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Well, I am back from a morning doctor's visit, or rather have been for a while but had catching up to do. Apparently my Vitamin D levels hover between ten and thirteen and should be hovering around thirty to thirty five. Small wonder I hate the sun, apparently it's totally useless to me.

Anyway, I got jabbed for one last test before they start giving me the big gun prescription vitamin suppliments, so now I have a ninja bandaid on my arm.

At the doctor's office I finished reading Priceless by Robert Wittman and John Shiffman, which is a memoir of Wittman's time with the Art Crimes unit of the FBI, mostly as an undercover operative. It's a little disjointed, like it's not sure what it's supposed to be doing, but the stories are fascinating and it's a good adventure book -- a mixture of crime, art history, and police procedural. One of the cases Wittman worked on was the Gardner theft, late in the game, and that part of the book got a little technical and political, but all round it's a good read. Excellent recommendation for fans of heist flicks and true crime. :)

SO, now I'm faced with the question of what to read next. I have two books checked out from the library and one I'll pick up when I return Priceless: "The Sushi Economy", which is about globalization and its impact on the spread of sushi as a delicacy, "A Night In The Lonesome October" which is presumably about October, and "Confessions of a Justified Sinner" which is, according to Wikipedia, part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-curio, part-metafiction, part-satire, part-case study of totalitarian thought.

I have to admit I'm eyeballing A Night In The Lonesome October suspiciously. Zelazny and I have not traditionally got on well.

Anyway, between that and being a bit low on blood (and Vitamin D), I think it's time to let the Cafe drive for a while.

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NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATFOLD!

Blue zebra-print bats. What will they think of next.

Also, I brought the lotus home and hung it up over my bed. It's demon-proofing! Besides, I like the weird, asymmetrical, slightly ketchup-and-mustard contrast between the bullet balloon and the demon lotus.

...you guys would tell me if my hobbies were tipping over into weird obsession, right?

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THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

Confessions Of A Justified Sinner just barely edged out The Sushi Economy, and anyway one of our own is sitting an exam on it tomorrow so it is FATE. (Good luck, btw!)

Sushi, ironically, beat all comers in the dinner vote. And thank you very much because I kind of really wanted some sushi tonight.

Actually, I had a funny conversation with the librarian -- who I think is new, she's not the Really Slow Woman or the Incredibly Cranky Old Guy or The One I Think Might Be High. Anyway, I went and got my book that was on hold off the hold shelf, then went up to the counter and told the librarian, "I'd like to return this one, and check this one out." And because I'm incapable of being normal, I added, "Nicely symmetrical, that."

"Ah, I don't know," she replied. "The one you're checking out is smaller than the one you're returning. You don't want to upset the balance of the universe."

HOW AWESOME IS MY LIBRARIAN?

So I said, "It's okay, I bet the print is smaller."

And then she loled and told me Happy Reading and gave me my book.

Honestly, I love libraries and worked in one for four years and I think more adults should use them, but there IS something about going to the library that makes me feel like I'm Not A Real Grownup.