After Words
Being from California,
I'm well aware
of the skin cancer threat.
Librarians are not known
for their tans.
Besides, you wouldn't
catch me dead at the beach.
# What am I gonna do
about the sunshine #
# That warms my skin
whenever you're in the room #
# 'Cause my umbrella's
been up forever #
# My winter sweater
fits just fine #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# What am I gonna do
about the music #
# That flows in me when I know
I'm seein' you soon #
# Well, there was a time
# Now I can't stop
listening to it #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# Tell me what, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# What am I gonna do
about the fresh air #
# That I might feel when you
break my shield in two #
# Well, I once was proud
Look at me now #
# I'm just hanging out
on a limb, yeah #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# Tell me what, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What, what am I
What am I gonna do, yeah #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
# What am I gonna do, baby
about you #
You worried about
the meeting tomorrow?
I guess that won't help.
No.
Well...
maybe we'll be surprised.
Writer Jorge Luis Borges
likens libraries to paradise.
For me, public libraries
would be a perfect place,
except for one thing.
The public.
Of all the questions
about all the books
on every shelf
in this library,
- Excuse me.
- Yes?
Where is your bathroom?
Right over there,
behind the stacks.
John Milton wrote
that a good book
is the precious lifeblood
of a master spirit.
And Paul Auster
called reading his comfort...
and his escape.
It's as we feared.
With the budget cuts,
they just can't justify
the satellites.
I'm sorry.
The economy and the internet.
Kind of a double whammy
for librarians.
Jane, are you okay?
Yes, thank you.
Remind me to have you around
the next time I'm fired.
Cool-hand Jane.
You really that okay?
Sorry. I guess I was
just prepared.
You have any plans?
Oh, now, come on, Ms. Taylor.
one detail
of your private life.
Take a gamble.
I probably won't post it
on the internet.
I'm... I'm leaving
for Costa Rica on Monday.
Costa Rica?
You're serious?
Yeah.
Alone?
Yeah.
Jane the adventurer!
Turns desperation
into a tropical vacation.
Now that's the way
to live, girl!
If a person at death's door
does see her life
flashing before her...
meaningful images,
moments of great beauty...
what could possibly
fly before my eyes
Where's the beauty
in a wasted life?
And so the point of this trip?
To create some beauty
to play at the end.
To make some pretty memories,
even if it's in a hopeless
11th hour of a pathetic life.
If it seems
well, I haven't done
anything foolish in a while.
The white zone
is for immediate loading
and unloading
of passengers only.
Indeed, dying in beautiful
Costa Rica
may be the most wonderful thing
I've ever done.
Ooh hoo hoo!
- That was so beautiful.
- You...
You are so beautiful.
You can stay.
No, no, no, no.
You should go home
to your life.
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