Bookcases

The good news: I have installed and filled eight bookcases.

The bad news: I need at least three more. It's a little difficult to figure out where they can go, too, because the office has only one electrical outlet, the two in the living room are placed at inconvenient intervals, and I have misplaced both my tape measures. I think I will double-shelf my remaining books to get an accurate estimate of how many more shelves I need. Also, the office needs either a low bookcase that can go under a window, or a narrow one that won't block the lone outlet, as I am exclusively putting research materials in the office and, since I'm now counting manga as research, I have filled a bookcase and a half with it and have no room left for reference materials and half my books on Japan.

In case you're curious, here's the office breakdown:

Bookcase # 1 (small): Books on India.

Bookcase # 2 (medium): Oversize manga, manga in Japanese, translated digest-sized manga from Alice 19 to Saikano.

Bookcase # 2 (medium): Digest-sized manga from Saiyuki to X/1999, small manga (Lone Wolf and Cub, memoirs, books on Japan, books on Japanese, books on martial arts, back issues of The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, miscellaneous books on parts of Asia that are neither Japan nor India.

To be shelved in here when I get more bookcases: Dictionaries and other word-related reference, books on writing, miscellaneous research reference (ie, books on castles, music, poisons, medical reference, etc), books on books.

Bookcases

The good news: I have installed and filled eight bookcases.

The bad news: I need at least three more. It's a little difficult to figure out where they can go, too, because the office has only one electrical outlet, the two in the living room are placed at inconvenient intervals, and I have misplaced both my tape measures. I think I will double-shelf my remaining books to get an accurate estimate of how many more shelves I need. Also, the office needs either a low bookcase that can go under a window, or a narrow one that won't block the lone outlet, as I am exclusively putting research materials in the office and, since I'm now counting manga as research, I have filled a bookcase and a half with it and have no room left for reference materials and half my books on Japan.

In case you're curious, here's the office breakdown:

Bookcase # 1 (small): Books on India.

Bookcase # 2 (medium): Oversize manga, manga in Japanese, translated digest-sized manga from Alice 19 to Saikano.

Bookcase # 2 (medium): Digest-sized manga from Saiyuki to X/1999, small manga (Lone Wolf and Cub, memoirs, books on Japan, books on Japanese, books on martial arts, back issues of The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, miscellaneous books on parts of Asia that are neither Japan nor India.

To be shelved in here when I get more bookcases: Dictionaries and other word-related reference, books on writing, miscellaneous research reference (ie, books on castles, music, poisons, medical reference, etc), books on books.

Bookcase contents

Since people have inquired...

Bookcases 1-4, in the living room, contain my mass market paperback sf and fantasy.

Bookcases 5-6, in the bedroom, contain trade paperback, oversize paperback, and hardcover children's mainstream novels, adult mainstream novels, and mysteries. (The bedroom also has hardcover and trade paperback sf and fantasy on low bookcases I brought with me.)

Currently double-shelved or awaiting shelving are mass market paperback children's novels, adult mainstream novels, mysteries, romance, and books about animals.

A small red bookcase made by my uncle, which is in the kitchen, contains cookbooks and books about food.

Plays, books about theatre, and non-manga graphic novels are on built-in shelves in the hallway.

Bookcase contents

Since people have inquired...

Bookcases 1-4, in the living room, contain my mass market paperback sf and fantasy.

Bookcases 5-6, in the bedroom, contain trade paperback, oversize paperback, and hardcover children's mainstream novels, adult mainstream novels, and mysteries. (The bedroom also has hardcover and trade paperback sf and fantasy on low bookcases I brought with me.)

Currently double-shelved or awaiting shelving are mass market paperback children's novels, adult mainstream novels, mysteries, romance, and books about animals.

A small red bookcase made by my uncle, which is in the kitchen, contains cookbooks and books about food.

Plays, books about theatre, and non-manga graphic novels are on built-in shelves in the hallway.

Firefly, Part III

Due to the DVD mix-up, sartorias and I watched Shindig, Safe, Our Mrs. Reynolds, and Jaynestown today. I don't think they were as strong overall as the last set, but that's to be expected because they were earlier episodes, and they were still a great deal of fun. Random thoughts:

1. The writers seem to really enjoy beating on Mal. He's been shot, stabbed, beaten up, tortured, or knocked out in almost every episode I've seen so far. Curiously, unlike most characters who bleed frequently, he's not the angsty "suffering beautifully" type.

2. I am not usually one to see incest where there isn't any canonically, but I can't see Kaylee getting anywhere with Simon unless River left the picture. I don't think this is because I've been reading too much manga, either. Am I going to go to a very special hell for asking if River and Simon are most commonly paired together in fanfic?

3. Let me just mention again how much I love Jayne. He makes me happy every time he appears on the screen. In addition to finding his character extremely entertaining, I also find him curiously hot. I mean, it's curious that I find Jayne hot, since he's basically a thug without even the usual redeeming values of smarts or wit or a heart of gold; it's not especially odd that I would find Adam Baldwin hot, since I have also had crushes on several other Baldwin brothers. I hope the writers will give him more scenes doing pull-ups, and I was disappointed that that Shindig did not take the opportunity to clean him up and put him in a suit, because I was very eager to see what result that would produce.

I am going to go to a very special hell for this, too.

ETA: Oops, he's not a Baldwin brother. My bad.

4. The last moment of Our Mrs. Reynolds was classic. So were many other moments in that episode, whose overall thrust, as it were, took me by surprise.

Firefly, Part III

Due to the DVD mix-up, sartorias and I watched Shindig, Safe, Our Mrs. Reynolds, and Jaynestown today. I don't think they were as strong overall as the last set, but that's to be expected because they were earlier episodes, and they were still a great deal of fun. Random thoughts:

1. The writers seem to really enjoy beating on Mal. He's been shot, stabbed, beaten up, tortured, or knocked out in almost every episode I've seen so far. Curiously, unlike most characters who bleed frequently, he's not the angsty "suffering beautifully" type.

2. I am not usually one to see incest where there isn't any canonically, but I can't see Kaylee getting anywhere with Simon unless River left the picture. I don't think this is because I've been reading too much manga, either. Am I going to go to a very special hell for asking if River and Simon are most commonly paired together in fanfic?

3. Let me just mention again how much I love Jayne. He makes me happy every time he appears on the screen. In addition to finding his character extremely entertaining, I also find him curiously hot. I mean, it's curious that I find Jayne hot, since he's basically a thug without even the usual redeeming values of smarts or wit or a heart of gold; it's not especially odd that I would find Adam Baldwin hot, since I have also had crushes on several other Baldwin brothers. I hope the writers will give him more scenes doing pull-ups, and I was disappointed that that Shindig did not take the opportunity to clean him up and put him in a suit, because I was very eager to see what result that would produce.

I am going to go to a very special hell for this, too.

ETA: Oops, he's not a Baldwin brother. My bad.

4. The last moment of Our Mrs. Reynolds was classic. So were many other moments in that episode, whose overall thrust, as it were, took me by surprise.