Realized that with the number of books I’m reading simultaneously, and with titles such as S/Z, Ethics, Hypertext 3.0 among them, reading and updates will be a bit slower than usual. I should probably plan the time spent in each in a more organized fashion than choosing two plus a CD and the IF piece(s – I downloaded Emily Short’s Mystery House Possessed) as well as the hyperfiction piece, Afternoon, A Story, and carrying them back and forth to the shop with me daily. Perhaps leaving certain "books" in the shop, certain ones on the chest/coffee table in the living room, and maybe a short story anthology in the bathroom in place of the Reader’s Digest would be a more productive allocation of time spent reading.
I’m finding that even with the book format, my laptop is on from the moment I stumble down the hallway to get my morning coffee and shutting it off is about the last thing I do before I stumble back to bed at night. Beside me on the couch as I write here are two books within immediate reach for when the laptop gets too hot for comfort (boy, it felt really nice in winter!).
Even in the middle of the magic of Marquez, I read no more than ten or twenty pages at a time, then switch to one of the other pieces. Master multitasker? Or does it mask a fear of total commitment.
But then, even when I brush my teeth my left hand is opening a drawer or jar or buttoning up or something.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology