Even as I write, indulging in this vampiric wastetime, I must briefly rail against!
Especially for an ADD person with a strong tendency towards hyper-focus, such as yours truly, it's hard not to get sucked in. So, I have begun unplugging my wireless at 5 pm. It's a start. While I love my internet friends, and I have fun reading interviews & book reviews by the likes of
Little Willow as well as the hilarious observations of Emma, I'm now reading like crazy.
I FINALLY finished I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, the touchingly innocent and simultaneously earthy (though never pornographic) memoir of Pamela Des Barres (who refused the advances of Mick Jagger because she was so in love with Jimmy Page!)
Then, it was Alias Grace by my favorite Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood. (The Boob Lady
is second, sorry!) She's amazing. I'm in awe of the combination of her research and imagination into pure seamlessness. And her mastery of voice in multiple points of view--including Grace herself, who is far from reliable--helps Atwood spin a tale in which I was far from certain what the truth was or exactly what the truth meant.
On to Stephen King and the finale of The Dark Tower. In the thrall of Mr. King and his gunslingers, I'm no good to anyone. I was was told yestereve, as I read myself into another world, oblivious to the familial chaos around me, "I think Daddy's checked out."
So much for the idea that I'd would be a better family member after unplugging the wireless. I was no good at all this morning either, on account of being up until after one last night reading until I had not the strength to make it into bed. Waking on the couch around five, I pulled myself out from dreams of Low Men, were-spiders, and portals to other times and worlds, and managed to make into bed with a sore neck.
Next, it's going to be one of my fellow FLUX authors Carrie Jones
or Brian Yansky, probably Carrie because now that I'm in Maine with King, I might as well stay there. Ayuh. :)
Escape! Isn't it best with a book? Forget about my former righteousness in getting offline--I just needed a better way to slip out of the real world. I do say so and thank ya!
12 comments:
i LOVE "im with the band"
soo juicy and i want to steal her life.
actually, i want to steal the life of ANYONE whos had sex with mick jagger. jimmy page, noel redding, nicholas-from-steppenwolf, michael des barres are all just icing on the cake!
Don't you think she was kind of sad and lost, though? For me, it's more envying seeing all that music happening--being there and hanging out with Jimmy Page when Zep first came out and were SO on fire! But Mick was beautiful, as were the rest of them, and I know exactly what you're saying, though I guess I would have rather been in Jimmy's place, and I would not have broken Miss Pamela's heart!
Oh, and it wasn't about the SEX! It was about the music and the freedom and the love! ;-)
Good luck escaping the computer and getting in some serious reading time. It's harder than it sounds, eh?
yes i see what you mean. she was very clearly insecure, always sitting at home waiting for jimmy to call, and when she loved a guy shed put everything into catering to him, even when he treated her like shit.
i guess if I had been her, i probably wouldnt have behaved liek that, but then, most "if id been in that situation" sentences are ignorant. its so hard to judge what you would do in someone elses sitaution.
yes, my post was recent! i got bangs yesterday (friday) and i adore them, i will try to post pictures), my birthday is monday (the 25th of june)
Margaret Atwood! One of my favorite contemporary fiction writers.
I see that you're online well past 5 p.m. Tsk tsk, or do you restart the clock at midnight?
Busted! I broke the 5 pm rule yesterday becuase **he rationalizes** I'm going on vacation and taking a two week vacation from electronica.
Hile, Gunslinger!
i heard from a reliable source that the Insomnia Cookies are really really good, just FYI.
And, since my book's coming out this weekend i'm holding a contest. I'm going to give away a copy of the book. come check it out & tell all ur friends!
You've disappeared!
Happy 4th. hope it's all going well.
Hile, Anonymous!
Alex: so sorry I wasn't around to be part of the contest, but do another one and I'll be there. Go BACK TALK!
Gaaaaaaaa. Mick Jagger. Thats a rillly riilllly lame person to pass up. I mean, look at his lips. Gaa. But anyway! Gossipy and sweet groupie memoirs, for the wio!
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