I want to take this oppourtunity to share a little bit of "magic" that I experienced recently with some people I know will understand me, as my boss did not :lol: If anyone has an additional information or insight for me, I'd appreciate it!
I have a work study job at my college's library. Every now and again, we recieve donations. Oftentimes these donations are boxes upon boxes of crap books that they gave to us rather than throwing out. The majority of the time, there is nothing we can use. But every now and again, we find something exceptional...
I found something exceptional the other day. While partaking in the tedious task of going through these boxes upon boxes of books, something caught my eye...
Walt Disney's Vanishing Prairie. Published in 1955.
Being in my 20's, I wasn't around while Walt Disney was still alive. Or while any of the nature documentaries that I know little about were created.
As a Disney fanatic, however, this caught my eye! I got a big grin on my face. My boss gave me a puzzled look...kind of that "yeah, ok, that's neat but why are you so excited?" sort of look.
I then began my negotiations. I had to have this really cool piece of Disney history.
"Wilma...you don't really think the library will WANT this book....right? I mean it's informative but very outdated...it's really of no value to us as an academic library, right?"
I get the look again "Yes Nik, you can have the book if you'd like."
I don't know why, I just thought it was really cool and I knew others on here would surely understand my feeling and great appreciation for it!
Other thoughts came to my mind. Why doesn't Disney do things like this anymore? Where is Walt's magic? With this, my happy moment turned into a melancholy one.
The photos in the book are beautiful. The message comes across so clearly...
Where is this sort of magic today? :veryconfu
I have a work study job at my college's library. Every now and again, we recieve donations. Oftentimes these donations are boxes upon boxes of crap books that they gave to us rather than throwing out. The majority of the time, there is nothing we can use. But every now and again, we find something exceptional...
I found something exceptional the other day. While partaking in the tedious task of going through these boxes upon boxes of books, something caught my eye...
Walt Disney's Vanishing Prairie. Published in 1955.
Being in my 20's, I wasn't around while Walt Disney was still alive. Or while any of the nature documentaries that I know little about were created.
As a Disney fanatic, however, this caught my eye! I got a big grin on my face. My boss gave me a puzzled look...kind of that "yeah, ok, that's neat but why are you so excited?" sort of look.
I then began my negotiations. I had to have this really cool piece of Disney history.
"Wilma...you don't really think the library will WANT this book....right? I mean it's informative but very outdated...it's really of no value to us as an academic library, right?"
I get the look again "Yes Nik, you can have the book if you'd like."
I don't know why, I just thought it was really cool and I knew others on here would surely understand my feeling and great appreciation for it!
Other thoughts came to my mind. Why doesn't Disney do things like this anymore? Where is Walt's magic? With this, my happy moment turned into a melancholy one.
The photos in the book are beautiful. The message comes across so clearly...
Where is this sort of magic today? :veryconfu
