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katestine ([personal profile] katestine) wrote2012-01-11 09:00 am
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Humpday poll - In which Kate overthinks books

[Poll #1809958]

*I've decided that shinies are for buying things I feel guilty about, even though I shouldn't, really, bc I can totally afford $6/box tea and $10 ebooks. By doing chores to get shinies, my house gets cleaner and I get guilt-free stuff: I win!

Edit: Oh yeah, the bonus question is bc I've been reading Andrei Codrescu's highly recommended New Orleans, Mon Amour and while the language is lovely and evocative, it only seems to fuel the cliches I already know, instead of giving me context.

[identity profile] katestine.livejournal.com 2012-01-11 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, not only would I never buy a course unless it's on sale, I would never buy a course unless it was on sale and I had a =good= coupon. They screwed up when they started sending me $10 off anything coupons. The trick is, Greenberg's music fundamentals course is never on sale when I get one of those. Fortunately, I bought 2 courses since I wrote the poll question and still haven't finished the new China lectures, so I can wait a while :)

Did you ever get the Friends & Family coupon? 50% off sale prices on 25 courses. That's why I bought the integrated Greece & Rome lectures and the ones on the Axial age. That's my story and I'm sticking to it :)
Edited 2012-01-11 15:48 (UTC)

[identity profile] meep.livejournal.com 2012-01-11 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I get all sorts of coupons all the time, because they know that's what pokes me into buying something.

This morning, I started listening to my first Greenberg lecture set - Beethoven. He's a hoot. (and just finished McWhorter's Linguistics survey course)

I had mainly been sticking to literature & history, but I think I may start looking into the music stuff.