I just spent sometime entering a contest to win an iPad…much like the Sony contest I stand no chance but what the hell…what else is lunch hour for?
enjoy…
inHabitat: Win and iPad Contest entry:
I will be honest, I stopped being a “reader” when I started working full-time years ago. I have read plenty of books of all types over my life but lately I have been getting bored or I let work/life get in the way. I end up carrying two and sometimes three books around because I think I am going to find time to read but I never do. That may sound like an excuse for some but it’s the reality in which I live.
My girlfriend, however is a power reader. In all the years we have been together for every one book I have read, she has read six and it’s getting rather ridiculous. I’m falling behind. We’ll go out to hang in the park and while I am mentally chasing butterflies she is blowing through Atlas Shrugged like its a child’s book.
I really need this iPad. I want to enjoy reading again, but I also want to explore several different genres at same time. My focus jumps all over the place which is why I currently lug around “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World”, “Towards and New Architecture” and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”. Three great books that are getting to know each other better inside my bag than I am getting to know them. I am also carrying around at least one magazine I have delivered and it will never make its way out of the plastic. After a couple of months the books and magazines just pile up in our living room. How much am I wasting?
I do what I can for the environment…I ride my bike to work everyday, rain or shine, I check out books from the library when I can (although lately have had to buy them because of the length of time I keep them) and I recycle my gadgets when I get new ones. I know I am not blazing a trail here but I am trying and this iPad will only multiply my efforts.
If I win, I can’t guarantee I will never buy a book or magazine again or demand that the hotel I’m staying in not deliver me a copy of USA Today. I’m new at this whole save the world thing and for an Architect in California, I shouldn’t be admitting such things but it’s true. I’m a one-step-at-a-time kind of guy and getting the iPad would be a very large step for me and I am ready for that challenge.
Peace.
-DjD
DjD. 