R - Reading, Learning to

Reading, Learning to: Event

I learned to read just before I started Kindergarten. The first book I read all the way through on my own was "Monsters Come in Many Colors." It was a small square Sesame Street book with a beige cover. The monsters went to a factory, beige, and got painted by a machine.

I remember being sad about learning to read because I was sure that no one would ever read to me again now that I could do it myself. My parents did the you-read-a-page/I-read-a-page thing for awhile.

R - Ring

Ring: thing

Right around the time I started reading Lord of the Rings, I got a cool "Birthday Present": a silver ring with a large Amethyst (my birth-stone) and a leaf pattern. I mostly kept it in a small leather pouch around my neck.

I have trouble wearing rings, mostly because I tend to fidgit with them and worry about them catching on things.

Now I mostly want a real actual Green Lantern ring (but in my imagination). I do have a complete set of the Blackest Night promotional rings on my desk, and I wear them depending on my mood.


SEE ALSO: Tolkien, presents, comics, rocks.

R - Reuben

Reuben: thing

I didn't think that I liked rye bread, or sauerkraut or Russian dressing until one time I was really hungry in college and the best choice left was a Reuben. Now they're one of my favorite sandwiches (if not my favorite outright).

When I was an intern at the National Museum of American History, one of the Archivists was named Reuben.

SEE ALSO: sandwich, birthday, smithsonian

R - Relationships

Relationships: thing

Not counting Middle School, I've had 3 girlfriends. 2 Sarahs, 1 Emily; 2 Violists, 1 Cellist. None lasted longer than 3 months. Oh, well.

The other great relationship I've had was with a Place. We were together for 18 years, and I learned a lot. Then it ended, before I was ready; Divorce is no fun. That's why I'll probably never get married.