Moody and Delicious

So far this week I have found out some interesting things about myself that I was not previously aware, or maybe I was and just decided to ignore it. (because I prefer to ignore lots of things than face them...shocker.)

First off, I've been reading Pride and Prejudice on vacation and it's re-occured to me that I'm a sucker for the Byronic Hero. And while I wouldn't necessarily put Darcy under the quintessential Byron column you can't deny that he carries some of the same characteristics. But that's besides the point. What really brought me to this conclusion was examining some of my favorite fictional crushes including (but not limited to):

• Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights
• Dallas Winston, The Outsiders *swoon* >>>>
• Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape, Harry Potter (Snape isn't so much a crush as a great affinity for)
• The Son , Six Characters in Search of an Author
• Edmund Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo
• Any sort of dragon

I fear that I've blogged about that top part before....buuut, it's definitely worth it. Because it leads into the other things I've learned about myself this week here on the island:

Secondly, I'm a nurturer. I can mother and chastise and coddle till the cows come home (now that is a phrase that I've never understood, even living in the south). I've always been the friend among any group of friends that tells you what we should or should not do, is constantly reminding everyone to pick up after themselves and warning you that you'll "poke your eye out, kid" (okay so I don't reenact The Christmas Story but it adds drama :)

And although I find this an endearing quality in myself most times, I'm not sure others feel quite the same way haha. I admit I have to be very aware of how much I "mother" and am not always successful. But I know it'll serve me well one day in a classroom...and THAT is what I'm excited about. So, my dear friends, my greatest apologies, but you will just have to put up with it for now. Love ya!

Okay thirdly (and this is the one I'm most excited about) I have reawakened my love of reading! :) I was seriously beginning to think that I had lost my passion for books almost completely.

However, reading Pride and Prejudice on the beach and while lounging in the pool all week have been loverly. I forgot how different reading for pleasure is when there is not mounds of homework tacked on to it.

Oh my goodness gracious how I love books. You can tell almost entirely who a person is, I believe, based on what books they read, what music they listen to, and what movies they watch (but more so the first two I think).

So okay, now I've really really made myself curious as to what your favorite books/fictional crushes are...lemme know in the comments.