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.
