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It’s been 22 years

by Carina

As I was walking home after work yesterday, I realised that I had been writing about my life — and sharing the most innocuous things about it — since 2002. My first blog is still somewhere online; it tickles me a little bit that the hosting for that website is still being paid by someone (as in, Blogger.com). I would never want anyone to see it, but it's still kind of funny that some little part of the Internet is carved out for my Quizilla results and two-liner blog posts about how bored I am of school. I'm 35 years old now, and a lot of time has passed since then. A lot of things have happened since my last post, too. (I've gone to Ireland three times since then, can you believe it?) In the interest of sharing — which is what I've always done, but have maybe forgotten how to do in this format — I will briefly share the things that have happened to me since I last wrote here. I…

January 29, 2024
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It’s been 22 years

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As I was walking home after work yesterday, I realised that I had been writing about my life — and sharing the most innocuous things about it — since 2002.…

January 29, 2024
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Validation, validity, and visas

Published by Carina

In which I am disgusted with myself (lol), the horrifying trials of visa applications, and how I've grown up quite a lot, actually Par for the course, you haven't heard…

February 6, 2022
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O.K., I want to stay put now, actually

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I may have tempted fate with the title of my last post — damn you, 5ive! I think it's rather absurd that this has been the highest frequency of updates…

March 27, 2021
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Personal

Keep on moving on anyway

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(I played with the titles for this post, and jokingly thought of that 5ive song, but it's stuck in my head now and I can't think of anything else,…

February 22, 2021
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On the up and up:

Published by Carina

I am very tempted to make a joke about the title being about the London tier system for COVID–19 lockdown (we are now in Tier 5, out of 3, lol),…

January 5, 2021
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Dailies, Personal

SAMO, SAMO

Published by Carina

Do you ever just find new ways to procrastinate? I am, by nature, quite a restless person, so I always find things to do instead of the stuff I need…

August 14, 2020
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Knitting things: Alone Together Sweater

Published by Carina

Before this month comes to a close and it goes by without another blog post, let me talk about the second sweater I've ever made, after Danish designer Lærke Bagger's…

June 30, 2020
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Three Things No. 8

Published by Carina

Today, we're going to be doing this by some sort of theme, which is: stuff I have enjoyed or moved by that was made possible by women of colour. Amazing…

May 26, 2020
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Books, Lists, TV

Something someone needs to keep telling me

Published by Carina

Around this time last year, I was still working in retail. It was still cold, and I could get away with some layers, which apparently is the only way I…

April 28, 2020
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Personal

Knitting things no. 2

Published by Carina

I envisioned myself being very diligent about these posts and making one after every month of knitting, but of course, that didn't happen, and I could probably lay the blame…

April 22, 2020
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Personal

Life Lately No. 10

Published by Carina

Things have been very different from the last update here, which was more or less a month ago. I wasn't self-isolating then. I wasn't terrified of going outside either. I…

April 4, 2020
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Three Things No. 7

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I have been a bit of a busy bee, although I'm technically still unemployed. What I have been busy with are a) filing job applications, b) painting for shows in…

March 12, 2020
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10 Books to Read

Most of the time, achieving a goal requires an intentionality, and this is my attempt to regain my reading momentum for the year. Inspired by a video by MarionHoney,…

April 10, 2015
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Berlin, without return (and other stories)

I think my "sickness" largely has to do with me perpetually scared of leaving a detail out. Never mind that it's probably a minute detail that won't matter in the…

May 1, 2017
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Life Update: Or, Coming Closer and Farther Away

This post is mostly for my own peace of mind, but if you care in any measure, then I guess this is for you, too. First thing's first: I lost…

February 4, 2017
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Prague, 2016

Prague wasn't really on my immediate radar as a place to visit, and I think it's because I didn't really know much about it to begin with. In almost three…

December 9, 2016
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Me & the 3 B’s: Berlin, Billund & Beng

When my sister asked me to fly in a week earlier than my family so we could spend some sister-time with each other, I wasn't the biggest fan of the…

November 8, 2016
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10 Things About Seoul

I'm leaving for about a month and a half in a few weeks, and today, I woke up with an urge to upload my travel photos, which is a feeling…

August 7, 2016
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Nam June Paik — Tate Modern

by Carina

One of my favourite pieces of trivia is that Nam June Paik is related to Ali Wong by marriage (a couple of times removed?). It is, admittedly, pitiful that all I knew about him was a piece of lame trivia and that he liked to work with television screens. I'm the least adept person at trying to make sense of this, and often I find…

February 7, 2020
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Anselm Kiefer — “Superstrings, Runes, The Norns, Gordian Knot”

by Carina

A major exhibition (IMO anyway) of Anselm Kiefer's new work is closing next week, so I thought I'd actually write this in time. I have had this on my to-do list for quite a few weeks, but when you haven't exercised that part of your brain that is required to accomplish particular tasks, these things appear to be more daunting than they were and/or really…

January 14, 2020
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May 26, 2020

Three Things No. 8

Today, we're going to be doing this by some sort of theme, which is: stuff I have enjoyed or moved…

by Carina
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May 30, 2019

Three Things No. 4

Right, so three things I am into at the moment, with this post written as an extension of procrastination. We…

by Carina
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May 16, 2019

Pierre Bonnard, Design Observer, and the slow life

About a week and a half ago, I bravely ventured into the Tate to catch the last Saturday of

by Carina
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November 5, 2018

Three Things No. 1

Three things (but not the only things) I've been enjoying lately, shared in an effort to de-avalanche this collection of…

by Carina
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December 27, 2017

A top (x) list of consumed media from 2017

That is... a gross title, but here we are. I haven't been around on here (obviously) but I figured I'd…

by Carina
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September 2, 2017

New music — 8 tracks

(But first: a short update on the last post—I did end up going, I made him make a finger…

by Carina
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April 2, 2017

2017 Qtr. 1 Book Roundup

I had this post—a book roundup for the first quarter of 2017—scheduled for today*... Clearly noted down with a more…

by Carina
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February 12, 2017

On Julien Baker

I've been trying since June of last year to put into words why I love Julien Baker so much. And…

by Carina
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It’s been 22 years

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