*depressed sigh*

[conuly]

I really feel bad. And this is embarassing, because I'm going to sound arrogant.

How on earth can people feel proud of only reading a book a week, or less, even? I can read a book just going to class, and another coming home. It's a sad week when I don't manage to read even one book. High school, I would take out six books from the library at once, return all six within two days. That's not counting the books they gave me, and the ones I read while in the library during lunch. Is it normal to read so little? Is it that people read slowly, or that they have other things to do? I don't get it.

I feel weird now. Like the freak here.

Well, I did tell you not to click. Don't blame me.

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NO, you are not a freak! Stop that at once!

[marveen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you'll ever see this, since there are 57 comments right now, but I never understood that either.

I work. I exercise every morning. I eat and sleep and somehow manage to keep everything going....and I can STILL read one volume from the Wheel of Time series every day or so. (Chosen for representative length.) If I take shorter books to work, I need to take two or three of them.

Do those people just stare at the wall while they eat? What about when everything is ready for work and there are still ten extra minutes? Do they fall into bed and turn the light out at once? (How can they LIVE like that?!)

Re: NO, you are not a freak! Stop that at once!

[conuly]

1. I check my recent comments page. Often. No matter how many comments there are on a post, I should see it. Sometimes I do skim, though, and miss comments.
2. I think they talk while they eat. Or watch TV. While eating, before leaving for work, before falling into bed. That's supposed to be normal.

Re: NO, you are not a freak! Stop that at once!

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, TV....

I don't currently own one. Haven't since October (I lost it in the divorce).

Fair warning, I think stejcruetekie and I are getting into it. If you'd rather we didn't fight on your journal (define "normal"), speak now.

Re: NO, you are not a freak! Stop that at once!

[conuly]

Nah, finals are over, don't worry about it.

[deceptica]

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, obviously, but I spend those short amounts of time where there's nothing to do (while eating, before going to work etc.) just thinking. About the world in general, about anything. Sometimes I also make up my own stories. It keeps my brain busy.