rather a lot of books

[rivendellrose]

I went out shopping for books for my trip this weekend (last night to Elliot Bay Book Company, and today to Half Price Books), and... I think I may have slightly over done it? I have this thing where I sort of get out of control with books. It's like any other addiction - if you allow yourself to take even one drink (or, in my case, buy one book)... it just leads to going nuts and overdoing it. Sooo... I'm a lot more poor, but I have a lot of awesome books. Yay.

I'm also having occasional teensy-tiny little nervous breakdowns about OMG LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY. Well. Technically, going to LA on Wednesday night, and then omg leaving-for-real on Thursday morning. But still. Same diff, in a general sense. Either way, it's all very suddenly immediate and I'm only freaking out a tiny bit, really, of course. Really. Hah.

Expect a near-constant state of panic between now and Thursday. And then silence, hopefully followed by a triumphant "News From Tokyo!" kind of post on Friday night. Well... assuming the hostel really does have Wifi. If not, the triumphant post might have to wait until I can find a local internet cafe. :D

But that's not yet. Not until Friday. Until then.... yeah. Until then, it's all over but two more days of work, and a lot of packing and panicking and general fuss and worry. Wheeeeee.

Comments

[ikona-rakasha.livejournal.com]

I am going to be in Tokyo on saturday if you wanted a guide for the day. Hanging around harajuku mostly but wanted to cheak out Gyoza stadium as well if you are interested.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

When we go on vacation Erik buys enough books so he can go through one a day - new fiction, non-fiction about the economy or technology, and other stuff. Most if it's pretty good, and I don't go through a book a day, so I usually bring home three or four of the books I didn't get to. (The rest we tend to donate to the local library.)

Also, if everything goes as it should, the new "Wheel Of Time" book will arrive the day before we leave. Erik pre-ordered it for me and he has some special shipping deal with Amazon. The last (11 or 12?) books have been 700+ pages long, and I savor a book like that.

Of course, I'm always willing to go to the bookstore to "look around."

I hope you have a great trip!

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Eek! Well, good luck, try not to panic TOO much. Also, what books?