get lost in a book

Today was just one of those "get lost in a book days"

Sometimes it's important to loose yourself in a world that is not your own. To find yourself in a different time or dimension. I think sometimes as we grow up we forget how magical it can be to just get lost. After a while we get so used to reading text books and reviews that we forget about far off places like Never Never Land, Middle Earth, far off cultures and outer space adventures. 

the foundation

I think this was my third time reading through the The Foundation. I know, it's a rather odd book to have read multiple times. I think the reason for the multiple reads is two fold. One being I have a slight obsession with remembering as much of something as possible. That means I re-watch and re-read pretty much everything I enjoy. I know, strange obsession. The second reason is that it is the first science fiction book I'd ever read and enjoyed. Trust me, I read it kicking and screaming, but I did and fell in love with Asimov. Since I have read The Foundation Trilogy and many of his short stories. I'm hoping that maybe this year I will read another Asimov book or two. 

So, what are some of the things I love about this book. Oddly, it's fun that it reads a bit like a history book. But it's as if you are reading an historical account of an alien world, which, I guess you kind of are. 

I'll be entirely honest. There are some parts of this book that I don't understand. Maybe it's more I loose my attention span a bit, or it just gets too technical or something. But I understand the gist of the story and enjoy it. 

I think of The Foundation Trilogy this first book is my least favorite, but I think it's important to review what had happened, before reading the next two books. If I remember correctly, the next book in the Trilogy, The Second Foundation, is my favorite. I can't wait to re-read that one in a bit, but first for a new book or two.

tell-tale heart

Life is a funny thing.

It loves to throw curve balls at you. Always keeping you on your toes.

These curve balls are not always bad. In time everything evens out, I know that. But at the moment it all feels empty. After a while, I expect the wound to heal. The pain to fade. The the strange thing is that it's not the pain I fear. It's the empty, the blank spot. The fear that maybe this hole will never be filled.

But then, that's a silly idea. The hole will be filled, in time. Just as the Tin Man found he had a heart all along, so will I in time find that there really is something there, something in this heart of mine.