Through a concatenation of circumstances, I find myself with a big stack of books. I have two from Booksfree — Skinnydipping and the Food of Love — and two from frugalreader — The Great Gatsby and, on feebeeeglee’s recommendation, Robert Parker’s Pale Kings and Princes. There are three that I have begun but not finished — Stash Envy, Deadly Dance, and the widely-admired but dull Lost in a Good Book. I also have five books loaned me by Ozarque.
Now, as I said in the last literary conversation I was involved in (over at The Water Jar), I am a grownup, so I can read whatever I please. Normally, I enjoy having a large stack of books, and would take pleasure in reading one of the essays in Stash Envy and then turning to a novel and later perhaps dipping into the nonfiction. In this case, however, I am supposed to re-read The Great Gatsby for Book Club. What’s more, I took The Poster Queen’s suggestion to arrange to see the movie version, and Netflix tells me that it will be here Thursday, and of course I want to read the book before watching the movie. No question, I should be reading The Great Gatsby.
I enjoyed this novel very much the first time I read it, and I really like Fitzgerald’s way with words. I have in fact been looking forward to reading it again. But since I am supposed to read it, since that is the book that I ought to read — now I find myself filled with the desire to read something else instead.
This is always the way.
And it has something to do with knitting, as it happens. I have begun the process of arranging to teach knitting at the local craft store. Begun, and then stopped. Because the things I do for pleasure — needlework, singing, gardening, study — would I think be spoiled if I did them for a living, even on so small a level as a weekly paid gig. I could be wrong. I enjoy a lot of the things I do at work, after all — including looking after the flowers and studying stuff. Hmm.
Here is Nadia, who has chosen to sit on a cushion like the Queen of the May.
I had to laugh at this.
She obviously is not plagued by any sense of duty whatsoever.
And MacGyver was the winner, though Rosalyne01 spoke up for Bond, James Bond. I tried to persuade some male xangans to vote, but they have not done so. I don’t know whether that would have altered the results or not. Here’s hoping that you do not actually need any emergency interventions…
Because she is filled with gorgeousity and wisdomosity and she knows… she knows that no matter what she does, she will still be fed.
So she chooses lazitude.
But teaching knitting is not actually the same as knitting for pleasure. You do very little actual knitting when teaching others to knit, I find. What do you think?
Hey. hapa is a hawaiian term. i think it means something like “half foreigner,” but it refers to people who are mixed, specifically half-white, half-japanese, and less specifically, anyone who is half-asian.
and i vote MacGuyver too…that TV show was fresh!
I too have struggled with trying to make money off my hobbies…for me it is the quilting. I could do lessons, but somehow it is spoiled for me to do it because I am obligated to. I have made a couple of quilts on commission, but again…I much prefer to do it because I want to and am loving it, not because I have to. Also, I find that when I do it for money my perfectionism heightens to practically unmanageable levels. If someone is paying….the product must be perfect, whereas if I do it for pleasure then I can be more lenient with myself, certainly not sloppy…but it doesn’t have to be perfect.
And in reference to the cat quilt question on my blog…it is indeed an applique quilt. I will have to post a picture of what I have in mind.
Move over Nadia, that looks comfy cause I need a nap. LOL, I would vote for James Bond OO7. Actually, I think that Mr. Bond would care about killing someone he just wouldn’t let anyone know especially the bad guys. That for one is what makes him one of the good guys which is bad for the bad guys. : ) The fairisle is looking great. Mayflwr has a fun idea with the boob-band fair isle.
I just started The Great Gatsby. : )