Thursday, January 23, 2014

Things That I Do- entry one

Hello, and welcome to Things That I Do (that I know you do too but you won't admit)!
Today's entry is about: Reading At Night and On the Phone.

I know you do these things. You just won't admit to them. That's okay. It's okay because I know everybody does them. For instance, trying to run around the whole house while the microwave's on and  seeing if you can make a full lap before it beeeeeps.

Everybody knows you can't. Just face the truth.

Or maybe, walking into the kitchen to make a sandwich, forgetting that you wanted to make a sandwich, going someplace else, and then remembering you wanted to make a sandwich. You should've just remembered in the god-darn first place.

Number One: Reading At Night
I am one of those people who read in bed until I fall asleep. It's basically one of the only times I read for longer than an hour, and it's the majority of my reading time in general. Anyway, I read to myself. Out loud. It's just fun, and I don't really notice I'm doing it. I don't resent it. I don't regret it. Actually, no, I take that back; the only thing I resent is that it takes so much time to finish a chapter. Or a paragraph. Or even a sentence.
In conclusion, do you do this:

1) Read in different voices every time there's any dialogue?
2) Read in different accents?
3) Make the facial expressions each character is making? (i.e. Stephanie furrowed her brow, and Jake glared back at her in silent response. And then I furrow my brow and glare as I'm reading).

Another thing that happens to me while I'm reading at night is:
1) My mother walks down to the kitchen to get some water, and she hears me reading to myself. "El, are you talking to anyone?"
   "No."
   "Then what are you doing?"
   "Reading to myself."
   "Okay…"
2) My brother, who's room is right next to my mind, shouts,
   "ELLA SHUT UP!"
   "What??? What am I doing?"
   "I don't know? Who are you talking to?"
   "Um… myself?"
   "You're so weird."

So you're not a night reader? What about this next topic:

Number Two: Talking on The Phone
I have three conjoined rooms in my house: The kitchen, with a marble island in the middle, the dining room, and the living room with a couch and a piano. Conjoined meaning no walls. Anyway, the piano, the island, and the dining room table are all things that I walk around. "What do you mean?" you ask. I'll tell you what I mean. And you do this too:

1) Pacing around any large object- dragging your feet while you walk in continuos laps of circles until you get dizzy
2) Lying on the couch in any awkward position (i.e. upside-down, backwards, knees on the ground and cheek to the cushion)
3) Running away to my room any time somebody walks into the room I'm currently in. Even if I'm talking about food.

Well, do you do this too? Comment!

4 comments:

  1. i do number one A LOT and some of number two. (specifically the pacing around any large object- dragging your feet while you walk in continuos laps of circles until you get dizzy)

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  2. I can make it all the way around the house before the microwave beeps

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  3. Oh my gosh yes, number two, yes, yes, yes! I pace and pace, I don't like to sit down while I'm talking on the phone though, but, what I'm most excited about is that finally I have found somebody who runs away when somebody enters the room they are in while talking on the phone.

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