{"id":246,"date":"2008-03-01T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauraweb.com\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2008-03-01T21:30:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T02:30:29","slug":"delicate-mouse-tune-crash-of-cat-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauraweb.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/01\/delicate-mouse-tune-crash-of-cat-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"delicate mouse tune, crash of cat chords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was a good day. I had brunch with some library pals in the city and had a great time catching up. After I got home the three of us headed down to one of those so-called healthy frozen yogurt places<\/a> so the boys could have a snack. It was kind of a thinly veiled excuse to get us all outside for a bit, and since Gus scootered all the way there and back it was mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

Then we went to the library to return the book<\/a> I read completely on the train home from Vermont* as well as a couple of Gus’s recent faves (Captain Underpants, Spiderwick). We were hoping to score the second Spiderwick book but it was out. So we put a hold on it and got Gus the 4 Totoro comic books instead, plus a Tintin collection for J+G.<\/p>\n

* Last summer I read Jpod, also in its entirety, on the train home from Vermont, and thus Amtrak + Douglas Coupland have a weird link in my brain. Come to think of it, it’s really pretty appropriate to read his books on trains.<\/p>\n

I picked up the book I had on hold, the latest short story collection<\/a> from my literary boyfriend Steven Millhauser.<\/p>\n

I really should not be allowed to go to the public library. When I’m at work it’s very worky — I have stuff to do and don’t tend to spend time thinking about all of the books I could read. But at the public library I have absolutely no self control. I am always in awe of all the books there that I could<\/i> read and tend to lose my head and check way too much out.<\/p>\n

Today I exercised great strength and did not even let myself look at the new books shelves, which are perilously close to the hold shelves. But then when I got back to the kids section Jonathan was reading Totoro to Gus, so I let myself look at the kid’s shelves while I waited for them to finish. Which is how I ended up checking out this YA scifi book<\/a> that I’ve heard really good things about. Stop me now! At least it’ll be a quick read, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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