little bear, snakes, and turkey sandwiches

finished THE POSITION and really liked it. i have started reading GIRL IN LANDSCAPE by lethem. yesterday jay got home early from work so we went to the book sale in the basement of the lansing library. we got some cool books--i got a couple john bellairs we don't have, some old MAD paperbacks for Harry, jay got an old anatomy textbook, i got the BARRYTOWN TRILOGY by roddy doyle for ellyn, KISS KISS BANG BANG by Pauline Kael, THE AGE OF GRIEF a short story collection by Jane smiley in which the novella that is the title of the collection is the basis for one of my favorite movies (the secret lives of dentists), and a couple other interesting looking books.

harry is currently obsessed with getting toads, frogs, salamanders, and snakes. yesterday we took him for a walk at the local wilderness nature and within 5 minutes of being on the trails we got a garter snake. he had caught a ribbon snake about 2 weeks ago and has been keeping him as a pet. we took the garter home but didn't want to put the two snakes together because there was a size difference and we were afraid the bigger one might eat the smaller one. this morning i gave harry a big glad disposable plastic container and he put it in the living room when we left to go to school. i stopped at meijer and got a real plastic container and went to empty the snake in his new home and he was missing! i have a foot long garter snake loose in my living room or somewhere in my house!!!!!!! harry had a gecko that went missing for about 4 months once and appeared one day in the middle of the living room. i am already having vivid pictures in my mind of various places and times the snake could appear.

i got the adventures of pete and pete on dvd. it is the first season and i am watching them w/ harry. they are as good as i remember. i also rented chappelle show season 2. i got a couple new movies from Netflix to watch. must increase my movie watching so i can keep a steady flow of new movies coming in.