bane Q Obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of [people] John Lennon (no, sorry, Percy Shelley) 000122 ... sean math is the bane to all existance. *bows* 000130 ... sabbie and during one of my saddest days i wandered into a opp shop and found a really old book called 'precious bane' and i clasped it to my chest, holding it gently like it was the most fragile and beautiful thing in the world. i took it up to the counter to buy it and for no reason i could see the woman giftwrapped it and i smiled and took it home and put on my best dress to unwrap it 001111 ... rambler24 I like it when people gitwrap things that aren't gifts, it makes them seem so much more special, and in a way, they are gifts, to yourself. There's a shop where they always giftwrap whatever you buy, and they do it with care, and attention, not like people at supermarket giftwrapping stalls at christmas who turn to a blur as soon as you hand them a package, but, at this shop, they lay out a few sheets of purple or black tissue paper, open your book, sprinkle a few stars just inside the cover, then wrap it carefully in the paper, then sellotape an angel to the front. it's a sweet gesture, and I wish I could keep it like that forever, it looks very precious. 030811 what's it to you? who go blather from