could be fiction (or, boy meets girl, loses book)

I'm losing my mind. I just walked down to the Bioscience library to photocopy a paper from a journal and to check out a book I had on hold, and by the time I got back to Donner I had managed to lose both the copycard and the book I checked out. How does this happen? The book is still totally MIA after diligent search, and someone absconded with the copy card... I'm glad that Reality maintains State for itself, because if it were up to me, we'd live in a pretty weird place. Like when I find myself suddenly downstairs in the kitchen with no idea why I'm there, but then the empty mug in my hand clues me in that I probably intended to make some more tea. It's just like that line from Memento: ``I don't feel drunk...'' The amazon.com price for the book I lost is $2,100.95. I kid you not.

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