The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 533

I made my dad take me to all the electronic stores so I could find a stereo. I saw the same one that I loved at every store, I just couldn't afford it. He finally allowed me to pay him back once the government gives me my GST cheque. (the taxes they took off me while I was working).

The interesting thing about cell phones is that once you've had one for a while, it becomes completely mind-boggling how you ever made it through without one. How did people find each other in crowds, for example? Whatever did you do if your car broke down? I don't even remember, and I've only had a cell phone for a little over a year.

Congrats on getting one!

doh ... I just slept through another Saturday morning!

I love Price Club / Costco / BJ's. I alsos love Walmart and Target cause stuff is cheap enough to fill up a whole cart and leave for less than 50 bucks. And now that my Walmart is a Super Walmart it made grocery shopping so darn cheap. The 1/2 gallon of OJ is 4 bucks at my grocery store and $1.50 at my walmart!!!

And those of you who were annoyed at the drinking friends thing last night ... sadly I've found that it doesn't change. I have coworkers who get babysitters for the kids so they can go out drinking. I even have coworkers with kids approaching driving age that joke about having their kids come pick them up.

Ahhh, Super Wal-Mart?! I'm so jealous!

Eek, every summer, there's a big outdoor festival in my hometown, complete with the "beer garden". Basically a big tent under which you watch local bands, hang out, and have a little fun. It was kind of exciting this past summer, because my friends and I were were finally of age and could get in. We went one night, and my friend was like, "Hey, isn't that your mom?" It was. And she was pretty drunk. I was like, "Oh GOD, let's go." But my friends had to go over and say hi. We ended up hanging out with her and her friends, and my friends had a blast dancing with her. It was one of the weirdest nights out I've had, but it was a lot of fun.

I think Mom was pretty embarrassed afterward, though. It was the one and only time I've seen my mother like that, and it was definitely enough! But even moms need to cut loose, right?

Ah, cell phones. My mom has had one for at least 10 years (back when they were all big and bulky), but the rest of my family didn't get them until after 9/11. I'm not quite at the how-did-I-ever-live-without-one point (I really dislike/get nervous about talking on the phone in general, so I only use it when I really have to), but it certainly is convenient to have. Of course, it's also yet another thing for my mom and I to fight about - my mom charges her phone every night, while I wait until the battery dies to charge mine because that's better for the battery life. Despite what it says in the instruction manual and what a person at the T-Mobile store told us, my mom continues to insist that I'm wrong and yells about how I won't be able to use my phone when I need it if I insist on letting the battery run out before recharging. I upgraded to a new phone a few months ago mainly because it was capable of playing higher-quality ringtones, only to find that the Internet service it uses to download them won't work. I know I should call customer service to figure out how to fix it, but I hate having to do that.

While we're on the subject of parents getting drunk, we threw my dad a surprise party for his 49th birthday back in October at his favorite restaurant. A couple of hours into the party, he was tipsy enough to think climbing on top of the bar and dancing was a good idea. Someone yelled at him to get down before he broke the bar, and he jumped. He broke his ankle and had to wear a cast up to his knee for 10 weeks.

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Updated On: 1/7/06 at 01:35 PM

It happened at a restaurant where he eats pretty much every day and he's good friends with the owner and manager, so it's not quite as bad as it sounds. When my dad got his cast off, the manager made a joke about Dad doing a cement footprint for a commemorative plaque to hang on the wall by the spot he jumped from

Later, Allie.

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i dont like walmart and costco. but whenever i go to costco i just spend the entire time playing the guitar they normally have out to play. its fun :)

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stupid guitars are always out of tune and missing a string or something. i like going to regular grocery stores though. theres just something about costco i dont like

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Hey everyone!

going for a tap audition! wish me luck

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Good luck!

BG: Heh, my mom and dad only need about two glasses of wine to turn bright red. So drinking won't exactly be my thing, I'm guessing, once I come of age.

About the clothing, I'm a size 0, which isn't quite a popular size in most department stores. I can hardly find a pair of pants that fit me. But the good thing is that since I think I've stopped growing, I can just keep the pants I have.

Updated On: 1/7/06 at 03:21 PM

I love Target, too, but I have yet to discover a Junior's section.

Yeah, and if I can find pants that fit, they're about 5 inches too long. They expect everyone to be Oh My God Supermodel.
But luckily my mom is a master at sewing, so she hems everything for me.

BG, you are awesome.
Oh dear, but the closest store is 28 miles away, and I doubt my mom would be willing to drive that far for clothes.

Hi everyone! I've lurked around here quite a bit, but I've never actually posted, so here goes!

I finally got around to getting Civilian today...let me just say that I can't stop listening to it! In the car, on the computer...I can't get enough of it! I think my favorite song is "10,000 Miles."

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