Then I went and ate a couple gum drops and a couple cookies and surfed the internet and scrubbed out the lasagne pan and turned on the Christmas lights and watched sitcom reruns and slept, sort of, and woke up and ate some Frosted Mini-Wheats and thought, "Now what was it I was going to do again?" And hung up some clothes and did some laundry and downloaded some new music and made a list of the movies I want to see this week, if I see a movie every day, which, why shouldn't I? and read some stuff in my files and got the mail and asked myself, "Now what shall I read?"
The reality is, the people, that none of the books on my newly curated Books I Own But Have Not Yet Read shelf are books that have seized me by the epaulets and said, "Now listen, soldier, you need to get off that internet, straighten up and fly right and read me!" and made me say "Sir yes sir!" Instead of thus seizing me and whipping me back into reading shape, what these books are doing is looking at me balefully, pointing out my character flaws, such as
(a) lazyOkay, judgmental books, I get it, but you won't tell me the answer to the question: whatever shall I read? I have been in the middle of this one book for so long that I have forgotten who the detectives all are and the main details of one of the two crimes. But Lord! I do not want to start it over, and heaven knows that I cannot move on to the last two books in the series until I finish it. Also, I fear my library's robot is not paying attention to me, since I put in a hold request for a book that is allegedly on the shelves, and yet I have heard nary a peep, nary a beep boop beep, from the robot. Robot, O Robot, wherefore dost thou turn thy book-reserving back on me?
(b) no stick-to-it-iveness
(c) unfocused
(d) am not Prince Hamlet nor was meant to be
(e) dawdly and unambitious
What is there to do, then, but take pictures of the snow? I ask you.
Today's stats:
New music: Bombay Bicycle Club (thx jason mcf!)
walks: a short one at 10:45 p.m. in the breath-freezing cold
enjoying my life: lovely lunch with friends; dinner and a movie with my husband
This post is my life! A great idea followed by eating and surfing and now what was it I was going to do-ing. Damn those judgmental books/projects/ideas.
ReplyDeleteHere, here! I do a lot of thinking about the possibility of perhaps considering to organize stuff. Glad I'm not alone in this. :)
ReplyDeleteAll valid points. May I suggest adding another book to your shelves? It's called Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, by Ben Loory. I am partial to short stories. I think you'd really like it. I am loving it!
ReplyDeleteAlso, this comment is partially a vow to be a better HighTouchMegastore reader.
I thought I was the only one stuck in a book for forever. And a mystery, too! Something that's supposed to be fun and snappy. Thanks for making me feel better about myself, HTMS.
ReplyDeleteAlso. Love the snow pictures. Carry on with those.