Victory!

I hung around in lower Manhattan today and spent way too much money.

Big purchase #1 was a folding keyboard for my new Clié. I was aiming for the Stowaway, and I went to J&R figuring that they’d have a model I could check to see if the TJ37 fits in the keyboard that accepts the TJ35. They didn’t have any Stowaways, but they had Sony’s own folding keyboard for the Clié, which costs the same. It folds into halves instead of quarters, which makes it longer (though possibly slightly slimmer) when folded and sturdier when in use. So I got that. I’ve tried it out and it works, so now we’ll see if it gets me to do more writing on the road.

I wandered around for a bit, hitting Pearl Paint and the Soho Apple store. Made my save against spending money at both places, but I did pick up a key lime bar and bottle of Pom pomegranate and cherry juice at a very expensive deli. (Saturdays are my day off under the Body for Life plan; I can eat whatever I want.)

Recalling my quest to haunt comics shops till I find book 4 of Kane, I stopped off at Village Comics, and at last, I found it! I don’t get to Village Comics often, but I should. They’re currently selling trade paperbacks at 12% off, and if you buy seven or more in one visit, they’re 40% off! I bulked up my purchase with books 1-4 of Powers, something I’d never seen before called R.I.P.D. (all cop comics so far), and the second Promethea collection.

Along the way I tried phoning bugsybanana a couple of times to see if she felt like seeing a movie, but I kept getting busy signals. And one of the phones ate my quarter.