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I think this book really affected me...and I feel like I need to read it again to really understand why...I don't even think I liked the book very much, I'm not a big fan of Hemingway otherwise. In the beginning of the book I found the main character, Catherine, completely annoying, but toward the end she totally represents what I fear most in the world, which is losing my mind and hurting the one I love the most. It's not likely, but with my family's history of mental illness, it's still weighs heavily on my mind. There's more but I think I need to journal for a bit. Thanks for listening. |
I haven't read Hemingway. I don't know why, but never really bothered. Maybe if you reread the book you can figure out what about it is nagging you. |
I'd probably recommend this book...it's not terribly long or hard to get into...and it's good for reading by the pool while drinking adult beverages. Until Catherine starts to lose her mind...all they do is eat, drink insane amounts of alcohol, skinny dip, and tan. Then she brings another woman into the picture and all hell breaks loose. There is also a lot of sex, no descriptions, just these gaps where one minute they are eating lunch and the next minute it's pillow talk. |
I am looking forward to a nice day of relaxing by the pool drinking adult beverages again, though. My neighbor is jealous of the tan I don't have and wants us to lounge by the pool on her day off. It's easier to read and stuff when there are other adults to watch the kids. My best friend S will be here next month and we will probably drink poolside and then race each other in the pool. I am so out of shape that this is probably the first year she will beat me! |
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kazoo, why are you not sleeping enough my dear? also, did you know today is the first day of spring? did anyone see the full moon? wow. |
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oh, on topic: one of my all-time favorite books is The Sun Also Rises. great story. a nympho and a guy who lost his dick in the war are in love, but obviously can't work it out. |
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I don't know what it is...I slept about 30-45 minutes on Monday night and on Tuesday organized my work schedule so that I could get 7 hours of sleep and have time to finish some work...but then it took me from about 10ish to 1:30ish to actually fall asleep and then I had to wake up at 5. What really helps and what I really need to do is get back into doing a pre-sleep ritual. I usually take a quick shower, then write in my journal for a bit, drink some honey-vanilla-chamomile tea, and listen to some music. Last night I slept better. Being completely exhausted helps although I went to be around 11:30 (and not 8 like I planned) after getting stuck in cyberspace and sucked into the news. |
I forgot about the kids. Read when it's Spunkem's turn to watch. "We don't just let any other adult watch our kids at the pool, there are only 3 other adults we trust." I can understand that. When I had my certification, I used to lifeguard at parties for my cousin. The parents and neighbors LOVED this. You should get a german sheppard...they have to keep him away from the pool when the kids go swimming because he freaks out and tries to pull them out of the water. This is one of my issues...one of my pet peeves are parents who don't think that swimming lessons are such a big deal. Even if all they every learn is the doggie paddle, treading and/or floating. The younger they start, the easier it is to learn and the more likely that they'd be able to help themselves out of situations. Even with a life preserver on, if they fall out of a canoe or a rowboat, it's better and easier for everyone involved if people can manuever themselves around. Teaching adults and older kids to swim is incredibly difficult. I started swimming lessons before I could walk. The Y had a waterbabies program that my mom took me to. Then it was lessons every summer. Despite that, I still have a memory of floating into the deep end of a pool and having my aunt dive in after me. |
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Last summer I was kinda the neighborhood swim teacher for parents who didn't know how to swim (you'd be suprised how many there are out here) helping teach the parents (which was basically useless because they were so afraid of the water) and then working with the kids (all of whom were swimming on their own by the end of the summer and learning more than just a doggie paddle) and the rest were in swimming classes at the Y by the time I was done with them. It worked out well. At least we were able to show how important learning to swim proplerly was and most of the kids were doing wonderfully. This year it is just going to be getting their confidence to try back up again. I was just talking to spunky about getting a big german shepherd. The thing is that we have 3 cats, two hamsters, and a fish tank in our apartment and if we get transferred adding a dog will make it hard to find a new place. Too many pets in too small of a space. Still, it would be nice. |
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We're like little fish we spend so much time swimming. The kids absolutely love it and we get a lot more excersize when we do. We just have to watch (later in the summer) for idiots who spend too much time ogling. Last summer there was this group of guys who just watched my every single move all of the time and gave spunky these retarded thumbs up whenever I was with him. We went to one of the other pools after that. They got annoying following me around for 3 weeks. If it is any consolation, Hayley holds her nose ever time she puts her head under water....actually she plugs her nose before she goes under and then lets go once she is under. It's funny to watch her, but she is cute when she does it. She has taken to jumping in the deep end and doggy paddling again this year, so we are working on swimming properly again. She'll be a pro by the end of the summer! She is really into learning how to swim better and is really receptive to what I have to tell her. Unfortunately it will be too chilly to swim again until next Monday. |
i either accept it and just expel the water as I surface or do some serious snorting upon surfacing. though i only get mass water in my nose when i enter the water a certain wait, if i put my head down a bit i manage to keep water out. |