booked epitome of incomprehensibility I kind of want this verb to mean hitting people with books. "You got booked!" But I'm the kind of person who finds the verb "defenestrate" funny - the humour comes from the thought that someone needed a specific word that meant throwing or pushing people out of windows (from the French "fenêtre," or rather, old French "fenestre"). Although the act itself could be deadly. It seems you'd be less likely to kill someone by hitting them with a book. I know I've thrown paperbacks a couple of times, but I don't think those were intended to injure. I guess the Riverside Chaucer would be dangerous, but it'd also be difficult to wield. This makes me quite glad I don't have enemies, at least not the sort of enemies who actively want to kill you. I like words much better than I like violence. "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword" - can you die by the book? 131127 ... e_o_i Apropos of schedule, though, I have multiple things to do, or maybe to do, tomorrow. First, at 9:30 there's an appointment to see if I can make some money testing skin cream. The way I see it, it's a win-win situation. If I'm rejected for being relatively unpimpled, I'll be happy; if I have a chance to make extra money, I'll also be happy. Then there's a protest at Concordia at 11:30 against Bernard Drainville and his Charter of Quebec Values. I'll see about it when I get there; the first place is sort of vaguely in the neighbourhood. I feel like holding a sign saying "La laïcité ['does not equal' sign] la discrimination" but math symbols cannot convey "should not equal," can they? And even if I'm right about both abstract nouns being girls - abstractions tend to be girls in French - it is very likely I will be too much in a rush to bother making a sign before I leave. What about just "secularism doesn't equal discrimination"? But I don't want people to think that only English speakers are against this charter. It's not an English vs. French thing. And in the evening I have work, tutoring English and then math. But two afternoon classes were rescheduled, so I'm not as booked as I thought I was. Maybe I can mosey over to Pointe Claire Library, as my brother requests, in order to pick up a CD he's put on reserve. What I miss about the island of Montreal being one city (as it was for a year, years ago) is the free library cards everywhere. Now only my brother has a Pointe Claire library card, since it costs $70 for regular people who don't live in the area, but half of that for people who are young or old enough, and he's still a student. I must guard this card with my life and deter people from stealing it by threatening to hit them on the head with a book. 131127 ... e_o_i No protests, sadly. I had to wait there for two hours only for them to tell me I didn't have enough pimples. By that time I was rather irritated, even if I'd had some time to write. I plan things badly, don't I? ...But I did get to walk to the library: I picked up not only the requested CD but Enderby Outside by Anthony Burgess and Last Days of Montreal by John Brooke. New definition of "booked" - having recently purchased or borrowed books! 131128 what's it to you? who go blather from