reading is fundamental.

i drastically pared down my collection of books prior to moving in with daniel last fall. i mean, ok. when i moved into my own house, i moved with my bedroom set, my computer, a set of steak'n'shake dishes, maybe two boxes of clothes, & approximately thirty boxes of books. by the time i moved to the compound, it was more like nine boxes of books. then i had to decide what of those nine boxes would actually go in the one bookcase (out of the three cases that i own) we'd set aside for books. oh, & did i mention that daniel had to have some of his books on the shelves, too? dang.

 

six months-ish later & i'm rapidly outgrowing the shelves. on the one hand, i'm a collector & i like to have my stuff around me ... on the other, will i read any of these books again? my sources say NO. i'm not much of a re-reader these days, not like i was as a kid. plus some of what i'm reading is admittedly pulpy & pointless & really not worth hanging onto anyway. so i guess what i'm saying is maybe i need to declutter the shelves again.

 

besides, having too much stuff is for squares.

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