please help me return this book

I borrowed this book in the year 2000 from a friend. Unfortunately, I have since forgotten her full name, have dropped off of any and all social media that might be tied to my legal name, and the last screen name I have for her is for AIM which has been gone for longer than I care to think about.

I feel extremely guilty because it’s autographed, and thus irreplaceable to the person who loaned it to me. And I’ve had it for 23 years, keeping track of it through every house and dorm and apartment I’ve lived in. I still don’t think of it as “my” copy, because it’s not really.

23 years is long enough. If this sounds familiar to you, please get in touch. I just want to return it.

[image descriptions: The book is a paperback edition of Greer Ilene Gilman’s Moonwise, autographed by the author.]

I like that sometimes my brain cooks something up very early in the morning while I’m doing the slower preparatory part of my work day, so I tell this website about it, and then when I finish up with work it turns out three hundred of you have pointed at me and gone “EY THIS GUY! I AGREE WITH THIS GUY!”

like shit, of course this planet is fundamentally worth saving and humanity is fundamentally good. hundreds of us devote time and energy to just pointing at someone else’s work and going “THIS PERSON GETS IT!”

don’t mind me, just thinking about how in 1941 Aziraphale stepped in to cover for a magician who was specifically a deserter and ended up having to pull off a legitimately deadly trick, under intense scrutiny and pressure, with no miracle other than somebody he trusted

just thinking about how Aziraphale is now stepping in to cover for a deserter and is going to have to pull off the highest stakes magic trick of all time (saving humanity), under intense scrutiny and pressure, with no one he trusts immediately within reach

just thinking about a lone caraway seed and three cowrie shells, and the art of making sure your audience is looking exactly where you want them to look, so you can hide the trick in all the spaces they’re not paying attention to

just thinking about how he can only ever pull off a magic trick when it’s either very close quarters or vitally important

you know, just thinking

Crowley was the first person to ask the question “is a hot dog a sandwich” and his performance review that year was great

“I hope this email finds you well” this email finds me day drinking because I have to read an email about work, thanks for asking