{"id":705,"date":"2006-06-22T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypirate.dreamhosters.com\/wordpress\/?p=705"},"modified":"2006-06-22T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2006-06-22T07:03:13","slug":"the-crazy-book-caper-episode-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alannarisse.com\/blog\/the-crazy-book-caper-episode-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The crazy book caper. Episode one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The crazy book caper. Episode one<\/a>
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We went to Montoleur yesterday to look for some books. Boy did we find<\/p>\n

some. We returned to a store where I found last year’s treasures and the<\/p>\n

owner helped me find what I was looking for through sign language and<\/p>\n

frenglish. He showed me these absolutely stunning bug books from the<\/p>\n

19th century. I was just enjoying them at first, knowning they were out<\/p>\n

of my pricerange. I dared ask the price and the number he gave me was<\/p>\n

not totally outrageous. We ended up buying them and I got all choked up<\/p>\n

in the store over it. I strapped them into a seatbelt so they wouldn’t<\/p>\n

roll around and covered them with my jacket to protect them. I showed my<\/p>\n

amazing find to glen and pat, who went oooh and ahhh over them.<\/p>\n

We started getting suspicious over then receipt. Turns out, the books<\/p>\n

were much more than we had thought. Much, much more. We still need to<\/p>\n

call the bank to confirm, but I think there was a communication problem<\/p>\n

over the price.<\/p>\n

We laughed heartily over it once we realized how silly I must have been<\/p>\n

to think for one minute that I was getting such amazing books for such a<\/p>\n

small price. We planned to call the bank, make sure that yes, we were<\/p>\n

charged what the reciept says, and if so, drive back to the store in the<\/p>\n

morning.<\/p>\n

Then tom stopped laughing and got that deep, contemplative look on his<\/p>\n

face that means he’s up to no good. He started seriously considering not<\/p>\n

taking the books back. We started talking it over. We thought, if we<\/p>\n

found a painting that brought one tenth the pleasure that these books<\/p>\n

bring, we would pay what we did on these books and be happy. Maybe,<\/p>\n

under these strange circumstances, we found a truly amazing treasure<\/p>\n

that we should hold onto. It’s a little overwhelming to think about.<\/p>\n

I started a gauche painting based off some ideas in the books that I’ll<\/p>\n

hopefully have to show you all by tomorrow.<\/p>\n

But yeah. Crazy. My boyfriend is crazy. And I’m a lucky sucker.
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