Did any of you “call in gay” today? While i like the idea of a gay boycott, i just didn’t see the point of not going to work today. I guess i’m feeling deflated after the media blackout of the Prop 8 protest. Plus, and i know this is really kooky, but i actually enjoy going to work.

My roomie David Jacob bailed on work today, but he decreed that Duke and i could work — as long as we didn’t spend any money today.

I gotta tell you: It’s really hard not buying anything. Pathetic that may be, but it’s true.

I wanted to go to Powell’s to see if i could find some used copies of the books i need for Young Adult Resources and Lit.

Oh, wait. I can’t buy anything today.

Ooo! I need to get a wreath holder for my door.

Oh, right. Can’t spend money today.

I love that X-Men Angel comic and want to get the rest of the series.

…Tomorrow, i guess.

We should go to Jewel and pick up some stuff for dinner.

Or, we could scrounge around our cupboards and see what we’ve got here. (Answer: edamame)

If you think it’d be easy not buying anything all day (and of course morning coffee at Pause didn’t count!), give it a go. I triple dog dare you. You’ll see. We’re hopeless consumers, and that’s all there is to it.

Two men pass on the Argyle el platform. One is getting off the train, one is getting on. They greet each other and the guy getting on the train smiles and he’s missing a front tooth. He’s staggering and it looks like he might African-American out he’s so wasted.

“Where you goin’?” the man getting off asks the man getting on.

“Work!” he mumbles, laughing.