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[anotheranon]

or How I Spent (Most) of the Holiday Weekend:

My frustration with book storage at last came to a head. Through strategic rearrangement and clearance/use of bookcase tops and bookends, I've managed to clear most of the books off my ersatz cutting/work table(!) and even have a few inches of spare space left over for future acquisitions (!!)

Getting on a roll, I also moved things around enough on another shelving unit that I am now storing my printer, USB record player and 3 milk crates of vinyl in the same place. No longer do I have to keel on the floor to get to a record (yes, I still have records) or worry about dust and cat dander getting on the turntable!

I'm going to attempt my final feat of rearrangement-fu after this post: refolding and replacing everything in the linen closet. Admittedly at least part of this may have to wait until next weekend.

Other activities of note:

• Gave the new residential fitness center a whirl, mostly for my upper body that gets very little work through fencing. All of the equipment is brand new with clear instructions and it wasn't too crowded. Though, IMHO, something that makes me this sore should also probably make me sweat more.
  
  
• Visited with college friend J. and his new girl D., in town for the weekend. We went out for (Americanized?) Russian with vodka samplers. Large samples led to large conversation and a good time was had by all :)
  
  
• Dyed and redyed a thrift store skirt to cover a stain. Note to self: if the garment is small enough, stovetop really works better.
  
  
• D., fed up with the constant crashing of the latest iPhone OS, upgraded us to Droids. Still getting used to the keyboard. Not as many apps but I'm liking it so far.
  

Now, about those linens...

Comments

[semmie17.livejournal.com]

Droid? I'm thinking of getting a droid. Tell me how you like it in a month or so...

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

So far I'm liking it. The slide out keyboard is easier for me to "thumb type" than on screen. Still haven't figured out how to put my podcasts on it tho.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Ooo ... organization! You've just moved yourself several steps closer to cataloguing ... ***EVIL TEASING GRIN***

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Only if "this is the only shelf this art book will fit on" counts as cataloging :P

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

That'd certainly be historically accurate. Call number systems are relatively recent inventions ... "Bookcase 6, Shelf 4, Position 2" is far more traditional. Especially if the catalogue is handwritten in a big ledger in the order that the books are on the shelves rather than alphabetically (when you read in older novels about somebody being hired to catalogue or recatalogue the library in the English manor house, this is what they're doing).