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she'd never met one human being more interesting to her than a good book. so how could she live with an uninteresting indian when she could live with john donne,elizabeth bishop and langston hughes?

(from the story 'the search engine' in -ten little indians- by sherman alexie)

does being bookish make you a snob? reading a book can be like actually spending time with the person who wrote it. i like how writing can transcend space and time.

this is part of the reason often i would rather stay home and read than drive somewhere and hang around with somebody. but you can't converse with books. then again,there are a lot of people you can't converse with either!

i just don't like a lot of people. but yesterday was my favorite day at work,even though at suppertime it was apparent that there are lots of new people,all female,and all who seem to want to eat lunch in the little breakroom at the same time. arghhhh!!! i hate inane chatter! and i'm not fond of LARGE groups of women,either. maybe this explains why i'm often not that fond of family gatherings.

having said that,it looks like one of my best gal friends,megan,might be leaving for a better job. bummer. but a good thing for her,so i hope she gets the job because she's really excited about it.

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Exact reason I dropped out of my mom's club this weekend. :-p

I'd rather be home reading books written by deep thinkers than chatting about where I get my hair done or who said what and when and why.

I'd almost always prefer reading a book to chattering with people. I've been that way for as long as I can remember. I think I only enjoy the internet because I can interact with people via written words, without actually having to see and hear them. :)

john donne,elizabeth bishop and langston hughes

Somehow, I've never actually read any of these authors. This makes me think I better go look them up and do so. Just goes to show how important books are to me, I guess...

amen to that. I just don't do girl talk well. the "girl talk" I do in my LJ is about as girlie as I can get, and even that's usually more snarky than girlie.

books, on the other hand, are intellegent. they treat you like an equal. they are always around when you need to escape from reality.

Count me in the book-lover group, too!

I spent my Friday night in Barnes and Noble, acquiring new reading material... but instead of staying in tonight with the books, it seems I've agreed to attend a 'SpaEscape' home party at a coworker's house.

I'm doing it because I like her, she's nice and fun, and I'm new at the firm and want to get to know her better, and, admittedly, partly because I can't lie to save my life so when she asked if I had plans, I had to say no, I didn't.

I'll be spending tonight in a room full of girl-friends tring out cosmetics and skin creams and pretending to 'de-stress', and then I'll come home and read and *really* relax! :)

but you did have plans! hanging out with your books...but some folks don't think that 'counts'!

so,what books did you get?

Too true. Books are better than people.

Not a snob, I think, since I'm so often looked down on by people who think I need to put the book down and go out for some fresh air.

At which point it is time to pick up a heavy book and beat them to death with it.