Money for nothing, and Books for free...

[pen_grunt]

Why does it make me irrationally angry when websites change their format/layout? Amazon.com, stop f*cking with your page. I hate having to move my mouse over a quarter of an inch to click on something in its new location. I'm picky like that.

On another note, I got a $50 Amazon gift certificate from my credit card company. I didn't even know I had a credit card with rewards points. Apparently, I do. I never use it save for when I travel, and then it's usually to cover expenses that I'm almost immediately reimbursed for...

So I'm not spending money, but I'm getting free gift certificates...which I will probably use to buy more books that I don't--strictly speaking--need.

I could choose to get things like Starbucks gift cards instead, but why? Books are so much more satisfying in the long run.

Comments

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

books -- need? Since when does "need" enter into it?

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Well, hmm... I suppose "need" isn't necessarily the right word. Lust after? Desire? Want? Crave? Maybe.

But when I say that I don't need them, what I'm really saying is that I don't have any (no, not ANY) shelf space left to house them.

I "need" an in home library. And I think we can substitute "lust after" in the place of "need" there. :)