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[thehefner]

Working the comic shop on Christmas Eve. I'm wearing three sweaters in lieu of body armor. A torrent of last minute shoppers all saying, "Yeah, my _______ looooves comics, but I don't read them. He has a ton of books. What should I get him? Remember, I don't know a single thing about comics or what he reads, only that he likes them, so that should give you enough to go on, right?!"

Ever have that dream where you, Alan, Rachel, Sean, Eldridge, Josh, Jaki, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal are trapped in a giant warehouse maze and have to escape a squad of a dozen Predators, getting picked off one by one, then somehow inexplicably manage to fight back and even win, only to have Jason Voorhees appear on the scene?

Well, I sure as hell did.

I blame the fact that yesterday I went cold turkey on the caffeine. I'm gonna stop drinking it if I can... it may have been a major reason why I've felt really tense and on edge of late.

So, have a Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, kwazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a
solemn, dignified Ramadan. Now a word from my god: our sponsor!

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In like water, out like a turtle.

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

*ahem*

The Vietnamese New Year isn't until January 29th in 2006. Save a slice of watermelon for me.

Until then, I'll be on the edge of latte.

Oh, and the next customer that comes in with that kind of question? Push some heroclix on 'em. A whole new collecting addiction is the best retail revenge.

Re: In like water, out like a turtle.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It's a Simpsons quote. Take it up with Krusty. Last time I posted that quote, one of my friends got all pissed off and took it seriously. This quote is proving to be nothing but trouble.

Our heroclix selection is scant. We pride ourselves on being the rare comic store that can actually make by selling just comics, for the most part.

[aeonata.livejournal.com]

You know, I really hate that dream...

Commiseration on the working christmas eve. I was at work myself last night, and again tonight. But your job is, I think, worse. If I worked at that store and had to deal with said customers, I wouldn't be working in that store any longer, because I'd be in jail. For murder. Then arson.

Re: In like water, out like a turtle.

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

Silly, I know it's a Krusty quote and I think it's funny. I'm just being elucidating, or something. (C'mon, would we even know about Tet without Krusty? No, we wouldn't! We'd be blind, blind I tell you, to the celebrations of other countries!)
:-)

Hmmmm, pride, very dangerous...

Be warm, be safe, be sane, and we'll be seeing you later! (Not actually later today or anything, but you know what I mean.)

Re: In like water, out like a turtle.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Elucidatin', eh? Round these parts, we call it bein' a no-good smarty-pants! Not like that's a bad thing, mind you.

Warmth, safety, sanity... I haven't known too much of those three of late, but I shall try. And to you too of course, boyo.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

So, have a Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, kwazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a
solemn, dignified Ramadan. Now a word from my god: our sponsor!

I've listened to that quote about a hundred times today, seeing as how it's part of the loop of clips and promos in our tvs in the store that play all the time.

Fortunately it doesn't loop back enough to drive me insane though.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? At work? What's your job?