Guilty Pleasures.

Day 18 of the Writer’s challenge. I know my posts and participation are sporadic but it can not be helped. To get back to the topic of ‘Guilty Pleasures’ here are some of mine. Though, I doubt they fit the ‘guilty’ mold.

Rain 

Reality Shows. I diss, sour grape and bellyache about them but I am a serious consumer of those things. They have drama that never happens in my life and the women fight at the drop of a hat for the stupidest of reasons. My eyes are always wide in surprise and shock over those women’s actions.

Flirting. When done right, I think it is one of the most enjoyable experiences a girl can ever have. Especially if done with a man of a certain age. With him, you know it is not going anywhere. You get to test your imagination, both boundaries, practice skills and learn a few things while for him it is like a pleasant stroll  down memory lane. I miss it because I no longer have a flirt buddy. My skills are so rusty!

The smell of rain. I love that scent that permeates the air when the first few drops of rain hit really dry soil. I think of it as one of nature’s purest and freshest scent. If someone could capture that scent and put it in a bottle, I’d be a customer. I take these long and deep breathes with the need to keep the smell at my nostrils when the rain finds me near a dusty area. I can’t get enough of that scent.

Sitting on the floor. I am most comfortable on the floor and find nothing wrong with it. I have a couch in my room which is mostly used by my mother and sometimes brother while I spend a lot of my time on the rug. I nap on the rug with a pillow and light blanket, draw and create – really bad for the back and neck. All from the floor sometimes.

Interactive Pages. I’ve rekindled the love for participating in posts on pages I liked long ago. You learn all sorts of things when you participate. For instance; I recently learned there is such a thing as sexual maturity. Judging from the post it is a level a girl arrives to after being with multiple sexual partners and has realized there is no such thing as sexual fidelity in today’s world. Thus has no expectations of such from her man or men. With sexual maturity she is able to objectively handle her man’s faithfulness (or lack there of) by not being bothered by his stepping out (if he chooses to) long as he is protected. Where else does one come across such school of thought?

Those are my guilty pleasures.


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The Best Advice I Ever Received.

My second foray into the Writers Challenge. I have been too under the weather to participate in the previous ones.
Day 10: The Best Advice I Ever Received.
 If memory serves, the best advice I ever received is something I have been carrying out for the longest time – ever since it was given me to date.

‘Whenever you’re reading a book, take note of quotes and passages that speak to you.’ – Uncle Abidan
I come from a family of readers and I myself are one. My uncle Abidan found me reading a Jeffrey Archer one day and passed on that piece of advice. He said it is something he used to do as a young man with good sight and one never forgets a quote or a passage they have read for there are situations that always bring them to memory.
Ever since that day, I find it odd reading a book without noting a passage or quote that speaks to me. I’m more of a literature connoisseur now instead of someone who used to read simply for the pleasure and fun of it. I even note quotes from some of my favourite shows on television and movies. This is why there are so many posts on quotes and passages here and the reason why my reading taste is eclectic.
This piece of advice resonated and stayed with me so much so that it is the only one I seem to remember because it is a habit. I read a lot and doing so feeds it which makes it a habit and not a one time thing.

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