#though they had two copies of uncle tungsten and one of gratitude

[el-im]

bought a copy of ‘behaving as if the god in all things mattered’ from the secondhand bookshop today and the old man checking me out patted the cover--saying he loved this book. he asked me if i wanted a bag, or if i was going to start practicing what the book preached right now. i said i didn’t need one, and thanked him. 

#captain's log #i... love. that store. i love it. #my second day in a row there. i was hoping they'd have copies of oliver sacks' 'awakenings' and 'the man who mistook his wife for a hat' #there because i wanted to send them to my younger brother--who is interested in majoring in medicine when he goes to college--and i had #looked at the sacks books they had there yesterday but i didn't remember if i'd seen them or not #they didn't have either #though they had two copies of uncle tungsten and one of gratitude #i had also gone to a bookshop (pricier--all new books) before but they only had one sacks book--everything in its place--which i got just #cause i haven't read it #but. shit! #i have a copy of awakenings i can send him and it's really the better one to send because i think its more relevant to his interests but #the man who mistook his wife for a hat was the book that made me fall in love w sacks/his writing so i was disappointed that i didnt find a #copy anywhere. and THEN i thought i'd go to the barnes and noble because it was on my way home anyhow but it turned out that it wasn't open #anymore! and the building is being turned into a thrift store. and that was my last resort. i figured they'd be very well stocked and that #it would be my best bet bc the other new bookstore is small and the secondhand bookstore--well you just never know what they have until ya #look there! #so. anyway. i can send him my copy of awakenings but i was hoping to find another one bc it might be nicer #and that way i could still have a copy for myself #but! trying to read it very quickly and get it out to him monday when the post office is open again