Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Thou shalt not covet

but I do.

Today I saw a book that has been on my TPL hold list for nigh on a month in a cart behind the counter at the library, where I was picking up something like five other books (three of them don't count because two are biz advice that may or may not help me achieve the highest levels of professional success and the other is on women's weight training). My eyes got all big and I wanted to tell the librarian that I was on the list for "Persepolis" and, hey, since I'm here, why not just GIVE ME MY PRECIOUSSSSSSS.

One reason I feel the pinch is that I cannot read "Persepolis 2" until I get my hands on the first book/graphic novel. It's about a young girl in Iran during the revolution (I'm pretty sure, but then, I reserved it many moons ago) and her family fleeing; the second gn is about adapting to the US of A.

At least I got "What's the Matter with Kansas" this time.

Also I saw "Bowling for Columbine" for the first time a few days ago and lemme tell ya, Canada is looking really good and reasonable right now. Even the street punks just want to talk things out!

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