Squee! Was so happy when I read maureen johnson's blog today, and she said she had finished with the grouping of beda buddies. I mean she actually took the time to look at everyone's profile and match people up according to... interests? age? I'm very appreciative of the fact that she read everyone's info and genuinely wants us to get something more of beda-- she had to do this with (77 x 4)+1= 309 people :O which is incredible.

My buddies were very on-the-ball and friend-requested me first, and I was so surprised when I read my email and there were all these friend invites. And I only just realised that we're the group of 5 -_-" More buddies= more fun! I'm going to look at their profiles later, and find out what they said on the beda buddy discussion. What _did_ we have in common? (oh! darn doing underscores to replace underlining has become a habit.)

funny immature conversation of the day!
My friend and I were at a sandwich deli, and decided to share a salad. The salad had pinenuts in it.
ME: You can have the pinenuts, and I'll have the sprouts.
FRIEND: Where are all the pinenuts? *pokes around* They have deviously hidden under the leaves from my grasp. Ahh, I'm losing my nuts! They are so slippery.

Space-fillers ftw. Sorry. As beda progresses, my blogs are getting shorter and lacking intellectual depth. But I didn't really have any in the first place, so I'll throw prudence to the winds!

The library board here is organising a book exchange for next saturday. People bring in their books from 11-24 April, and they get a coupon for every book they donate. On 25th April, there is a one-for-one book exchange, so people trade their coupons for books. It's environmentally friendly because they won't be giving out carrier bags, and instead of discarding books that they have grown out of, people are giving them away and someone is receiving them, hence reducing waste created by discarded books. It's also an easy way for people to get free books, since cash is tight in these tough times.

I think I'm going to be giving away my old enid blytons and other books I had as a kid I can bear to part with. enid blytons and chinese books don't "sell" well on bookmooch, so this would be a good way to get rid of them. I've not had any luck with places which buy books, because once when I brought down a shopping bag of at least 10 of my friends' books, the person went through everything and only bought one(!) book for $3. (that's $1.99USD) Partly because the books were all brown and spotty, but they were still readable. Anyway, I think I'll bring the shopping bag to the library exchange because those books aren't really to my liking, and they're just collecting dust.

However! I have a problem, because recently there was a book sale that a large bookstore had to clear stock, and I just got new books. And there have been numerous times where I see a book that's $2 and I HAVE to get it because it's so cheap, and because if I got it new, it would be $12-$15 ($10USD). And these are usually books that are friend-recommended, written by authors whose other works I've read, or books that I've borrowed from the library and found interesting. So now I've got lots of books, and no shelve space.

You would say: "Why don't you get new shelves?"
To which I'd reply: "You have to come to my house to see for yourself. There are shelves lining the four walls of the study I share with my sister, and these shelves are put in front of existing wardrobes that are filled with stuff themselves. There are books everywhere: in the dining room, in the living room, in all the bedrooms, and even in the bathroom. Things are so drastic that I have had to resort to stacking books on the floor."

So um, yes, you might say that my family has a habit.

Now I just have to figure out which books to give away, dust them off, and cart them to the library.