Late Night Groceries

last evening, for a change, i decided to do some grocery shopping at 11:30pm. this decision was precipitated by the fact that lately grocery shopping has taken up way too much time during my days, thereby hindering my ability to do a lot of writing (I suppose the size of my fridge is also playing a part - as the inability to keep large amounts of food on hand is obviously directly related to the frequency with which grocery shopping is required).

thankfully, here in Hollywood there is a 24 hour Ralphs close by that makes late night grocery shopping possible.

now, as many of you are aware, Hollywood is filled with freaks, and apparently this segment of the population tend to comprise the majority of customers who do their grocery shopping late at night.

but the strange thing about being in a grocery store full of freaks is how immune or numb everyone seems to be to the behavior of some.

por ejemplo, there was a gentleman whose, as far as i can tell, sole purpose in the store last night was to walk up down every aisle while repeating the phrase, “where are the cookies?”

now, normally, this sort of behavior would, during the day at any rate, lead to more than just myself stopping their shopping to observe…and yet, as he continued to mumble, I seemed to be the only one paying any attention to his behavior (fyi — upon discovering the cookies he proclaimed, “here they are.” at which point he then left the store).

i suppose if you do your shopping late at night, you just come to expect this kind of thing…though i would imagine that no matter how often i saw a man walking up and down the aisles mumbling to himself about the location of baked goods, i would still continue to stop whatever it was that i was in the middle of in order to observe (perhaps, that’s just me).

either way, i think there might be a new time for grocery shopping in my life.