The Bipolar Otaku

Since I was up all night, I decided to use some of that time to sort through and shelve my books. Not including the built-in shelving, my den now has more than twice as much shelving as I had in my old room. However, I'm still finding it difficult to put the books in organized sections without piling up some books on top of the shelves like I used to do. How did I manage to organize it before? I'm not really sure, but I think the secret was piles of books strategically scattered throughout my bedroom, but that's what I'm trying to avoid this time around...

Going through all those books also reminded me of two possible side affects of manic depressives: being a jack-of-all-trades and having outrageous spending habits during manic periods. Typically, whenever I was into reading, I was reading heavily, and I always bought 4 books for ever 1 book that I finished reading. Thus, it is no surprise that I've read less than 1/4 of all the books I own. Also, the books that I do have show how diverse my jack-ness is. 8 books on sketching, 2 books on photography, 5 books on anime, 40+ books of manga, 20+ books on computer programming, 15+ books on computer architectures, 3 books on Buddhism, 3 books on Islam, 7 books on Freemasonry and fraternal organizations, 2 books and 2 decks of tarot cards, 2 books on asthma, 1 book on yoga, 1 book on tae chi, 1 book on building robots, 1 book on wiring, 1 book on woodworking, 14 books on science, 8 books on philosophy, 10 books on the bible, 100+ books of fiction, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot... Pretty scary, when I think about it.