A philosophical debate regarding the melodramatic lives of books
This important conversation took place with all the gravitas due to it, via my Facebook update thread thingy (Tish = theamazingtish):
Suzanne: I should probably organize my books, but they look so happy in their disorganized state and I don't want to ruin their fun. Have you paid attention to your books' feelings? They don't really want to be alphabetized. They want to be next to their friends.
5:09pm · Comment · Like
Tish at 5:49pm March 29
but what if you accidentally put them next to an enemy? you are dashing their one chance at happiness by not organizing them.
Suzanne at 5:53pm March 29
Silly Tish, if they were by an enemy they would have found some way to extract themselves from such a situation. Books are not ninnies; they are very courageous and strong and amazing--though I suspect if Wuthering Heights were placed by another book it didn't like it might have a freak-fest spaz attack and we'd all be buried underneath the rubble of its mental breakdown. Thankfully I don't own Wuthering Heights!
Tish at 6:06pm March 29
Well they could be frenemies and don't want to switch places with another book because they don't want to be the talk of the...bookcase. They're thinking of their families.
Suzanne at 6:11pm March 29
Then they should make their plight known with all discreteness and grace to their lord and master (i.e. me). If they're not able to communicate their needs adequately then I have no qualms about letting them suffer in silence! They should man up or accept their circumstances and realize it is Up To Them To Change Their Lives.
Tish at 8:12pm March 29
I concede. You should know, though, that not all of us are able to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps! Should we be blamed for our different personalities?
Suzanne at 8:23pm March 29
Yes. Yes, you should be.
Suzanne: I should probably organize my books, but they look so happy in their disorganized state and I don't want to ruin their fun. Have you paid attention to your books' feelings? They don't really want to be alphabetized. They want to be next to their friends.
5:09pm · Comment · Like
Tish at 5:49pm March 29
but what if you accidentally put them next to an enemy? you are dashing their one chance at happiness by not organizing them.
Suzanne at 5:53pm March 29
Silly Tish, if they were by an enemy they would have found some way to extract themselves from such a situation. Books are not ninnies; they are very courageous and strong and amazing--though I suspect if Wuthering Heights were placed by another book it didn't like it might have a freak-fest spaz attack and we'd all be buried underneath the rubble of its mental breakdown. Thankfully I don't own Wuthering Heights!
Tish at 6:06pm March 29
Well they could be frenemies and don't want to switch places with another book because they don't want to be the talk of the...bookcase. They're thinking of their families.
Suzanne at 6:11pm March 29
Then they should make their plight known with all discreteness and grace to their lord and master (i.e. me). If they're not able to communicate their needs adequately then I have no qualms about letting them suffer in silence! They should man up or accept their circumstances and realize it is Up To Them To Change Their Lives.
Tish at 8:12pm March 29
I concede. You should know, though, that not all of us are able to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps! Should we be blamed for our different personalities?
Suzanne at 8:23pm March 29
Yes. Yes, you should be.