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Thursday, April 30, 2015 ( 3:18 PM ) shut up christine makoto sells stuff online, so we go to thrift stores often (almost daily) did i mention i quit my job in march? loads of free time i usually head straight to the book section i try to read at least one book per week   ps i can see books, if that makes sense. when i'm reading, i can picture everything in my mind like it's a movie. the emotions, and the things that happen to characters -- i feel really connected to it somehow. reading is a weirdly intimate & interactive process for me anywho there are some books that i find all the time, in every thrift store. weird phenomenon titles i've commonly come across on thrift store shelves: 
Iacocca: An Autobiography
soooo many copies! geez
i don't really want to read this book but maybe it's a sign
any of the books from the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
The Best Life Diet
i've almost bought this book on 3 separate occasions (foreword by oprah! must be good!)
but have resisted thus far
The Cat Who Brought Down the House
i will continue adding to this list.
pps my favorite place to get secondhand books is at the Amvets thrift store near my apartment,
four paperbacks for a dollar. but a lot of the books are in bins so you have to dig
Amvets
3315 E South St
Long Beach 90805
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 ( 12:10 PM ) shut up christine i know it's april/ almost may, but here is my 2015 resolution: i just found out that i was left handed when i was little. i decided that i will relearn how to write with my left hand  Thursday, April 16, 2015 ( 3:56 PM ) shut up christine 4. my favorite cheese in life is trader joe's vintage reserve cheddar cheese 5. they discontinued it whyyyyyy 6. second place is gouda # Sunday, April 12, 2015 ( 1:30 PM ) shut up christine about me 1. guilty pleasures: i watch keeping up with the kardashians and shahs of sunset 2. i would hate being famous. or even vaguely recognizable in public 3. i want to be unknown. and when i die, i hope i am forgotten quickly #recluse # Friday, April 10, 2015 ( 12:00 AM ) shut up christine  $25 is pretty steep as far as thrift stores go, but it appeared to have been used only a few times & was in great condition inside a pocket there was a receipt for a dress from talbots dated march 24, 2000, practically fifteen years ago to the day makoto sells our thrift store finds on ebay but i decided to keep this one this is what's in my purse, 2015 edition: 
clockwise starting top left: coin purse, nivea a kiss of milk and honey lip balm (i keep going back to this, it's my favorite), resusable grocery bag, keys, wallet.
also my cellphone but i used it to take the picture
grocery bag unfolded
got the coin purse in japan
on one side i keep coupons, stamp cards, and gift cards, other side is coins
i will also carry pads during lady time
i'm hella nosy and i would totally look through people's purses if they let me
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Thursday, April 09, 2015 ( 2:02 PM ) shut up christine  there were video games in this area as well that dispensed collector cards, i think. kids carried binders of all the cards they had won. interestingly, a lot of the people playing these video games were older japanese businessmen there was one game that had a particularly long line and we watched one businessman play then stand in line again....he was still playing when we checked an hour later! anywho gashapon in japan are amazeballs. here are a few 
sleepy cats
city vermin with trash
banana birds
kittens drinking from bottles
Gudetama the lazy egg is a popular sanrio character. "gude" describes something or someone with no energy or strength, and “tama” comes from the word tamago, meaning egg
peeing dogs
cellphone bathrobes
sushi cats
cute bald man
hot dog creatures
my nephew is a fan of trains, so we went with this shinkansen (bullet train) gachapon
i kept trying to get the head piece that winds up the train but i never got it! dangit we're suckers.
we stopped after spending $10
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