"you're just like all the old people that come by here"

said the Nook salesman at Barnes and Noble when I tried to explain to him that

• it wasn't near as comfortable as holding a book
• and they just rhyme "nook" with "book" to trick you, but it's not actually a book, you know
• and, besides, whipper snapper, you can't even turn the pages.
• !?!?

Anyway, my aversion to technology often garners some raised eyebrows. Or maybe it's the whole knitting in public thing (which is totally justified this week because Etsy told me it was "National Knit in Public Week." via THE INTERNET! so there.)

Anyway.

I love books
the feel of their spines in my hands
the tingle of anticipation when turning the title page.

and the look of a book (a real one) stacked high on a deliciously musty book shelf
and handwritten, postage be-stamped letters
and probably telegrams if they still existed.

But obviously I'm using technology to blog this and my phone has a touch screen and I love it.

So there.

Whatever I'm trying to prove.

Though often it frightens me that we all live on and in the internet. And forget to actually talk to each other sometimes.I think I saw a Fairly Odd Parents episode about that once. Spooky.

And I will now conclude by saying (like I did indignantly to the sassafras salesperson),
"I just love old-fashioned things."

to which my father replied,

"Like me?"

[wink]

-Banana

p.s. What's up the "Girl with the Dragon tattooed everything" or whatever? Should I be reading this? wisdom much appreciated. xo.

eating dust.

It disgusts me how forcefully I
have to be reminded of what

my life is like

and what others' lives are not like.

I finished The Bookseller of Kabul yesterday. I can't recommend it enough.
Banana

I'm a readin' machine!

"The boy didn’t know what a person’s 'Personal Legend' was.

“It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.

“At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yean for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, mysterious forces begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend."

I finished this last night.

It was beautiful!

I think sometimes the most profound thoughts are best expressed with simplicity.
I feel all motivated now to
1. realize my personal legend
2. make each day a day of learning and growth
3. Never ever fear failure
4. [in the least trite way possible] Believe in myself.

And it helps that I'll be seeing the Egyptian pyramids myself in a month or so!

*Stay tuned for the photographs of my magnificent weekend adventure in the back country of Yellowstone*

love, camels, and the Soul of the Universe,
banana

Oh, Charles...

Okay. So I finished this book.

I am blown away
by the fact that something I started many many months ago and felt agony reading through much of
ended up being
one of the most beautiful things I have ever laid my mind on.

I was totally moved to tears.
I was totally impressed.
It was totally worth it.

The humanity, the insight, the language, the humor, the masterful understanding of the human being....


sigh.

I decided, after closing the glorious cover, my heart and eyes all burny, that I would (like Desmond on "LOST") read "every glorious word" of that
magical Mr. Dickens'.

Liberté, égalité, et fraternité,

banane

Resolution

Enraptured with this scented storybookas a youngin, I've really started following Little Bunny's lead now.

I don't know:

• what I want to do with my life and myself
• where the heck I want to be
• what I should be doing, working towards, learning
• where I'm going
• what I'm sniffing

I am one who insists on knowing these things as a rule.

But I've decided to take a leap (hop, if you will.) of...faith?
I've decided to chill.
I've decided to try things.

This Little Bunny is following her nose.

♥ Annabunny