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My thesis “progress” and my owlery. // September 2, 2009

So, today I cut my thesis class to work on my actual thesis. I actually haven’t done much tangible work (I’ve been more of researching and speculating), so I really needed to step up my game, so to speak. I’ve borrowed books from the library, returned the ones I didn’t need and now we are left with this stack right here:

I actually probably have to go back to the library and return some of these or check out some of the other books. I was going to reference “Chuck Klosterman IV” also, but when I looked for it, it wasn’t on my bookshelf. Therefore, I must have lent it out again, and forgot to whom again. This is why I shouldn’t lend out books to people ever again, ever. Ever. But that is another story.

My friend, Raymond, was nice enough to lend me this book of his, which I am excited to flip through because a) it looks like it would be useful, and b) it’s so pretty:

He also lent me his copy of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, I guess, for my education. (I have not seen a single Godard film, and yes, I am ashamed of myself.)

On another note, my friend Patty/Petra gave me, out of nowhere, this little owl:

It’s a beanbaggy type of kreacher, and it inspired (?) me to show you, random reader, the rest of my OWLERY. You see, owls are one of the things that I do collect. My other friend, Barby, actually collects owls also, and is more overt in her collecting ways. But anyway, here is the rest of the owl-related paraphernalia I have acquired over the years:

FIGUREENZ. Three of them were inherited from my lola (my mommy’s mommy) and
the girliest one — the one with eyelashes, looking over her shoulder — was given to me
by my mom when she went to Australia.

A purse-thing I got from China! Is it not the cutest thing ever? It is!

Some clothes: pajama bottoms, a shirt and some underwear.

Pendant! I actually gave one of these to my friend (Barby! Who likes owls!), so we have matching necklaces. :)

I do not have a stuffed Hedwig (wibble, wibble) because when the toys came out, I wasn’t allowed to read Harry Potter. I do not have anything of Owl from Winnie the Pooh, because he kind of pissed me off. I do appreciate his knowledge, though, now that I am older. Also, I find that I have turned out more like him than any of the other characters in the Hundred Acre Wood. I don’t know if I like this realization, or if I just decided to live with it.

In ateneo, books, design, films, thesis

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On the note of Godard, I suggest you see Band of Outsiders :D

Comment by FRON FRON — September 2, 2009 #
Hey Fran! Thanks for the suggestion.

I always count down the days to 09/09/09 and think of you :> Haha so excited!

Comment by Carina — September 2, 2009 #
Aside from my general niceness, the lending is also out of guilt for the two books and DVD I borrowed from you that I haven’t returned yet.

“This is why I shouldn’t lend out books to people ever again, ever. Ever.” -> GUILTY! Haha

Comment by Raymond — September 3, 2009 #
Oh, I’m sure. Haha I have things of yours that I haven’t returned yet, either, so don’t worry about the guilt! Haha.

Comment by Carina — September 3, 2009 #

Carina Santos is 21, recently employed & slightly slanted & enchanted. She likes to read, write & make pretty things.

Hello! My name is Carina Santos. I'm 21 years old, and I design stuff for a living. Writing is my first love. I like quoting Harry Potter, oversharing on the Internet, and places that echo. And, just so you know, I care about the Oxford comma. More!

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