in my paws

after some hiccups in the delivery department, i finally have a finished copy of the book in my paws. it is real pretty. sasha, my editor, says it's going to look like a piece of candy on the bookshelf. i flipped thru her copy while she whipped up a sadar dinner for some friends- too afraid to take the wrapping off mine. it was overwhelming. coupled with my cold and a late afternoon iced americano, the whole experience was literally too much to handle. to take my mind off it i read erin's thesis, which i have been putting off for a good year or so. big words scare me, i am more of a pretty pictures dude. that nite, i cracked mine open- just long enough to shiver at my own words in the author's note. the paper is not what i imagined but folks i've shown it to seem to really dig it. someone said it was velvetty. also, there are some unfortunate crops but i think it just makes me seem more "arty." i am now gearing up for the next step which is celebrating. spiral stairs said he'd dj the book launch but i need to ask him again when he is sober.