When I enter an apartment I've never been to before I often, quickly, find my self looking at the books, if they have any, in their bookshelves, god forbid if they don't have any. It's pretty obvious that you can tell pretty much what a person is interested in by merely reading the back of their books. However, you can also read a lot from how long it take a visitor to start reading the back of the books in your own shelves.
Once more, I will start a scene where someone is either exiting or entering the stage.
I welcomed him, and offered him entrance. He stepped inside and took a quick nervous glance around the room
The guy was normally built, but taller than most and in his late 20:s or early 30:s. Below his, partially by long hair and big designer made sunglasses, covered head he wore a light blue jeans jacket over a trendy thin striped t-shirt. His jeans were old and worn, not pre worn from the stores, but traditionally worn.
Refering to his black sneakers, I said:
"Keep them on if you want"
"Oh, well... Ok", he said cautiously.
His carefully planted steps, you know the ones you take when you are not comfortable with wearing shoes while walking on parquet, took him around the apartment for the primary tour. I guess his first objective was to get an understanding of the condition and standards of the apartment. On his second tour, he start to complement the basic decorations of the apartment, such as the colours of the paint on the walls, the clinkers in the hallway and kitchen and the parquet in the living room and the bedroom.
It’s not until during his third tour he stops and starts to examine what was in the shelves. It didn’t take long until he, with some effort, extracted an old videotape containing Alice in Chains MTV unplugged session. With this, we had found a shared interest, and we talked about the tragic death of Layne Staley and the strange and perhaps pathetic reappearance of the band during the summer festivals around Europe.
After he had left I remembered that during his first glimpse of his surroundings his eyes fell on my two guitars that stood leaned towards one of the corners in the room. He looked at them for just a couple of seconds, registering the types, brands and the pamphlet that stuck out from the side pocket of the case that contains my electric guitar. It reads: Beginners Tablature for the Guitar Case
Who is he? What does he do for a living?
When I enter an apartment I've never been to before I often, quickly, find my self looking at the books, if they have any, in their bookshelves, god forbid if they don't have any. It's pretty obvious that you can tell pretty much what a person is interested in by merely reading the back of their books. However, you can also read a lot from how long it take a visitor to start reading the back of the books in your own shelves.
5 Comments:
intressant blogg ;)
Hörru Niklas, nu får du ta och uppdatera din blogg lite oftare! Vi kan det där om läsning nu... ;-)
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Jag visste inte att den var eftersaknad... Men just i denna stund hade jag tänkt sätta mig ner och skriva något, och då såg jag era förtjusande små kommentarer. Tack.
Jag vet dock inte än vad det kommer att handla om. Jag kommer att ordbajsa och det kommer att bli en ganska så lång post.
Thanks Mike!
Why is it so impolite to stare? Thanks for the inspiration... I mentioned you in my comments :)
I read this post, time has passed, and while re-arranging my library, it came to mind.
While visiting sesquiped's home and purusing her shelf, it came to mind.
And from henceforth. . . sigh! It takes a good subject, a good write. This will always return to mind.
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