Books

I have a friend who loves semicolons; I told him I would write a blog post using butt-loads of them. Because I suck at grammar, I will not be able to do this correctly; I'm instead posting a link to a comic about them. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

Now that that is over with...

Books are a wonderful thing; I may only be saying this because I am a massive nerd. (Hey look! A semicolon!) Seriously, opening a book for the first time, the smell of paper, the feel of the paper edges on a well read book. What could be better?

The best/worst part of books has to be buying them. I love walking down the aisle of the usually abandoned SciFi/Fantasy section perusing the titles before me, leafing through the ones that look interesting. The awkwardness comes when there is someone else in the aisle. I never realize how private a thing buying books is until there is someone standing next to me, trying to do the same things that I am.

I never know what to do in these situations. If my life were a movie, there would be awkward flirting and an hour and a half of disgusting adorableness, followed by betrayal of some sort and possibly some explosions, a passionate make up kiss and the end credits. Luckily for everyone involved, my life is not a movie. However that still leaves me with someone-generally a male of even greater nerdiness than me- in my fortress of solitude created by the narrow book shelves.

I don't know which s worse, the feeling of having my privacy invaded or the knowledge that this is as sacred a moment for them as it is for me. I invariably decide on the book in my hand as quickly as possible and head out to save us both.