Forget the breakfast! Receiving my ISBN number deserved Tiffany’s. It was an extremely exciting experience. Because seeing the number made it clear: that was it, no more joking, my baby is about to go in print! I am to become the second Tajder with an ISBN number- my grandfather, Dr. Miroslav Tajder wrote a much praised book about petrology. The topic couldn’t be more distant to mine.
I was so proud that I wished I could always carry this special number with me. So, as a tattoo is not an option, I went to Tiffany’s and bought a silver pendant and had my ISBN engraved. This was not only an act of celebration and of “spoiling” myself, but also an act of prevention – I did always want to have a Tiffany moment so why wait and hope for somebody else to (maybe, one day, if I’m a good girl) give it to me? Just for the case anybody thought I was not a snob.
The same evening, I received a mail from a friend saying that our friend got engaged – her boyfriend took her to a trip somewhere exotic and surprised her with a Tiffany rock! I was supposed to be envious. Sorry, too late. Had my Tiffany moment already. With the most unique diamond adorning it – my first book. And look at this: I will never have to return it! Because I didn’t get it - it is mine.
Tags: Book, Feminism, From Barbie to Vibrator, Personal, Relationships
You SNOB!! Just kidding. But I could have imagined your ISBN number on your upper arm would be quite a show. Everyone who would see it would think you been to a prison or something.. or they would think its your phone number and call it all the time?. The bar code on your lower back would have been cool too, no?
But isn’t it a bit heavy to carry the book around on that pendant all the time?
And remember: If you write the first book well enough, you don’t have to write a second!
congratulations!!
Draga cestitam i volim te najvise!!!!!
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