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SATURDAY IS WHEN I BUY BOOKS!!!

today i swung by the good ol' Borders and picked up the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier and Twilight of the Superheros: Stories by Deborah Eisenberg. i've talked about both of them in this blog in the past month.
having never read BSC when i was a kid (i was more of a Boxcar Children type of kid) i naturally dove into it and was pleasantly surprised by how immediately likable and relatable all the characters were. of course, it didn't hurt that Raina's drawings and storytelling are so adorable that i stopped every three pages or so to go "Aaaaaaaaaaawww!" out loud.
i'm on Eisenberg now and the first story is pretty good so far. i'm not sure i'll get through it before class starts again (i doubt it) but i do look forward to reading it fully through.
i also signed up for Borders' new rewards program. there was no committment or anything, its just one of those deals where their tracking what people actually buy helps them order more accordingly and save money so they entice you to be their guinea pig by offering you big-time savings, and i'm game for saving money. i saved 25% on the Eisenberg book (the more expensive of the two i bought today) so that was a good deal already.
late friday night, early satuday morning, i finished my match card project for graphic design class. the theme is anatomy of letterforms, and i packaged the whole thing like a pocket-sized dictionary because i'm a self-defeatist idiot who loves making TINY things that require a great deal more craft than the simply posters most of my classmates work on. here are a few photos:

cover and slipcase (pulling away the outercase of the book reveals the skeleton of the letterform!)

interior of the "book" with cards removed

look! you just matched the tail of the "Q" to the fish tail! Tail! you got a match!

oh, i almost forgot, i recorded a new song today. its only 1:12, two tracks a cappella, and i wrote it while making breakfast this morning. it's called "Most Important Meal of the Day" and you can stream it or download the mp3 on my PureVolume page.