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October 2012
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Thursday, October 18, 2012. Things I Love Thursday. I'm back in the big city and have been feeling a bit grey. I've been trying to finish a couple of papers for a class I kind of neglected last year. The writing is not going as smoothly as I imagined, so I've been angry and frustrated in turns. In the past, I've gotten out of my hole by thinking about things that make me happy. I've always wanted to do a Things I Love Thursday*. Post, so I thought this is a good time to start. 1 Green cargo shorts. When ...
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March 2015
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015. What we were - Quentin Coldwater and I. Maybe I should start with the easy things first. The other night I finished The Magician’s Land. Lev Grossman’s concluding volume to his Magicians Trilogy. Before that, I blasted through The Magician King. Reading even during a challenging fieldtrip and an emotional, impromptu visit home. I’d been very vocal about how I felt about the first book, The Magicians. Intrigued, I went about quietly acquiring the sequels. So, what to make of Quent...
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November 2013
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Sunday, November 24, 2013. The Sunday Currently #1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. By Michael Chabon. I finished The Goldfinch. Has somehow restored my confidence to tackle more challenging novels, so Kavalier and Clay. I'm also dipping into Drown. The only book of Junot Diaz's I haven't yet read. I recently acquired a paperback of Fangirl. By Rainbow Rowell so I've also been re-reading favorite parts when the blues catch hold of me (which has been often in the past few days). I'm a Baguio ...
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The Sunday Currently #3
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Sunday, December 7, 2014. The Sunday Currently #3. This and that. I'm working on Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida. Because I recently read Mourning Diary. Which I'd obsessively tracked after a reading of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. I'm sampling Levels of Life. By Julian Barnes because I just finished The Sense of an Ending. How to Get Away with Murder. I just did catch-upsies this afternoon. HOARY SHIT. I'm loving The Flash. Stuff for work. What of the thesis, you say? My brother. I was ...
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July 2012
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Sunday, July 15, 2012. Roger Federer (SUI) def. Andy Murray (GBR) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 ( Photo source. It's been a week since Roger Federer won his 7th Wimbledon title. Then, there are the less obvious reasons. Also, he beat Novak Djokovic, arguably the best player in the world today, in the semi-final. That guy gets under my skin, but I'll try to be objective here. Or not. Federer beating that upstart was immensely satisfying. PS I have nothing but affection for Andy Murray, and he will have his time.
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January 2013
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Saturday, January 5, 2013. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. Some time ago, Alain de Botton tweeted (yes, you may find him on Twitter @alaindebotton) “Most of what makes a book ‘good’ is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.” Such is the case now at the beginning of a new year and I am adrift (as I often am). I took out Haruki Murakami’s memoir. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. I’ve been engaged in my casual program for about three months now. Person...
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The Sunday Currently #2
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Sunday, June 1, 2014. The Sunday Currently #2. One Hundred Years of Solitude. By Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I was telling my friend Joyce that Gabo's writing has been especially appealing while I've been writing my thesis. It may be some left-over feelings from reading Love in the Time of Cholera. Down from its place on my shelf because I keep being led back to it. So, this and that while I climb my mountain. To Casualties of Cool. I'm compelled to watch anything featuring Eva Green even if she's just too p...
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Getting to Villamor Airbase (for the commuting volunteer)
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Getting to Villamor Airbase (for the commuting volunteer). A commuter's guide for dummies (. Quezon City to Villamor Airbase edition. I'm a Baguio girl whose rather narrow home range in Metro Manila is Quezon City; everywhere else requires a map. My knowledge of Pasay City is more or less that it contains NAIA, and I've gotten there mostly by taxi or hired van that I didn't have to pay for myself, hehe. And get off at the Villamor interchange (PHP8). You should be able t...
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July 2013
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Saturday, July 6, 2013. Neil Gaiman makes us remember. The Internet hype machine almost ruined this for me. Like the rest of Neil Gaiman's legion of adoring fans, I waited for the release of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Here is my copy, which I acquired from good, old Fully Booked. Under a heady haze of remembrance. At its core, The Ocean at the End of the Lane. This post took so long because, even if I badly wanted to talk about this book and how it made me feel, I didn't know how. I. But it is als...
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May 2012
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Thursday, May 3, 2012. We are reading 1Q84. Joss Whedon is my master. A comprehensive article on Joss Whedon on GQ, "The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth.". Speed but gets arbitrated off the credits; rewrites the original. Toy Story , which becomes the first animated movie ever nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar; punches up. Twister and the Kevin Costner maritime disaster. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Still struggling, but writing again. View my complete profile. Even tags piss me off. 0 of 52 (0%).