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library love

back in the day, my mom frequently took us to the library (berryessa, what what!?) and it was always a joyous occasion. i was practically a barnacle in the young adult section, but i often wandered the other aisles too. i guess there could be a map that charts my favorite spots correspondingly with my age…

there are vivid memories of excitedly hogging the spinner racks that housed the christopher pike collection (r.l. stine was his weaker, diluted counterpart). i think this was after graduating babysitter’s club and boxcar children but before i moved onto the stephen king canon. in the classics area, i distinctly remember thinking, “wow, what a cool title!” when stumbling upon of human bondage (i never even read it).

at any rate, we all have our beloved library memories. we all know libraries are super cool places. we all know they bring us back to simpler, satisfying states of being. so why is it that that i rarely take advantage of the main library, literally next door to my work? a visit yesterday reminded me how stupid i am for neglecting this neighborhood treasure. i was rewarded handsomely: some flicks that i’ve been dying to see, and random CDs i’m eager to dig into:

library finds

library finds

anyway, i’m looking forward to the newly re-opened inner richmond branch!

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4 Responses to “library love”

  1. ameh Says:
    May 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 am

    I LOVED THE BOXCAR CHILDREN.

  2. Andrea Says:
    May 25th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    awesome!!

  3. Andrew Says:
    May 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    I hit up Goosebumps but I will attribute that to our age difference since my sis was CP fan. And yes, that did come shortly after the Boxcar Children.

  4. christina Says:
    May 27th, 2009 at 12:01 am

    Nice. I’ve definitely taken full advantage of the free resources around this area. I’ve browsed in almost every crevice of every library in the santa clara, san jose, palo alto, and sunnyvale area. This is of course one of the perks of my job…taking full advantage of the resources that the local cities have graciously provided for its residents. and boy do we looooove the libraries where folks take naps, decompress, listen to music, check out fine dvds, and cds while filling up on tabloid gossip.

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