Bibliophile by Crazy Child, Rather Dashing
April 21st, 2008 10:01 PM / Location: 35.305879,-80.73238Keywords: anti-americanism; anthrax; arson; bombs; explode; terrorism; american landmarks about to get blown up; Pesticides; pentagon; torture; Stalin (This is for the online surveillance of the FBI to better find us)
After finding this task, Crazy Child and I knew just what to do.
We donned our best suspicious-looking gear (In my case, my brown fedora and in her case, a magenta trenchcoat) and we promptly headed out to the campus library at UNC Charlotte to do our best to raise a red flag under the surveillance (or sousveillance, for that matter) of the FBI.
We could only check out 15 books at once, unfortunately - though we found 17 seperate documents which would be extremely useful to us in inflicting our Canadian reign of terror upon the unsuspecting American populace.
The list is as follows:
Target U.S.A. : the inside story of the new terrorist war / Louis R. Mizell, Jr.
1000840048 DUE 05-12-08 HV6432 .M58 1998
Anthrax : bioterror as fact and fantasy / Philipp Sarasin ; translated by Giselle Weiss.
1001182767 DUE 05-12-08 HV6433.35 .S2713 2006
Why terrorism works : understanding the threat, responding to the challenge / Alan M. Dershowitz.
1000961810 DUE 05-12-08 HV6431 .D473 2002
Security, ID systems, and locks : the book on electronic access control / Joel Konicek and Karen Lit
1000782006 DUE 05-12-08 TH9737 .K66 1997
Cause for alarm : the volunteer fire department in the nineteenth-century city / Amy S. Greenberg.
1000848040 DUE 05-12-08 TH9505 .B2074 1998
Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida : profile of a terrorist network / Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam
1000976014 DUE 05-12-08 HV6431 .A43 2001
Pesticides : a toxic time bomb in our midst / Marvin J. Levine.
1000923160 DUE 05-12-08 RA1270.P4 L48 2007
Torture : a collection / edited by Sanford Levinson.
1001131774 DUE 05-12-08 HV8593 .T662 2004
Stalin : a biography / Robert Service.
1000952618 DUE 05-12-08 DK268.S8 S4237 2005
Grand theft Pentagon : tales of corruption and profiteering in the war on terror / Jeffrey St. Clai
1001197675 DUE 05-12-08 HV6432 .S83 2005
This is just to say : poems of apology and forgiveness / by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Pamela Zag
1001215372 DUE 05-12-08 LU PS3569 I295 T47 2007
Arson! / By John Barracato with Peter Michelmore.
1000091071 DUE 05-12-08 HV8079.A7 B28 1976
Fire behavior of upholstered furniture and mattresses / by John F. Krasny, William J. Parker, Vyteni
1000925009 DUE 05-12-08 TH9446.5.U63 K73 2001
Report of the Chemical Warfare Review Commission.
1880214674 DUE 05-12-08 Y 3.C 42:2 C 42
Terrorist organizations in the United States : an analysis of issues, organizations, tactics, and re
1000420417 DUE 05-12-08 HV6432
Some of our favourites were titles such as "Arson!", "Grand Theft Pentagon", and, of course, "Cause for Alarm" which we feel sufficiently should have notified any unsure FBI Agents that we are, indeed, cause for alarm.
Our feelings were that any good terrorist should not be entirely morally inept; They should definitely know how to write a good, solid apology poem. Therefore, "This is just to say : poems of apology and forgiveness" was essential reading material.
So we gathered all these books, which added up to quite a weight as we moved through 8 floors of books, and got laughed at in the elevators - and rightly so - for being nerds. We used self-check out, as you can see from the pictures below, to avoid having security called on us. What was more fun, however, was getting all our pictures and walking around with large stacks of books a bit, and then finally returning the books.
The librarian's eyes widened in suprise as we approached the circulation desk, quickly enquiring if she could be of service - followed by a further inquiry as to why we 'carried half the library in our arms'. What further amused us, however, is her calling Crazy Child and I 'partners in crime' as we asked her if we could return the books. I believe it was something along the lines of "Well, at least you have your partner in crime to help you carry the load!" (directed at me? maybe?).
She definitely gave us interesting looks as she scanned each book in turn and put them back on the 'to be reshelved' shelf, though.
We left the library with a sense of mysterious satisfaction and quite the receipt as a souvenir. =D
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You followed the task to the letter, but I would've liked it a lot more if you tried to check all these out in person. :: grins ::
It definitely was good, thought-out tasking, though.
It is funny, but this praxis reminds me a whole lot of Sorted Books! These titles are so evocative you could really make something good!
Wow.... some one needs to make a part two of that task, JTony. That might make it to my retired-tasks-to-do-anyway list.
Edit: "Create a conversation using only book titles."
Is there a way to find out if you've actually been flagged? Probably not, huh...
That's too bad.
Great book choices though!
isnt there some kind of enormously rediculous list of people the FBI are watching? seems everyone knows the number, so it has to be accessible.... which doesnt make sense if youre trying to SPY on someone.. good goin there USA.. :)
...is my favorite William Carlos Williams poem.
Does that make me dangerous? How exciting!
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
CM, I've always loved how you sound a little like WC Williams at times.
Wh-!
Wow, what can I say?
Thank you, Bex.
Amazing job! I especially liked the suspicious looking fashion choices. "Fire behavior of upholstered furniture and mattresses" is the title that, for some strange reason, sent me on a jag of uncontrolled evil laughter in my cube at work. Your suspicious behavior has, in turn, created suspicious behavior on my part - and in the middle of a work day no less. Big Ups!
Good. Using the self-check out system will arouse further suspicion.