marginal cardinal

nice weather. drifts of pseudo-snow fluttering around the precipes of my neighboring buildings.

on my way out to see if I can locate a second-hand trenchcoat in some of the inner-city stores. the ideal would be not quite Bogart or Constantine in style, but it doesn't hurt either.

sped through the last 350 pages of The Constant Gardener tonight and this morning. while the ending wasn't downright dissatisfactory, it did leave a little something to be desired. bought Hung Out, a Mag Force 7 novel by Weis & Perrin at a discount bin in Asker, but not really in the mood for it right now. be picking up Pauwels & Bergier again instead, I think. maybe drop into a used book shop or two.

and for the love of Christ's stepfather, get something to eat.

heh. as I was poised to post this, Maragor phoned and bade me join him for a junkfood lunch in half an hour. timing couldn't have been better. =)

reporting in

looks like I might be going to Lille and Martin's on a Thursday Night once again. if you read this, Metalbird, get in touch, won't you?

got no trenchcoat today, although saw coupla models I really liked apart from a couple of hitches (size, color, missing belt, etc.) another time.. bottle of wine, toilet paper, and a new shirt instead. and no books, I chickened out walking that little mile back and forth to the used-book store. bummer. some other time.

jumping into the shower now.