... and I'm being super melodramatic about it.
Exhibit A:
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
- Jerry Seinfeld
As soon as I hit "purchase" I felt as though I single-handedly shut down an independent bookstore. I began mentally beating myself up with the memories of my favorite bookstore downtown that is no longer selling books.
Up until this point, I had eschewed all fancy-pants-space-aged media. My iPod is still in its box because I can't bring myself to buy music online. I like to own the album and read the lyrics and liner notes. I like going to book stores and having the actual hard copy in my hands, folding down pages I want to re-read, and filling it with stains and crumbs. (Don't lend me you books if you want to keep them looking good.) and I enjoy going to the video store to peruse the DVDs, reading the backs and holding them in my hands.
I guess you can say I like my media tangible. I'll read you, Kindle, but as I do it I'll be clutching my tapes, books, laser discs, and betamax tapes tightly to my heart.
On that note, any book recommendations?
Exhibit A:
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
- Jerry Seinfeld
As soon as I hit "purchase" I felt as though I single-handedly shut down an independent bookstore. I began mentally beating myself up with the memories of my favorite bookstore downtown that is no longer selling books.
Up until this point, I had eschewed all fancy-pants-space-aged media. My iPod is still in its box because I can't bring myself to buy music online. I like to own the album and read the lyrics and liner notes. I like going to book stores and having the actual hard copy in my hands, folding down pages I want to re-read, and filling it with stains and crumbs. (Don't lend me you books if you want to keep them looking good.) and I enjoy going to the video store to peruse the DVDs, reading the backs and holding them in my hands.
I guess you can say I like my media tangible. I'll read you, Kindle, but as I do it I'll be clutching my tapes, books, laser discs, and betamax tapes tightly to my heart.
On that note, any book recommendations?