Captain America and Borders
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kybearfuzzTonight I went to see Captain America: First Avenger with Brian (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cincycub). We caught the 2D version, which was fine. The movie is really great. It seems to capture the 1940's pretty well and Chris Evans does a grand (and buff) job as Steve Rogers. How they got him to look so puny in the beginning was amazing! Great action and special effects. There is an extra scene at the end. I highly recommend it.
On the way home I stopped in Crestview Hills for ice cream and walked down to Borders. I missed the store closing by seven minutes.
The news that the bookstore chain was closing all locations was depressing. I have always loved bookstores, even as a kid I used to go in them and dream of buying whatever I wanted. As an adult, I still love going into bookstores, rarely passing up a chance to go into one. I remember how thrilled I was that a Borders was opening a location so close to my house a few years ago.
Borders really is a cornerstone of the shopping area and I think a lot of folks enjoy hanging out there. I myself remember sitting in the coffee shop there last October working on Bear Patrol #3. Besides buying books, magazines and sketchbooks there, I often spent time scoping out the local bear population, which often was pretty plentiful.
So the idea of it closing is just sad. When I stopped in there yesterday, the sales clerk at the register even said that she's seen more customers crying about the closing than the employees. There still is a month or so left I hear. My only curiosity is going to be whatever they put in its place.
cincycub). We caught the 2D version, which was fine. The movie is really great. It seems to capture the 1940's pretty well and Chris Evans does a grand (and buff) job as Steve Rogers. How they got him to look so puny in the beginning was amazing! Great action and special effects. There is an extra scene at the end. I highly recommend it.On the way home I stopped in Crestview Hills for ice cream and walked down to Borders. I missed the store closing by seven minutes.The news that the bookstore chain was closing all locations was depressing. I have always loved bookstores, even as a kid I used to go in them and dream of buying whatever I wanted. As an adult, I still love going into bookstores, rarely passing up a chance to go into one. I remember how thrilled I was that a Borders was opening a location so close to my house a few years ago.
Borders really is a cornerstone of the shopping area and I think a lot of folks enjoy hanging out there. I myself remember sitting in the coffee shop there last October working on Bear Patrol #3. Besides buying books, magazines and sketchbooks there, I often spent time scoping out the local bear population, which often was pretty plentiful.
So the idea of it closing is just sad. When I stopped in there yesterday, the sales clerk at the register even said that she's seen more customers crying about the closing than the employees. There still is a month or so left I hear. My only curiosity is going to be whatever they put in its place.
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Date: 2011-07-24 01:53 pm (UTC)Borders and Barnes & Noble pushed out the independent booksellers and now amazon's done the same. I still love browsing in bookstores, savoring the experience of holding a book in my hands. I'm not a good candidate for a Kindle or Nook ... It feels like a betrayal.
Let's hope something nice comes in, so that the empty store isn't an eyesore.
HUGS!
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Date: 2011-07-24 09:41 pm (UTC)My buddy Brian was here overnight on Thursday and we had discussed this. Both of us are still very hands-on when it comes to books and prefer ours on paper. I feel like we are going to be a minority someday.
Very sad. Hugs back!