"Didn't we just leave this crowd?"

Life, the never ending cycle. Repetition. You know, that kind of stuff.

For example, in my last post I mentioned organizing my CD and DVD collection. The DVDs are easy, they're on a shelf, and I can do them one by one if I need or want to. Books and Manga are the same way, though I admit I'm running out of room for DVDs, Books and Manga. Each has their own separate shelving unit, and space-wise the DVD shelf and the Book shelf can hold approximately the same numbers, though the Book shelf has to have the height to accommodate hardcover books and reference-sized books. DVD cases are generally the same height, or at least within an inch of each other. Width is another question and easily dealt with for the time being. My Manga is closer to DVDs than they are books, being as most of them are the same height and I have no hard-cover Manga. Yet.

But what about CDs? Unfortunately, with my Alphabetical sorting habits, it makes it annoying and difficult to properly place my CDs in the binder. Especially with the CD sheets I have to hold the CDs. The ring-side of the sheet holds the CD while the outside of the sheet holds the cover from the CD case, which can help to find a particular CD if the art on the cover is different from that on the CD. The page is designed to hold 4 CDs to a side, and 8 in total, but the way I do it makes the capacity cut in half.

When I get new CDs I go back and resort them alphabetically, which means taking out CDs and the booklets and moving them according to the new list. Most of the booklets are thin and therefore have no problems fitting, but some are thick (the Meteora, Queen Platinum Collection, and L'Arc~En~Ciel booklets come to mind immediately) and when placed back to back with other thick booklets (luck of the draw usually), it makes for a very difficult time to get the booklets in without tearing them.

I have come up with a partial solution: leave spaces between some of the CDs, especially if you know you're going to be buying/receiving a particular CD. I bought two new CDs today and got one in the mail and I didn't have go through the arduous process of re-organizing 70 other CDs to get the new ones in their proper places. Unfortunately, I'm out of expansion spaces, so the next few CDs I purchase will require me to go through the process all over again. But hey, 50% less work is better than 100% hard work right?