The Reading Rainbow

I discovered something very fun to me. Reading Rainbow, one of my favorite PBS programs when I was a kid, is still on the air. The PBS station I watch the most (I get 3 of them on my bunny ears) shows Reading Rainbow after Sesame Street. I loved this show when I was a kid. They still use some of the super cheesy 80's clips (like LaVar Burton getting a wax model of himself made) and some books they profiled when I was a kid are still shown, but newer books are profiled too. I actually remember how psyched I got when I was given a Reading Rainbow book (it even had the sticker on the corner) as a birthday gift. A show all about reading hosted by Geordi La Forge, what is better? I mean seriously, Reading Rainbow kind of defines a bit part of my life because it focuses on a love a books and the way they can open minds to new things.

Reading was/is one of those critical values my parents instilled in their Frogger Kids and we in turn are drilling into the next generation. My parents never really censored what we read because they could appreciate we had different tastes and we weren't reading anything too nasty. Mama Frogger let me read all the V.C. Andrews' books and no one got overly concerned when I went through a lit phase filled with Stephen King and Anne Rice. My Sister-in-Law once admitted that on her first visit to meet our family, we freaked her out. All the Froggers in one room and all of us happily reading, she had never seen such a thing in her own family and it threw her. No one was angry or avoiding talk, we just decided it was a good time to relax and read and we all had good books we were enjoying. Didn't seem wierd to us.

In this state unemployment I have turned into Cookie Monster's cousin, Reading Monster. I have finished more books in the last 3 weeks than I have in about 3 months. I just finished When You are Engulfed in Flames last night, and I only started it two days ago. Now I need to find another book to fill my time. I figure better to devour books than watch scary daytime TV like soaps, or worse, the hypnotizing traffic wreck that is Maury Povich and his daily Who's the Father episode of his talk show. Shudder. After my interview today I am totally getting a new book to read. I'll need something to keep my mind occupied while I stress about if I got the job. Maybe another classic, or a different genre...God, I love reading!