geek talk

yesterday i went to Powerbooks at Megamall to buy The Secret of Life by Elizabeth Wurtzel.

rewind to months back, the name of the author caught my eye because i loved her since i got to watch Prozac Nation. so i picked the book off the shelf and skimmed through the book for a good thirty minutes until i got tired of standing up. i wanted to buy the book then (the only copy!) but i only had a 500 bill in my wallet. the book is around 600+. i made a mental note to come back the next day because i already fell in love with it. the next week i came back, excited to buy the book and finally call it mine. but lo and behold! it wasn't there anymore. i wanted to throw a tantrum when the customer service lady told me there weren't any copies of the book anymore. pfft. i checked the other National Bookstore branches and they gave me the same answer. perhaps it's because the book isn't known yet. people demand less for the book so the bookstore probably stopped ordering because no one buys it anyway. well shit! they should have copies for poor desperate girls like me!

but yesterday i ended the misery and my chase for The Secret of Life by marching into Powerbooks and to the Customer Service counter. i finally had a copy reserved and they promised to contact me as soon as my copy comes in. roaming around, i decided to finally get a copy of The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Euginedes)-- the book that i've been wanting to read even before The Secret of Life stole my attention. yes, because it's sembreak i can make a reading list once again (not that i really make one). just as i got excited to start the book, i realized that i forgot to pick it up last night from Alej's car. shit.

my reading list for sembreak:
1. The Secret of Life (Elizabeth Wurtzel)
2. The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Euginedes)
3. Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
4. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (JK Rowling)
5. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (JK Rowling)

lastly, i wish to have at least one trip to the beach and finally learn how to drive because it's about time!