I was reading a lyric book from a CD I just got, and I smelled it. My friend asked 'What are you sniffing?' She thought I had one of those perfume samples from a magazine. No, I'm just weird and I smell things sometimes (usually new printed materials such as books or magazines). I feel like I use the sense of smell a lot. This morning I was walking through the building and it faintly smelled like a darkroom, which made me think of photography class back in college. Darkroom chemicals have a very distinct smell, which stays on your hands for days. When I go to the library I like to smell the different books. Children's picture books with smooth pages smell different than a novel that's been sitting in the fiction section for a few decades. It just made me think about how you familiarize yourself with something new. Do you touch it? Do you smell it? Look at it intently? I felt very human on the most basic level when she asked me what I was doing, and while it crossed my mind to quickly act like I really was smelling a perfume sample, why should I? Yes, it's odd to smell things, but it's also part of how I perceive and remember moments in time and how I view the world around me. Don't worry, I'm not going to put my nose in your personal space when I meet you! ;o)
I saw this book about procrastination. Wouldn't a true procrastinator (such as yours truly) never get around to actually reading this? So what's the point?
One of my favorite authors Wally Lamb is coming out with a new book in November. I'm super excited! From the description on Amazon, it should be a good one. Not that I would expect anything less from him.
Friday Clicks:
1. www.janinaellis.com - An amazing painter.
2. www.babyhold.com - Search baby names!
3. www.searchme.com - A search engine for the visually inclined.
1 comments:
Hi there! I ran across your blog via Etsy (which went somewhat like this: you were the last person to "heart" our shop; I liked your dog avatar; clicked to your link, noticed your blog; found your post!)
Anyway, I am currently procrastinating some organization (like the book!). In the meantime, I like this post...I really was just rembering lately for some reson...the smell of my dad's workplace. My sister and I used to visit the computer programming room at sony, back in the '80s when computers filled an entire room. The whirring gears and smell of warm printer paper somehow sticks in my mind like it was yesterday.
Thanks for your post & I hope your blog gets going in whatever direction you have imagined for it!
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