books, books, books

Okay, so a few things to write about.

Firstly, a couple of weeks ago I was surfing the net and finally found a copy of Jonathan Carroll's The Panic Hand for a reasonable price of around $50 US. Now, I should state that this book normally goes for twice that amount (or more, depending on the condition), and I don't even want to get into how rare it is to find a Canadian seller for this title. So, knowing that the exchange rate is pretty good right now, I decide to fork over the money in and order the book from the used book store in Florida. And today, lo and behold, I finally recieved it!

This is exciting news for me. Very exciting. This was the only book by Carroll that I didn't have. Now I have a complete collection. Very satisfying.

Still don't have any photos from the Gaiman event. Also did a Lemony Snickett event, but we didn't take pictures there.

Christmas is around the corner, and that means retail hell for the next 8-10 weeks for me. Yay o yay. At least I get to create some wicked wonderful tables. It'll be good to see how they turn out. One is a graphic novel/graphic design table that I think will do really well for Christmas, we'll see.

Books bought recently:
-new McSweeney's book for kids
-The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay (classic kids lit)

Arrested Development is one FUNNY tv show. Love the DVD.

More thoughts later. Like tomorrow maybe.

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This is the first day back

So I haven't blogged in ages. Been fairly busy, usually I'm too tired to be arsed about anything when I get home these days. But, I've got the two days off, some spare time, thought, why not?

So let's catch up on things.

Last month we drove to Nova Scotia. It's a hectic journey, 20 hours all told. There are very few signs on the Trans-Can going East, nothing telling you a BIG turn is up ahead. Lots of Moose signs though. Driving at night became a terrifying experience. It wasn't just raining, it felt like a flood had opened itself on the windshield of my car. Add to that a very exhausted body, little coffee, no signs, fear of moose, and I think you get the picture.

Once we arrived however, things couldn't have gone smoother. Got to meet Brooke's dad, which seemed to go well. Got to walk around Halifax, which was so laid back, very nice change of pace. After we returned, I began to realize how much I really needed that little vacation. I really slowed down for a good week and a half.

While we were there I picked up a copy of Lost on DVD. Watched it over three days. It's a good show. A really, friggin' good show. Ok. IT'S THE MOST AWESOME SHOW I'VE EVER WATCHED. Well, that may be going a bit overboard, but it certainly has possessed me for the time being.

The most exciting news is that I finally got to meet Neil Gaiman! He's such a nice guy. Very down to earth. He even made a little drawing in my copy of Stardust, which I'm very thankful for. Brooke was employed by me to take photographs of the event, so I'll wait until those are developed to tell the whole story of how it went. We sold a hell of a lot of books though.

The new Broken Social Scene album is awesome. As is the 40 Year Old Virgin (saw it with Brooke's folks in Bedford).

Books bought last month:
-Five books by John Bellairs featuring Anthony Monday and Johnny Dixon
-Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
-On Beauty by Zadie Smith
-Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

Currently Reading:
-Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (UK edition with several stories not published in North America)
-Does She or Doesn't She by Alisa Kwitney (as soon as Brooke hands it back)
-Daredevil Vol.4 written by Brian Michael Bendis art by Alex Maleev

More to come. no, really, I swear it this time :-)

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