After my momentous gardening moment I had a splendid day cleaning and cooking with Marie. We organized all sorts of stuff and inherited a bunch of food from prior roommates. After a while we decided to take a break and that the library was where the party was at. Shortly after departing we discovered that my car had passed away during the night [I keep leaving those blasted lights on... the little guys that click on and off] and that we would have to walk the whole 10ish blocks. Luckily Alycen, our roommate, was heading out the door and let us hitch a ride. Once we got there a kind man with very little teeth and a beat up cane opened the door for us. We marched on in, determined to find adventure. After obtaining my card [check] we had a grand ol' time finding a whole lot of nothing, unless you count the three kid movies and season of Full House. (: Unfortunately, the library closes at 6pm so we nearly got kicked out soon after arriving [really it woulda been much cooler if we would've gotten locked in... the books would probably come to life]. On the walk back we were graced with the over tones of an ice cream truck. I am very familiar with the distant plinking tune of an ice cream truck... you see as a child it would always pass my house but I was never fast enough to catch it. As in I couldn't get to my coins on time... not I was chasing the truck like a fat kid. However, I could most definitely see that happening too. Anyways, last Saturday was special because I didn't have to chase down that truck. It basically rolled into the palm of my hand... and when it did a kind old man with a twirly mustache and twinkling eyes opened all his magical freezers and asked if we would like anything cold and sweet to tickle our fancy on such a hot day. What a pleasant moment....Oh wait... that didn't happen... we almost did have to chase down that blasted truck. With a little luck and Marie's speed walking skills we got there just in time, and when we did a middle-age Mexican man covered in tattoos leaned out the window and said, "You ever seen one of these before?" I think it was the same guy that Autumn dated way back when... hmmm [shoulder shrug]. The kind, yet scary, man told us about how he didn't go to college and such and we bought our blue raspberry screwball and skipped away towards safety. I returned home without a single book to read... and didn't get to the HBLL till Monday evening after 5 hours of class and 5 hours of work. However, it was a lovely reward to I trudge through the sunshine up to the fifth floor of the library where I found some just as lovely reading treasures. I only found about a fourth of my list so I'll for sure be back in exactly three weeks... when they are all due. Things I learned from this dainty little experience: 1) you CAN check out books from the sample collection on the 3rd floor. and 2) really, don't talk to strangers.If you have any reads you think I should check out please let me know. Party on.
6.24.2010
21] get a library card. . . 22] go to the library and use said card.
After my momentous gardening moment I had a splendid day cleaning and cooking with Marie. We organized all sorts of stuff and inherited a bunch of food from prior roommates. After a while we decided to take a break and that the library was where the party was at. Shortly after departing we discovered that my car had passed away during the night [I keep leaving those blasted lights on... the little guys that click on and off] and that we would have to walk the whole 10ish blocks. Luckily Alycen, our roommate, was heading out the door and let us hitch a ride. Once we got there a kind man with very little teeth and a beat up cane opened the door for us. We marched on in, determined to find adventure. After obtaining my card [check] we had a grand ol' time finding a whole lot of nothing, unless you count the three kid movies and season of Full House. (: Unfortunately, the library closes at 6pm so we nearly got kicked out soon after arriving [really it woulda been much cooler if we would've gotten locked in... the books would probably come to life]. On the walk back we were graced with the over tones of an ice cream truck. I am very familiar with the distant plinking tune of an ice cream truck... you see as a child it would always pass my house but I was never fast enough to catch it. As in I couldn't get to my coins on time... not I was chasing the truck like a fat kid. However, I could most definitely see that happening too. Anyways, last Saturday was special because I didn't have to chase down that truck. It basically rolled into the palm of my hand... and when it did a kind old man with a twirly mustache and twinkling eyes opened all his magical freezers and asked if we would like anything cold and sweet to tickle our fancy on such a hot day. What a pleasant moment....Oh wait... that didn't happen... we almost did have to chase down that blasted truck. With a little luck and Marie's speed walking skills we got there just in time, and when we did a middle-age Mexican man covered in tattoos leaned out the window and said, "You ever seen one of these before?" I think it was the same guy that Autumn dated way back when... hmmm [shoulder shrug]. The kind, yet scary, man told us about how he didn't go to college and such and we bought our blue raspberry screwball and skipped away towards safety. I returned home without a single book to read... and didn't get to the HBLL till Monday evening after 5 hours of class and 5 hours of work. However, it was a lovely reward to I trudge through the sunshine up to the fifth floor of the library where I found some just as lovely reading treasures. I only found about a fourth of my list so I'll for sure be back in exactly three weeks... when they are all due. Things I learned from this dainty little experience: 1) you CAN check out books from the sample collection on the 3rd floor. and 2) really, don't talk to strangers.If you have any reads you think I should check out please let me know. Party on.
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