magazines

i love reading magazines. when i was a kid, i loved getting the magazine highlights. i loved looking through catalogs. i loved reading 'readers digest.' i particularly enjoyed reading the funny blurbs they had at the end of stories and the sections dedicated to funny stories. what could get any better.

as i grew up, i continued to read reader's digest and other magazines. in graduate school i decided to subscribe to my favorite magazines. my friend crocker found a great deal. i can't remember the name of it, university magazines or something. well, we were able to get some ridiculous number of magazines for some crazy amount. i venture to guess we were able to get 10 magazines for $20/year. yes $20/year. it seemed fishy, but it actually worked.

i remember getting overwhelmed by the amount of magazines i would received. rolling stone, seventeen, people (which comes out weekly) and many other magazines.

when i moved from memphis i had trash bags FULL of magazines that i just couldn't take with me.

so now almost four years after moving to omaha, i have subscriptions to some of my favorite magazines. gracious friends have gifted me some and i've redeemed miles for some.

- essence
- real simple
- cooking light
- women's health
- self
- the economist
- entertainment weekly
- paste

this week i realized that my list includes two magazines that are WEEKLY. one, entertainment weekly and the other, the economist! i'm losing a game of catch up very quickly. i've offered to give friends some of my magazines that i can't read or i've already read. i'm not sure what i was thinking. i have a huge pile of magazines and books. i should be a librarian.