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Greetings everyone. Back again with another exciting blog update.
Today is Sunday, July 30th. Time currently is 3:40 PM EST.
We have one more day left in this month and we are more than half way through 2017.
Sometimes I can't believe how fast time is passing. I know I mention that a lot so I'm not delving into that subject again. I think you get the idea.
Okay, today I went about my business like another day. Except the weather today was overcast and windy so I didn't go to the local beach. Lately my routine has included going there for like an hour or two around midday. Instead I went off base and checked out the local shopping center.
I can't tell you the last time I've gone off base exclusively for exploring purposes. I already had in my mind where I could go and what I was looking for.
The nearest Super Wal-Mart is like an hour away and I've been there before. Once when my family came down to visit me. I know... it has pretty much everything. But todays different, let's go somewhere new I thought. I decided to go to K-Mart. In the past I have frequently passed this place but just never had much desire to walk in. However, seeing mega discount sale signs outside really drew me in. Without a second thought my mind jumped to the thought that it was going out of business soon just like many other K-Mart I had seen before. I had to go inside just to check out the "pillaging".
There wasn't any compared to the one I saw in West Virginia.
No raided shelves, no clothes thrown about, no trash in the lay away, no caution tape and dripping ceilings.
I will still say from an economic standpoint K-Mart stores are in decline. You have to go out and witness these things yourself and think about it. All the people that went in and out of that freaking store. Just that store alone. People who held a job there, making a living. For years and years, decades...
When I see a store clinging to life I sense it. I respect it. I don't go in and buy more than what I need just because it's on sale. As alluring as it seems I don't fall for that trap.
When it's a store I went to as a kid it saddens me to a degree. It symbolizes the death of an era. The one I grew up in. The golden 90's. My happy, simple childhood. I would go into a store as a kid all carefree and now I replay events in my mind as I walk down the aisles as an adult. The smells of cheap plastic and cheerful 80's/90's department music echoing inside. It brings me back and many other 90's kids will agree it's like stepping into a time machine. Truth be told, they never changed their store's interior style which is one of the reasons they failed to grow.
It's so nostalgic.
And then to think my kids might think the same things (or at least I hope) as they grow up. Whenever they see the city they grew up in change and cast a different light. As we progress into the future I foresee more of these stores to fade away as the monolithic Wal-Mart continues to grow.
It's the nature of the cold, empty corporate beast. I also hope the economy gets better. I hear things are good then I hear things are bad and are going to get worse. Time is unfolding around us and we will know soon enough. Nobody can predict the future with absolute certainty. Today is all we got. So be ready. Prepare. Learn an invaluable skill. One things for certain... things will change and life for the species will continue.
Anyways, I did pick up a few items and saw something I might go back and get next weekend. I asked the lady at the cash register after I paid for my stuff if the store was closing soon and she said they weren't.
We shall see. I will update my blog with pictures and details if anything major happens.
Today is Sunday, July 30th. Time currently is 3:40 PM EST.
We have one more day left in this month and we are more than half way through 2017.
Sometimes I can't believe how fast time is passing. I know I mention that a lot so I'm not delving into that subject again. I think you get the idea.
Okay, today I went about my business like another day. Except the weather today was overcast and windy so I didn't go to the local beach. Lately my routine has included going there for like an hour or two around midday. Instead I went off base and checked out the local shopping center.
I can't tell you the last time I've gone off base exclusively for exploring purposes. I already had in my mind where I could go and what I was looking for.
The nearest Super Wal-Mart is like an hour away and I've been there before. Once when my family came down to visit me. I know... it has pretty much everything. But todays different, let's go somewhere new I thought. I decided to go to K-Mart. In the past I have frequently passed this place but just never had much desire to walk in. However, seeing mega discount sale signs outside really drew me in. Without a second thought my mind jumped to the thought that it was going out of business soon just like many other K-Mart I had seen before. I had to go inside just to check out the "pillaging".
There wasn't any compared to the one I saw in West Virginia.
No raided shelves, no clothes thrown about, no trash in the lay away, no caution tape and dripping ceilings.
I will still say from an economic standpoint K-Mart stores are in decline. You have to go out and witness these things yourself and think about it. All the people that went in and out of that freaking store. Just that store alone. People who held a job there, making a living. For years and years, decades...
When I see a store clinging to life I sense it. I respect it. I don't go in and buy more than what I need just because it's on sale. As alluring as it seems I don't fall for that trap.
When it's a store I went to as a kid it saddens me to a degree. It symbolizes the death of an era. The one I grew up in. The golden 90's. My happy, simple childhood. I would go into a store as a kid all carefree and now I replay events in my mind as I walk down the aisles as an adult. The smells of cheap plastic and cheerful 80's/90's department music echoing inside. It brings me back and many other 90's kids will agree it's like stepping into a time machine. Truth be told, they never changed their store's interior style which is one of the reasons they failed to grow.
It's so nostalgic.
And then to think my kids might think the same things (or at least I hope) as they grow up. Whenever they see the city they grew up in change and cast a different light. As we progress into the future I foresee more of these stores to fade away as the monolithic Wal-Mart continues to grow.
It's the nature of the cold, empty corporate beast. I also hope the economy gets better. I hear things are good then I hear things are bad and are going to get worse. Time is unfolding around us and we will know soon enough. Nobody can predict the future with absolute certainty. Today is all we got. So be ready. Prepare. Learn an invaluable skill. One things for certain... things will change and life for the species will continue.
Anyways, I did pick up a few items and saw something I might go back and get next weekend. I asked the lady at the cash register after I paid for my stuff if the store was closing soon and she said they weren't.
We shall see. I will update my blog with pictures and details if anything major happens.
- PRIMITUS
- BLOG 1 : PATHWAYS
- BEGINNER WORKOUT PROGRAM
- BLOG 2 : LEAVING FOOTPRINTS
- BLOG 3 : THE SPICE OF LIFE
- BLOG 4 : 4 REASONS TO RETHINK FACEBOOK USAGE
- BLOG 5 : MOTIVATION
- BLOG 6 : THE CASE FOR CAFFEINE
- MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES PART 1
- BLOG 7 : FIGHT CLUB
- BLOG 8 : FREE FALLING
- MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES PART 2
- BLOG 9 : BRANCHING OUT
- BLOG 10 : BLAST FROM THE PAST
- BLOG 12 : PATHWAYS PART 2
- MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES PART 3
- BLOG 13 : PATHWAYS PART 3
- BLOG 14 : ARMAMENT
- MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES PART 4
- PERSPECTIVE REDEFINED
- BLOG 15 : BREAK DOWN
- THE COLONEL SANDERS STORY
- BLOG 16 : WRECK
- BLOG 17 : NIGHT VISIONS
- BLOG 18 : CHANGES AHEAD
- BLOG 19 : PATHWAYS PART 4
- MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES PART 5
- BLOG 20 : PATHWAYS PART 5
- 3 MILITARY SKILLS TO LEARN
- BLOG 21 : ROAD TRIP PART 1
- QUOTATION COMPILATION
- BLOG 22 : THOUGHTS