Ok, so I am like a kid at the candy store when it comes to the library...as I think I've already mentioned in this blog. It's the beginning of September...the end of the triathlon world for me, the start of school, and the crisp cool air that has the promise of sharpened pencils and chalkboards. I miss school. And with the heavy amount of rain heading my way, I am going to pick up my reading...see how many books I can read before Christmas.
As mentioned before, I have quite a few books signed out, borrowed, and ready to take back. So, I have no idea which one I will go to tonight. It's going to be a mood thing. Do I want to read something like the last book, something enjoyable, something completely different? Ahhh, the stress.
Well, I take comfort in the fact that in the end, I have to read them all, so I can pick and choose from what I have now...the last month or two of this probably will be the most painful, struggling through some of the thrilling (not) non-fiction I see on the list. But, like the hill climb today, the steepest part is at the top, but in the end it has the best view.
Fall, here I come.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Depressing...
Well, if you want a full dose of absolute realism, you've got it with Tobacco Road! A story about a guy who just can't see reality, yet it's all around him - I have to give ol' Jeeter credit - he has hope. In the end, God, or whomever, decides it's time to end his miserable existence by burning his house down. So much for prayer and believing!
At this time in my life where everything seems to be going down hill, and I don't have a lot of hope in fixing it, I can almost admire Jeeter to be blissfully ignorant in his misery.
Jeeter was a courageous man, although stupid, based on this example:
"The urge he felt to stir the ground and to plant cotton in it, and after that to sit in the shade during the hot months watching the plants sprout and grow, was even greater than the pains of hunger in his stomach".
Time for me to get some hope! If you like dark humour, this book is for you. Onto the next book.
Someone told me recently that I need to work on finishing things. I really need to finish this project.
At this time in my life where everything seems to be going down hill, and I don't have a lot of hope in fixing it, I can almost admire Jeeter to be blissfully ignorant in his misery.
Jeeter was a courageous man, although stupid, based on this example:
"The urge he felt to stir the ground and to plant cotton in it, and after that to sit in the shade during the hot months watching the plants sprout and grow, was even greater than the pains of hunger in his stomach".
Time for me to get some hope! If you like dark humour, this book is for you. Onto the next book.
Someone told me recently that I need to work on finishing things. I really need to finish this project.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
