Return of Memoryfest: Day 8/31

[bironic]

(Thought I'd jazz it up with some of these icons. Retroactively.)


8. Middle School

In the car on vacation in Toronto, my mother glanced at the cover of a Deep Space Nine paperback I was reading, saw the drawing of Dr. Bashir and said, "He has a bulbous nose." Anytime the word "bulbous" comes up, that's what I think of.

WTF

Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Well, really! Words demand to be read. Are you also prone to reading milk and cereal cartons or whatever labeled items are in front of you at meals, even if you've read them before? Or do you always have a book or newspaper with you so the point is moot?

I don't know how old I was when I started reading, but some of my earliest memories are of books. And I haven't stopped either, though lately I've (sadly) been reading more fanfic and less printed material. One of my unofficial New Year's resolutions is to right the balance. (Started this weekend and everything -- Jonathan Lethem's novel As She Climbed Across the Table and part of a text on werewolves in pop culture.)

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to butt in and say how familiar that 'reading something just because it's there' feeling is. I frequently forget to bring something to read, so I end up reading random things in great detail. But textbooks for fun? Er, no. Not my textbooks, anyway :)

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - milk cartons, food wrappers. Placemats in fast food restaurants. In English and in French.

My first job at the theatre company was as an archivist, which I took as a mandate to read every piece of paper in every file I came across (instant institutional memory). That was an awesome four months.

I've gradually been reading more and more online, whether it's personal or work-related. And while it doesn't replace the feel of a book in the hand, it's easier to clean up after a click-through rampage on Wikipedia (though perhaps not as accurately informative) than it was to reshelve half my mother's reference bookcase after one of my childhood fact-finding missions.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

Or do you always have a book or newspaper with you so the point is moot?

I pretty much always take a book with me when I have to go anywhere that might involve waiting (doctors' offices, mechanics, etc.). At home, I always read either a book or the paper while eating. If I'm visiting other people, I'll read whatever's there on the table—including cereal boxes and labels.

lately I've (sadly) been reading more fanfic and less printed material. One of my unofficial New Year's resolutions is to right the balance.

Yeah, me too. Except the fanfic is so good that I don't really want to cut back. What we really need is to expand the number of available (i.e., nonworking) hours in the day. Then we can read both!