I have piles of magazines just about all over the place. I subscribe to magazines that I really enjoy. I just don't take the time to read through them. My magazine rack is full of magazines ... luckily, they are all ones I've read and want to keep. I went through a magazine read-and-purge a couple of months ago. It's time to do another one.
I love to read. If I'm not writing, I want to read. I enjoy all kinds of books but fantasy is my favorite genre. Romances bore me. Science fiction goes over my head and out the window. I don't like mysteries or detective stories either because it seems like there isn't any depth to them. I love historical fiction. When romance is mixed with historical fiction or fantasy I am not bored. Usually it's because those books aren't written to a certain formula.
I was pretty happy to see this prompt. Past, Present & Future:
PAST: What was the first book you can recall reading?
The first book I remember trying to read was Moby Dick. I didn’t make it through that reading. The only title I remember from childhood is Lad: A Dog because I checked it out over and over. I loved it. The rest of the books are a blur of titles. I was always reading. I read when I was in kindergarten but I don’t recall any of the titles of the books.
PRESENT: What are you reading now, or if applicable what's the most recent book you read?
Right now I am reading The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
FUTURE: Name some books you'll be adding to your personal library when time and finances permit.
I would like to get the first two books of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I’ve read the books over and over but don’t have copies of them anymore.
I’d also like to get Stephen King’s entire Gunslinger series. He’s coming out with the next one this fall.
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." ---Maya Angelou
Is there anything worse than “yes but” people? They’re the ones who are always complaining but they don’t ever do anything about it. There’s always a reason. It’ll take too long, I’m too busy, I can’t do it, because because because. It gets boring after a while.
My mom used to complain about my dad all the time. He’s too stubborn, he doesn’t listen to me, he doesn’t care and more blah blah blah. She wanted to confide in me because she couldn’t or wouldn’t go to a therapist. I was, she told me, the only one she could talk to.
I tried to be helpful. Talk to him. No, that’s no use. He won’t change. Then leave him! Yes I would like to but where would I go? Go to your sister’s house in New York. Yes, but I can’t because … Blah blah blah.
The same thing: a secretary doesn’t like her boss. The boss is too demanding and overbearing and she doesn’t feel like she’s being paid her due. Well, the obvious thing would be to either talk to the boss and try to change things or leave the job and find something better. Well, maybe she has to stay because she couldn’t get better benefits anywhere else. Then she should change what she can and just find a way to live with the rest.
The reason? Complaining doesn’t accomplish anything without a solution to the problem. Complaining just for the sake of complaining doesn’t help. You bitch about it and bitch about it and what happens? Blood pressure goes up and you get frustrated and even more unhappy. Even if you play the victim and you get sympathy, there’s no real satisfaction in it.
I really like Maya Angelou's quote. It reminds me of the Serenity Prayer:
That is a prayer I say even to this day. It helps.
Posted by Cassie at October 10, 2003 09:58 PM