one hot saturday night
the saintly saint and i are winers and diners. we got to know each other over many a red wine, many a delicate plate of savory and sweet, and many a penny we never really had. we courted in restaurants and still would almost always prefer to go out and sip beaujolais, dip our sweet potatoes into an creamy aioli sauce, and savor truffle infused espresso mouse than stay at home and cook, clean, and drink our cheap wine.but i have been fastidiously crunching numbers for our 2009 budget and i am determined to work on saving this year for a couple of trips we have planned which will hopefully include an anniversary soire in Mexico.
soooooo, in the spirit of savings, joelio and i decided to spend this last saturday night at home, snuggled and cuddled in our little cave with belgian beer, homemade mac & cheese, and our books.
that's right.
i spend the night with my books.
(well, we also invited The Smiths and The Alan Parsons Project to join us...)
we decided to remove all of joel's 391 books from their happy home, organize them by subject, enter and subject tag them all into his digital library at google.books.com, and finally, put them into reshelving order by date of publication so that he can look at all of his theology, church history, and philosophy in historical order.
the 4 hours flew by, and it was a fascinating experience and one we both enjoyed thoroughly. it gave us both a happy taste of what it would be like to own our bookstore and work together someday.
i spend the night with my books.
(well, we also invited The Smiths and The Alan Parsons Project to join us...)
we decided to remove all of joel's 391 books from their happy home, organize them by subject, enter and subject tag them all into his digital library at google.books.com, and finally, put them into reshelving order by date of publication so that he can look at all of his theology, church history, and philosophy in historical order.
the 4 hours flew by, and it was a fascinating experience and one we both enjoyed thoroughly. it gave us both a happy taste of what it would be like to own our bookstore and work together someday.
so maybe we didn't wine and dine.
but our saturday night was still
hot
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but our saturday night was still
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~books are the new black,
crm
10 comments:
I started reading two weeks ago.
I havent stopped. It's like a breath of fresh air. You probably wouldn't approve of the things I'm reading (Chabon to Kafka) but that's okay for now.
i achingly miss you . . . and reading. Any good reads to suggest?
You're my favorite nerds.
And this might be one of the highest compliments I ever pay the two of you:)
Wow, pure geekdom. But I do know that feeling of organizing and 'cleaning'. It is so compelling, isn't it?
jer-
i don't know chabon but i highly approve of kafka. i can see you with a book...
niks - i thought you were buried in reading! i have been on a nonfiction craze, and am having my mind blown (and also thinking of you) while reading The Introvert Advantage. It's really insightful...and FREEING!
plume-
well color me happy...
blush.
blush.
bc-this is the result of me saying to joel "we need a project." compelling indeed.
belgian beer swoon,
homemade mac & cheese, another swoon
the smiths and towers of books - double swoon. Oh the new black indeed.
"We need a project" ??? That's just asking for it.
Oh I love this! I similarly sat with all of my books a little while ago and entered them into my goodreads account. It was lovely!
I love how Steinbeck, Tolstoy, MacDonald suck you into their world then hurl you back but with new eyes burned by the acid of digesting their work. Perhaps that's why old books smell soooo good?
It is amazing that Joel can sit like that! He must be amazing at yoga!
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