Course Correction

A late afternoon outing to Ala Moana Center was facilitated on Thursday. As usual, a delicious prime rib dinner was procured at Lahaina Chicken. Shopping at Target® followed with a pint of Häagen-Dazs® coffee ice cream and a banana purchased for dessert. More organic granola and another big-ass jar of unsalted mixed nuts rounded out the selection.

There have been no evening outings to the International Marketplace since the Day of Samhain. The only evening outings occurred on Friday and Saturday to the ABC Store for the acquisition of Guinness® Stout for dessert. Yes, there was some deviation prior with shitty “taste like piss” substitutes, but no more.

The Notes posts of late have become extremely redundant … again. Who really cares about the daily itinerary or evening outings? Chronicling the former and latter will be mummified. Just assume that there will be at least one evening outing to Ala Moana Center per week. Evening outings to the International Marketplace will be “hit or miss.” And, if the mind is close to snapping, an emergency evening outing to the ABC Store will be in order.

Another modification has been made to personal Net browsing habits. A gamut of technology sites were perused daily for no apparent reason. Who really cares about that bullshit? Thus, from this point forward, only one site that covers Apple® topics will be perused mainly for advanced information on iOS and other firmware updates. Yeah, so there’s even less Net-based activities.

With that stated, the daily afternoon return to the mausoleum in the “old folks home” in Waikiki is likened to a near-death experience. There’s absolutely nothing to do in the dump during the evenings except vegetate. Sickening, isn’t it?

The miserly ways continue with some improvement. Currently, there is very little fretting about overpriced meals and reduced serving size. The justification is that coupons and other discounts are applied for all such purchases, so the effect of being “ripped off” is lessened. Impulse or “emergency” purchases (e.g., ice cream, Guinness® Stout) occur more frequently with no remorse. Then, too, the surprise $919 check from the property manager has increased the cash surplus.

With the mind about to snap, a brief excursion to the ABC Store was required this evening. Another can of Guinness® Stout was procured. Vegetating in the mausoleum leads to ruminating … about death. Oh, the horror!

Postscript: In the “eleventh hour, Notes is proud to announce that it stands with the Palestinian people and the land of Cana’an.