I Blame Myself Pt. I

After applying to The Harbor Bay Club (f*ck you), Knight's Catering Co. (f*ck you, too), and The Alameda Golf Course (big time f*ck you), I finally managed to obtain a job: an internship at a Law Firm in San Francisco. I'll be starting next week and I am real excited.

Last night I found out that the attire is 'business casual' so I am not too worried about what is in my closet. Aside from worrying about parking my car in the BART parking lot everyday and what exactly my position as an intern entails, I am pondering what type of bag or pack I am going to bring to work.

Let's be honest, a backpack is out of the question. (although I would be interested in revolutionizing the corporate world on some level) So, as a male, I am left with either a briefcase or a messenger bag. I don't want to over do it or seem as if I'm trying to hard so I think I will pass on the briefcase. A messenger bag it is.

Naturally, I looked at all my gift cards trying to find one I could use in this particular instance. I had gift cards for Tower Records (R.I.P.), Barnes & Noble, and The Sports Authority (formerly Sportsmart. Does anyone, including the company themselves, know why they changed their name to the f*cking Sports Authority?) I convinced myself that The Sports Authority was bound to have a messenger bag but I think its because I had a gift card there. Has anyone ever done this? Convince yourself that the store you have a gift card for has something that you KNOW they don't really have? Like you have a gift card to T.G.I. Friday's and you convince yourself there is an outside chance they have Birthday cards.

After I told my mom I was headed to get a messenger bag, she said she would go with me because she had to get one thing at Wal-Mart. One thing my ass.

Both stores were in the same complex so I went on my way and she on hers. I quickly learned that The Sports Authority (I really hate that name) does not carry what I was looking for and my mom convinced me to just meet her in Wal-Mart. At this point I was mad they didn't have what I was looking for, having a little allergy attack, and was entering a world of complete chaos...