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November 11, 2004
But daddy, I want the goose that lays the golden egg...
So I tried to start using the library to save some money. About two months ago, I hauled myself onto the Muni, went down to 17th and Irving, and got myself a library card so I could read books without having to pay for them. Now I have about 10 library books that are a month overdue. This turned out to be one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time.
I seem to have so many of those.
As it were, I hate the library. I just want to have my own books. I don't want someone's used book with plastic wrapped all over the cover and date stamps on the inside. I don't want to have to read a book in a designated time frame, and I surely don't want to give it back when I'm finished. You can't exactly burn a book.
I just like being able to pick a new book of the shelf and touch its shiny new cover, smell the crisp pages, and be on my way.
Just call me Veruca.
Posted by missfitsandstarts at November 11, 2004 12:11 PM
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hehe- I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Have you seen this? (Kyle sent it to me...)
http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/599/posters/poster1.jpg
I am the same way with library books- wouldn't it be the coolest if they had Netflix for books... that maybe you could buy if you couldn't let them go?
Um yeah, that would be the coolest. :)
Posted by: frecklegirl at November 12, 2004 09:47 AM
They should have libraries that work like Netflix. You get to keep a certain number of books and just don't get to check out a new one until you bring the old one back. Maybe they should even deliver them to you like Netflix does, too. Skip that MUNI ride altogether. :-) I have the same trouble with libraries. Though I have so many stacks and stacks of books that I haven't read yet, that I hate buying them just as much. :-( Don't get me wrong, though. I like books.
Posted by: sk8rn at November 12, 2004 03:44 PM
OMG - I am so embarassed. I hadn't read the person's comment before mine. I swear! But obviously someone really does need to do this Netboox idea, since I wasn't the only one who thought of this. Looking for a second career?
Posted by: sk8rn at November 12, 2004 03:45 PM
