Starvation

People have asked me in the past why I read books more than once. Some people are avid readers who apparently are satisfied with reading a book only once and others almost never read for fun. There really is only one way I have been able to answer this question that actually conveys what i am trying to say.

Imagine that you are starving. Not like you ate four hours ago and are peckish, but that you haven't eaten anything in some ridiculous amount of time like 24 hours. Now imagine that right in front of you is your favorite meal, for me it would be ooey gooey macaroni and cheese and maybe some pizza, but please feel free to imagine your own yummy concoction. When you sit down to eat this meal while you are as hungry as you are, you probably will eat as fast as you can just to get it in. Reading is like that for me.

Reading a book, a really good one anyway, for the first time is like I have been starving. I shove as much in at a time as I can just because I can't wait to be satisfied. Once i am done with the book the first time through I full. I have read through as fast as I can and have satiated my need for the moment. But, like our bodies, my mind gets hungry again, never as bad as the first time, there is no starvation with the second read through but I take my time reading and tasting each morsel to satisfy something else. To really learn this piece of work, to take in the subtle nuances of flavor. And each read through after satisfies me just a little more than the time before so sooner or later I am walking around with a belly stuffed full of wonderfulness.

Not every book is like that for me, of course, though I will try any book once. Some are like cooked cauliflower, I just cannot get through it, and others are like a juicy steak, I have eaten it before and don't ever plan on eating it again.

On another note NaNoWriMo is almost here!! This is my first time participating and I am so excited! My fingers are crossed, I am going to try to get all of my homework for November done before it starts so I can focus on WriMo. Wish me luck.

Sunday Scribblings just one day late

I can’t see her, but I can feel that she may be just paces away. I’m glad she picked this place. The trees here pull me in, sucking me deeper, while still feeling as if the edge is right behind me. Each trunk is a world within this one, ants carrying their bounty up and down the bark roadways, spiders catching their prey, birds capturing the juiciest spiders. I step forward through a break in the trees to sense where she might be hiding, the carpet of pine needles shift and break under my step. Just as I sensed she was here, I now know she has gone. The circle continues just like the ant, spider, and bird; our adventure of predator and prey carries on.

No Day But Today!

It is hard to know where to begin a blog, even harder if you have never kept one, like me. I read them and I really like them, especially because some of the really good ones make you feel like you are coming home to your best friend even though you are strangers. So, I suppose I will start with a popular blog tradition of pretty useless but fun questionnaires.

Four jobs I've held:
1) Bartender at a senior living facility
2) Hulk rollercoaster attendant at Islands of Adventure
3) Clerk at a mental health facility
4) Kennel attendant at an animal hospital- lots of poop scooping for this job.

Four movies I could watch over & over:
1) RENT
2) Dumbo, even though my heart breaks every time
3) The Princess Bride
4) Mary Poppins

Four places I've lived:
1) Apple Valley, California
2) Palm Harbor, Florida
3) St Petersburg, Florida
4) Orlando, Florida

Four TV shows I've watched:
1) Criminal Minds
2) Medium
3) Pushing Daisies
4) Ghost Whisperer

Four places I've vacationed:I don’t actually have anything to put in here, mostly because I have never vacationed for fun only to go see family. Sad!

Four of my favorite dishes:1) Chicken Caesar Salad- even though I can’t eat it anymore since I no longer eat meat. 2) Milk Chocolate Gelato
3) Creamy Peanut Butter with Seedless Blackberry Jam Sandwich
4) Pickles

Four Sites I visit daily:
1) www.siteforrent.com
2) www.cuteoverload.com
3) www.growwings.blogspot.com
4) www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com

Four places I'd rather be:
1) In a really amazing bookstore with comfy chairs with a giant coffee.
2) In a cottage in the middle of a forest that when I look outside the only thing I can see is trees.
3) Sleeping in my amazing bed but it has to be raining outside.
4) Sitting in a cold theatre somewhere watching an amazing show or being in the show, that might be more fun.



So, that I suppose concludes my first post and all I had to do is what people do best, talk about themselves. If you in turn would like to talk about yourself let me know I would love to read it.