books, reading

I've got so many books on my list to read.

Right now I've got to main books. First, there's the second book in the George R.R. Martin series, "A Song of Ice and Fire." It's one of the best fantasy series ever, I think, but the problem is that I've gotten some of my friends hooked on it. That may not seem like a problem, but it is when they want to talk about the series with me but have gotten ahead of me. So, rather than reading three or four books at once, I'm having to focus all of my energies on two books. "Why not one," you ask. Because of the second book project I've got going right now.

At the beginning of the year, our pastor challenged us to read through the bible before Easter. He's even put up a suggested reading list at the church website, and printed sheets to hand out at the church. It's turning out to be much more of a daunting task than I expected, especially when I have to play catch up.

So there are my two big reading projects, and yet there are others that crop up along the way and seem to distract from these. There are so many books out there that I want to read, it's just horrible. I'd like to learn to read faster and still retain my enjoyment.

christmas update

I did get one of the things I wanted for Christmas: the Lord of the Rings 50th Anniversary edition book. I've been enjoying it quite a bit, although I've not read much of it yet.

As for other presents, I'm still looking for everything on that list, but I noticed that I didn't make clear I was looking for CDs. I would hope people wouldn't think I was looking for the actual small combo jazz guitarists, and so assume that I was looking for their recorded music, but I need to be sure.

Also, I'm not so sure about the loop station. I would still like to build my guitar effects library, and in fact I have recently. There was a grand opening of a Guitar Center in Madison, and I got a great deal on the basic Boss Distortion pedal. I've had a bit of fun with that, and with the old Fender tube amp one of my friends is letting me use.

Anyhow, that's it for now. I feel so weird and materialistic when writing these posts.

classmates

Yesterday, I was looking on myspace and found that of the four people registered at my high school, one of the other three actually was from my year. When I looked at the profile I didn't recognize them, but I had a suspicion, so I wrote a quick message. She soon confirmed who she was, so I wrote back another letter asking a bit about her now.

Anyway, what I want to say is, I've never really had a desire to get in contact with my old classmates. It just never seemed like I connected well with any of them. Of course, I had far fewer social skills at that point in my life, and I didn't know how to get along well with other people who weren't Christians. I know that's kind of silly, but that's the way it was. So, even though I'm not sure why I'm making this connection, I am, and we'll see what becomes of it.