What can I say, I write like I read: Random Tuesday Thoughts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 5:14AM 
It's Tuesday! And you know what that means. Random stuff. So, y'know, just like every other day. Except it's a Tuesday.
This weekend it was my birthday and I woke up sick. And with a sore back. It's like I reached some kind of expiry date, or something. Where did I put that fucking extended warranty??
Anyway, I spent most of the day in bed, and not even in the fun way. So I'm taking a mulligan. I'll turn 36 NEXT week, okay?
Or maybe next year. Whenever I get around to it.
I hit the library today and picked up Stephen King's Under the Dome. It's new and popular, which means it's only a 7-day loan. The librarian pointed this out to me at the checkout, I guess because people have had trouble finishing it?
"I read fast," I told her.
Then I kicked myself mentally. Quickly. I should have said, I read quickly. She was going to think I was some kind of illiterate!
She handed me the rest of my haul - four graphic novels, a Janet Evanovitch, and something deemed "a Home Crafting Mystery", where the heroine makes soap and solve murders and falls in love with the police detective.
Um, yes, okay, so perhaps I'd already been judged.
What, like I'm the only person who assumes the librarian is judging them based on the books they borrow?
(I think the grocery checkout clerk is raising her eyebrow at my selections, too, so maybe I have a bit of a problem.)
I was mostly ignoring the woman behind me in line at the grocery store today, other than mild annoyance that her 3 kids were climbing all over my cart. They were cute, so whatever, but I'm just not prone to striking up conversations with people at the grocery store. Until she said something about having SIX kids, and then I just wanted to figure out a way to rub up against her. Y'know, because fertility might be contagious.
At least I hope so, otherwise that new restraining order was for no good reason.
Bored? Build your own kaleidoscope.
So I guess I should go get crackin' on that great honking book Mr. King has provided me. Isn't it nice for people like me (who read quickly), to have people like him (who apparently have some kind of writing diahhrea)?
Let's get rahndom, dahlings!
Reader Comments (49)
Happy (belated) Birthday!! Sorry you were sick!
Heh, I think the same thing about being 'judged' with books and groceries or anything else. So you can rest assured there's at least two of us. ;)
Holy mother of...SIX kids? I'd be rubbing up against her in case it's contagious, too. Hope it worked for you so the restraining order was worth it! ;)
How on God's Green Earth did I end up first? Am I supposed to do some sort of Happy Dance, now? OK, but you might want to look away... ;)
Lol, Stacy, I'm thinking the same thing...how did I get to be second!
The extended warranty, I wish I'd bought that, but these stupid knees have been bugging me for over 20 years! How the back feels better...sometimes at least.
Happy Birthday....because I have a habit of forgetting..
Lol, Stacy, I'm thinking the same thing...how did I get to be second!
The extended warranty, I wish I'd bought that, but these stupid knees have been bugging me for over 20 years! How the back feels better...sometimes at least.
Happy Birthday....because I have a habit of forgetting..
Crap...so if I had actually written an RTT post today, I would be third? What's going on?
Being sick on your birthday stinks...hope you're all better for your postponed celebration!
Happy (belated) Birthday!! hope you are feeling better! Let us know how the books turn out.
I loved Under the Dome for the most part, although the ending made me kinda go, "WTF???"
Happy sorta belated sorta early birthday.
Happy birthday! I think the problem is you're not drinking enough.
Happy Birthday whenever you decide to have it. 36 is nothing:) Hope you're feeling better.
Six kids? Hope just a little fertility wears off, unless you want six kids.
I think the librarian was just happy you were there. I can't remember the last time I went to the library. I buy books used on Amazon for a penny.
That's on my reading list too, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I've heard it's a great book.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Feel better!!
Good luck on the rubbing (fertility)! :)
My hubby interviewed for a temporary position at the library and felt judged the whole interview.
Let me now how you like Under the Dome...I haven't read a SK book in years.
I have judgemental librarians in my town too. and yet that doesn't stop me... Which Janet Evanovitch are you reading?
I always wonder if the grocery checkout clerks are trying to figure out what you are having for dinner. Sometimes I want to buy really strange things just to mess with them.
And, hey, I'm totally counting on you to get the song referenced in my RTT title today.
Why, yes we do judge you by the books you check out. We don't get paid much so it is the only real perk of the job.
I totally think the grocery clerks are judging me. The guy that rents a house from us works at Safeway, he is always trying to get us in his line and I'm just sure he goes home and tells his wife about all the junk food I bought and the lack of fresh veggies in my cart...
Happy late or early birthday - in case you haven't recelebrated it yet! I hope you are feeling better.
And yes, the librarian AND the grocery checker judge you by what they scan! You should check out a couple of "smart" books just to make yourself look good. Leave them in the car until they are due!
Same with buying some veggies...so it looks like you care.
Happy Tuesday!
I used to love Stephen King but he is so prolific that I somehow got lost. Enjoy!
I hope you are feeling better!
Hope you are feeling better and happy birthday!! I get judge every week at the grocery store cause I shop like an American cart overflow...not a cute little hand basket with my daily purchase....I can't wait to move back and shop at Costco!
large book intimidate me and i read fast too. I always think the grocers are judging. i think it's in their job description
Happy Belated 36th to you!
I know what having six kids can do to a person. Trust me. You DON'T want what that lady's got. Cause she's CAH-RAZY.
I wanna read that book!
I sure hope you feel better soon!
I have that book and I am having a hard time getting through it. I started it and then put it down and haven't picked it back up yet. That was two months ago. It just didn't grab me. Slow starting book!
Happy Birthday by the way!
Hugs
SueAnn
Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry to hear you were sick, that sucks. I hope that you have a chance to celebrate when you're feeling better.
I haven't read anything by Stephen King for a long time, let us know how the book turns out.
I always feel judged by the librarian and the grocery store clerk, so you are not alone.
Have a happy Tuesday!
I read real fast but knocking back a Steven King number in 7 days would be pushing it.
Nothing like leaving a library labelled an illiterate.