Listening to: Beatles ONE
Okay, so yesterday I went to Barnes and Noble and was dismayed to discover that they do not carry David Sedaris' early work on AudioCD. I was looking forward to purchasing Barrel Fever or Naked on AudioCD to pass the time on my drive home to Iowa City over Thanksgiving Break. Mostly this is in anticipation of his visit to IU in April. I will have read everything by then, I hope. So, after browsing the Essay section, I settled upon the print copy of Holidays on Ice, and later, got the promise from a friend to borrow Barrel Fever from her in exchange for Dress Your Family. I will turn to Amazon.com for the AudioCD of Naked though. And also for Sedaris' play that he cowrote with his sister Amy. But, back to the story at hand. So, while I'm at Barnes and Noble, because, well, let's face it, I LOVE books, I can't help but scan the other stacks looking for new works and authors to read. I did stumble on a new little gem so far. It's titled How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater. The guy, Marc Acito, has a quality and style similar to Sedaris actually. It's a very funny novel, and I've already found myself laughing outloud and I'm only 100 pages in. So I recommend it based on the first 100 pages, and will give you my full report. Until then, I will have to close this journal, cause I'm going out to hit the town for some karaoke action! woo hoo!