Exhibit A:
“As a kid, that was always my favorite aspect of going back to school — the new stuff.”

Exhibit B:
“I didn’t read for pleasure in college — at all — until some time during my senior year, which left me feeling quite vaguely bereft…”

Exhibit C:
“For a writer, I don’t really own as many books as I’ve read, which has always struck me as practical (I love my library and my library card!) but also a bit strange.”

Exhibit D:
“Aesthetics come first on the bookshelf.”

Exhibit E:
“I do miss school, the regimented feel of it, the focus and definition it gave me, though strangely I really have no particular desire to go back there now.”

Except I do want to go back to CMU, and live in the dorms and be an RA, but I don’t really want classes (or tuition). I want the lifestyle without the school work. I can make my own work just fine, thank you.