Wow, the Japanese have a word for "the act of buying books and not reading them, leaving them to pile up": tsundoku
Wondering if it applies to dvd and games as well?
Or if they have separate terms for the assorted forms of lacking consumption despite the desire.
The backlog is pretty stuck, at least not buying any new stuff. Mostly. Physically.
Got close to half a shelf full of fun stuff from Amazon, mainly photo and drawing or animation related. The stuff that isn't just about reading, but needs some doing as well. Aspirational, more than pratical plans.
Regular books are only Terry Pratchett. And with his health I've been holding off a bit on reading the latest books. Just in case. And despite some splurge shopping the Kindle reading list is in pretty good shape.
Then there are the iBooks shelves - running up a technical backlog, mainly things that are somewhat tangential to "business as usual", since 50% deals at O'reilly are to frequent and to much fun. Daily deals and then some.
Then there was that batch of games during the GOG drm free weekend sale. ONly 15-20 titles depending on how you count expansions. Does that count? Actually considered buying some games on dvd rather than there, since summer sales are in effect other places as well.
...and then there is that 2 month free trial of Comoyo video I've been meaning to get started with. Free. No strings attached.
...and also really should get on Netflix soon, rewatch House of Cards, and some series - but they don't have Sopranos or Wire, so getting a binge on for those will need another solution, like testing out HBO.
How many #backlogs do you have taking up space or mental effort?
Is it a problem, or a pure luxury?
wondering a bit about Google - midway through writing I was "logged out somewhere else", and asked if I wanted to log in again... no, no, just in the middle of typing a sentence, no need to do anything else.
