The Daily Sabs

a few weeks ago anneh and i were talking books (i'm back on the reading wagon), and she recommend that i check out oscar wao. so i immediately added it to my library queue (i heart that i can order stuff online and they email me when it's ready to pick up via self checkout). the book is a pretty great read, the narrator really pulls the story together, but it wasn't what i was expecting. it was however a bit sad in the end (oh come on, i'm not ruining anything. the book is called "the brief wonderous life of oscar wao" what part of "brief" doesn't spoil the ending?), and since i am a big ol' softy inside, i shed a few tears. i didn't bawl outloud or need a box of tissues or anything, but my face did curl up unattractively, a few tears rolled down my cheeks, and my panda eyes got all huge. not so tough really.

ps. what should i read next?

today i started reading hugh laurie's book the gun seller (yes, that hugh laurie). when i got on my new library kick (i discovered they had all the comics i wanted to read), randall complained that last time i requested the gun seller (for him a few years ago, he is lamers and doesn't have his own card), the request expired before it was filled. so i went ahead and put it on hold again. it showed up a few days later (man i love technology) and i brought it home only to have randall say, "oh i'm pretty sure i read this already."

i guess it did show up last time.

ps. i am only a chapter or so in, but this book seems like totally fun wordplay so far. for example (and maybe this is just my inner food nerd talking) check out this passage: "Someone had once told me that talking out loud helps clarify things. I'd said would it work with butter?" See? genius.

now the question is do i go with hugh laurie the author tonight? or hugh laurie house season finale?