"The art of filling a bookcase is in knowing when to add a lamp, a picture, or even a model boat among the volumes."
-Sigh.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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I remember that time scrolly and I tried to get BL drunk and have a Bookish mix.
She's such a prude, though.
@STC: I *told* you that you'd scare her off by suggesting the belt sander right off the bat. Subtlety thy name ain't saythatscool.
@scrolly: You're just lucky all that rohypnol didn't kill her.
@STC: Get over here and "fill my bookcase", stat.
I got fat stack just for you, scrolly.
You're making my decimal system all Dewey.
Just make sure you're leather bound when I get there.
Skip the introduction, remove your jacket and proceed to deckle my edge.
I just have to warn you that when you start at the opening, you are going to find a very long monologue that nobody has ever gotten to the end of.
Please be gentle- this is my first edition.
Jesus, you're telling me that I have bust through plastic wrap just to place my bookmark?
At least you'll know I haven't been remaindered.
I'm gonna bend you until your spine breaks.
(Ewwww, too rapey?)
(My reply went downthread so repeating:) I've reserved a room under the name Paige Turner.
And here I thought the article was going to include my favorite tricks, putting the books in two layers deep and fitting books in horizontally above the two rows of books.
(seriously, whoever has room for arty crap in their bookcases doesn't read enough.)
Word.
You really need to buy a shelf for your model boat.
I keep photos of books on my shelves.
THE COMIC BOOK PROLETARIAT IS UPSET THAT YOU DID NOT INCLUDE 12" SUPERMAN BUST IN THE LIST OF THINGS TO INCLUDE. YOU HAVE BEEN NOTED ON THE COMIC BOOK PROLETARIAT'S LIST. (YOU MAY BUY US A SLURPEE.)
@Matt: If it appeases the CBP I am displaying a 12" Christopher Reeve Superman figure that comes with its own wheelchair.
ORIGINAL BLISTER PACKAGING ONLY.
The worst part is having to reposition him every few hours.
I keep Eightballs on my bookshelf.
@Art: I heard Eightballs is now surgically correctable.
@scroll: You can have them bound and enumerated, yes!
@Art: You'd like that, wouldn't you?
@scroll: know any good engravers? be kind to my Colophon!
Is this an invitation for everyone to send you pictures of their bookshelves?
Oh we did that on tumblr months ago.
I keep my books on my lampcase.
I love putting things (esp when they are thematically relevant to the books in the cubby-bits) of the living room bookshelf. Right now I have, among other things, a bigfoot action figure, a replica baboon skull, a lizard in a frame. I can't afford/make art, so I may as well collage my bookcase. The books that don't fit live in charming piles everwhere else.
Fuck. All my books are already in my Kindle. What am I supposed to do now?
Buy more kindles.
buy 500 of those and stash them on a bookcase.
damn it deep
damn it deep, you win
@STC: I've reserved a room under the usual name- Paige Turner.
GAH! meant to go upthread!
Choire, I echo that sigh.
Next thing you know there will be an article on how to properly (and artfully!) arrange one's desk.
Or possible other earth-shattering stories: When the Kitchen Table Doubles as Your Desk: Where to Put the Food.
What a stunning apartment! Books are awfully decorative...
My bookshelf has a Kindle on it.