As I'm rereading this blog posts, I have come to realize that my life revolves around food, lizards and I don't get off campus nearly enough (and that saddens me like no other). But here's another post about books, that will get them up on the list of things my life revolves around according to this blog.
Well when the Border's up Tamiami was in its final days of operation, I finally convinced Kim she wanted to drive up there so we can go shopping (i don't have a car here). Everything was on sale at least 60% off. But it was also all picked over. I managed to find a large handful of books, and it was glorious. I found manga, comics, childrens books, a few good history books, and a retelling of Frankenstien which looks promising. Overall i spent about $60, and saved $120. Those numbers just blow me away. I saved double what i spent! And i got some great books that are usually quite expensive.
Now the only thing i have to worry about is how i will ever get all my books home. hahah!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Eco Sarasota 10
Last weekend Kim, Fernando, and I were sitting out on the porch, enjoying the sun, attempting to do homework. And then we were joined by a now common visitor, our dear lizard friend Armand (we name all our lizard friends after the Vampires from Anne Rice's series). He crawled out of the pile of mess that was still sitting in its corner of nasty, and slunk around the outer edges slowly making his way towards us. Then he started to show off his dewlap and do some head bobbing.
Naturally Kim and I were laughing, teasing Fernando that he was getting hit on by Armand. We all laughed and continued to sit out there working and talking. He stayed with us for about an hour or so, just relaxing with us. Off and on, Armand would flash his dewlap. We would imitate him, and make fun of him, I would get poked and told not to hit on other males. Then Fernando brought out his new keychain, an alligator with a roll up tongue. We kept bringing the plastic alligator nearer and nearer to Armand, but he would keep fleeing. But he would come back after the alligator was put away.
He didn't seem to mind when we got close to him, just the toy frightened him. Then we realized something. The toys tongue is red, Bright Red. What if Armand thought the key chain was a competing male, and since his tongue was redder than Armand's dewlap, the toy was a higher up male? That would be a legitimate reason Armand would flee. Then of course Kim and I had to make fun of Fernando since he was being seen as a female.
Naturally Kim and I were laughing, teasing Fernando that he was getting hit on by Armand. We all laughed and continued to sit out there working and talking. He stayed with us for about an hour or so, just relaxing with us. Off and on, Armand would flash his dewlap. We would imitate him, and make fun of him, I would get poked and told not to hit on other males. Then Fernando brought out his new keychain, an alligator with a roll up tongue. We kept bringing the plastic alligator nearer and nearer to Armand, but he would keep fleeing. But he would come back after the alligator was put away.
He didn't seem to mind when we got close to him, just the toy frightened him. Then we realized something. The toys tongue is red, Bright Red. What if Armand thought the key chain was a competing male, and since his tongue was redder than Armand's dewlap, the toy was a higher up male? That would be a legitimate reason Armand would flee. Then of course Kim and I had to make fun of Fernando since he was being seen as a female.
Eco Sarasota 9
When Fernando's family visited for best of Ringling, i was invited out to dinner with them to Ceviche's, a little place across the street from The Ritz Carlton on Tamiami. Ceviche's is a tapas restaurant, and if you were like me and have no idea what that means then you're in for a surprise. You are supposed to order a bunch of these little plates for your main "meat"(fish or steak or chicken), your side, and whatever else. And the table is supposed to share each dish, or something like that.
Out of our group of 6, only 2 had been to a tapas restaurant before, and knew what they were doing. The menu was so confusing. The title of all the dishes were in Spanish, with descriptions in English. I know so little Spanish that I am better off saying i know none, so the Spanish names confused the hell out of me. Fernando's mother seemed to have the opposite problem, knowing only Spanish and little English (though she knew more English than i did Spanish). But the meal went smoothly with lots of laughter.
Out of our group of 6, only 2 had been to a tapas restaurant before, and knew what they were doing. The menu was so confusing. The title of all the dishes were in Spanish, with descriptions in English. I know so little Spanish that I am better off saying i know none, so the Spanish names confused the hell out of me. Fernando's mother seemed to have the opposite problem, knowing only Spanish and little English (though she knew more English than i did Spanish). But the meal went smoothly with lots of laughter.
