Keeping Basil Fresh: with out the tatoo, earring and surly expression

Get it? Fresh? You guys suck....

I like fresh basil but sometimes you get this stuff home from the store and it's either wilted, wilts by the next day or has brown patches all over it. This herb is pretty delicate, so unless you're planning on having a little pot of it growing on a sunny window sill, you're gonna have to get creative. Let's face it guys, most of us live in cities where we're lucky if our apartment has a window, never mind sun.