Books and bithdays

So, today is one of my best friend's, Megan's, birthday. She's been at her dad's all weekend so I haven't gotten to talk to her. I think she comes home around 5 or 6pm, so I'll call then. I don't know what she's doing for her birthday, either...Hnnn...It's also my best friend's, Monica's, birthday on the 23rd. So today I went and got their presents. I know what you're thinking 'You got her present on the day OF?!' Yeah, I did. Only because originally I had planned on getting Megan a Death Note/Ouran High School Host Club anime plushie. But nooo. After months and months of having them in stock at FYE and Boraders, I go there and they're gone. My mom wouldn't let me order it off Ebay, either. So. Pfft. Well, the both of them love to read like I do, so I decided to get them books. =) I always get Monica a book for her birthday and Christmas, though, so that's no suprise.

While walking into Boarders with my father and brother, lo and behold, Stephenie Meyer's new book The Host is sitting on display for my pretty eyes to see. $25, 30% off...who could pass that up? Well, I wasn't supposed to get a book, but a grabbed it anyway and held onto for dear life as I planned to beg my way into its pages. Off I went to grab Megan and Monica a book. I got Megan's book first, knowing I was getting her a manga (Her new obsession. She's borrowing them from everyone...). I got her the first volume of Vampire Knight, if you're curious. I'm sure she'll love it. :3 Then I made my way around various genre's and age groups looking for a book for Monica. HEr's wasn't hard either, we read the same kind of books and I know what she's like. I got her The Life of Pi which I discovered there after seeing the video someone posted on Fanpop regaurding that book and Good Omens (Which I will talk about later). Anyway, we both saw The Life of Pi, and she agreed that it looked interesting, so I figured that'd be a good book to get her. Now, with the three books in hand, I travled around looking for my dad until I saw him talking to this elderly man autographing books about the local area that he'd written. I get there and my dad introduces me to him. He asks what kind of books I like, and after I did he concluded to my dad that I would find his books unintersting because 'that's the type of reader I am right now'. Then he took my books from me, picking up The Host and estimating how many pages it contained. He was pretty darn close, not that that matters...Then he told me to put my hands together as if I was about to clap, I did so, and he was all 'Yep, you definitely enjoy fiction novels like you said.' Then he told me to clasp them together, and I did. He told me he could tell I liked them by the way my thumbs were...Okay, this guy was starting to annoy me, I wanted to leave. He proceeded in asking me about my school, my mom's job, and then my dad. It was all very weird. We finally got out of there though. So now I have my big speech in which to persuade my dad with and he points to it and goes 'What's that book for?'. My expresison faultered and I replied with '....me?'. He said okay. Was it really that simple? Guess so...The total was $51.00 with my brother's two magazines.

At home, eager to read The Host, I grabbed Good Omens, the book I'd started and neglected to read for a few weeks but was now at the very end of. Fantastic, fantastic book. I sat there and finished it. I'm going to message the fanpopper who posted it as well as the Youtube user who orginially did in thanks, for they combined led me to read it. That's about my day in a nutshell. Now I just need to call Megan and wish her a happy birthday...