“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”
Those of us living in Ontario (and possibly a bigger radius, frankly) are probably familiar with the age(/decade)-old Staples Business Depot ads equating back-to-school with “the most wonderful time of the year”. When I was a young’un I remember finding the TV ads of mothers skipping down the isles of the store vaguely offensive, but today I went to the U of T Bookstore (heinously overpriced, for the record) and collected my books for the upcoming year, and as I carried my parcel over to the basket on my bike that old Christmas song was playing happily in my head.
I love piles of new books. I love Tables of Contentses. I love looking at the closed covers on books with uncreased spines and imagining what knowledge will be imparted to me throughout the year as I happily work my way through their pages.
In summary: I am a nerd. And I’m loving it.
3 comments August 29th, 2007