Still reading ‘Ship of Theseus’, I still have no idea what’s going on. I’m dealing with the main story, and the secondary story in 3 different time frames (depending on the colour of the ink). It’s very confusing. I’m going to have to find a guide to reading this book, because I have no idea how to read it. I am enjoying the main story though! Haha
With hands quick as light
I’ve had batter sleeps. With these damned allergies, I can seem to breathe at night. Last night was bad. And it was supposed to to be cool last night. Spoiler alert; it wasn’t. Or it didn’t feel cool. I was hot, cold, hot hot, cold. I was up in the middle of the night to pee, and tossed and turned for a while because I was too hot. Finally, I fell asleep, and it felt like the alarm went off right away.
But now I have some coffee.
Sweet, sweet coffee.
I gotta find some Advil if the coffee doesn’t seem to help. I’m really simply tired of these allergies. I will I could carve out my sinus’ and be done with them. I’ve gone through so many boxes of Kleenex.
Can I get a couple of good nights sleep in a row? That’d be noice.
Well, I just got into town an hour ago
It’s Fri-Yay! Y’all made it! It’s a cool breezy day here in TinyTown. Yesterday was grocery day. We blew through it in record time, and was back to the house by noon.
I bought a bag of books dirty cheap at the second hand store, and set up my own bookshelf, moving some Nora Roberts and JD Robb out of the way to make room for some awesome books.
Watched Donnie talk at people last night. Standing ovations each time he said god. Fear mongering at its finest. It’s frustrating listening to him try so hard to emote and talk about love and then blame everyone else for what’s happened. Shut that off and went to bed.
It got cold in the night, but it was a good sleep. I always sleep better when it’s a little colder out. I was all snuggled in blankets and the alarm scared me this morning.
Today, I’m gonna be heading to a garage sale. The last one we went to was ok, nothing but crafts, but this one boasts “EVERYTHING MUST GO”, so we’ll see what they have to offer. I’ve been watching car shows so I now know how to negotiate very well. Maybe something will jump out at me. We’ll see 🧐
So it goes
Welcome back, friends. I’m going to try and do two reviews in one, and to try and remember the books because it’s been a while since I’ve read these books. And they are great books. Good use of dead trees. So it goes.
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Think of Slaughterhouse-Five as a science fiction anti-war book. In it we’re introduced to Billy Pilgrim. It’s about his experiences during the firebombing of Dresden, and after the war. It really grabs me right from the start, because I like the fact that Billy is an unreliable narrator. You are thrown right into the thick of things, because of time travel.
“So it goes”. Every time someone dies, or death is mentioned, the refrain – “So it goes” is said. For me, I believe it just accepting death and what’s happened. You find that you barely even notice that you’re reading “So it goes” after a while. “So it goes” is written 106 times in the book.
I had never read Vonnegut before, I really enjoyed the Sci-fi aspect of the novel. I never had to deal/worry about being drafted into the military, but this book really helped me to begin to understand war, violence, and death associated war. So it goes.
Cat’s Cradle
According to Wikipedia, Cat’s Cradle is satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements.
What? Again like the Slaughterhouse-Five, it’s completely foreign to me. It’s a completely different time. Over a generation apart from my time. For me, it was making fun of religion. Sure, there’s other things going on, but on just one reading, religion is what i took away from it.
Bokononism the religion secretly practiced by the people of San Lorenzo. It’s a very complete and well thought out religion. Example:
Pool-pah: a shit-storm, wrath of god.
Both of these books grabbed me right from the beginning, and kept my attention all the way through. It’s cliche, but I seriously laughed, and cried. So go out to the library, bookstore, wherever, and pick both of these up.
Finger paint the sun
Since it’s Thursday, the second hand store is open. I usually go and check out what books they have. I’ll pick up a book, and then put it down – leaving it to fate. If it’s there the next time I go in, I’ll pick it up. On Tuesday, there was a Jack Reacher novel. I put it back. Today I figured if it was there, I’d grab it.
It was there.
I bring it up to the counter, and the lady said it’s all you can stuff into a bag, it’s $5. Well then. Guess what I did?
“Dude, i filled the cup…”
I figure that if there’s some duds, I’ll bring them back, and then someone else can start the circle all over again.
I could’ve fit a few more in the bag, but nothing was jumping out at me, and I really had to pee. Plus, I still had to get the mail on the way home.
So I turned on some tunes, and started walking. It’s a short walk to the post office, maybe 5 or 10 minutes. I’m still getting used to YouTube Music. Aside from the terrible UI, the other wicked annoying thing YTM does is stop after EVERY song. So you’re always going and hitting play. But it’s kinda random. It’ll play 2 or 3 songs, then play one at a time. It’s wicked annoying.
Only a couple hours until Crystal gets home, I can’t wait!