using funny-looking brackets). I don't know why, but I just felt like using them. If you don't like it, you have a few choices. Hack my account and get rid of all of them (which I don't recommend, because I might find out who did it and exact a terrible price, such as their first born child, or perhaps a number of digits to be determined by the rolling of a die), use Zen-like techniques (or modern psychological treatments) to block them out of your mind completely, don't read it at all (it's too late for that, isn't it?), or open the lj-cut at the bottom to see the post without them (probably the best choice, because I did all the work for you and you don't have to fear my retribution or years of training in far-away places or risk of time-travel-caused-paradoxes). (Note: since moving from LiveJournal, this last option doesn't even make sense. Sorry.)
More about the money later.
See? I tricked you. EVERYTHING is in parentheticals here! Hahaha!