Eco Sarasota 8
Downtown, on Main Street, there is an amazing bookstore like no other. It has the worst hours, so it is difficult to find the time to get there, but if you do, it is totally worth it. The walls are lined with bookshelves full of old books. Its heaven.
Although the store can use a little work. They have old signs posted and reposted over. The most recent seems to be a sign saying to leave bags at the counter, which to me, seems to say that the store doesn't care enough about its products, nor does it respect its patrons. But the old men there seem nice enough. They are easy to ignore as you wander in and out of the alcoves of books. The store may not hold much for Sarasota's old folks population since most the books seem to be around the same age as them. No books are quite so ridiculously old to make them seem young.
Just being able to see and smell all the old leather-bound books is amazing and well worth getting up early for.
Although the store can use a little work. They have old signs posted and reposted over. The most recent seems to be a sign saying to leave bags at the counter, which to me, seems to say that the store doesn't care enough about its products, nor does it respect its patrons. But the old men there seem nice enough. They are easy to ignore as you wander in and out of the alcoves of books. The store may not hold much for Sarasota's old folks population since most the books seem to be around the same age as them. No books are quite so ridiculously old to make them seem young.
Just being able to see and smell all the old leather-bound books is amazing and well worth getting up early for.
Eco Sarasota 7
A couple of days ago, I forced one of my roommates, Kim, and boyfriend to to see Tangled with me at the dollar theater, since niether of them had seen it yet, and i loved the movie. When we went to buy tickets, we learned a very strange fact about the dollar theater: they don't take credit cards. Sure we all had enough cash on us, but that was very odd. They sell attachments for Iphones and blackberries and whatnot that can function as credit card scanners for the small businesses and for farmers markets, yet the movie theater did not have a machine that could take them. I mean, even some arcade game machines now have credit card readers attached to the coin slots.
But the fact that such an establishment didn't speaks very much for it patrons. They are expecting people to spend under $20 there, and expect them to only have cash. Which to me says they are expecting the people to not be able to afford a credit card, and therefore don't even bother to offer. It seems like they were just crippling their business. Its not like they even had an ATM machine nearby.
The only time i had ever encountered something like this was at a tiny 2 room movie theater while going to see a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, and tickets were $10 flat. They at least had an ATM around the corner, and an open McDonalds withint walking distance.
But the fact that such an establishment didn't speaks very much for it patrons. They are expecting people to spend under $20 there, and expect them to only have cash. Which to me says they are expecting the people to not be able to afford a credit card, and therefore don't even bother to offer. It seems like they were just crippling their business. Its not like they even had an ATM machine nearby.
The only time i had ever encountered something like this was at a tiny 2 room movie theater while going to see a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, and tickets were $10 flat. They at least had an ATM around the corner, and an open McDonalds withint walking distance.
Eco Sarasota 6
Out on the balcony of my apartment there has been a cluster of newsprint, tape, hodgepodge, and matte medium that has sat there, unmoved, for at least a semester. My dear roommate who left it there says she still needs it for some project, and refuses to clean it up. So needless to say, I've swept around her pile of mess, hoping she'd get the idea to clean her shit up.
But in the mean time, it has become a home for various creatures. As I've sat out on the balcony, i've seen all kinds of insects climbing in and out if it, and the lizards seem to have taken a liking to it as well. There is one lizard in particular that has claim this ball of mess as his home. He does his little push ups and chases away any lizard that tries to invade his home. He has also taken to flashing his neck plappy thingy, his dwelap, at me. It really is quite amusing.
But in the mean time, it has become a home for various creatures. As I've sat out on the balcony, i've seen all kinds of insects climbing in and out if it, and the lizards seem to have taken a liking to it as well. There is one lizard in particular that has claim this ball of mess as his home. He does his little push ups and chases away any lizard that tries to invade his home. He has also taken to flashing his neck plappy thingy, his dwelap, at me. It really is quite amusing.
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