I surprise myself

doubles with special_patrol

Did you know that libraries let you reserve stuff, even from other libraries? They send them to the branch you want and you just go pick it up when it comes in. They even have a recording call you and tell you that it's there, on the shelf, with your name on it. Amazing things. I love them. I have at least 2-3 things on reserve at all times. I can't even read!

Ok, maybe I can a little, but I prefer pictures or pop-up books.

So I get the call today. I had received 3 calls in the last 3 days so I figured I better get my ass to the library to pick this thing up, whatever it may be. I get into my branch, head right to the 'K' shelf and grab the first thing I see with my name on the little tag. There's 3 things! One of them is a CD, excellent, I think to myself.

Hang on though..Who the heck is Hanne Hukkelberg?

I double-check the case, the disc, the tag with my name on it. Yeah there it is..but I have no clue about this disc. The artwork is completely unfamiliar, but nice. The name escapes any recognition from my own brain. I am stumped. It sounds foreign, maybe Nordic, and is filed under Jazz. Now this is interesting. I have reserved something for myself that I was obviously intent upon listening to or discovering, but have no idea what it is. When did I even do this? I rarely reserve CD's as it is. I like to flip through the stacks, making quick click-clacking as I root.

Hanne Hukkelberg, eh? So be it.

I don't know how it came into my life exactly, but it's really great. If you told me about it, please remind me. My imagination is vast and I already have a story in my head about a certain shy librarian secretly sneaking me music based on my selections thus far. There's a few theories in the works right now and some of them are actually probable. None are as exciting as 'shy librarian' though.