One of the more unusual juxtapositions of ideas I've had lately, and that's saying something.

[davywavy]

In a post yesterday, daegaer mentioned that she cannot stand to see books ill-treated, and when I replied that I'm an inveterate ill-treater of books she had a fit of the vapours and needed the stays of her corsetry loosened.
It's true. My library is fairly substantial and it's a rare book that I own which doesn't at least have page corners turned over to mark off interesting ideas or quotes. Sometimes I annotate the margins and I mark my place in books by putting them open, face down, which breaks the spines.
Some people, I know, go into conniptions at this sort of behaviour.

However, as I've been thinking about AC/DC far too much lately, this seems to have inspired me to song:

(To the tune of 'Heatseeker' by Angus & Brian. Apologies as usual).

Getting ready to read
Getting set to peruse
I'm gonna turn me a page
I'm gonna learn me some views
I gotta keep those pages turning
I gotta keep those words retained
I gotta keep those ideas burning
I wanna see some things explained!
And I'm a spinebreaker, using books like tools
And I'm a spinebreaker, and I, I don't need no page preserver
I just turn page corners down.
Page corners down

Getting ready to learn
Getting set to construe
I'm gonna annotate text
My library books - overdue!
You gotta keep those neurons firing
You gotta use those books like tools
You gotta keep knowledge acquiring
You gotta break those lending rules!
Cause I'm a spinebreaker, underlines the text
And I'm a spinebreaker, and I, I don't need no page preserver
I just turn page corners down.
Page corners down

I wanna pick up a book
See the lines of the prose
I'm gonna take me a look
At how pentameter flows!
And I'm a spinebreaker
I gotta keep those pages turning
I gotta keep those words retained
I gotta keep those ideas burning
I wanna see some things explained!
And I'm a spinebreaker, and I don't need no page place preserver
I'll just turn page corners down.
Page corners down.



Reading. It's rock and roll.

Comments

That gives me another idea!

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Readin's easy, Readin's free
Library ticket on a one-way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Dont need bookmarks, no dustcovers
Aint nothing I would rather do
Turnin' pages, bend them back
Nobosy's gonna be there too

I'm in the library to Hell
Library to Hell
Library to Hell

I can do this all day, you know.*

*^{Actually I can't, as we've got the auditors in, but you know what I mean.}