A side-note on adjectives and other things

[daemonluna]

Dear people writing sex scenes on teh internets,

Call me old-fashioned, but there are certain adjectives that one should perhaps not use to describe the genitalia of either sex. Unless you're diagnosing an illness. Or writing a horror story.

Like weeping. Or slimy. Or... well really, those are the two that come immediately to mind.

Just... don't. Please.

No love,
Me

Dear people donating things to the library,

We appreciate the thought. Really, we do. But there are certain things that are just destined for the book sale table. Like, all those many years of Reader's Digest magazine out of your aunt's garage. Or Reader's Digest condensed books. Little Golden books from the grocery store. Colouring books, sometimes partially coloured. (Now wasn't that helpful and considerate?) Anything that smells funny or is falling apart. And last but not least, the books we've discarded from the library once already. You can keep those for us. Really, you can. Please.

However, we will take the fifty consecutive volumes of Goosebumps books in pristine condition, the like-new Sandra Boynton board books, and all the Captain Underpants, Beverly Cleary, and Roald Dahl paperbacks you want to give us.

Love,
Me

Comments

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

Somebody actually used the word slimy? ewwww. Way to totally break the mood.

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! I can't remember exactly what story where (I think I've blocked it out) but... there are so many adjectives out there! Whyyyy?

[myradon.livejournal.com]

there have been a number of times I've been able to haul away a box full of ugly ugly books form Calgary public libraries because.. no one else would take them :/

Sometimes you get treasures, Hopefully some things get into the collections, but seriously, your list if worded differently would be a good hand out for potential donors :)

[daemonluna.livejournal.com]

(And I seem to have ended up with a three week lag time answering comments. Erk. Sorry!)

Sometimes, it's that the library already has the books. Or they're not sturdy enough to stand up to the repeated uses a book gets at the library. Or it was insanely popular and the library needed many extra copies when it came out, but the demand's died down, and now they're getting rid of some of the extras.

*g* As much as I'd love to, we don't have any sort of guidelines for donations, other than that we don't guarantee that we're going to add it to the library. Because it all goes in the library booksale, if we don't take it, and people will buy many, many things, up to and including the old reader's digest magazines.