The Fall of Tower Records

Across the world, Tower Records is closing down. They have a few large stores in London, so Karla, Kevin and I are going to visit them after work - see what we can salvage. I'm looking for DVDs, CD albums, CD singles, videogames, postcards, posters, key holders, stickers, badges and anything signed by favourite artists.

The line ups to get in the stores have been massive, apparently. I wonder how cheap their products are going. CDs for £1.99? Buy 2 DVDs and get 5 free? The world isn't that crazy.

What worries me is that these sales always bring out the careless in me; I end up buying things that I don't really need, music that I'm not going to listen to more than twice, films that are repeated constantly on TV. And the crowds don't add any class to my behaviour; I can dig furiously through piles of Bobby Brown CDs like the worst of the hyenas.

Wish me luck.

Found in soopahiro

LIBRA

Drinking style
"I'm jusht a social drinker," slurs Libra, "it's jusht that I'm so damn social?" Libra loves nothing more than to party, mingle and relate to everyone. Whether dipped in favor of Good Libra (with Insta-Friend device set to "on") or heavier on the Evil Libra side (they are little instigators when bored), the Scales can really work a room. Charming as they are, Libras are notoriously lacking in self-control, however, which can get them into all sorts of trouble -- including wearing their wobbly boots waaaay too early in the evening, flirting with their best friend's beau or even blacking out the night's events entirely. Oops!

Trademark cocktails
Aesthetic Libras like pretty, pouffy drinks like a pink lady or a brandy Alexander. That's the influence of Venus, their ruling planet, which also gives them a horror of crudely named potions like Sex on the Beach (ED I don't mind Sex on the Beach!!). They're fine with "normal" guzzles like apple martinis, but every Libra secretly just wants Champagne, and lots of it.(EdTrue True)

Drinking buddies
Jimmy Carter, Simon Cowell, Ani DiFranco, Janeane Garofalo, Hugh Jackman, Martina Navratilova, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sting, Oscar Wilde, Catherine Zeta-Jones

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I would most definetly have a drink with Hugh Jackman, and Gwinny too... But Sting? And everyone knows that if I dream I'm Catherine Z-J, then we must be great drinking buddies in real life.

Libra gets a Libra

Your karmic zodiac is LIBRA.
Good Qualities: You like balance, and are always
looking for something steady. You are good in
lasting relationships because of this. With
Venus as your ruling planet you tend to fall
deeply in love, and find oneness within your
relationships. You are very creative and
artistic.
Bad Qualities: Your need for balance drives not
only you, but others crazy. Your tendency to
fall deeply in love tends to get your heart
broken when you realize that the person you
think you love isn't the one.
Best Match: Aquarius
Best to Avoid: Cancer, Aries


What's your Karmic Zodiac Sign?
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Actually, Aquarius is not my best match... though I have a good amount of Aquarian friends, their habit of bumping into things all the time and disagreeing with everything I say tends to drive me nuts in the long run. I definetly get along with Cancers and I'm just now starting to get along with Aries... could it be because my ascendant, Scorpio, is strong?

He Knows What Boys Like

Never felt so asleep, down by size, counting thumbs to keep myself awake. The train speeds by another drowsy town, another field laid out like a soggy carpet. The man beside me nudges my side with his elbow; I want to rest my head on his strange shoulder. He reads the Evening Standard, changing pages with thick, hairy fingers. A golden ring glitters on his middle finger - a perfect fuck. It hypnotises me and I'm asleep.

In town, I forget how to get home. The shops are closed and I can't spot a single good-looking guy. My jeans itch to be ripped off, my chest heaves for fingernails to be dug into it - I'm a cat looking for dead bricks to rub against. My skin comes off with the barest thoughts on sex. Fellation Cornershop, Analingus Phone Booth, Suckerdom Toilets (Public), Orgasmology Postal Office. I'm lost in my own hometown.

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