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leiasolo8

Something strange, something new

Mar 03, 2006 03:10

One day, my cell phone stopped working, because it is a cheap, stupid cell phone lacking a cool camera, and (le sigh) even flip-flop action.

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doctor_aquinas March 3 2006, 11:00:36 UTC

Chesterton, that old softie... *sobs uncontrollably*

leiasolo8 March 4 2006, 13:28:24 UTC

That's pretty much what I did when I read this. Except I was in a magnificent reading room trimmed in marble and glistening things. Which didn't help.

doctor_aquinas March 4 2006, 20:13:47 UTC

Come to think of it, I think I also picked up the Ward biography, opened it at random, and came to this precise spot as well, because I remember reading this before...

Marble and glistening things! I'm jealous. I did manage to find Chesterton's collected works in the Olin library, (only place in Saint Louis I've done so) but frankly the stacks are housed underground and are about as charming as any other basement.

donna_rose March 3 2006, 11:22:51 UTC

i love libraries! yay! im glad you discovered the Boston Public Library. and also glad there is at least a reading room in the really nice old school section (yea im not a fan of the modern architecture either - blech).

i have dabbled in Chesterton, but at some point when i can make the time in my personal reading schedule (which is nuts), i hafta go on a Chesterton rampage. i own (but have not read yet)2 books by him - Orthodoxy and Everlasting Man. i will definitely plan to get into him asap. but based on what i read in the snippet you posted above, i feel a love affair coming on between myself and his literary style and content :)

D

leiasolo8 March 4 2006, 13:42:29 UTC

I'm obsessed with libraries as well. I could pretty much LIVE in the Boston Public Library and be perfectly content forever. The building is absolutely gorgeous, and even has an outdoor atrium complete with fountains, statues, a garden, and a little cafe ( ... )

ink_n_imp March 3 2006, 18:38:35 UTC

If I married the reincarnation of Chesterton, I would be not be allowed to complain about ANYTHING for the rest of my LIFE.

*sigh*

leiasolo8 March 4 2006, 13:39:16 UTC

haha, maybe he IS reincarnated ... but who is he??!! ... *thinks* Nella... this might have to become our life mission..

ink_n_imp March 4 2006, 19:17:09 UTC

We must hunt him down and woo him so i can marry him. it is the only way.

levendus March 5 2006, 05:53:15 UTC

Hmm, I never imagined chesterton writing a love letter. But, if I did, it would be like that! It's funny, I always joked with people at the CCM that if I ever became pope, I would declare Chesterton (abd Tolkien for that matter) a saint. Glad to hear we think alike. :)
--Todd

PS Your library looks better and worse than most churches.

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leiasolo8 March 13 2006, 18:23:10 UTC

Yeah, those new streamlined libraries are just sucktacular.
I will post more pictures and anecdotes of various libraries soon -- I have an affectionate relationship with the Harvard Law Library, as well as Boston College's famous Bapst Library... and yes, I even have a love for Bobst, despite its ugliness AND inefficient floorplan...

The NYPL makes a great starting place for any work of fiction, Ghostbusters aside.