amy's magical leafing techniques

so many songs, so many songs, thank u garth, thank u for telling me to check out pinback!

i discovered a whole new world today. relations from frigid kingston flew to my sunny city in search of a rubber stamp store. we located one down the street. kids, i walked into an alternate universe. there were stamps everywhere, big ones, little ones, rabbits and bears and dogs and trains and flowers, trees, words, martinis and beer, books and teapots, christmas trees, easter eggs, the star of david and the mona lisa. ribbons, glitter, origami, colored wire, shaped hole punches, stickers, paints and embossers. there was a CLASS taking place in the back of the store, little tiny japanese women cutting shapes and poking holes and folding paper.

the jewel, my friends, the absolute jewel of this absurd store was placed nonchalantly on a shelf under packages of different colored gold leaf. a video case, with a poor resolution picture of an aging, permanently-sad-faced, chunky house wife and the choppy, grainy swoop of calligraphy spelling out "amy's magical leafing techniques". dang what i wouldn't give to see what's on that tape. i really should have bought it. but i went to the used bookstore instead and bought a little vonnegut, steinbeck & r.l. stevenson.

i'm off to go smoke in the moonlight. happy saturday.

posted by Courtney at 10:19 p.m.

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