Building your teleporter/time machine/library

I've always like the idea of an actual teleporter/transporter like the kind you get in Star Trek where Captain Kirk commands Montgomery Scott in his most famous phrase to 'beam me up Scotty'. That my friends was probably the most nerdy thing I have ever said on the internet but these things should not surprise you, not really. An obsession for books, law and paper can only point to a slightly 'nerdy' side in any one. 

Because I am useless at physics, because I will never make it into star fleet and because I do not currently have the freedom to jet-set I have been building the next best thing; a personal library. And given that I have already ranted and raved about the importance and my love of books here and here the time can only be right to inspire your library building senses too. 

Here follows my list of advice and considerations for building your personalised library of dreams:

This Year

Hello stranger!

I have lost my work ethic of recent. I have been distracted and my mind has made nest in shallow pursuits far from working towards my degree, writing and blogging. But with the entrance of 2012 I shall mark my return. Last year begun with an almighty bang. 2011 has been a roller coaster and my wish for 2012 is that it would be much more comparable to a rowing a small boat on a massive lake on a summers day. I not afraid of a little hard work at times but no unexpected upsets and all the same a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

As I told you last year, I write a list of goals and pursuits for the 365 days ahead. The list for 2012 is almost ready and as per usual here are a couple of my less personal ones.

All Things Blank and Beautiful

I have always been a bit of a geek. Whilst I was in primary school [year 1 -I was 6 going on 7] I got in trouble with my teacher for wasting paper - I used to collect bundles of blank pages and then staple them together to create 'books'. I never wrote in them just created 'book' after 'book' until I was about 12 when I figured it would be fun to fill them with stories. In my early teens I used to buy blank notebooks that would sit for years on my shelves without so much as a flick of ink. Although my budget does not stretch as far as it used to, as a student of a particularly 'bookish' subject I can often be found in the library or at my desk typing or jotting away. My love for all things paper was clearly never a 'phase'.

Once more its that time of year again. Hundreds of thousands of young people and children are back off to school, college, university or new jobs. There is never a better time of the year to post about all things paper related. So forgive me if you're not big into stationery but I'm about to unveil my top 10 for desk accessories and journals. They're not in any particular order as its all down to individual taste!