If I've been talking to you live lately then you'll already know about my Harry Potter obsession. Waiting for Book 7 was killer! To fight the anxiety I started visiting mugglenet about five times a day, which then led me to mugglecast, who introduced me to Alex Carpenter and The Remus Lupins. Alex has this great catch phrase, or saying or philosophy or something like that. Anyway, it's Fight Evil. Read Books.
That is SO awesome. I also love both of those things and believe that they totally go together. I have this theory that readers of Literature are just generally more aware of the world and people around them. A great example is the mugglecast hosts. I am so darn impressed by these "kids," most of who are in college now. JK decided to pull out the big guns of language in her last book and had the character Molly Weasley refer to another witch by a name that she COMPLETELY deserved. So, now on the podcast the question is whether or not they should use the word.
The hosts went with "no." And their reason? There are younger kids who listen to this show and we should be respectful of them. That is awesome. As I look at the graffiti on my kid's playground, there is NO respect for the fact that this is a place where little kids play. Obviously these people do not Read Books and Fight Evil!
When I was a less than perfect high school student, we did naughty things that we should do, and some of them happened on playgrounds. But with my friends, my friends who READ BOOKS, there was an unwritten rule that no evidence of this bad behavior was to be left behind. And graffiti, with or without cuss words, was out of the question.
So that's my evidence that Fight Evil Read Books is a good life slogan. What do you think?
5 comments:
Amen! I love the new motto! I can't believe you have time for all this bloging.
You should attach a link to my Amazon recommended reading list- for Great teen audio.
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Eragon-Harry-and-Artemis-Great-teen-audio-books/lm/R342D9KXJWXSWP/ref=cm_lm_pdp_title_full/002-8523031-2677660
The other day I gave "Peter and the Starcatchers" to my oldest niece. They gave it back and said it was too long for her to read. JD already read it with you all and she is older. I thought just try it! You will love it! She is an avid reader and could absolutely get through it. AARGH!
Why the #$@ would you not try a book just because it's too long?
This is a motto i think i can get on board with. Partly because i love to read books but also because it makes my book reading that much more important, so when i'm completely neglecting my housework to read, i can say, "yes, but i'm fighting evil here and that's way more important than a clean kitchen!" Justification for my reading habit - that's all i needed. thanks!
I agree with Christi! Fighting Evil by reading books is definielty more important than cleaning the kitchen (or any other part of the house for that matter!)
If reading books fights evil, then I'm one heck of a super hero. Now I just need a super hero name. Literate Girl? Okay, that's not very good, but my alter ego should definitely be Paige Turner - a quiet, industrious librarian by day, super hero by night!
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