Well, I finally got a planner today. I know I don't really do that much but I find it's useful to keep track of the things that you do in a planner. Today I had my first softball game of the season so I wrote that down in the planner. Nothing too elaborate, just the time and place of the softball game. It's a convenient way to keep track of day-to-day activities. Tomorrow I'm going over to my brother's house to hang out and drink a few beers so I wrote that down in the planner. There's no specific time for the get-together, so I just wrote "Hang out with Matt" under May 18th. Writing stuff down helps me organize what I'm doing, and it also makes me feel like I'm somewhat busy when in fact I do quite little. You do what you can.
I've always loved a good 'to do' list. For some reason, as long as I can remember, I've always titled them 'do to' lists. I'm not quite sure why. It's not like I do it on purpose, or that I actively try not to write 'do to'; it's just something that I do. Maybe I do it because I think it's unique or something. Regardless, a good 'to do' list is quite satisfying. Checking off each thing once it is accomplished is the best part. I saved this huge 'to do' list I had in Novemeber of Grade 12. I was really busy that month for a number of reasons and I had this really long 'to do' list. It took the whole month to complete, but when it was finished it was a thing of beauty.
I finished a good book last night. It was called Billy Liar and it was about this guy in a small town in England who is trying to leave his hometown and make it big in London, the "Big City". He gets in all sorts of trouble in the town, but at the end realizes he can't just run away from his problems. It was a really good book, sort of funny and sort of sad, the way many good books are. It sort of made me think of my current situation, except me and the main character are very different because I'm not a compulsive liar. I'm now looking for another good book to read except it's hard because you want the new book to be as good as the last one, and it rarely is. One of my goals in life is to be very well-read. However, I find it's too easy to give up on books once you have started them. I blame modern media for the short attention span of youth today.
Anyway, those are just some of the mundane thoughts I've had today. If you can think of any good books I should read, let me know.
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Yo,
If you haven't already, you should check out some Kurt Vonnegut. He's one of my favourite writers. "Cat's Cradle" and "Slaughterhouse Five" are good starting points, and if you like those, pretty much everything else he's written is also amazing.
Right now I'm reading "Not Wanted on the Voyage" by Timothy Findley, which is also awesome so far. It's a re-telling of the story of Noah and the Ark, which sounds a bit dry, but it's super absorbing, sort of like a cross between a fairy tale, historical fiction, and absurd drama. Every time I open it, I lose like 2 hours of time I should've been working.
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