Refuting

[ladyofastolat]

I have previously gone on about how attitudes to children's safety have changed in my life time, and how you never see children playing out in the street now or out on their bikes. I was wrong. Half the children of the Isle of Wight appear ot be playing outside my house, many of them with bikes. I do wish they'd do it more quietly, though.

I have also moaned about the lack of pretty men in computer games. Last night I started Guild Wars: Factions, and my choices of face for my male character could only be described as "pretty," "prettier," "pouty and lovely", "that looks like a girl," and "now, that one is definitely a girl." The clothes are swirly and pretty, too, and actually change colour dramatically when you spend a fortune on dye, rather than staying grey with just changing on the trim. Less varied choice of hair styles, though :-(

I was at work all day, merrily weeding books prior to the Big Move. This evening will be Guild Wars, with a break for Doctor Who. Not having watched Doctor Who when I was young, I don't have any emotional investment in the return of old characters. I am, however, very keen to see Giles as a baddy.

Comments

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

The only reason you see a lot of children playing in the street here is because it is a cul de sac with very little traffic. Therefore it is safe to play.

Given the speed and volume of traffic these days I'm not surprised that some parents keep their children indoors.

Hope the big move goes well. I ought to weed my books again but last time I got rid of so many that now I think that cutting any more would be a bad idea.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

The irony of it is that a lot of traffic - i.e. the danger - is caused by parents. Because the roads are unsafe, parents drive children short distances that in the past they would have walked, so the roads get more dangerous, so more parents drive... and so on. The roads are beautifully quiet in the school holidays.

Being a children's librarian makes you brutal on book weeding. You can't encourage children to love reading if you fill a library with out-of-date, old-fashioned, "boring", tatty books, so you have to weed. I found it very hard at first, but have been totally converted now. But only at work. I don't like getting rid of my own books.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

True.

With regards to book weeding- I hadn't realised that you were referring to a library move and not one of your own. I just hate getting rid of my books, although I really ought to have a purge as we are running out of shelf space.