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charlz_lynni almost forgot...
my book club #2 was last night. I'm probably not going to go again. I do love the idea of it, but everyone is constantly talking over each other, cutting each other off, and i can't handle that. Nor can I do that, which means I just don't speak. Not if i have to have a shouting match with someone in order to be heard. Cause, let's face it, I just never win shouting matches.
There's also this part of me that gets really really annoyed at people reading into things that I don't believe have more to them than, say, two girls digging a hole with sticks (the book was Sula, and no, I don't think the girls are lesbians). So, I feel crappy being annoyed with people. It's a part of me I don't like so much, but it's there for sure. No more book club for me.
I feel sad about this, because I really like the owners, and would love it if it were smaller. It was twice as big last night as it was last month. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that i don't really play well with others.
Anyway... Maybe I'll just keep reading the books, and have a solo book club... just to force myself into thinking in that way.
my book club #2 was last night. I'm probably not going to go again. I do love the idea of it, but everyone is constantly talking over each other, cutting each other off, and i can't handle that. Nor can I do that, which means I just don't speak. Not if i have to have a shouting match with someone in order to be heard. Cause, let's face it, I just never win shouting matches.
There's also this part of me that gets really really annoyed at people reading into things that I don't believe have more to them than, say, two girls digging a hole with sticks (the book was Sula, and no, I don't think the girls are lesbians). So, I feel crappy being annoyed with people. It's a part of me I don't like so much, but it's there for sure. No more book club for me.
I feel sad about this, because I really like the owners, and would love it if it were smaller. It was twice as big last night as it was last month. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that i don't really play well with others.
Anyway... Maybe I'll just keep reading the books, and have a solo book club... just to force myself into thinking in that way.
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cyber book club
Date: 2007-01-18 10:31 pm (UTC)i missed reading about your life when you stopped writing.
so i'm thinking, why not have your own book club here. tell us
what book you are reading and when you are done reading, start writing and ask those that want to discuss, to discuss with you.
dkbos
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Date: 2007-01-18 11:09 pm (UTC)So I feel you. It is a cultrual thing here, hard to get used to. My advice to you (unasked for) is the same advice I gave OMB when we first met and seh complained about how hard it is to keep up with people walking down the street because her legs are shorter than most. I told her "just walk at the pace you want to, and if the person you're with actually wants to walk with you, they will have to slow down." So I say to you, if the people you are with want to hear what you have to say, they will have to make some space for you. If they don't, well then, they are missing out.