This Friday’s secret for the challenge is that when I go to bookstores I judge people based on what section they are looking through. See I go to the bookstore a lot, if I’m bored and don’t know what to do or just feel the need to go somewhere, I usually go to Barnes and Noble or Hastings or Books A Million…I just like bookstores. So I have process when I go to a bookstore. First, I browse through the new books, then I go look through the fiction section, then I usually go to the history and biography sections because they are next to each other, then I look through the art section, and on my way out of the store I look through the bargain section. Now all of these sections are in different places in the store, so I am walking around the entire store. While I’m going through these sections I glance at other people and look at what they are browsing through…like the fantasy and Anime/Manga section are by the fiction section, so when I go to the fiction section I check out the people in those other two sections and I’m my head I’m thinking “man look at those nerds”, and to be honest they do look pretty nerdy. Then I might decide to go to the art section, now while most the people in the art section are looking at normal art books on technique or looking up artists or whatever, there is always that one person who you can tell never goes to the art section…last time I was in the art section a boy who was probably like 13 was looking in a nude photography book, and I highly doubt he was admiring the artistic nature of the photos…my theory was proven correct when he saw me giving him a questionable look and he got really nervous and put the book back as fast as he could and walked away. When I go to the history and biography section I am right next to the christian section, a section that I usually avoid. I see a person In that section browsing through a book on spreading the word of God and I feel if i get too close I will be the next victim on their “lets save another lost soul” tally sheet just because they see me carrying a fictional book about vampires, because you know if you read a book on vampires you must not be a child of God (notice the sarcasm?). Or better yet maybe some way or another they find out I’m Catholic and think I’m a heathen and need to be converted to christianity because they are too dense to know a Catholic is a Christian…no wait that doesn’t happen at the bookstore, that happens at Baylor, my bad. Anyways, I guess my judging people in the bookstore kind of goes along with the whole “you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover” thing. Or maybe its like the “you are what you eat” only it is “you are what you read”…maybe not. For now I will just continue my people watching in Barnes and Noble and stick with my assumptions of what kind of person you are…it keeps me entertained. You should try it. 

Challenge: #4 July 18 11:55 pm