derekareed
05-06-2009, 06:10 PM
My name's Derek and I like to read. I am very analytical so it takes me ruffly three times longer to finish a book than most people. I am fond of poetry, but I believe it is easier to express oneself through sound, instead of using words that only a few may understand. Well, maybe there are less people that understand my music. Anyhow, I'm working on The Prince and The Pauper. There is a lot of good stuff going on in this book by Mark Twain. For a while I felt envious of English folk whom had the privilege of reading his work early in their years. Now I realize that it would have been very confusing and I wouldn't have gotten much out of it other than frustration from not knowing any of the words I now can enjoy. If you haven't read TPaTP, you need to. So much has been taken from this book including: books, movies, music, humanity. Especially if you are living in the US and you can't get a grip on British culture. This book makes me want to be smarter, and that's what these things are for. I am tired of bestseller books. It's all a ploy to sell crap. We need to stop thriving on others misfortunes and start living by our own A chord.