Reading In Bookstores

Today I read "The Motorcycle Diaries" in Chapters/Indigo (whatever its called). I also read all of Jane in another bookstore. A couple days ago I read "Foreign Babes in Beijing" (which I actually started reading in Beijing) and "Fight Club." I started reading "Last Chance to See" a couple months ago but it seems to have dissapeared from the shelves. There's always a small contingent of people reading at the Chapters. They have a couple chairs near this nice big window that looks out onto John st. I watch the tourists and the trendy walk by. I'm too cheap to actually go out and buy books. I just can't justify spending 15 or more bucks on something that i'll probably finish in 2 hours. Libraries are too much of a pain to use. Their books are often old and they don't have everything. I can't be bothered to put stuff on hold. The bookstore is a lot closer to me anyway. Sometimes i even bring in a slip of paper to use as a placeholder in case i can't finish the book in one sitting.

Its not very popular to stand/sit around and read in this country. They used to try and kick me out. I went to some bookstores when I was in China and there everyone is reading. The place is full of people sitting on stairs, sitting on chairs, sitting on the ground, reading books. Nobody seems to mind.

I hate being Unemployed. Its the boredom that kills me.