Comments | averyjedi: A book to represent yourself.

averyjedi

A book to represent yourself.

Feb 16, 2012 23:19

A blog I read posted:

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE YOUR COPY OF THE KAMA SUTRA AT HOME: The Free Library of Philadelphia is hosting speed-dating sessions where each potential suitor has to bring a representative book as an icebreaker, and we couldn't help but wonder: if you were (or are) on the market, which book would you bring to introduce ( Read more... )

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stephenw32768 February 17 2012, 19:30:55 UTC

I'd pick K&R. It would almost certainly ruin my chances at the speed-dating event, but hey; can't deny who I am...

-Stephen

averyjedi February 18 2012, 04:54:03 UTC

I like that choice! It's honest, tells something about yourself, and doesn't get too abstract about it.

joeneedstosleep February 18 2012, 07:08:53 UTC

Calvin & Hobbes! haha. Either that or a copy of something by Ben Bova, this ridiculously good scifi author.
My wince-inducing book would be my anthology of Japanese death poems. Everybody else at a speed-dating event would probably find it pretty morbid. (I don't.)

sassamifrass February 28 2012, 14:01:52 UTC

I would bring this:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1971212.You_re_Thinking_about_Doughnuts

It taught my 7 year old self more about satire and surrealism than I could have learned in a year in a circus. And those two things are core parts of who I am :D

What would make me run for the hills? Lord of the Flies ^_~