Melissa and I had originally planned to visit her brother and his wife in Charleston this weekend, but decided not to due to the impending hurricane. Even if didn't hit Charleston, there would be a lot of rain and horrible amounts of traffic. Maybe we'll go in a couple of weeks.
So...Friday night we watched the Krystal eating contest outside BellSouth Park. The Pulse's Batguy was a contestant. He ate just 3/4 of a krystal, covered in Altoids which he poured from the tin on his batbelt. Quite funny.
We then watched Super Size Me - the documentary about the guy who ate nothing but McDonald's for an entire month. The movie bugged me, as it had lots of holes and an off-base arrogance about it. His arguments were often weak, and his vegan chef girlfriend was so stuck-up I wanted to hit her in the face with one of her veggie casseroles.
Saturday we travelled to Birmingham, stopping along the way at the Unclaimed Baggage Store in Scottsboro, AL. It's quite a place. They have tons of clothes, books, and pieces of luggage, as well thousands of cd's for $3.50 or less and oodles of electronics. We bought a Canon 35mm point-and-shoot camera for $34. We then continued on to Birmingham to go to The Summit, an enormous upscale shopping center that Melissa had heard about. Didn't buy much. Ate dinner at P.F. Chang's. Delicious. Got home about 2 a.m.
Sunday was fairly uneventful except for us going to see Anchorman again. Our friends Julie and Daniel came along. That movie is so stupid, but so fantastically funny.
Today we are finishing up the latest issue. Maybe we'll have a picnic later.
Posted by colrus at September 6, 2004 12:19 PM | TrackBackWhen I was in college, my entire dorm hall would caravan to Unclaimed Baggage at the start of each semester. Much of our clothing and music for the year came from their racks.
Posted by: mesh at September 6, 2004 03:53 PM