nonfiction microblog #1

Another book! Let's go.

I'll start this off by saying that I'm reading The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. 

Choosing this book was strange for me, because of a few main things: 

1. I have never expressed interest in a sooner-than-you-think mass apocalypse
2. My original plan was to read a book about computers or art history or something
3. I like to live in blissful ignorance regarding our own mortality and the possibility of an unstoppable extinction
4. See point 3

And yet I chose to read this. For some reason. 

This book basically addresses how we are probably in the midst of the sixth extinction (in case you were confused, that means there have only been about FIVE mass extinctions in the last few half billion years). According to the summary, "This time, the cataclysm is us." What the hell, Elizabeth Kolbert? It talks 

Actually, I do know the reason- I want make myself aware. I don't completely know what this book has in store for me, but if it's the crushing existential fear that I think it is, then I am on board with that, because I want to look the possibility of death in the eyes and say "That's bad, but... Not as bad as I thought." Or maybe it will be as bad as I thought- or worse- and I'll end up crying in the next Fun Microblog Post. 

Okay, maybe it doesn't exclusively talk about the fall of humanity, but that's not very helpful, either. We're killing all of these animal species which can throw off everything until you and I are dead. 

Extinction is so bizarre. I hate how that's a thing that can happen and has been happening. God. 

Either way, though, I think it'll be a good outcome for myself. I want to push myself to read and learn about things outside of my comfort zone. 

This is way out of my comfort zone, okay? I like to live in peace and ignore all of the awful things that can and apparently probably will happen someday. But I like to stay optimistic! 

Hey, the cover was pretty! That's fun, right? Right? 

Who knows, maybe this book won't be that bad. Maybe I'll find joy. 

Stay tuned for the next episode of Me, Screaming.