Goodbye City Newstand
May. 31st, 2005 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zalenaToday I got a notice that my accident insurance ran out. (I have a $2000 deductible in case of tragedy, and otherwise pay for treatment out of pocket, or plain don't go.) One more thing to worry about, and a reminder that professionally my life has gone absolutely nowhere since I took out the latest short term policy in November.
I went by the City Newstand to pick up a paper to find it covered in signs that they are closing, liquidation has already began. The City Newstand is an institution in Squaresville, and before they passed the law about not being able to sell individual cigarettes, it also used to be the place I'd go when I had a cigarette craving. It smells like tobacco and books, and they have all sorts of bizarre publications, which means it was a great place to go on a rainy day, or when one was researching writing markets. They also sell penny candy, including my favorite, which was Laffy Taffy. (If the candy doesn't turn your stomach, the jokes will.)
It was a blow after the insurance thing. I cried halfway to my appt. I will have to go in there a lot before they close and try to capture the smell in longterm memory. Because what I'll miss more than a fabulous news store that sold everything from those Serendipity books, to Wicca calendars (one of my mom's friends made sure the store had lots of Wicca resources), to really strange porn, is the smell of the place and the comfort of knowing its there.
Sometimes I feel like I'm missing some giant cosmic message, and the gods have know decided that since I was too dense (or too scared) to get it the first time, I will now have to LEARN IT THE HARD WAY!
Please, no more of the hard way! I would like to choose some other path, maybe the scenic route? Please?
S
P.S. The realtor called at 5 to tell me she would be showing the house at 5. I didn't get the message until 5:30 when I left my appt. Thank goodness I scrubbed down the kitchen today and picked up the living room. My underwear was still strewn throughout the bedroom, though. I'm really pissed she couldn't have given me just a tiny bit more notice. She will also be showing the house tomorrow. The big question is what do I do if it sells? I have options, but the big questions is whether I will stay in CO.
I went by the City Newstand to pick up a paper to find it covered in signs that they are closing, liquidation has already began. The City Newstand is an institution in Squaresville, and before they passed the law about not being able to sell individual cigarettes, it also used to be the place I'd go when I had a cigarette craving. It smells like tobacco and books, and they have all sorts of bizarre publications, which means it was a great place to go on a rainy day, or when one was researching writing markets. They also sell penny candy, including my favorite, which was Laffy Taffy. (If the candy doesn't turn your stomach, the jokes will.)
It was a blow after the insurance thing. I cried halfway to my appt. I will have to go in there a lot before they close and try to capture the smell in longterm memory. Because what I'll miss more than a fabulous news store that sold everything from those Serendipity books, to Wicca calendars (one of my mom's friends made sure the store had lots of Wicca resources), to really strange porn, is the smell of the place and the comfort of knowing its there.
Sometimes I feel like I'm missing some giant cosmic message, and the gods have know decided that since I was too dense (or too scared) to get it the first time, I will now have to LEARN IT THE HARD WAY!
Please, no more of the hard way! I would like to choose some other path, maybe the scenic route? Please?
S
P.S. The realtor called at 5 to tell me she would be showing the house at 5. I didn't get the message until 5:30 when I left my appt. Thank goodness I scrubbed down the kitchen today and picked up the living room. My underwear was still strewn throughout the bedroom, though. I'm really pissed she couldn't have given me just a tiny bit more notice. She will also be showing the house tomorrow. The big question is what do I do if it sells? I have options, but the big questions is whether I will stay in CO.
