For My Inner OCD Girl

Lots of readers in this community, right? How about book hoarders? I'd ask you to raise your hand, but then you might lose your place. :-)

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite websites: Library Thing!

I've looked at a lot of book-cataloguing software (and I do mean a lot, because I am Obsesso-Compulsive Girl), and this is by far my favorite. The real advantage is that it's stored on SOMEONE ELSE'S system, thus saving my gigabytes for important stuff like Titan Quest: Immortal Throne. And um, syllabi and stuff. Yeah. This makes sense to me, because in a (knock-on-wood, god forbid) fire situation, I want my book list off-site. And itemized, so the insurance will have to replace all of it, as opposed to handing me a measly lump sum.

That all sounds so sensible, doesn't it? But really, it's the thrill of listing!

This last year, since we moved into the new office space, my fabulous readers catalogued ALL my office books--no mean feat. I started the house collection about 1 1/2 years ago; since then, my Better Half has manually catalogued all our DVDs. And I...am way behind on the books.

Officially, then, my next Five Things task is to get the rest of my personal library into Library Thing. Five Thing? Library Thing? See how that works?

Other confirmed bibliophiles wanting to poke through my library, or wanting a more detailed explanation of the virtues of Library Thing, may beg nicely.

Just Five Things

Uber-cool idea from Adam via Bradley, who assures me that the cool kids will let me play. If not, I'm totally hiding behind you on the playground, dude.

The plan is to post five "mini-goals," also known as "things" in the vernacular, and track them. Simple enough, yes?

I hereby promise that I'll attempt to keep this from being just a glorified "to-do" list, although elements of that will surely creep in, given my OCD status. But I'm liking the mix of "get the job done" and "fun stuff" I'm seeing so far, and will do my best to follow suit.

Oh, dear. Now I have the Eurythmics singing "Just one thing" in my head. (Join me.)