New Plan: Listen to my iPod constantly

Why is this my new plan, you ask? Well, because I seem to get stopped and suckered in a lot recently. Previously, I was rarely ever reeled in by those people trying to convince you to buy something or do something or whatever. Fortunately, I don't get stopped all of the time because, as I'm sure I have mentioned before, I look 14 (or at best 16) to most people, so they let me be because they think that I'm not old enough to vote or to have a credit card or anything. But I've been stopped for a while twice. Today it was by some lady *in* the grocery store. She was at a desk and everything, so I assumed that it had something to do w/ Albertsons (especially as first she asked if I had a Preferred Card. At first, I thought maybe she was trying to sign people up for that, then she started talking about something else and I totally misunderstood and then had to figure a way out of it, much like I had to do when I was stopped by a Green Peace guy outside of Best Buy. I mean, you stop and listen because you feel bad & don't know how to get out of it politely & nicely. After their spiel, then you have to figure out a nice & polite way to not sign up or pay or whatever. It's SO annoying. I REALLY don't like being bugged. So my new plan is this: wear my iPod in the stores, or at least on my way in & out. Or, at least, pretend like I'm on the phone when I go by people. Hmm...the iPod idea is better because then you're less likely to get surprised by someone you weren't expecting (like the lady in the Albertsons), where as the phone is useful if somebody sets up shop right outside of the store....anyways, I plan on putting this into effect ASAP.

Word of the day:

Ascot: "a broad neck scarf that is looped under the chin" (m-w.com)

I had wondered about this since it was mentioned in Toy Story 3 (remember? Barbie says "Nice ascot" to Ken), and then a few moments ago I heard it again and decided that I'd see what it actually was. Now you know too (in case you already knew...)