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January 19, 2004
Entry: "Football"

We do not, I repeat, not close the store on account of football. We do, however, follow the game closely on the internet and fail to get a whole lot else done after the game starts. While not a football fan, and especially not the Andrew, Susie and Karen variety of football fan, I am a little sad I missed the game.

I started many things just after Christmas (see below) and have yet to finish any of them, though I did blow through an advance copy of Me and Orson Wells. A fun, well written, romp. Great main character. And it manages to be a coming-of-age novel without being angsty. Always a good thing. So I finished that at least. I read a little bit of Game of Thrones but if I really get into those I'm afraid I'll turn into my obsessive teenage self. Let's face it, Martin should have picked one plot, not seven hundred. But I've been in a fantasy mood, so I ordered Calvino's The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount which isn't really fantasy... but fulfills the same purpose, at least for me. But I haven't actually started that. I've read half of The Conch Bearer by Divakaruni. It's a children's fantasy tale set in India, and very good. And yesterday I started Virgin Suicides finally. It's taken me a while to get past the plot synopsis... but it's wonderful. I should have trusted.

And just to completely switch gears, after reading this, I had to order in the Bradt Travel Guide to North Korea. Because... how could anyone not want to see this? I think I might have to buy it.

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