r and i joined the library in la when she moved in with me. and then we rejoined as soon as we settled up here. for a while, we went pretty much every sat morning — it was the library, the bank and the post office.

recently, because of work, i think, i slowed down with the reading, and thus, the library. im trying to work through some of the books that stacked up on my shelf unread while in la. there are far more than i would like to admit.

also, i will admit to the gs taking up large amounts of my time, esp reading time. oops.

but yeah — join the library stat. i cant believe i went so many years without belonging. so many books borrowed instead — my shelf growth has slowed a lot. which has been of major import to me since moving.

join join join.

tripp :: feb 01 2007 :: 2:13 am

Reed gets excited every week to go to the library. We usually get about 10 books or so for the week and he just runs through them. It makes me thankful that libraries were conceived long ago, as I don’t know if as a society we are civic-minded enough to proceed with such a venture now, especially when all the ‘proud to be an American’s are moaning about taxes.

Ray :: feb 01 2007 :: 9:57 am

ray — books aren’t for a-readin’, they’re for a-burin’!

tripp :: feb 01 2007 :: 10:04 am

a-burin’?

i completely plan on drilling the awesomeness of libraries into my own kids one day. and actually do strongly encourage my students to go there. it seems sadly hypocritical.

petunia :: feb 01 2007 :: 10:42 pm

I hope you are OK.

flibbitygibbit :: jan 30 2007 :: 5:23 pm

I am a fan of the cathartic cry. I highly recommend The Sea Inside.

hima :: jan 30 2007 :: 7:53 pm

i’m fine. i was fine this morning, im fine this evening.

slept like crap last night and maybe that had to do with it.

the weeping was more a sign of something profound and meaningful. not as a sign that i needed to emotionally cut lose.

but thank you for the concern. sorry to cause a false alarm.

tripp :: jan 30 2007 :: 10:12 pm

I just remember sounding the alarm with Linkin Park lyrics and then,well… I care too much about you fo that.

FlibbityGibbet :: jan 30 2007 :: 10:32 pm

Holy crap!

Ray :: jan 29 2007 :: 8:19 pm

Check out the documentary “Whole” if you get a chance.

http://www.whole-documentary.com/

I’ve been fascinated by volunteer amputees since I saw it.

April :: jan 30 2007 :: 11:09 am

holy crap — its a film about people who want to be amputees. and it is added to netflix. thanks, miss april.

tripp :: jan 30 2007 :: 10:19 pm

that’s the ‘quiet sex’ episode. and i dont think it’s so much about carrie blaming berger for GIVING her bad sex… more about the fact that there was no passion between them… as the episode reveals later, berger wasnt enjoying himself either. and let’s face it, it isnt like he was really TRYING (there is plenty more he couldve done above and beyond missionary position to get her off if that was really his passion and goal). both berger and carrie are lifeless in bed together. i dont think the episode blames anyone for bad sex… and i DO think it’s reasonable to break up with someone when there is no attraction or passion. who wants to work on the sex when youve *just* started dating (like berger and carrie)… shouldnt it at least have some passion (even if there is still plenty to work on outside of that?) … i think this was the point of carrie’s conversation at brunch… to ask whether it was right or wrong to break-up with a really nice person who she liked just because the sex was unexciting. and she doesnt… she decides to spice it up for him and make the sex better.

carter :: jan 28 2007 :: 2:21 pm

this seems a pretty simple question you have posed here, mr ray. can you really envision someone saying it is only the man’s responsiblity?

sitc is notorious for set-ups that portray the lead actresses in selfish and unflattering light — all the while making them out to be the victims.

i think the issues you have are probably more with the show than with reality. and its tough for me to comment as, if i have seen the episode, ive long since blocked it out of my brain.

so yes, ill vote for ‘it takes everyone working together to really get somewhere interesting.’ but go ahead — somebody disagree somehow.

oh — i’ll try to challenge myself: what if you are roleplaying? i know someone in college who (i was told by him) roleplayed with his then girlfriend. he was the undertaker, she was the dead. he dug her up by pulling her out of the covers.

so maybe her responsibility to good sex then is to lie there and pretend to not enjoy it. hm. im not sure in what universe that qualifies as good.

and im creeping myself out, so im stopping until someone else tries to chime in here.

tripp :: jan 30 2007 :: 10:17 pm

sorrysorrysorry but it’s sAtc. not sitc. yes, i’m an asshole.

i think if one watches more than an episode or 6 and follows story lines, the series shows itself to be a lot less two-dimensional than it may seem to be.

but i have the bias of being a satc devotee. although, thankfully, not so much as lindsay lohan (google it!).

petunia :: jan 31 2007 :: 6:25 pm

ill admit to even owning the first 3 seasons. why? cause costco carried them when they came out, i didnt have cable to watch it at all and there were virtually no other tv shows out on dvd yet.

actually, they have been awesome to own when girls have come to visit (carter). i dont believe, though, that the storylines carry the characters through. i stand on the ’spoiled and entitled’ side of that fence.

shrug.

tripp :: feb 01 2007 :: 2:17 am

i’d advise you to watch it all and make a more educated decision. i don’t believe the series truly hits its stride until the 4th or 5th season. there are some elements of fantasy to the program, but overall it is more than solid.

maybe i can teach a college class on it one day.

petunia :: feb 01 2007 :: 10:44 pm