Two Things...

First...I was looking through a list of books today from all genres and years and realized that how I feel about a book depends not just on the book, but on the circumstances around the book as well. For example, Miss Rumphius is a book that I read in second grade and I love it because of the teacher that introduced it to me. She taught me about the flowers in the book so now when I see lupins I think of the book and my second grade teacher. Because of these things, I love the book. Other books do not get such a great reputation though, most of them having to do with assignments given to me in high school, but at the same time I probably would never choose to pick them up and read them without the assignment. For example, The Great Gatsby and The Awakening are both books I was assigned to read in high school and I hate both of them. Granted, it's not just the assignment that turned them sour, I didn't like them in the first place but then add to that fact that I HAD to read them gives them an exponential hate towards them. I do have to admit, I did not finish The Great Gatsby I think I read the first third of the book and refused to continue, but I still got a really good grade in the class...I guess I'm pretty good at picking up on important things and then making the rest up. My punishment was that as a "reward" the teacher had/let us watch the movie in class...pure torture.

Second...I misplaced my phone today for three to four hours. I wasn't too concerned, I knew it was in my house somewhere just not in the regular places I would have left it. My friend finally called me and I thanked her for helping me find my phone. It was in the extra bedroom, I randomly decided to mix things up and read a book in there for a little while today. Upon finding my phone, I found that my co-worker called during the "lost" period, but he didn't leave a message so I have no idea why he called and by the time I found the phone, it was too late to call him back. It bugs me when people don't leave a message, it leaves me pondering the reason for the phone call and then I go through all the possibilities until I can finally get back to the person to see what's going on. It really bugs me when I don't recognize the number and there's no message!