Day Eight

The San Jose Downtown Farmer's Market is quaint. It's pretty darn small and has less variety, but what it does have is good quality for the price. It's also a bit of a mash-up between Portland's Farmer's Market and Saturday Market with some food and some merchandise.

The fruit smelled delicious but it wasn't soft enough for my metal-mouth to enjoy and I passed up the vegetables because I'm not cooking while out here. A small bakery at the end of the market row had some amazing tarts, cookies, breads, and other baked goods; I picked up a lemon bar and am saving that for my afternoon dessert. I grabbed a container of garlic hummus and a bag of homemade pita bread from a Mediterranean cart boasting 17 different flavors of hummus; all four that I tried were amazing. Another small cart nearby had homemade pecan sandies, yum! Their pecans are chopped small enough that I can eat them even, so I grabbed a bag of those, too.

On my way back out, I stopped to browse the merchandise carts. One gentleman had turned recycled wine bottles into spoon rests and serving platters. A pair of young women had created necktie necklaces out of fimo clay and another older woman makes owls, dragons, cats, and even cat-fish figurines by hand. What truly caught my eye, however, was the art of Juror2. It reminded me of XKCD on an acid trip and as soon as I saw the Pirates v. Ninjas image, I knew I had to have it. My new black hoodie is hanging out in the drier right now as the image sets on it. I wish she could have done full-color on black, that would kick so much arse. I'm going to have to slash the cuffs and waistband because I hate things that are fitted like that, but it's a sexy image and I'm excited.

I think I'm changing my plans for tonight. I was going to Happy Hour and then ComedySportz but I'm leaning more toward visiting Henry's Hi-Life for dinner and catching a movie for a lazy Friday night. Edit: Hey, new plans! It looks like I'm developing a sunburn, sigh. I'm going to see if Blockbuster has the first two Twilight movies to prep myself for Eclipse sometime next week. Hey, look, even newer plans! With the discovery that I didn't have my Blockbuster Card, I just stayed home and rotted my brain/did homework. Fun stuff.