me? an addict??
i had a very fascinating conversation with a new friend this morning...
i was just talking about this entertaining book my sister had bought me, called "Can you keep a secret" by Sophie Kinsella. I had started reading it on the plane from Cleveland back to New York - and it was one of the best and easiest reads i've had in a long long time.
it's very lighthearted, and funny - so funny that i actually started laughing out loud (as softly as i could) on the plane! it was quite embarrassing, coz as i was laughing, i looked up and noticed 2 businessmen turning around to see... and as I caught one of them looking, he smiled at me! i was so embarrassed, i immediately hid my face in the book again... (still laughing)...
anyway - i couldn't put the book down. once i got back to the apartment, i climbed straight into bed and kept reading until i finished it...
well, having said that, my friend observed this as an addictive personality trait...
i gave that a little more thought - and he could be right! i started reading memoirs of a geisha on the plane from New York to Hong Kong, and didn't put it down until I finished reading that too (although it wasn't the best book I've read) - spent all 16 hours reading it...
and as soon as I start a Korean series - I can't stop! i keep watching it, and watching it, and watching it... until it hits around 4AM, and I freak out, coz i only have 2.5 hours left to sleep before i have to get up for work... and as soon as i finish work, i rush home to finish watching the remainder of the 8 DVD's....
but i try to handle it... i consciously make an effort not to read, unless i'm flying... and i don't watch long series unless i know i don't have anything planned for the next several days... so it's a somewhat controlled addiction... :P
i was just talking about this entertaining book my sister had bought me, called "Can you keep a secret" by Sophie Kinsella. I had started reading it on the plane from Cleveland back to New York - and it was one of the best and easiest reads i've had in a long long time.
it's very lighthearted, and funny - so funny that i actually started laughing out loud (as softly as i could) on the plane! it was quite embarrassing, coz as i was laughing, i looked up and noticed 2 businessmen turning around to see... and as I caught one of them looking, he smiled at me! i was so embarrassed, i immediately hid my face in the book again... (still laughing)...
anyway - i couldn't put the book down. once i got back to the apartment, i climbed straight into bed and kept reading until i finished it...
well, having said that, my friend observed this as an addictive personality trait...
i gave that a little more thought - and he could be right! i started reading memoirs of a geisha on the plane from New York to Hong Kong, and didn't put it down until I finished reading that too (although it wasn't the best book I've read) - spent all 16 hours reading it...
and as soon as I start a Korean series - I can't stop! i keep watching it, and watching it, and watching it... until it hits around 4AM, and I freak out, coz i only have 2.5 hours left to sleep before i have to get up for work... and as soon as i finish work, i rush home to finish watching the remainder of the 8 DVD's....
but i try to handle it... i consciously make an effort not to read, unless i'm flying... and i don't watch long series unless i know i don't have anything planned for the next several days... so it's a somewhat controlled addiction... :P
posted by c`kREtZ at 7:10 pm
2 Comments:
tell me about tv addiction - i went through all six season of satc in just a few weeks!!! Now i'm hooked on 24 and alias!
hehheee i always knew this about u.
when i was reading this entry, it reminded me of the days when u read scary stephen king books and was so scared (i think it was 'thinner') that u threw the book across the room & onto the floor hahhahahaaa u're so funny
then u'd recover, and then pick up the book & keep going.
i could never get so into sth.
it's a really good personality trait tho, in some ways. i mean, check out your marks at UNSW. such a perfectionist. dedication is always a good thing - but obsessiveness over um, u know, some stuff is no no. discipline needed to keep head above water.
xox
luvya
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