my favorite thing. ever.

Someone asked me a while ago, by way of getting to know me, what my favorite thing was.   I only had a few seconds to reply, and what burst out of my mouth was “Books”.  I’ve thought about that question on and off since, with a little more time on my hands, and I’ve decided I wouldn’t change it.  Top contenders might be my Family, or Travel.  Certainly not Blog, although I like it, I can seemingly go DAYS without posting.  And Computing in general — eh.  It’s important, but it’s not my favorite thing.  Email/communicating via the Internet is important, but the question is how important?  Not as important as Books, certainly - I can (and have) lived without the Internet for periods of time. And I could possibly live without Travel; I’ve done so for a some months at a time and I did start bouncing off the walls, but I think if someone took Travel or Books away from me, Books would cause worse problems.

I think Family doesn’t count in this situation — because they are not something I choose, necessarily.  When I say “I”, I really mean “we”.  They’re a part of me, which is evidenced in the language used for greeting in Zimbabwe.  When you greet someone, usually older, you ask him/her how They are — How are y’all?  How are the others that you represent?  And the person responds, We’re all fine. He/She replies with “we”, and it’s not the royal we - they mean, all of the people who are part of me are just fine, thanks. 

So after all of that thinking, my favorite thing comes down to the thing that I thought of in two seconds.  Books.   Quick - what’s your favorite thing?

Posted by Marie on March 20th, 2007 under Uncategorized

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