Oh. Dear. God.
And I hate listening to books, too. It's too slow. But I'd totally be there for that one.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Betsy HP - Jul 12, 2004 7:08:14 am PDT #5053 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Dana - Jul 12, 2004 7:10:02 am PDT #5054 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm probably not the only one here who can't resist cracking a book open at a red light on the way home from the bookstore or library, huh?
People don't keep a book in their car specifically for that purpose?
Hil R. - Jul 12, 2004 7:11:54 am PDT #5055 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I started reading around 3 or so, but I couldn't sound out words. I could only read words I'd seen before, but once I knew a word, I knew it, so I could read pretty advanced books, and just occaisionally have to ask someone what a word was. It took me until I was 10 or so to really get the hang of the whole "letters make sounds, and sounds make words" concept. I just knew what each whole word looked like -- I couldn't split it into letters.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2004 7:12:02 am PDT #5056 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The first reading will be at Borders with Sam Waterston and his daughter, Elisabeth, reading from passages of the Fitzgerald novel on Monday, July 12, at 6 p.m. at the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.
Dude. I'm totally going to that.
They're both in the Shakespeare in the Park Much Ado this year, aren't they?
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2004 7:12:14 am PDT #5057 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People don't keep a book in their car specifically for that purpose?
I have a car book (and a home book and a bag book), but I don't like reading them at lights.
Comics, on the other hand, I have to bribe myself with food to keep from reading before I get home.
Lilty Cash - Jul 12, 2004 7:12:50 am PDT #5058 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I actually have a book that my library gave me for the "Youngest Reader Award". I was 4. The book, Maxwell Mouse.
When I was moving, my mother took it from me to ensure I didn't lose it.
billytea - Jul 12, 2004 7:15:09 am PDT #5059 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I have a car book (and a home book and a bag book), but I don't like reading them at lights.
Not enough challenge?
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2004 7:17:46 am PDT #5060 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not enough challenge?
Heh. Increments are too small to make any progress.
Polter-Cow - Jul 12, 2004 7:21:45 am PDT #5061 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sarameg - Jul 12, 2004 7:27:47 am PDT #5062 of 10002
Ok, so you all are the people I have to honk at.