Slacker Man Walking

I had to get out of the house yesterday. I craved fresh air, cardio exercise and a trip to the book store. There are so many threads to follow up on after a week of watching TV. How does hi-low card counting work? What's Belize like? Who was Truffaut, really?

I decided to walk to the book store which is at least a 5 mile hike. I stopped for a burger and then spend about 45 minutes in the store, randomly browsing thru shelf after shelf. I didn't buy anything but I found a number of interesting books. The most satisfying was that I could spend an unlimited amount of time just browsing. If I'd wanted to.

[The best book stores in the world to just browse for hours are the Waterstone's by Piccadilly in London and Hanlin Shucheng in Taipei.]

I did the same exercise at the record store and found several great new CD's. One that really caught my ear was Matt Bianco's / Basia's Matt's Mood. It's a wonderful mix of suave brazilan bossa, sexy movie music and jazz. I did not buy it cause I wanted to check out the price on Amazon. What do you know, the record store was cheaper. Well, I guess I have to walk back to get it one of these days.

I was on the road for 2 hours, re-discovering the pleasure of strolling, turtle-walking, casually taking a promenade (walk in french).

I justed realized that there aren't a lot of american-english terms for walking. Cause people don't walk, they drive. If you know any other words than walk and stroll, please let me know!