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bluegreen17) wrote2007-01-03 08:08 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2007-01-03 08:08 pm
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the way i read
i just commented to my sister that it would be silly to keep track of what i read,because most of it is online,in magazines,and bites out of different books,mostly nonfiction,but occasionally even fiction. but actually...i've thought of doing that here on my lj,as i'm more of an intellectual hero than an action hero!
so in that spirit,and because i have the time (today is my new year's holiday,so i didn't work today. january first fell on my regular day off.)--well,if you discount the fact that i have dishes to wash,laundry to do,and garbage to take out,but i can put that off a little longer--i just think i'll ramble about my reading in the last three days,which happen to be the first three days of 07...
let's see. what did i read on new year's day? well,probably i spent most of my reading time online catching up with my flist,which is heavy on the doctor who stuff,not surprisingly, but it's quite varied other than that. about a weeks worth of reading,though to be honest,it's one of my high level filters and not EVERYTHING i have on my flist. i use my flist partially as top level bookmarks.
yesterday,january 2nd,i was at work,and i usually have a pile for browsing at lunchtime. i work in a bookstore,so that's just one of the great perks of the job. for some reason,i was feeling a bit restless as far as what i wanted to read. i can't remember what i had in my pile. oh,now i remember. there was one version of the tao te ching and a couple of other books on taoism. the former wasn't my favorite translation (by jane english,which i happily found at the library today!) so i just flipped through it,and i just wasn't in the mood for that stuff. so i ended up reading the first chapter of a doctor who novel about the sixth doctor--one of my fave whos! oh,and i did read through briefly the new york review of books and noted a couple of books that interested me. one was called 'born under saturn' and is about how artists wanting to separate themselves from artisans took to popularizing things like misery,etc. i ordered a copy of the book to look at. the other book was...er,i forget. but i am noticing by writing this out some things are coming back to my mind. maybe writing this stuff--if i'm inspired to do so--will be good for my memory. not that i don't exercise my brain,but there are definitely different ways of using said brain.
just now i closed my eyes and tried to picture that other book,and i've mostly got it...it was a history of metaphysical religion,like the freemasons up through new thought and to new age. when i read the description online though it sounded too academic for my current tastes,so i didn't order that one.
well,this is just rambling but i'm not gonna bother to make it fancy. i think it's okay and though i do like feedback which is why i keep a public journal,i've learned that i'm gonna write when i feel like it whether anyone reads or not,because i like to reread my own journal.
there's a good question for anyone who feels like answering...do you reread your own writings? i definitely do.even though i'm no neal stephenson (my measure of likable writing) i like my own writing more than a lot of published writing--but i definitely have a sentimental attachment to reading my own stuff i don't have with anyone else,naturally,so that's a factor.
okay,now i'm going to edge closer to those chores i mentioned...
except...i forgot to mention what i read today! ha. well,of course it's been the flist. and i've read a little in a couple of books i got from the library today. one is alison lurie's book about how subversive kids' lit is,called 'don't tell the grownups'. i read part of the chapter about winnie the pooh,and the introductory chapter.
as mentioned above,i got my favorite translation of the tao te ching,as well as a book about the history of taoism. and a book about how television affects children,according to the author.
an odd but intriguing novel
[took a break there to go get the novel as i couldn't remember the title,and while i was mobile, i washed my dishes and was gonna brush and floss except my tummy is a bit upset from my new year's javalanche indulgence,so i'm drinking a ginger brew before brushing. i put away the rest of my clean laundry from monday out of the dryer as i'm going to be washing and drying this evening.] titled 'the end of mr.y' which is about someone who ends up in an alternative universe called the troposphere where she can travel in time and space using the thoughts of others. sounds cool.
another book is called 'saint-watching' by phyliss mcginley which is about catholic saints from a more human point of view. do other churches venerate saints? i think the orthodox do. and i don't know much about the latter day saints. someday i may write more about my interest in saints,but for now i'll just say i was raised catholic,have fond memories of that,but i'm not an orthodox catholic and i don't go to church. i still relate to and appreciate the saints though,and i believe in jesus in a way that's different from the majority,but that's another topic too.
