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urgeok

10-28-2006, 06:49 PM

this will be of interest to the handful of people i've promised DVDs to.
As some might know - i've been spending the last 6 - 8 months doing nothing but sorting books with every second of my spare time.... disposing the unwanted - and the doubles.

i started out with about 10,000 books and i estimate that in the end i'll have about 3000.

first i went through paperback fiction... well, as of a few hours ago i just unfinished packing - and rough sorting everything else...

I have 2 rooms i'm using to sort .. in one are my books on film/music in one huge corner, history, anthropology in another, hardcover fiction in another ... and children in the last.

in the middle of the room is everything else. science, books on writing, religion and philosophy, sports (hockey), etc ..

as i sort them and locate/remove the doubles I then pack them away by genre..making more room to sort the other books.

I took pictures that I'll post when I get them off the camera so people can see what i've been dealing with ..

I know this will interest absolutely no one - but I hit a huge milestone today .. i'm tired, my back is killing me .. and i had to tell someone.

pictures tomorrow - for anyone who wants to see what a house full of books looks like. (i was amazed to see that my film related books (including biographies) represents a HUGE percentage of the collection - way more than i ever imagined.

pinkfloyd45769

10-28-2006, 06:56 PM

Gosh, i cant even sort through 50 or 60 books. I need your organization skills,or your free time. =)

urgeok

10-28-2006, 06:58 PM

i have no free time ..

the push is on to get the collection pared down because i'm having hardwood floors put into the 2 sorting rooms ..
one is the dining room and the other is the big front room which we're converting into a library. as it stands now all the bloody books wont ft into the library .. gotta trim the fat

_____V_____

10-28-2006, 07:12 PM

that is an achievement alrite...trust me I know because right now my bookshelf lies cluttered and littered with books, half of em neatly arranged and half of em thrown everywhere...

Life can be too busy...:(

X¤MurderDoll¤X

10-28-2006, 07:40 PM

I don't have stuff haha

I think I have a book somewhere....

Today I decided that I want a mansion one day though, so I'm going to need a lot of things to put in it. ;)

urgeok

11-03-2006, 07:14 AM

tomorrow is a big day folks ..

i believe i will have all of the books sorted and packed and put away by the end of the weekend - i will post before and after pictures.

i realize that this will mean nothing other than to the 5 or so people waiting for movies from me...

it's just that much closer folks !

newb

11-03-2006, 07:35 AM

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DraculaInDallas

11-03-2006, 05:18 PM

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newb has risen from thr grave!!!! Where the fuck have I been? When did you get your name back?? :confused:

Ginger<3

11-03-2006, 05:50 PM

newb

11-03-2006, 07:27 PM

newb has risen from thr grave!!!! Where the fuck have I been? When did you get your name back?? :confused:

Ironically it was Halloween day.....that I was awoken from my ancient slumber.

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/evildead-2.jpg

GetrDone

11-03-2006, 07:58 PM

sounds like my ex wife, it seemed she had an addiction for romance books she had them by the thousands as well. myself I never really read books. I do like to read a dean koontz book from time to time. I collect his books

urgeok

11-04-2006, 05:03 AM

well, here's what i'm dealing with today.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/toys/PICT0060.jpg
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/toys/PICT0063.jpg

the last picture shows all of the performing arts books (90% film, 10% music)

and yes - thats a duran duran book there... before some smart-ass points it out :D

zwoti

11-04-2006, 06:10 AM

well, here's what i'm dealing with today.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a1/urgeok/toys/PICT0060.jpg

well my dell boxes contain dvd's :o

urgeok

11-04-2006, 07:06 AM

well my dell boxes contain dvd's :o

you know you're a nerd when .... :)

i have over 75 of these dell boxes full of books (desktop size)
another 20 or so of the laptop size)

picture putting them in stacks in the sunroom at the back of the house - throwing a dell desktop box full of hardcovers on the top of the stack 6 feet in the air ..

its killing my back !

hitman3005

11-04-2006, 09:22 AM

Dibs on the Dora the Explorer book!!!!