Buying in Bulk

I'm addicted to it. Costco is my doom. So are large shopping carts. To prevent myself from getting to carried away, now when I grocery shop, I just use the hand held carrying basket. Whatever I carry in the store, I have to be able to carry it when I walk home. This has helped. However, recently, I went to Trader Joe's on my way to work to buy one banana to eat that day (since to buy a banana on campus would probably cost $1), and I ended up buying 6! I mean, I was already there and I knew I would eat them (or make banana cake out of them). The problem was carrying them to work and then back home, when I actually again pass TJ's on the walk home. I just love to stock up food and be prepared.

Last night I purchased two movie tickets: one for the Wolverine movie and one for Star Trek. I am going to see the Wolverine movie this afternoon at 4:30pm but it seemed like a good idea to have the ticket purchased in advance. An acquaintance of mine told me that he had already seen the "illegal" copy that has permeated the web and now does not plan to see it in the theaters. As I thought about this, I wondered how many people are not going to see the movie in the theaters because they watched the web version? This could definitely hurt their movie sales (however, this article indicates not so much). And the only reason that makes me feel a little sad is because Hugh Jackman seems like a truly nice guy. Every article I have read seems to confirm this (no, I haven't really read that many but still... ). And as for Star Trek, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! I had considered seeing it May 7 at 7pm (lots of theaters are showing it at this time) but it turns out I am doing some babysitting then. So instead I will be seeing it Saturday morning, 10:45am (bonus: only $6 at this time!!!). I think I will go personally offline May 7 until I see the movie. I don't want to accidently hear or see anything about it. This means no facebook or bloglines, only work related web usage. I look forward to seeing the movie a second time with my brother and parents when I am home in San Jose for my graduation (I'm officially going to graduate from SLIS!!!!!).

P.S. I decided no more apologies to slacking in the blogging. It's just what it is.