where have you been

nora ephron?
i knew i liked you, but didn't know just how much. i loved sleepless in seattle and you've got mail. but until i read your book (thanks a million Jandee), i wasn't in love with you. i think i love you. i think we could be very dear friends. if i could write like you, oh, to write like you. if i could write like you i think my world would be complete. i know it wouldn't, but i'd like to pretend it would be. i think i'm writing more like you right now. but honestly, i really did feel like i was reading the author i could be. you and i are quite similar in a lot ways. maybe everyone can relate to you. maybe not. it doesn't matter; you made me smile, and that's what matters.

i can't count how many times i laughed out loud reading I Feel Bad About My Neck. my poor sister happened to call me right during a funny paragraph, so of course, i read it to her too. and she laughed. maybe because i was laughing. but it doesn't matter. you are funny,and witty, and dry and perfect. thanks for a wonderful three hours of a worry free life.

one of my favorite quotes of the book:
Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real...Reading is bliss.

but don't worry, it's not just about reading. it's great. it solidified my mom's advice to always moisturize your neck along with your face. thanks mom, i lathered up good this morning.

if you would like a lighthearted laugh. read this on a night when you don't want to focus on anything else. delightful.