tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post5072469778956071717..comments2024-03-19T03:18:54.509-06:00Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: I Don't Get ItJaniecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-46348842307049000052010-04-22T17:38:08.959-06:002010-04-22T17:38:08.959-06:00Hmm. I suck. T.T
I think for me there's eithe...Hmm. I suck. T.T<br /><br />I think for me there's either "drop everything and do nothing but read, letting every other aspect of life go" or "don't read." Since I unfortunately have to do other things, I've gone with the latter for the last ten years. For a while I managed to only read one or two chapters of something per night, but really, getting myself to stop and sleep is hard. And then I had to force myself not to sneak the book to work with me and etc. >.><br /><br />(Not that this probably has anything to do with the type of people in the original post. I don't know how they aren't bored either.)MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-31514417242061348322010-04-21T16:12:06.875-06:002010-04-21T16:12:06.875-06:00I think the other factor is time. TV is generally...I think the other factor is time. TV is generally so insipid you can have it on at the same time as you do other things. Reading requires 100% attention. I would love to read more, but I have things to do every evening (of course, if I'm fried, it's watch TV and catch up on blog reading time.<br />Of course, even with that restriction, I manage to hit the 5-9 books pretty easily.Anne C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09444051201220766948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-65562828143230136702010-04-21T11:55:27.500-06:002010-04-21T11:55:27.500-06:00Only 5-9 books is all that is required for an avid...Only 5-9 books is all that is required for an <i>avid reader</i>?<br /><br />Geez, I can do 5-9 in a month if I'm bored! They'd probably think that's obsessive!<br /><br />My job alone is different and varied every day. Granted, some days it is pure production mode and I live in the work room at the copier. But when I'm in proof mode I have to be able to understand and argue the finer legal points in the documents and let the boss know if they don't make sense. And that my friends, requires a lot of brain power. <br /><br />(of course, after those kind of days I do tend to go home and watch vapid, insipid TV because my brain is fried...after <i>Jeopardy</i> of course!)WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-292507885114831352010-04-21T11:53:59.526-06:002010-04-21T11:53:59.526-06:00I think part of it is that people hate, change. An...I think part of it is that people <em>hate,</em> change. Anything that gets outside of thier familair comfort zone is a no-no. Bob forbid that they actually have to <em>think</em> for themselves, poeple in general really hate to do that.Thordrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483497564571489980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-22786525267095130332010-04-21T11:44:11.670-06:002010-04-21T11:44:11.670-06:00Isn't Stephanie Plum a guilty pleasure? You...Isn't Stephanie Plum a guilty pleasure? You've read one, you've read them all, but I snatch the new ones up for an entertaining read as quick as Evanovich cranks them out.<br /><br />I can't believe a movie has never been made of any of those books. When they first came out, I always pictured Sandra Bullock as Plum and Estelle Getty as Grandma Mazur.Gristle McThornbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975916963346215706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-21484088536222465862010-04-21T09:29:47.906-06:002010-04-21T09:29:47.906-06:00Jeri, that's not lazy. Reading for most "...Jeri, that's not lazy. Reading for most "avid readers" (and I mean that in the way that <em>we</em> think of, rather than that "5-9 books a year" nonsense) is a hobby and a source of pleasure. Why turn it into a chore? When you're mentally acute, then learn something new. When you're not, watch the tube or read Stephanie Plum. :-)Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-89487557085268090232010-04-21T09:15:01.798-06:002010-04-21T09:15:01.798-06:005-9 books a year? Ouch.
Yeah, reading is on my mu...5-9 books a year? Ouch.<br /><br />Yeah, reading is on my must-have list in a mate. Come to think of it, my ex didn't. My family does. My boys do. (My foster son doesn't... hmmm.)<br /><br />I do have to admit to sometimes just being too freaking tired to be very intellectually curious. Just - whatever. I'll figure it out tomorrow. I guess that's kind of lazy. :)Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473415569376925543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-76902419079513240582010-04-21T08:41:55.920-06:002010-04-21T08:41:55.920-06:00There's a newer survey, but a quick search fou...There's a newer survey, but a quick search found only this <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14175229" rel="nofollow">2007 link</a>: "A poll released last month by The Associated Press and Ipsos, a market-research firm, found that the typical American read only four books last year, and one in four adults read no books at all."<br /><br />The newer poll defined an "avid reader" as one who read 5-9 books <i>a year</i>.<br /><br />Now, my friends are certainly atypical in a number of ways, but all of us are likely to read that much most months. <br /><br />Which reminds me - I need to update my Goodreads list. But not now; I have reading to do.Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-1127437511386826562010-04-21T08:33:21.285-06:002010-04-21T08:33:21.285-06:00It is all beyond me also. Although, the Mechanicky...It is all beyond me also. Although, the Mechanicky Guy doesn't read, but he HAS read. He just asks me about things, so he gets my opinions. Not sure if that is good or bad at this point. But he IS getting more into things (computer, current events). I think he gets more reality at work than he ever bargained for. And since we work at the same place, so do I.....The Mechanicky Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-17038493348514723592010-04-21T08:20:54.584-06:002010-04-21T08:20:54.584-06:00Phiala, it's funny you should bring up the &qu...Phiala, it's funny you should bring up the "not reading" thing. I was talking to one of my gal-pals, and we decided that having a romantic partner that <em>reads,</em> regardless of the genre, is a mandatory qualification. Non-negotiable. <br /><br />WTF, indeed.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-9066096787651220552010-04-21T08:12:50.876-06:002010-04-21T08:12:50.876-06:00That. I don't get it either. How do you not st...That. I don't get it either. How do you not stretch, expand? Try new things? And how can you not read? At all? People don't. WTF.Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.com