You remember me mentioning the twenty-something guy in my building that no one ever sees hide nor hair of?? Well, I saw him down in the basement tonight, just as I was getting into the laundry room, he was leaving.
I doubt he saw me, so it was nearly impossible to utter a ‘hello’ to him, unless I walked out of my way to bump into him.
I had to wash three huge loads of clothes tonight, always one of colors, one of darks, and one of whites. Lucky for me, I was able to do all the sorting, loading, and running back and forth to change loads between commercials while watching t.v. tonight. I DID watch NBC’s coverage of Golden Globes, and pre-show.
I don’t ordinarily care for this type of ‘entertainment’ but I insist on keeping abreast of this sort of stuff. I was not surprised at all to see HBO’s The Sopranos get the award for best drama, nor was I shocked to see that American Beauty got Best Picture in the Drama category. I have heard nothing but good things about both of these from people I know who have good taste in movies and t.v.
This book I picked up from the library is slow going. I don’t know why. The story is hard to follow. I like the stories and flashbacks but it’s not really gripping me enough to the point where I can keep track of all the characters and whatnot.
Maybe it’s not as great a book as I had hoped. I did, after all, pick it up at a discount store. maybe it’s just me. More than likely, it’s the latter. Sometimes I just don’t give books the chance they deserve. Like years ago, I gave up reading Tom Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October (which people say was a great book) because there was just too much submarine terminology and military references that baffled me, I couldn’t understand how laymen could even keep up. If there is a story to be told, I would prefer the author just gets down to business and tell it. I am less likely to dismiss a book because it’s not ‘believeable enough’ to read, like so many people who stop reading it or get disappointed because they know for a fact that the whatchamacallit on a military submarine is blue and is located at the rear, not the front of the sub.
I can, and DO appreciate the author who does his/her research and gets enough info or else has EXPERIENCED the story, in order to let the reader know about where the story takes place, but I am way more interested in the story and the characters, than I am of their geographical and material surroundings.
Anyway! As you were. More later.
Same day, different year..
Other posts on this day:
- My Weekend as a Domestic Goddess – 2005