You Grace Me With Your Cold Shoulder//Day 2

So I tried to post a picture of a tweet I sent earlier today, but I'm kind of dumb when it comes to that kind of stuff and it didn't work out. Anywho, I tweeted a pic of my delicious Venti Iced Non-Fat White Chocolate Mocha (no whip) from Starbucks (and yes, it is 80+ degrees down here so I will probably never get another chance to drink a hot coffee) and MOCKINGJAY, calling it "the elixir of life." Then I said at the rate I was going, I should open up a YA bookstore.

Freaking DING!

Owning a bookstore would be the best of every possible love of mine ever. I get to be around other like-minded, bookish folk, I get to encourage literacy, I'd meet authors (and help out my author friends!), and know about all the awesome books first. Plus, hello? BOOKS. I could have a super cool indie store like Tattered Cover in Denver or The Book Cellar in Chicago. One of those hip places that have book signings and "Book Club Happy Hour" and fun book launch parties. Coffee would clearly play a big role. I would even be super happy to work at an awesome bookstore like that (if there was room for promotion, of course).

Like with most things, I became super excited and researched like mad. Of course, I'd need tons of money, but it doesn't seem as crazy-difficult as I imagined. I could buy a store that is currently being sold (and they will often sell the interior fixtures and any books they don't have to send back to the publisher) or buy a book franchise (which takes a lot of the grunt work out of it, since they would prepare a lot of it for you). And searching around, I haven't seen too many specialty YA bookstores. I would probably open it up a bit more to also include younger children's books, but I think the YA market is in such a boom right now that it might work.

I doubt I could open one here though. Miami isn't exactly known for being highly intellectual or literary-minded. The more "hip" districts down here where it might work would be so expensive it probably wouldn't be worth it. And I'd probably want to go into business with someone who was very business-minded; I COULD do all of that stuff, but I'd rather work on the book-end and with advertising and promotion (basically, the fun stuff).

And, best of all, when I get into a grad program (I WILL!), any of them would work for this. Library Science and English are pretty obvious, but the Public History programs would put me into contact with the community at large, especially those interested in learning, and I could really get my foot in the door. Either way, it made me so excited to have a major, major life goal. I know I want to get a PhD, which is pretty killer in and of itself, but owning my own bookstore would be legendary. It'd be like my equivalent of publishing my own novel. (And I will soon extend that idea into its own blog post)

By the way, I'm FINALLY going to go see Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Pt 1 tomorrow afternoon, so if I haven't imploded from the sheer epicness, I may review it tomorrow night or Sunday!

*Post title from Adele's "Cold Shoulder" (Beautiful, beautiful voice, and her second album seems as wonderful as her first!)



DAY 2
Least favorite character= President Coin.

I hate her even more than Snow, and he was a super creeper freakazoid. To be superficial, I hate people who have perfect hair. All. Of. The. Time. My hair is only perfect for about 15 minutes, and the second I actually arrive wherever it was I was going, it looks terrible. So, that was one strike against her. But she was just so incredibly selfish and subversive; at least Snow was out in the open with his douchebaggery. Plus, I hate that she used Gale's bomb plan and ended up killing Prim and the other rebel medics because I am now falling in love with Gale, and Coin. Sucks. (REAL)