Thursday, January 19, 2006

you know those stickers that some bookstores paste on their goods (for pricing, scanning, security and whatnots)? well, do they really have to be so super duper adhesive?!

i spent such a long time trying to peel the sticker off the cover of my new book yesterday, and it finally came off only to leave millions of little sticky bumps. i took ages doing the tiak-tiak-tiak thing - using pieces of tape to encourage the bumps to let go of my book and hang on to the tape instead - and it's still not perfectly bumpless.

we all know that these bumps will get dirty and end up being not-very-sticky black/grey icky bumps. oh yuck.

i got these books from a fair (well, actually, my sister did), so i really shouldn't be complaining since they're so cheap. but still?! popular does it to their stuff too - rolls of super sticky tape suffocating a poor little pen.

i know i'm anal, but i like my new books...new. fresh clean covers, crisp pages, perfect print, new-smelling. and stickerless.

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