What a Long Time it's Been

It's been almost six months since I posted on my blog. How depressing..

I have finished reading Player Piano but haven't had a chance to put my thoughts up on my blog. I've been pretty busy with school and work and haven't had much time to put into this. I want that to change.

In the meantime I started another book by Kurt Vonnegut called "The Sirens of Titan". Also, I picked up a book on reading emotions from facial expressions. It is called "Emotions Revealed" by Dr. Paul Ekman.

Dr. Ekman is actually the consultant to the show Lie to Me that airs on Fox Network, which is where my interest in this area began. His book starts out describing the ways that we as people inherently all make the same facial expressions for at least 7 emotions. Ekman gives reasons why we would want to recognize these expressions on others such as improving communication. One may also be able to tell what emotion a person is feeling even before they become aware that they are feeling it because the expression can be subconscious.

I can't wait to get through these two books because I have an overwhelmingly large stack of books on my 'to read' shelf.

Please comment. I would enjoy discussion on these topics : )