Books

I am a big fan of books. This probably isn't surprising since I'm a librarian. However, the job of a most librarians these days has less to do with books and more to do with information. I also think the codex is one of the most perfect inventions ever. It hasn't been much imporoved upon in the past few hundred years.

The whole idea of a "book" is one I thought was pretty stable until last Saturday when I read the Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick has exploded the entire notion of how one reads a book. The book is almost entirely made up of pictures. Yes, there are children's books like that but this is a book for young adults and the story is quite complicated. It's like reading a movie.

Watch the opening slide show to see. And then get the book.

Star Wars

I am Star Wars Chick. I have been a Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember. I was only one when the first one came out in 1977 so my brother must have introduced me to it becuase I do remember seeing Return of the Jedi in 1983.

I'm not one of those people who discusses SW minutia. In fact, if you ask me about SW I will probably say that I love it and leave it at that. To really know how I feel about the movies, you have to watch them with me. I go into a whole other dimension and all of my problems fall away.

Since people always ask, I like the movies in this order:

Empire Strikes Back
Revenge of the Sith
A New Hope
Return of the Jedi
Attack of the Clones
Phantom Menance

And EVERYONE should see Clone Wars. They explain what's going on between II and III.

So, I'm bringing up SW becuase I think I have finally proven my true devotion. On Friday I got a Star Wars tattoo. No, it doesn't say "Star Wars." I had been thinking about it for over a year and just decided to go do it.

It hurt. A lot. It took forever and I had the shakes afterwards.

I'm sort of shocked at myself. It was a totally non-Emily thing to do.

I'll post pictures when I have them and yes, I am super excited about the new stamps.