Sunday, June 29, 2008

More about books, packing, and moving.

When you have to look closely at everything you own and decide how much you need to own it, maybe you realize a thing or two about yourself. And you might think some about how you appear to others. For example, what would someone think they knew about me if they opened this box of books, all important enough to me that I not only own them, but I am keeping them and shipping them across the country?

Contents:
The Hiding Places of God --John Cornwell
Drawings and Observations --Louise Bourgeois
Women Mystics in Medieval Europe --Emilie Zum Brunn and Georgette Epiney-Burgard
The Words of My Perfect Teacher --Patrul Rinpoche
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
Feeling as a Foreign Language; The Good Strangeness of Poetry --Alice Fulton
The Book of Margery Kempe (by Margery Kempe)
Margery Kempe (novel by Robert Gluck)
Matisse on Art
Julien Levy; Portrait of an Art Gallery --Ingrid Schaffner and Lisa Jacobs
Alone of All Her Sex; The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary --Marina Warner
Lives of the Saints --Richard P. McBrien
McSweeney's Comics Issue
Yes Yes Y'All; The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade --Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn
Fatima --Severo Rossi and Aventino de Oliveira (Consolata Fathers)
I Read It, But I Don't Get It; Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers --Cris Tovani
When Kids Can't Read; What Teachers Can Do --Kylene Beers

On opening that box, if you imagined the person who owned those books, and if you wrote a description of him or her, including perhaps things like does he or she live alone, if not who does he or she live with--if you, say, created a facebook profile for this person, how much would it look like my own facebook profile? (Assuming the person who owns these books would have a facebook profile...)

Sex:
Birthday:
Hometown:
Political Views:
Religious Views:

Address:
City/Town:

Relationship Status:
Interested In: [Men/Women]
Looking For: [Friendship, Dating, A Relationship, Networking]

Activities:
Interests:
Favorite Music:
Favorite TV Shows:
Favorite Movies:
Favorite Books:
Favorite Quotes:
About Me:

Education:

Work:

Picture:

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