Rational vs. Irrational

[danalwyn]

Every once in a while we are confronted by minor problems in life that expose things about us. Problems like, for instance, wanting to read something, but having nothing to read because all our books are in storage somewhere. There are many ways to answer this problem:

The rational response: Hmmm...maybe I better go find something else to do instead.

The irrational response: Obviously I need to go buy more books.

I can see already that getting a new job was like digging my own grave.

(Number of books bought today: 7)

Comments

[noldo]

This is, awkwardly enough, exactly what I did yesterday. Though I submit in my defence that my books are significantly further away, probably.

[silverjackal]

*squints*

*fails to see problem*

A problem would be not finding anything worth buying. This has happened to me before. (Horrible weather, small center, books only in the pharmacy, choice: frighteningly obvious romance novels where I can divine the entire plot from reading the back and looking at the cover and the DaVinci Code.)

[thesharedself]

This. Yes.

Except, you know...none of my books are in storage and I already have 20+ books waiting to be read, but damn these just look so good I should buy them anyway...