So, maybe you don't suffer from compulsive library building like I do. Maybe you are a normal, well adjusted person who can simply see a film once, enjoy it immensely, and then be content to wait until whenever it comes on TV to watch it again. Or maybe someone loaned you a book, you loved it and consider it one of your favorite books that you ever read, but you waited until you found a beat up copy at a garage sale five years later to actually purchase it. However, maybe you do suffer from this strange condition that often leaves you staring at your bookcase, playing Tetris in your mind and trying to make these books just FIT, DANG IT!
There are some of us who enjoy having our own personal library. Whether it be of books, movies, or video games, there's something about having a brimming catalog of options to choose from when you want a bit of entertainment. Or maybe you like to think of them as resources on hand for you to learn from and to refer back to when you get in a jam. To find out if you are one of these crazy people, just read on and see if the following points could be applied to you:
You go to a store with a mental list of things to keep an eye out for.
Whether it's Gamestop, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble's, Wal-Mart, Books-A-Million, or your favorite used bookstore, whenever you go to one of these establishments for any reason, you have a mental checklist running in your head of things you should be checking for. In a Gamestop you've never been to before? Better double check to see if they have that old PS2 game you missed out on when it was released. Best Buy? Hey, wasn't there an ad that mentioned a few blu-rays were half off? Better check to see if that one film you wanted was there. Used Bookstore? Better check every aisle for a good deal on any books you ever might have possibly considered owning at some point.
You make an actual list online of things you would like to add to your collection.
If you don't have at least two or three Wishlists on Amazon full of stuff you intend to get at some point, I'm not sure you're even trying.
You don't purchase an item you like, even if it's on sale, because you want a different edition of it.
This ever happened to you? You find a copy of a book you love, for dirt cheap, only to loathe the cover of said edition? No, just me? Very well, if you'll need me, I'll be waiting to purchase the Indiana Jones movies on Blu-Ray because I want Steelbook editions of Last Crusade and Raiders.
You purchase an Item you don't like on sale because you consider important to own anyway.
I briefly considered purchasing Once and Future King at a used bookstore because it was, like, three dollars. I didn't really enjoy that book very much at all, but I would like to own it at some point, so I can refer back to it if I ever were to need it. Obviously, I require serious psychological help.
You purchase an Item you already have because you found a new edition you like even more.
Maybe you got a nice little Paperback copy of "Pride & Prejudice" that you can read for fun whenever, but then you walked into Barnes and Noble and saw their hardcover classic edition of it and loved the idea of that sitting on your bookcase, solidifying for all who saw it your love of Jane Austen. Or maybe you loved The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, so when a portable version for 3DS came out, you grabbed it so you could play Master Quest on your lunch breaks, even though you just got the Wii Virtual Console Edition a couple of years ago. I for one, have repurchased both Inception and The Dark Knight Rises because I found their Steelbook editions for fair prices.
You don't feel too bad when you purchase something and don't like it because it might come in
handy later.
So you've got your eye on some book or movie or game or whatever. It looks good, maybe you read a couple of reviews, maybe some friends recommended it, maybe you like he people who made it, whatever. Point is, you really like the look of it, so when you come into some extra cash, you splurge and get yourself a copy. Now comes the problem: you don't actually enjoy it as much as you hoped. Maybe it was different than what you were expecting, maybe you find parts of it offensive, maybe the ending stank, it doesn't matter. A normal person would sit there with Buyer's Remorse and weep for their wasted time and money, not so with you, my friend. Oh, sure maaaaybe you're irked for a little bit, but now you have that work on call whenever you need it! Are you a writer? Maybe you're writing something and you want to ensure what you write doesn't end up like that, so you refer back to it when writing similar stuff. Maybe you know someone who also is interested in taking a look at this "masterpiece." Well, now you can do service to your fellow man and lend him the stupid thing and save him some money! The point is, you'll find some use for it, even if it's just to criticize it better.
Whatever the case may be, I hope you realize that there is more to life than just stuff, having a "complete" collection of anything won't fulfill you, that said, as long as your priorities are in place, I don't think there's any harm in wanting a vast catalog of resources easily accessible. So how about it folks? any other signs that I'm missing? Got any experiences hat line up with the examples? Let me know!
and seriously, if anyone gets word on Indinana Jones Steelbooks coming out in the States, shoot me a line.
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