On a random note...
Dec. 20th, 2005 11:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeOkay, this is purely self-serving. You have been warned. Heck, I'll even cut-tag it for those who don't like posts that are all about the poster asking for stuff for themselves.
Since Christmas *and* my birthday are coming up, I thought I would say this:
I like presents.
I don't expect presents, and I am not hurt if I don't get any.
In fact, I am usually broke and thus generally don't give any to my friends, or else I give teeny tiny small symbolic presents to my friends on their birthdays. So in return I don't expect anything to be given to me at all. Most of the people I know are also very much strapped for cash.
That being said, I do like presents, and the kind of presents I like are books. Lots and lots of books. Even more specifically, gifts certificates to places where I can buy books in Montreal. Chapters, Indigo, Coles, and of course all the small bookstores in and around Montreal.
See, it takes me about a day and a half to read a 450-page book. Given that those puppies cost about $10 (and that's a conservative estimate), that means that my little habit costs me anywhere between $40 and $100 a week. Now, I don't actually read 7 books a week. I ration myself, and I re-read books, and I knit and I do other crafts, and I practice music and I have dance classes. But still, I go through a fair number of books a year. So, every little bit helps. :D
Okay, I have said it. If, by any remote chance, you had the slightest intention of getting me a Christmas/birthday present, there's a big hint right there.
Thank you for your forbearance.
Since Christmas *and* my birthday are coming up, I thought I would say this:
I like presents.
I don't expect presents, and I am not hurt if I don't get any.
In fact, I am usually broke and thus generally don't give any to my friends, or else I give teeny tiny small symbolic presents to my friends on their birthdays. So in return I don't expect anything to be given to me at all. Most of the people I know are also very much strapped for cash.
That being said, I do like presents, and the kind of presents I like are books. Lots and lots of books. Even more specifically, gifts certificates to places where I can buy books in Montreal. Chapters, Indigo, Coles, and of course all the small bookstores in and around Montreal.
See, it takes me about a day and a half to read a 450-page book. Given that those puppies cost about $10 (and that's a conservative estimate), that means that my little habit costs me anywhere between $40 and $100 a week. Now, I don't actually read 7 books a week. I ration myself, and I re-read books, and I knit and I do other crafts, and I practice music and I have dance classes. But still, I go through a fair number of books a year. So, every little bit helps. :D
Okay, I have said it. If, by any remote chance, you had the slightest intention of getting me a Christmas/birthday present, there's a big hint right there.
Thank you for your forbearance.
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Date: 2005-12-20 05:57 pm (UTC)Also, you are welcome to peruse our paperback library and borrow books aplenty... now that it's up and no longer in storage, it would be nice for it to get some use...
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Date: 2005-12-20 06:58 pm (UTC)*innocent blink*
Nothing to see here. Move along.
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Date: 2005-12-20 07:11 pm (UTC)