it's ok. you can say it.

i'm a nerd.

one of my gifts this year was a gift card to barnes and noble.

i used every dollar of it today.



i am unspeakably excited.



i've heard a lot of authors say that this book inspires their writing, or that it's one of their favorite books. so obviously i have to read it.



saw the movie. liked it. usually i read the book first. reading the book second this time makes me feel wild and crazy.



i've only read one play by him before. but it was funny...so. here's another one.



seems respectable.



i've heard good things about this one. it's important to know what unbelievers think, you know. i watched the movie "saved" a few years ago, and was sad to hear that one of my unbelieving friends thinks that's how Christians really are.



a high school friend just recommended this book to me. it's russian. i'm scared.

and i bought a few books that i've read before, because i like them so much i know i'll read them several more times. like a hundred more times. a hundred million more times.



so good!! it's crazy, and funny, and insightful, and sad. read it.



i read this in college. and this is the book that made me want to read classic literature. i wasn't required to read anything in high school. i was home-schooled. i think i read "swiss family robinson" and "in his steps." that's all i remember reading. so i took american literature in college, instead of a foreign language. i partially regret that because i'd like to be bilingual. but it really made me want to read classic literature! the scarlet letter was so good, and then we read a few others that were too...and i've been trying to catch up with the rest of the world ever since then.



so here's the deal. if you want to know me, read pride and prejudice. i AM the pre-darcy elizabeth bennett. i have never related to any character in any book or movie more than i relate to her. i'm serious. everything she says is a thought i've had at some point. and then she falls in love and i don't relate to that.

and then i had another gift card to use at the mall. a parent at work gave it to me. i got some lotion and boring stuff, but then i also went into williams-sonoma. and ok, this is boring too. but i got two cookbooks. one for making salads, and one for making all different kinds of chicken. i like chicken.

and then i had $5 left...

and i got a calendar that will teach me a new word every day...

today's word is "skylark."

it's a verb. it means "to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport" or "to frolic or sport."

neat.

i feel kind of materialistic right now. but i didn't buy any of it. so..i'm good...