Of Politics & Prose

I was at a bookstore today--not a chain, for once--and it was such a nice atmosphere. The motto of the bookstore is

"So many books, so little time."

AND IT IS SO TRUE. I haven't even read all the books in my room, let alone my house, let alone having time for the ones that I am constantly buying or want to borrow from the library. There are the classics, the new fiction, the international authors, the non-fiction new research books, the ones being made into movies that you rush to finish before the movie goes out of style...you get my drift. Especially with the Internet and TV, my time for curling up on a rainy day (or sunny day) with a good book has really disappeared from my life, to the extent that I ever did that. And I really regret it. I am not bringing a TV to college, so hopefully that will kind of reduce my time spent staring at a screen and increase my time spent reading actually printed words. I have always had a thing for printed books and newspapers over the Internet (often at odds with my urges to save paper), so I really would like to make considerable progress on books and MAKE time for them in the next month or so, a habit which I will form and then continue in college or at least in the summers. I have to remind myself, and urge everyone else, to make time for little pleasures like ...reading. And other things. Make time for you in the midst of your life. Don't let it just string you along.

And just because it fits so perfectly, I'm going to quote some lyrics from a song called "It Was a Great Day" by Lori Kelley, a local artist who is kind of country/folk and has a knack for capturing the most basic moments in life. She sings,

"It was a great day for a ice cream, but I didn't have time, no I didn't have time.

It was a great day for a daydream, but I did not have the time.

It was a great day for a silly wish, but I didn't have time, no I didn't have time.

It was a great day for the perfect kiss, but I did not make the time."

Sad but true. So make the time.