Yep, no kidding! I spent the weekend with Nancy Drew. A Nancy Drew mystery novel, that is. Now, why on earth would someone who already feels ancient in her not-so-late thirties, resort to reading a Nancy Drew mystery novel again? I call it "CSI withdrawal symptoms", hee hee hee. Well, I've just finished watching several episodes from previous seasons of CSI Miami and CSI New York....and I couldn't find anything else to watch. I mean, I couldn't find anything else as enjoyable to watch as I find CSI to be. So, I ended up reading Nancy Drew: The Clue of the Black Keys during the weekend.

Oh, well, the secret's out, then. I soooo enjoy watching CSI and that's because I find the Crime Lab/Forensics fascinating. There was a time when I dreamed of getting into Forensics, or at least, getting additional training leading into a career in a Crime Lab or Forensic Science. Fat chance of that happening, I guess. Maybe when pigs fly and cows jump over the moon, ha ha ha ha. Why the fascination with such mystery or crime-solving stuff? I don't understand it, either. All I know is that in grade school, my teachers always encouraged us to read books and back then, kids my age enjoyed reading The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Bobbsey Twins mystery novels. I think, the interest in those crime-solving novels in the not-so-distant past somehow got carried over to the present.

 I also remember how our English teachers would instruct my classmates and I to always keep a pen and a notebook handy, so if we encountered new words, all we'd have to do is look their meanings up from the dictionary. It sure helped in terms of building my vocabulary. At that time, there was also a Hardy Boys show on tv and if my memory won't fail me, the lead stars were Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy who played Frank and Joe Hardy  respectively.

Here's another secret -- I developed a huge crush on Shaun Cassidy back then. He was so cute with that killer smile of his. I wonder where Shaun Cassidy is these days. Hmmmm, maybe Nancy Drew can help me solve this mystery. LOL.