Archive of things to do with 'reading'

• 01.04.07 Admonitory premonitory:

  There’s a guy I see around town from time to time, and I never like seeing him. Oh, he’s harmless, pretty nice guy, we’ve talked a few times. He always says hello when he sees me. But there’s always a sense I get, whenever we meet, that there’s something shameful between us, and we both know it.

  
  Tags: reading, psychology, work, shame, writing, dialogue, boredom, thinking, fear, research, temp, library, george gissing, failure, future, ghost.
• 12.27.06 The immediate reason:

  “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all!”

  If I don’t say anything at all, I’ll never say anything nice. So, resolved: I’m reopening this blog.

  
  Tags: self, blog, splagkhna, reading, change, taste, writing, iris murdoch, art, irritation.