I disconnected from the Internet for 15 minutes.

Yesterday I went to lunch, and with my iPhone held firmly in my pocket, I sat and read a book for 15 minutes. What's funny is that it felt like a big moment for me. I've become so addicted to checking email, texting and updating my social networks that I've virtually abandoned book reading. It's too bad, because up until recently, I was a pretty decent reader.



I guess I also partially blame book selection. I tried to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and then a really ambitious Star Wars book. Both were fails. Actually I might finish the Star Wars one someday, but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is dead to me. My current books are:

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Of course, immediately after that 15 minutes, I responded to my texts, checked email and twitter, then thought about the LiveJournal post I was going to write about my experience.

March Challenge - Day 20

Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel

I know it's silly, but I would love to go to all of the Disney parks. I've been to Disneyland in Anaheim, Disneyworld in Florida and Euro Disney in Paris. What I enjoy is going on the same rides and seeing the same attractions, but looking for minor (and sometimes major) differences. The Haunted Mansion in Paris, for example, is totally different than the ones in America. It has a whole western ghost town segment in the middle of it.

The next park on my list is/was Disney Tokyo.



It's currently closed because of recent events. I hope it doesn't close permanently due to radiation. I also wish the best for Tokyo. I hope they pull through as much as possible.