Yes. Seek. I was at the library seeking a book I’ve been tracking for a few days already. While browsing, I couldn’t find it, and wound up leaving my umbrella behind at the library. After shopping in the area for a time, I had to visit the toilet, but there were massive queues in the building. This meant I had to go through the rain. It was then that I realized that something was missing… After backtracking to the library, I thought it worthwhile to check whether the book was there. Amazingly enough, it was shelved and ready for me to pick up. I then went off to the nearby art supplies shop, and found inkjet fixative! Now that’s something I had been looking for for the longest time. I also saw willow charcoal, which I figured would be interesting to fiddle with. Not a bad shopping day =p
This would be unremarkable except that I was on the verge of leaving the umbrella behind because I was having cramps and I wasn’t entirely sure that it’d be still there even if I remembered where I left it. I hate making mistakes, and something this fundamental was quite unacceptable. Anyway, I spotted the inkjet fixative at the store, but it was the matte variety. I asked the worker whether they stocked gloss, but he said that they didn’t. After some in-depth reading of labels, I found the gloss fixative, albeit under a different brand. Understandably, the staff was a bit embarrassed when I waggled it before him, and he said that he didn’t know that fixatives came in gloss. Well…I didn’t expect him to know everything the store stocked, so I guess it’s pardonable.
The lesson of the day: With sufficient determination, seek and ye shalt find. An interesting thing to note, though: My transport pass had $8.88 on it at the time.
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