Still on some "what have you done for me lately"

[raybear]

I keep thinking about making an entry except I'm really just still obsessed with this book I'm reading. I swear, I'm so tempted to re-type passages here. Except there's too many. Today I actually considered writing/highlighting IN the book. I never do that, ever, but I suspect I will want or need to re-read this book again and finding certain spots might be helpful.

Or I could discuss therapy yesterday, and I don't really want to write about that here. I mean, I'd probably go on about it in person if you bought me a drink, but that's different.

Or I could discuss the fact that I've gone running five times in the last nine days, plus long walks on the weekend when we had perfectly temperate summy weather. I mean, I'm happy about it and I notice a difference about my mood and I'm even taking lots of time to stretch more before and after, which I'm usually only very cursory about. But that's kinda boring.

I have not gone to any recent all-you-can-eat buffets or other food adventures. I have not had a date/sex with anyone I've met online. I have not had any anecdotal encounters with a stranger in a store. I have not been watching Oprah. I have not had a random co-worker say anything bizarre or a offensive. I am not planning or returning from a trip to California. I have not bought or drank any good wine in awhile.

I'm at a loss.

Comments

testimonials

[riverafire.livejournal.com]

I have been using book darts to mark my place in books for a couple of years and I love them!
They are great because you can mark specific spots on the page without highlighting or dog-earing. Also they come in a handy little tin for travel. They carry them local to you at Newberry Books on Walton (there is a store locator on the website).

Re: testimonials

[raybear.livejournal.com]

its funny, because at first i'm like, oh, i'd never use those. but then thinking about it, i realized, wait, this would be super handy. and then reading the testimonials, it seems like many people say that, then get addicted.

Re: testimonials

[riverafire.livejournal.com]

you can save your place in the text and not mark up your books. It's like having your cake and eating it too!

[eloquentwthrage.livejournal.com]

I write in books I read all the time, as long as they're mine to write in. Like to look back later and see what was so special or bad.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

it just feels wrong to me, the idea of writing in a book. like, makes-my-cells-screech wrong.

[eloquentwthrage.livejournal.com]

As a poet reading other poets' poetry, it's important for me to emphasize really good work I might attempt to emulate (or at least assimilate), or notate things that bug me or that I would never want to do. Books aren't sacred tomes or untouchable objects; that's the point of a codex. You can feel it, touch it. In the extreme, books are ignored or destroyed. Which is worse, though, is anyone's guess. I think of writing in them as poking fun at someone you're fond of; it shows you care about them. If you didn't care, you wouldn't even bother.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

And that is your prerogative! I certainly don't think that NO ONE should write in books.

Just not me. ;)

[eloquentwthrage.livejournal.com]

I wonder what psychologists would say about our individual positions on this and what it says about our personalities. Would make for an interesting research project!

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

What's the book?

By the way, I like J. - thanks for the rec.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

oh man, that mthercker is driving me nuts. in a good way.

the book is this: http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/1-59030-101-3.cfm

[tracijean.livejournal.com]

what're you reading?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Ha, I didn't want to repeat myself, but I forget that in LJ-land, entries from last week are really light years.

I'm reading Healing through the Dark Emotions by Miriam Greenspan.