OK, here is a Choose Your Own Adventure moment (you KNOW you miss that line of books) from the pre-computer age:
(Pg. 13) You go to the restroom at the end of a class break, where you realize you can:
Choice A: Return to your classroom. (Turn to page 54... where you are eaten by drum-wielding love monsters. They will of course only eat you because, like Jeffrey Dahmer, they just want to be closer to you.)
Choice B: Back slowly out of the building with your backpack in hand. Head to the public library and then to Dolores Park. Read. Accept baked goods from strangers in the form of Rice Krispy Treats offered on a cake plate by a random white and pink haired woman who reportedly made too many for the band that is playing on the other side of the park. Chew and wait to see visions (NOT on the level of Alex Grey but...) or die. Take a nap. Move feet to music. Become human hurdle for small leaping dogs. Turn over. Continue to nap. Concern your friends by disclosing that you have agreed to go on a date with someone whose name you never even caught and whom you are probably not interested in and whom you know nothing about EXCEPT that their favorite word is SNACKS. Watch friends appear appalled that this last bit of trivia was sufficient for you to agree to meet them. Wonder aloud briefly whether any cafes or restaurants in San Francisco serve snacks. (Turn to page 46... where you get more choices.... mostly about snacks....)
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