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Katie was on a course in South River today, so I was home alone.
Me.
Alone.
All day.
Messy, messy shelf. Books are piled everywhere, sometimes two deep, I think there's a feral moongoose in the back there somewhere... It's book-related anarchy up in here!
And these are all the books that for one reason or another are not currently associated with the madness on the shelf (probably because I was recently reading them).
This is the after shot of the shelf. I do not think I could slip a hair between any two of the books on the shelf right now, but...
None of these books fit. Most of them are oversized and that's why, but I think it's also a little bit because the universe hates me.
So I improvised! Yes, it's tacky, no, it's not a permanent solution, yes, the dates on these photos are way off, yes, I typed 'moongoose' up there and enjoyed it so much I didn't change it. I'm only human, and by this point it was getting way too hot on the landing, so this is how I finished it.
And that's what I did today. This is only about 2/3 of my collection; the rest still live at my mother's house. Along with my two tallllllllllll Billy-style Ikea book cases which I frickin absolutely wish I had here, but would have no place to put them. But in the time between right now and when I one day live in a place big enough to have a room specifically for my books, I have milk crates, right? I've also appropriated a shoe box (which I will now decorate and show pictures to you later!) to house my zine library. It will sit precariously atop my flash milk crate shelves. There's a possibility it will have a dinosaur on it.
Right this second, I am eating a salad. Life is good.
Me.
Alone.
All day.
Messy, messy shelf. Books are piled everywhere, sometimes two deep, I think there's a feral moongoose in the back there somewhere... It's book-related anarchy up in here!
And these are all the books that for one reason or another are not currently associated with the madness on the shelf (probably because I was recently reading them).
This is the after shot of the shelf. I do not think I could slip a hair between any two of the books on the shelf right now, but...
None of these books fit. Most of them are oversized and that's why, but I think it's also a little bit because the universe hates me.
So I improvised! Yes, it's tacky, no, it's not a permanent solution, yes, the dates on these photos are way off, yes, I typed 'moongoose' up there and enjoyed it so much I didn't change it. I'm only human, and by this point it was getting way too hot on the landing, so this is how I finished it.
And that's what I did today. This is only about 2/3 of my collection; the rest still live at my mother's house. Along with my two tallllllllllll Billy-style Ikea book cases which I frickin absolutely wish I had here, but would have no place to put them. But in the time between right now and when I one day live in a place big enough to have a room specifically for my books, I have milk crates, right? I've also appropriated a shoe box (which I will now decorate and show pictures to you later!) to house my zine library. It will sit precariously atop my flash milk crate shelves. There's a possibility it will have a dinosaur on it.
Right this second, I am eating a salad. Life is good.
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Date: 2010-05-30 01:58 am (UTC)As for your milk crate self: Whatever works? I have books hidden in little cubbies on my desk and luckily my TV stand has shelves, because I have books there, too. And this after buying a new, big and tall bookcase.
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Date: 2010-05-30 02:30 am (UTC)And lol at the milk crates. Dude that's way more organization than I have. I've just got stacks and stacks under a four legged table. If it moves, books tumble.
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Date: 2010-05-30 04:31 am (UTC)YOU HAVE SUCH AWESOME TASTE. NEIL (ANASI BOYS AND GOOD OMENS!), SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, LOST SOULS, CHRISTOPHER FUCKING MOOORE, SO MUCH LOVE FOR THAT AUTHOR!
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Date: 2010-05-30 04:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-30 04:32 am (UTC)I heart Repairman Jack.
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Date: 2010-05-30 04:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-30 04:49 pm (UTC)But I don't judge you. One of the perks/downfalls of working for Chapters is that my own personal library is expanding faster than I can devour new books.
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Date: 2010-05-30 08:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-30 04:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-31 12:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-30 10:13 pm (UTC)But yeah, my bookshelves are two deep, too. I really need to reorganize them - and open the boxes of unpacked books I still have upstairs.
(Dude, I have like half the books on your shelf on my shelf. How'd you like Wicked?)
<3 treeson
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Date: 2010-05-31 12:47 am (UTC)Wicked was pretty fucking rad. Definitely one I have read more than once all the way through (more than 3 or 4 times, actually). Haven't found time to finish Son of a Witch yet though...