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I *can't.* *Win.*
I'm moving to a new apartment a week from now. As the move was planned two months in advance, I've been making a concerted effort to demolish my TBR pile so that I can send as many books as possible back to the States with Japan's bulk printed material shipping option. I was averaging a book a day, despite the depredations to my free time caused by Doom Thesis. Of course, there are still fucktons of books that I want, so the deal was going to be that I could buy one book for every ten I read, then one more after finishing another ten plus the purchased book, and so on.
Midway through last month, the OM bought two books for me, which set me back two days, but hey! I'm the sort who would rather be treated to books over food, even when on the brink of starvation. And I'd never heard of either of the two series, and as it turns out, they were waaay good. Which was also good, as it provided motivation to read faster so I could buy the next volumes in the two series.
I should probably mention here that I had told No One, including the OM about my read-down scheme. But it's as if the universe knows, and it is not about to let me exist without my TBR pile growing exponentially as I age. Because a few days later, the OM asked (quite out of the blue) to spend the night in my Rectangle, alone. The purpose? To watch TV and hide
these throughout the Rectangle.
Incidentally, that is about $130 worth of books.
Today, I paid for dinner. I might not have done so had I realised it would trigger another book-buying spree:
That's another $35.00 right there.
Incidentally, these photographs do not include the five books the OM gave me on Tuesday or book from yesterday. They also don't include the free book I got from the university co-op as part of my membership dividends. Long story short--I should probably just stop trying.
In other news, my oral defense was held to day. I anticipate being the proud owner of a Master's Degree come March.
That will be all.
Midway through last month, the OM bought two books for me, which set me back two days, but hey! I'm the sort who would rather be treated to books over food, even when on the brink of starvation. And I'd never heard of either of the two series, and as it turns out, they were waaay good. Which was also good, as it provided motivation to read faster so I could buy the next volumes in the two series.
I should probably mention here that I had told No One, including the OM about my read-down scheme. But it's as if the universe knows, and it is not about to let me exist without my TBR pile growing exponentially as I age. Because a few days later, the OM asked (quite out of the blue) to spend the night in my Rectangle, alone. The purpose? To watch TV and hide
these throughout the Rectangle.
Incidentally, that is about $130 worth of books.
Today, I paid for dinner. I might not have done so had I realised it would trigger another book-buying spree:
That's another $35.00 right there.
Incidentally, these photographs do not include the five books the OM gave me on Tuesday or book from yesterday. They also don't include the free book I got from the university co-op as part of my membership dividends. Long story short--I should probably just stop trying.
In other news, my oral defense was held to day. I anticipate being the proud owner of a Master's Degree come March.
That will be all.
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Ohhhh CONGRATS!!! but I knew you were going to be successful so it doesn't surprise me that much either way
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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YES.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.