i just found out today that Horizon Books -- the used bookstore up on 15th ave -- is closing. i enjoy browsing in there now and again, so i was sad to hear they'll soon be gone... the guy said by the end of this month, most likely.

i picked up a few cheap japanese books today...

[i don't know if i've mentioned it on lj before, but i studied japanese for three years in college, and spent two months there studying and traveling in the summer of 1986, between my junior and senior years. i was pretty conversational at one point, but i've lost most of that over the years. every now and again, i pull the old books out and brush up on it a bit -- not only to increase my skill, but also because i find it's a good brain exercise.]

...and i wanted to share one that i was particularly pleased about:



the book of mormon in japanese. it's actually a good practice book, because it's got furigana for all the kanji (so that everyone can share in the word, no doubt).

( click here for a look inside and an oddly homoerotic picture of jesus... )