Some random bits of information that sometimes runs through my head that if you aren't interested in please skip to the next blog...
I realized that I like to be organized and like to organize. The other day I moved my room around (and cleaned it) and I really like the new setup. The bed is not in the middle, its on the side now, and I have loads of room in the middle now. There now you know. Then yesterday I reorganized the office beside my room. I found a genius place for the two bookshelves and it really opened up the room. I must confess that I got a small buzz off that whole ordeal.
Now for slightly less sad thoughts.
I have a new profile. I figured since I change, then my profile should change with me. So I deleted some stuff and rewrote a bit and added one book to my list of favs. I downsized a bit. Simplifying is something I am liking more and more. I try and not accumulate stuff now. There are really only a few things I accumulate without ever really trying to downsize occasionally. They would be music, books and vocabulary. Even something like money, I hope that if I had an excess I would decide to share some. Heck maybe even share some even if I didn't have an excess. After a while I sort my clothes and get rid of a bunch. With pens I do the same. Even pictures are sorted and downsized at times. But the day I have an excess of music and books I'll just open a library. And one can never have too much vocabulary.
Some would argue that those weren't any less sad thoughts...
If I could choose my ideal mix of writers that I would like to imitate it would be, first and foremost CS Lewis for his amazing way of seeing and then explaining things. Then Dostoyevski for his way of portraying his characters and well and truly human. I would like to have Tolkien's imagination and granduer. Then Buechner for his love of the truth. A combo of David James Duncan and Donald Miller for their sense of humo(u)r. John Irving for his devastating storytelling. And kudos to Phillip Yancey for how he writes about any subject, whether on or off limits.
In case you missed it, please see the connection between my title and the Cranberry's song Zombie... And I know its poor when you have to point out things like that...
2 comments:
So I was reading your profile since the recent downsizing... just wondering if you ever like hanging out with the people you meet after you meet them! Because it is hard to meet a person once... i guess unless you use the word 'meet' in terms of physically facing someone again, like meeting for coffee or randomly running into someone in town.
fair point. i suppose i should clarify that what i meant was that i enjoy meeting and then meeting up with... those type of people.
but as well that can be selfish to just want to be with people who meet my needs. sometimes other people aren't in a place to meet our needs and instead need us to meet theirs for the time being...
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