I bought four magazines today in preparation for plane travel to and from
I used to be ridiculously obsessed with magazines and my subscriptions included, but were not always limited to: Utne Reader, US News & World Reports, Time, Newsweek, Knitting, Mother Jones, National Geographic, The Smithsonian, Dance, Contact Quarterly and Jane (before it became stupid)—plus a slew of literary, art and design magazines and random zines I would buy intermittently.
Managing to avoid a career in journalism, I have regulated my appetite for mags. I now allow myself the pleasure only at airports and beaches; compartmentalizing my desire. Since I live in a land-locked state and no longer go on tour frequently, my magazine consumption has truly been restricted.
My thoughts are salivatory and my fingertips anticipate flipping those glossy rags, but a rule is a rule and I’m making myself wait until I get to the gate.
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I rarely stick with a mag for more than a few years. I get bored after a bit. But my latest subscription, Stop Smiling is great. They constantly update their weblog and site with extra interview materials and other great information that I eat up like a kid in front of Saturday Morning Cartoons. I hope you like your mags. Safe travels...
Wow. Just wow. You're just covering your magazines and I feel as if I will never read as much as you have up to this point, even if I tried to catch up for the rest of my life. Even if I started yesterday.
P to the S: Love your blog name. It gets stuck in my head every couple of days and I say it over and over and it makes me giggle and also a tad dizzy.
Don't flatter me! I saw that stack of film criticism in your apartment. . .
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