The excruciating waiting for a vacation to begin.

Tick. . . . . Tock. . . . .

I don't know if I can be much more prepared to leave for vacation. Went to the fabulous Uwajimaya yesterday and stocked up on a wide variety of dried meat products of the family "jerky" for the trip. Sadly I was unable to find the wonderful clam jerky they used to stock before the remodel. I suspect the company that made it got in trouble. Too bad...their scallop jerky also kicked ass. Uwajimaya was also out of the 4.5 ounce Sapporos that I do so love. I like beer. Little ones. Also got a bag full of little cans of coffee, and some of those chocolate mushrooms that J. so adores.

Finally got around to watching Bowling for Columbine last night, and found it to be everything I hoped for. Also read the new Neil Gaiman picture book, The Wolves in the Walls. Oh how I love his illustrator. He is the only artist I have ever written a fan letter to.

Oh...if anyone wants to take a peek at the website J. made for my largely imaginary Burning Man project, look here.

Ego Boosters

I never realized before how intoxicating it is to see one's name in print! I may be splattered here and there on the web, but somehow I have popped up in three books this year. 1: where I contribute a list of favorite ya books; 2: where I am referenced for something involving booktalking graphic novels; and 3: where my pal Jessamyn was sweet enough to include me in the dedications. Honestly, I'm just tickled.

Can't hurt to ask...

I'm totally psyched! I emailed my Friends of the Library group to see if they would pay to dye my hair this year (for my summer reading contest), and they said YES! Yippee! Hooray! Kazowie!