I went on a quest today. My quest was to obtain a pack of cigarettes. I've been saying that I am going to do some Temp work, but my procrastination (Yes, that is the word for it!) got the best of me again. I was trying to figure out how I could obtain money to buy cigarettes and one thing popped into my head... Cheapo's! Yes, Cheapo's would be the answer to my money troubles! Cheapo's is the best music store this City has to offer and they give you money for used CDs. It may sound inhumane to sell your music, but with my trusty laptop I won't have to worry about being without good tunes. I am an online radio DJ after all. With this great idea in my head I set out to find all my CDs that still had the original cases laying about in various boxes. I do have a tendency to do away with the cases once I have the album ripped onto my laptop. After I found the cases that were in my apartment, I walked out to my car to find whatever was laying about on the floorboard. With a total of 13 CDs in their original cases inside my backpack I contemplated on how I would commute to Cheapo's. At this point I did not have any money to my name and my car is out gas. How was I going to even be able to get to my destination? I was a bit downhearted that my quest was short lived so I decided that I would catch up on some laundry. Yes, laundry would help me feel better... I guess. While sifting through various items of dirty clothes something fell out of a pocket. To my surprise it was $2.45! Yes! Now I can make my journey to Cheapo's and all will be right with the world. I stuff the rest of my laundry into the washer and head out the door to catch the nearest bus. [I'm going to miss the avid public transit.] It was rush time so the buses were running slow. It was alright, the only thing that mattered was that I obtain my pack of cigarettes. As the bus made various stops on it's way to my transfer, three highschool kids hopped on. One of them liked my boots, one of them sat by me and complained about how her family was sick and she didn't want to become ill, and the other one carried on a conversation with me about my tattoos. He was quite interested in Tattoos and liked mine so I told him about my artist who works in the town I am moving to. Finally the bus neared my transfer and I departed with the tattoo boy (who didn't have any tattoos himself, but he was quite a nice guy). I ran across the road and waited for the next bus. I waited and waited and waited. Then in the distance I saw that my bus was on its way to my stop. "Hooray!" I thought as I boarded the bus. As the bus got closer to downtown the more my anticipation grew. My quest was almost over and I would be rewarded with a fresh pack of cigarettes! While avidly watching the street for Cheapo's I pulled the stop cable. I was surprised that the bus stop was right across from Cheapo's! I walked swiftly across and into the music store with a big grin on my face. I pulled my CD's out and then... IT happened. "Sorry, we can only give you store credit. We are almost out of cash. You will have to come back tomorrow if you want cash." NOOO!! This can't be! Has my quest come to its bitter end? I did not know what to do... So, I left Cheapo's and pulled out my cell phone. I rang the only person I could think of who could help me out in this predicament, my fiance. Luckily he was at work, which meant that I could possibly obtain cigarettes. All I would have to do is ask and kiss a little ass to get what I want. Now the journey to the store had begun. It seemed like this time around the bus ride took much longer even though the rush was over. It was my anticipation getting the best of me. I started to really fiend when I got off near the store. It took me nearly an hour before my quest was completely fulfilled, but it was worth it (altogether it took me about 3 hours to obtain my prize). I gave my fiance the only money I had left $1.45 and he bought me a pack of cigarettes. (I owe him now =P) Tomorrow we will travel to Cheapo's again because I still need some cash. A fellow DJ is coming to a local concert and we are going to meet up and hang out tomorrow. It will be much fun!