Jane, pizza and the mall

[geebs]

With everything on repeats now, caught an ep of JoA last night. Pretty cool show, which I prolly woulda watched if it weren't on Friday nights. Maybe I'll try catching it next season. So, since I don't think I'd be able to catch all the eps in reruns (unless they're doing the quick release to DVD that Alias and 24 did and the OC is about to do) started reading the recaps on TWoP. Oh, and while trying to track down online some song that played at the end of the ep I saw, I came across an article where someone was asking "what's the theme song?" which is of course, "One of Us" by Joan Osborne. Its like, what rock are these people living under?! ojv('Man, its obvious!')

Anyways, one of the recaps mentioned how some people are just overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of the mall. I never thought about it before, but I guess I can see how it can bother some people, all the people, the bright lights, the constant somewhat loud noise always in the background. I mean, I know several people who just don't like being so out and about with all these people around. Well, I get that they can feel that way, though its still such a foreign concept to me. Maybe its because I grew up in NYC, but I like the crowds and something always going on. And I guess that's the reason I love the mall, for the exact reason other people hate it.

And even though I'm not the most outgoing guy in the world and can be quite lazy sometimes, leading me to stay in, it comforts me that there is bustling going on outside when I am in. I mean I get some of my fix by having the lights on, and the TV and radio and computer going. But even in the suburbs, like staying the weekend at isabel79 and 7500centfish when we were kids, or hanging out at psyched_out's place on break, it would drive me a little crazy that it was so dark and quiet outside at night. For me, something has to be constantly going on. Which is why, to many people's annoyance, if it gets too quiet I start making funny noises, or if I'm by myself start outright singing or talking aloud to myself. I think being put in a sensory deprivation tank would really freak me out.

But enough of that. When is the other guy gonna come back so I can heat up my pepperoni, sausage and black olive calzone? I'm starving! Which actually brings me to another rant. what's up with non-delivery only places not selling pizza by the slice? What if there's just two of you and you can't finish a whole pie by yourself? Or what if you just can't agree on toppings. Again, maybe its a NY thing and being used to big slices, whereas other places will do differing diameter pies so a small one could be easily eaten and finished by two people. But I say: "Gimmie pizza slices!" I mean, the guy is all, "We stop making it at X o'clock because we don't want to throw the leftovers away." Stuff it in a fridge! I'm glad they're trying to be all fresh, but day old pizza isn't bad. Actually, its just as tasty as fresh pizza!

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[psyched-out.livejournal.com]

s. is also the same way about the mall--as a result i've been to the mall more times in 2004 than i have in all my years of college added up--she says atlanta is so small and zombielike in its lack of pedestrians that lenox is really the only place she can go to pretend that she's back home...