Mantra of the day:

[peteryoung]

I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.
I will not buy any more books.

In other news, Seismic Shock Hits Japan: Yokohama wins the 2007 Worldcon bid by a big majority.

Comments

[dyfferent.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6923426167&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

So where do you stand on magazines?

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

When he can't reach the top bookshelf otherwise, I'd guess.

[dyfferent.livejournal.com]

Surely the yellow pages would be more traditional?

[feorag.livejournal.com]

But autopope failed to win two Hugos and a Seiun. Me, I get to sign up for Japanese lessons as soon as I get home.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

What a good idea...

[feorag.livejournal.com]

Indeed - autopope is really bad at non-English, non-computer languages so he agreed to pay for the (rather expensive) lessons should Japan get 2007. I should be able to get quite a bit done in three years.

[camies.livejournal.com]

Well, that's when quite a few of us will finally get to go to Japan, I imagine.

[feorag.livejournal.com]

FYI: this is the restaurant I suggested:

Buddha's Delight
5 Beach Street, near corner of Washington St.
Chinatown, Boston (Chinatown stop/Orange Line, Boylston St. stop/Green Line)
617-451-2395
Sunday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Friday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
All vegan except milk in some beverages, Asian cuisine, extensive menu includes faux meats

and the drinking establishment (http://www.rockbottom.com/RockBottomWeb/RBR/Index.aspx?PageName=/RockBottomWeb/Controls/Location/DisplayLocationRBR.ascx&SectionName=Root.LocationFinder.LocationResults.LocationDetails.OurPlace&LocationID=10058) is just round the corner from it.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

And if it's a well-run con I hope we will come away thinking it was a fantastic experience.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Name the time and I'll meet you in the Marriot lobby.

PS. go here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/red_cloud/138942.html) to see what I've been up to in the hour since our last *hic* drink.

Buy more books...

[godelescherbach.livejournal.com]

Pete...silly mantra. You know it won't hold.

You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.
You will buy more books.

You can't win...so buy more books!

[feorag.livejournal.com]

Whenever (will text autopope). We're in room 3716 if you want a view slightly lower, but no less spectacular, than the ones you were showing me. fluffcthulhu has now posted His pictures.

[feorag.livejournal.com]

Okay - autopope is meeting his editor in the same place at 1930, and he wants me to run an errand for him before then, so maybe around the same time?

Re: Buy more books...

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Have resisted all day, so am mighty pleased with this uncharacteristic display of self-discipline. Have been drinking instead.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

1930 in the Marriot lobby it is.

Re: Buy more books...

[godelescherbach.livejournal.com]

Aha. Drink, resistance is lowered, wander by the dealer area...and you not only have bought more books, but have a hangover as well!

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Yokohama wins the 2007 Worldcon bid by a big majority.

Wow. Is this the first time Japan's won a Worldcon bid?

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Woo.

Trip to Japan and a Worldcon?

*starts saving*

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Oooo... cool, that's one I definately want to go to. If I start saving now, I might even be able to afford a beer ;)

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

So if you're not going to buy them, how *will* you acquire them henceforth?

Freebies?
Barter?
Trade?
something else?

Only, as a fellow bibliophile, I understand the mantra, but I also know that there are some laws of nature that you just can't violate. Acquiring books is not so much a choice as an unavoidable side-effect of being alive.

So, spill the beans, already!