DearDiary Logo
Public DiariesHomeLogin

D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Catcher in the ... oh no!
Tue Jun 03 2003

So all right, “Telling Lies for Fun and Profit” turned out to be a fairly decent book after all. I especially liked the last chapter that was a prayer to God about writing. Pretty clever that. . .Thanks to B. for suggesting I read it !

It’s getting late, but it’s warm outside and even with the windows open it’s close in here. The idea of crawling into bed is not so inviting tonight. Even though my eyes are drooping.

This is one of those times when I wouldn’t mind having a swimming pool. If you sloshed around in a pool for a while, your body temperature would drop somewhat and a cozy blanket would feel good I bet.

Our backdoor neighbors have a pool. I wonder if I could jump over the splintery 6 foot fence and take a little dip without being noticed? But the thing is they are notorious night owls. I have seen the flickering lights of the TV in the upstairs bedroom over there into the wee hours. So I better not chance it.

I’m sitting here with the scribble book on my lap looking at my little work table next to me in the living room. It’s piled with library books, catalogs, a book mark and a length of dental floss that I just used to floss my teeth.
Okay, okay, I’ll put it in the wastebasket in a little bit.

The books are these: The one I just finished, and another one by him “Lawrence Block on Writing Fiction”, “The Horse Whisperer” that hubby put on my table, I guess he thinks I should read it. I peeked at it a little, thumbing here and there and decided the author is probably very put out at what they did to his story when they made it a movie. And then we have “The Catcher in the Rye”. I am going to give it a go one more time with a cold hard eye to figuring out why it’s considered an important book.

I just stopped writing and picked it up and read a page and a half. Oh my God, it’s all coming back to me. This kid cannot follow a train of thought for more than 15 seconds at a stretch ! But I promise to try hard this time. Maybe I’ll learn something.

Okay, gritty eyeballs compel me to turn out the lights and give them a rest. I’ll just feel my way to bed tonight.

6 Comments
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 03 2003
    Gritty eyeballs and reading don't go well together. Especially if you're trying to read something you don't understand, and didn't the first time you read it.

    So, what have you gotten from all the "how to" books? You still have your sense of humor. I can just see you climbing a six foot fence, just for a cooling swim. Hey! maybe you find a sprinkler hose and run thru that when you're feeling sticky-icky.

    Shalom
  • From:
    ShadowRose (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 03 2003
    sounds like you have some good ones to keep you busy. But don't forget "Writing Down the Bones." you might want to check out this website:

    www.writingforlife.net
  • From:
    (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 03 2003
    Good reading as usual but I actually just want to say 'HI' and encourage a few clouds to come your way. Love from your Foul Weather Friend!!!
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue Jun 03 2003
    He he, glad you liked it. Keep up the great reading and hope you manage to cool down without dipping into the neighbours pool. ;-)
  • From:
    Iamaloser (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Jun 04 2003
    I honestly think that the only reason that Catcher in the Rye was ever deemed a good book was because it gave people an excuse to go nuts. I mean, would it have been so popular if Mark Chapman had not had it in his pocket at the time he committed the murder? Or numerous other frootloops owned said book? No, I doubt it. Poorly written and predictable from the outset. Holden Caufield is a nut and that is all that can be said.
    Other news, I say damn the Inner Critic as you have the writing talent to shame many of us out here.
  • From:
    TraumaMama (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jun 05 2003
    I know for a fact the author was very unhappy about the movie version of the Horse Whisperer and was very verbal in many horse publications about that fact. Most of it has to do about a scene where they "throw" a horse on the ground and restrain it...he said that was completely against his training methods, therefore he would not endorse it. I can't say I blame him. His whole training theory is completely opposite anything like that. He was pretty upset. I didn't read the book, but I listened to it on tape. I didn't see the movie because I would be a crying mess.