I used the library a lot as a kid, but never developed a strong affinity for it. For one thing, card catalogs were evil. It was too hard to find stuff in them. Also, it's too hard to browse in a library. It's a lot harder to stumble upon random stuff, because you don't have the description on the book, and things are much more closely organized in the non-fiction section.
Plus, I'm an inveterate rereader, and hate to read on a schedule. I buy books I want, and then read them when they leap out at me. With a library, I have to go ahead and read them, which means I get less from them because the vibrations may not be right. (It's no wonder reading is so mystical for me, when I depend on vibrations to tell me what to read.)
I like to own the knowledge, too, which is why I still have my texts from uni and look at them!
I can see where others would feel exactly the opposite of me. I can see it, but totally don't feel it. :)
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Date: 2005-02-24 06:44 pm (UTC)Plus, I'm an inveterate rereader, and hate to read on a schedule. I buy books I want, and then read them when they leap out at me. With a library, I have to go ahead and read them, which means I get less from them because the vibrations may not be right. (It's no wonder reading is so mystical for me, when I depend on vibrations to tell me what to read.)
I like to own the knowledge, too, which is why I still have my texts from uni and look at them!
I can see where others would feel exactly the opposite of me. I can see it, but totally don't feel it. :)