Today I'd like to sit and read
Forget I have a job I need Ignore the things I have to do And just enjoy a book or two I have always enjoyed Oscar Wilde, (I have several of his quotes lining my bedroom.) and this summer I was able to read his one and only book, The Picture of Dorian Gray. At first, I didn't understand the book. It was taking forever to get to the part where his portrait grew ugly and cruel and old, and Dorian Gray honestly seemed like a good person in the first couple of chapters. Then, he and Lord Henry became friends and things started to go down hill. It wasn't until he rejected Sibyl Vane that I truly started to dislike him. From there, the book got interesting. It was still a little slow-going (Classic reads tend to be) but all-in-all I loved it. It was strange, it was gruesome, and it was set in Victorian London. As I was reading, I couldn't help but wonder what Dorian Gray's character would have been if he had not met Lord Henry. Would he have left Sibyl after she quit the stage due to her lacking mystery? Would he have gone on to do immoral things, such as visiting opium dens? The portrait changed as Dorian Gray's soul changed, while his outward appearance didn't change at all. It allowed him to lead a double life of sorts: he was a gentleman in polite society, but he associated with hostels and opium dens. He cared for nothing but his immediate pleasure and that destroyed his soul. I felt that Wilde was trying to make the reader reflect on their own life and their own choices. The portrait is to Dorian what your soul is to you; just because it's not visible, doesn't mean that it doesn't change who you are. I liked that Oscar Wilde made me think with this book. That's what I like about his quotes, too. Some authors have a knack for writing deep, meaningful words and Oscar Wilde is definitely one of them. While I loved his book, I love his quotes even more. His quotes speak to me, and I love looking at them on Google Images. My personal favorite quote is one that motivates me to be better, be different, be daring. It dares me to try something I'm afraid to do. It tells me to take a chance. And I think everyone needs a quote like that. Everyone needs a little bit of Oscar Wilde with them. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Okay, so it's currently 10:07 at night, (and maybe that's not that late, but I have been napping a lot lately and that just doesn't happen to me, so something is up and I'm tired) perhaps that is the reason for this post. But I just felt the need to talk about how much I love macaroni and cheese.
For those of you who are lactose intolerant, I'm very sorry. I'm sorry that you don't get to eat macaroni and cheese without repercussions, and I'm sorry for this post talking about how absolutely amazing mac n' cheese is. But I'm gonna talk anyway. Macaroni and cheese is a gift to this planet. I don't know who came up with it. I'm sure I could do some research but it is 10:09 and I don't care enough. Maybe tomorrow. I love all types of macaroni and cheese. My favorite is when it's baked because then it can be considered a meal, and if I could only eat macaroni and cheese for the rest of my days, that would be okay. Honestly, I could die by macaroni and cheese, and I would be perfectly content to go. I could die by eating too much mac n' cheese. I could drown in a bathtub full of it. (I don't know how a bathtub full of mac n' cheese would come to be, but I wouldn't complain.) A ton of macaroni and cheese could fall on me and crush me, but not a ton of boxes; I would prefer it be a ton of baked macaroni and cheese that way I'm warm. Macaroni and cheese is the best thing ever. It goes with SO MANY THINGS!! I could eat it with whatever I wanted because it is literally pasta and dairy! I just really, really, really love macaroni and cheese. I have tried it from so many places, and they all have potential(Although, Cheddar's, your mac n' cheese left something to be desired.) but none have been the best thing I've ever tasted. (Currently, cake is a front runner for my favorite food also.) Macaroni and cheese: how could I live without it? |
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