My last post was done, and I was walking away from my PC when my brain reminded me of this ctrl+alt+del comic and it seemed to fit in with the idea that if a book is difficult it isn't worth reading it. After all, every book (even Area 7) is harder to digest than a movie so why bother at all.
Hilarious...and so true. I happen to love books, so I'd rather read the book first, but then I don't enjoy the movie as much, so I suppose it's a lose-lose situation.
I am a librarian who is currently having a slight career deviation. Having spent my career in public and academic libraries I moved into a high school to repair a long neglected school library.
That done (well, more or less) I got myself a dip ed & slipped sideways into the classroom, although I am still the librarian too.
What could be more important for you right now then reading my crazy rants?
Warning As I see the world through ADHD coloured glasses, this blog contains dangerously high levels of Confabulation. The stories I tell all have an element of truth to them, but then all of the best lies start with a grain of truth and then slowly build a large black pearl of deception around that grain. Or, so I hear. Indeed, due to the passage of time and the fact that I don't pay attention when people are talking (and therefore, in order to be fair, I also don't pay attention when I'm talking), even I can't remember which parts of the stories I tell are fact and which are fiction. Therefore, if you are reading this and think that you recognise yourself in one of the posts, please consider everything you read to be nothing more than my attempt to make others think I'm important, honest I don't really think you are a gormless twat, or at least no more than I generically think that anyone who isn't me is somehow slightly less important than a brain damaged gnu.
Posts on this blog are not researched, edited, nor indeed even thought out in advance. I write in stream of consciousness, partially because I love the beat generation 'vibe' man and partially because even if I write out a plan and then do a draft, I end up going somewhere else entirely by the time I'm half way through. Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit! And while you're digesting this share a thought for the poor distressed kiddies who have ever sat through one of my adlib Red Riding Hood inspired puppet shows at storytime or one of the mature aged students who has had to cope with my performance based introduction to library resources lectures complete with jokes, pratfalls and a big dance finale.
2 comments:
Sadly, some people do believe that. I have a friend who, every time I talk about a book I'm reading says she'll just wait for the movie to come out.
And I can't remember where I found your link, but I've been reading you for bout a week or so.
Hilarious...and so true. I happen to love books, so I'd rather read the book first, but then I don't enjoy the movie as much, so I suppose it's a lose-lose situation.
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