Stuffs I Like

So I've been quite the minimalist for a number of years, practically living out of the suitcase--don't ask why, I'm rather embarassed, but in retrospect only, I am getting old. I did not have much to spend, and there was not much on which i wanted to spend. My one indulgence has been in books. I have a nice bookshelf and a half of 'em--hardcovers and paperbacks that i never lend out.

Though my conditions have not much changed, I have just discovered new and interesting things I like: DVDs, CDs, belt buckles, wool socks, and mugs.

Anyways, since i have never had much money to begin with, I have never had many decisions to make in regards to money. But, if there were to be one decision I could change, I wish I had been more committed to a few certain extracurricular pursuits. No extracurricular pursuit would have been unreasonably demanding of my time or money, but one would have provided an invaluable sense of enjoyment and achievement.

Well, that is one lesson learned. It is always difficult to know how to balance time and money. I arrive at a project, and I would think it too consuming for anything else. But in retrospect, I could have committed myself to more. Or maybe I couldn't have. I suppose, to call upon the wisdom of Lady Macbeth, what's done cannot be undone.

I'm sitting here in a corner of Starbucks at the intersection of Spring Garden and Queen Street, and I smell fart. A man has just arrived to the table beside mine. I look up, and realize that he had his backside to me, when he placed his sandwich and coffee on the table. He moves to the other side of the table to carefully fold and lay his black wool coat on the chair, adjusting it. He is wearing a freshly-ironed deep-grey silk-mix shirt with a silver striped tie. I imagine perspiration under his arms. He has on a few extra pounds--15, maybe 20. Finally, he slides comfortably onto the cushioned bench beside my wooden chair, and I catch a gentle waft of cologne. I extend my neck to inhale. I can't bear to look at his face, anymore. But i have noticed a receding hairline, despite his attempt to hide it by shaving it.