Modesty

[ananas2003]

Creepy middle-aged man at the train station tonight, sat down too close to me on the bench. Asked me what I was reading. I was reading a Regency Romance novel by Julia Quinn, with appropriate gold lettering on the cover and all. But I'm not friendly to creepy people, so told him: "a book". He asked which one, so I showed him. He snorted, and

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[17catherines]

And really, what's wrong with self-indulgent reading? It hurts no-one. It does not affect your health or intelligence, or prevent you from leading a productive life. Indeed, I am firmly of the opinion that a good dose of escapism is helpful in leading a useful life - if we are immersed in the 'real world' all the time, it is easy to become depressed and feel as though there is no point doing anything, since global warming / running out of oil / the nuclear war / the bird flu / etc are all out there waiting to destroy Life As We Know It and kill people. I can't live with that in my head all the time without going mad. A bit of escapism and the odd happy ending are a refreshing relief and make me more able to try to do my 2 cents worth towards preventing or ameliorating any of the above awful possibilities...

love

Catherine

[absinthetears]

I rember thinking I need to covince people ie politicans that this sort of mental health conservation needs more funding. *grin* i may steal your arguements..you tend to be more um articulate n all.

[17catherines]

Feel free!

[acerbicmuffin]

Hi Patricia..
you are of course invited to my birthday party on saturday, but I still can't work out exactly what your email address is, could you email me at acerbicmuffin@gmail.com