Battleangel

It’s that time of year again. One of those events that remind you of the fact that yet another year has passed you by. The temporal pillars that carry the weight of the world and the contemporary obsession with time.
So, here it is again, as regular as clockwork. And despite the fact that you for the most part can get the same books online, the year around, and at a lower rate. It’s a tradition and a regular scam. Like Christmas. Ineffective, simplistic and pointless.

For years I have ostracized this annual tradition. I have seen no point in participating. I don’t read books anymore. It is one of those practices I lost while passing over to adulthood. Strange as it may sound. Hell, I hardly open my course literature anymore. I could almost be described as aliterate when it comes to printed sources.

At any rate, this year I found a reason to break the tradition, if only for a brief moment. And that reason was cookery books, which are suddenly available in abundance. I guess it has become fashionable given all those pointless cooking shows on TV these days. So that is what I’ll be getting. Dirt cheap and specialized collections on health food, wok, pasta and possibly also a muffin guide if I can find one that fits my outline of what a muffins should be like.

In a way it’s very foreseeable. I never imagined I would be able to shake my fixation with nutrition that easily. For better or for worse, it is something that will guide me for the rest of my life. It’s one of those things that you cannot undo without much effort. Much like either being religious or irreligious.

Update: I had a book block. Writing this beforehand surely helped to that end. And these stores seem to wanna sweat their customers to death by turning up the heat really, really high. Extremely unfriendly to people who know how to dress and beneficial to prancing schoolgirls and pansies. Is this reverse evolution or what? Plus I always get unbalanced and defensive in large groups. I can’t stand the pushing. Nor can I stand seeing people I recognize from elsewhere. I.e. shoaling only works for me if I can guarantee complete anonymity. And on top of this the books were pretty much crap everywhere I went. Still have the health food book I acquired yesterday (when I was in a better mood) though. Strawberry smoothies to go around …