i think i'll stop now and i may do some more reading before laundry and garbage and brushing and flossing.
happy new year to anybody who read this (and happy new year to anyone who didn't too!)
so in that spirit,and because i have the time (today is my new year's holiday,so i didn't work today. january first fell on my regular day off.)--well,if you discount the fact that i have dishes to wash,laundry to do,and garbage to take out,but i can put that off a little longer--i just think i'll ramble about my reading in the last three days,which happen to be the first three days of 07...
let's see. what did i read on new year's day? well,probably i spent most of my reading time online catching up with my flist,which is heavy on the doctor who stuff,not surprisingly, but it's quite varied other than that. about a weeks worth of reading,though to be honest,it's one of my high level filters and not EVERYTHING i have on my flist. i use my flist partially as top level bookmarks.
yesterday,january 2nd,i was at work,and i usually have a pile for browsing at lunchtime. i work in a bookstore,so that's just one of the great perks of the job. for some reason,i was feeling a bit restless as far as what i wanted to read. i can't remember what i had in my pile. oh,now i remember. there was one version of the tao te ching and a couple of other books on taoism. the former wasn't my favorite translation (by jane english,which i happily found at the library today!) so i just flipped through it,and i just wasn't in the mood for that stuff. so i ended up reading the first chapter of a doctor who novel about the sixth doctor--one of my fave whos! oh,and i did read through briefly the new york review of books and noted a couple of books that interested me. one was called 'born under saturn' and is about how artists wanting to separate themselves from artisans took to popularizing things like misery,etc. i ordered a copy of the book to look at. the other book was...er,i forget. but i am noticing by writing this out some things are coming back to my mind. maybe writing this stuff--if i'm inspired to do so--will be good for my memory. not that i don't exercise my brain,but there are definitely different ways of using said brain.
just now i closed my eyes and tried to picture that other book,and i've mostly got it...it was a history of metaphysical religion,like the freemasons up through new thought and to new age. when i read the description online though it sounded too academic for my current tastes,so i didn't order that one.
well,this is just rambling but i'm not gonna bother to make it fancy. i think it's okay and though i do like feedback which is why i keep a public journal,i've learned that i'm gonna write when i feel like it whether anyone reads or not,because i like to reread my own journal.
there's a good question for anyone who feels like answering...do you reread your own writings? i definitely do.even though i'm no neal stephenson (my measure of likable writing) i like my own writing more than a lot of published writing--but i definitely have a sentimental attachment to reading my own stuff i don't have with anyone else,naturally,so that's a factor.
okay,now i'm going to edge closer to those chores i mentioned...
except...i forgot to mention what i read today! ha. well,of course it's been the flist. and i've read a little in a couple of books i got from the library today. one is alison lurie's book about how subversive kids' lit is,called 'don't tell the grownups'. i read part of the chapter about winnie the pooh,and the introductory chapter.
as mentioned above,i got my favorite translation of the tao te ching,as well as a book about the history of taoism. and a book about how television affects children,according to the author.
an odd but intriguing novel
[took a break there to go get the novel as i couldn't remember the title,and while i was mobile, i washed my dishes and was gonna brush and floss except my tummy is a bit upset from my new year's javalanche indulgence,so i'm drinking a ginger brew before brushing. i put away the rest of my clean laundry from monday out of the dryer as i'm going to be washing and drying this evening.] titled 'the end of mr.y' which is about someone who ends up in an alternative universe called the troposphere where she can travel in time and space using the thoughts of others. sounds cool.
another book is called 'saint-watching' by phyliss mcginley which is about catholic saints from a more human point of view. do other churches venerate saints? i think the orthodox do. and i don't know much about the latter day saints. someday i may write more about my interest in saints,but for now i'll just say i was raised catholic,have fond memories of that,but i'm not an orthodox catholic and i don't go to church. i still relate to and appreciate the saints though,and i believe in jesus in a way that's different from the majority,but that's another topic too.
i think i'll stop now and i may do some more reading before laundry and garbage and brushing and flossing.
happy new year to anybody who read this (and happy new year to anyone who didn't too!)
Happy New Year!