Hobby being your job …
Leaving books in the wild ….
I started on Google searching for more info on Ursula Le Guin’s EarthSea series, and landed up on this site …. http://www.bookcrossing.com/
Now what is bookcrossing … Very simple …
- X reads a book.
- X goes to the site, reviews the book and announces that it is in wild. The latter words mean that X just gives away the book, just leaving it away in a public place.
- Y also a book crosser, sees that the book he wanted for so long is in the wild… and nearby …
- Y drives across, picks up the book, updates the status on the site and when done repeats the cycle.
In their own words …
The 3 R’s of BookCrossing
- Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
- Register it here (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
- Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, “forget” it in a coffee shop, etc.), and get notified by email each time someone comes here and records journal entries for that book. And if you make Release Notes on the book, others can Go Hunting for it and try to find it!
Does this work?? I dunno but what I realised is that the people who are affiliated to this site are genuine book lovers, who realise that rather than holding on to a book that you have read and are not rereading, it is better to give it away.
Btw, there is a copy of Heidi lying around in a Bombay local train, in the ladies compartment … Maybe you can get lucky …
Gotcha …
Finally got the song I have been searching for all this time … after seeing Lars Von Trier excellent movie … Nevers fails to move me …
the lyrics follow :
i’VE SEEN iT ALL
I’ve seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I’ve seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I’ve seen a friend killed by a friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I’ve seen what I was - I know what I’ll be
I’ve seen it all - there is no more to see!
You haven’t seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I’m happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn’t fall!
And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don’t care…
You’ve never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that’s all…
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson’s hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don’t care…
I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen the dark
I’ve seen the brightness in one little spark.
I’ve seen what I chose and I’ve seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I’ve seen what I was and I know what I’ll be
I’ve seen it all - there is no more to see!
You’ve seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You’ve seen what you were and know what you’ll be
You’ve seen it all - there is no more to see!
Now playing: Radiohead - I’ve Seen It All (w/Bjork)
Something that me and my roomies brood on … once in a while …
Quite funny at moments, considering the author is someone who by the looks of it probably does not even know what exactly she is talking about …
A neat idea on group dynamics ….
tompeters! leadership training development project management
and something that I really believe in ….
