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the pointless, yet poignant, crisis of a co-ed.

  • Mar. 31st, 2008 at 11:36 PM
lion, ivoted, me, sadie
So today I decided I was going to sell some books. I have never sold or given away a book IN MY LIFE. Because books ARE ME. However, this means I have a lot of books, folks. A lot. (" ") And it has been slowly occurring to me that there's no reason to keep a book from 1st quarter of first year college that not only I never read, but we never even discussed in class. It was a non-book. I hated the class, the book looked like I'd hate it. Yet I have lugged many of these around for almost TEN YEARS.

Anyway, no longer. So tonight I put 40 of the 80-100 books I want to get rid of on the Amazon marketplace. And I'm thinking, "Weber? Heidigger? Plato? Why do I have all this philosophy, ugh. And who would buy these? Only another college student." So I figured I'd have to wait until the start of a school year rolled around. But I just got a notification! I sold TWO tonight! And I rush to my account page to see what was purchased and by whom, and its On the Geneaology of Morals and Ecce Homo (Nietzsche) and the friggin MARX-ENGLES READER. And I'm all, what sadist. . .and then I see the delivery address:

[firstname lastname]
XXXX S. University Ave
#XXX Pierce Tower
Chicago, IL 60637

Ahahaha, [info]k_rock and [info]cruft! Torturing soc students the same way since time immemorial, right?

If you would like to see the books I have for sale, they are here. Fiction and slightly more fun stuff is coming tomorrow.
  • Music:the pointless, yet poignant. . .etc - Dar Williams

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[info]cruft wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 01:06 pm (UTC)
Ha! That undergraduate wins! You should enclose a note wishing him or her luck with PIR.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 03:49 pm (UTC)
I totally will enclose said note!
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[info]forgottenbelief wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 02:19 pm (UTC)
I comment you on getting to the point where you are able to let go of your books, watching them to go on to a more happy, productive life.

I however, am stuck in denial, refusing to let any of them leave the safety of the nest.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 03:49 pm (UTC)
That's very nice of you, ascribing such positive motives. Really what happened was I was at my mom's house, and I was looking at all my pre-college books with longing, and realized I would never have room for my pre-college books if I kept hauling around all my college and post-college books with me, and an unstoppable force met an immovable object and I said, "it's time to get rid of Language and the Mind, for I need room for Charlotte Sometimes."
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[info]roatan wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 02:32 pm (UTC)
I get an error message when I click on your Amazon link. This happening to anyone else?
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[info]library_of_sex wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 02:47 pm (UTC)
I get the sign-in page, actually.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 03:47 pm (UTC)
That's odd. I'll try and figure out a better way to link.
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 06:54 am (UTC)
Me too, me too. But I will probably live without seeing it, so don't kill yourself trying to fix it or anything.
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[info]particle_person wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 04:01 pm (UTC)
I love that song! So. Funny.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 04:05 pm (UTC)
What kind of a name is Students Against the Treacherous Use of Fur?
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[info]particle_person wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 04:14 pm (UTC)
It doesn't even make a good acronym!
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[info]switterbeet wrote:
Apr. 1st, 2008 04:42 pm (UTC)
I am compelled to pimp BookMooch if you are thinking of unloading some covers. You don't get like... cash or anything wonderful back, but you do get other people sendin' you books of your choosing at a later time.
Okay, I annoy all my friends and relatives with this announcement every time books are mentioned, and sometimes unsolicited so That's All Folks!
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[info]fonny wrote:
Apr. 2nd, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)
Aaaactually ... I might be inerested in some of those horrible theory books, based on what you've sold so far. Stupid grad school. But yeah, your link isn't working for me either ...
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