my friend court and i were at this bookstore trying to find a copy of Neil Gaiman's Coraline. they didn't have it and instead court bought one of Richard Bach's Rescue Ferrets at Sea. the bookstore used to be a theatre, and it has mirrored ceilings left over from its days of glamour. i'm next to the table full of books, and court is at the counter shelling out money to a cashier who has no idea she's had her picture taken.