I was about to sleep when I saw this post on Facebook.
Guess who’s being a bitch tonight.
Me.
Haha.
Honestly, though.
"The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall. It’s a wonder I’m even alive. Sometimes I think that. I think that I can’t believe I haven’t killed myself."
Augusten Burroughs (Running With Scissors)
Okay. Someone just tried to go inside our dorm room a while ago. He was forcefully opening the door with his keys. I could hear the frustration as won’t open the lock and door wouldn’t budge. I thought it was just my roommate so I didn’t mind. Turns out, he got the wrong room. He’s supposed to be going into room 46 and ours was 36. Hahaha. Weird. It’s so early in the morning and that guy was already out of his head. I can still picture his face when I opened the door and told him that he’s in the wrong room. Crazy. :))
High For This [The Weeknd Cover]
Ellie Goulding
High For This - The Weeknd (cover by Ellie Goulding)
Open your hand, take a glass
Don’t be scared, I’m right here
Even though, you don’t know
Trust me boy, you wanna be high for this..
Me: *browsing the shelves for a good book while holding the ones in the photo*
Random Girl: *picks up Fifty Shades Box Set at the adjacent shelf*
Random Girl: “Hey, you look like a bookworm, too! Don’t you think this is a great series!?”
Me: *contemplating whether to pretend not to hear her or just tell the truth that I find those books sucky*
Random Girl: “I mean, Christian Grey is just so awesome!”
Me: “Sorry, I don’t read that series.”
Random Girl: *surprised* “Oh.. but you should!” *eyes the books I’m holding.*
Me: “Uhh, I tried, but that genre isn’t really my thing.”
Random Girl: “Hmm. But it’s so good. Oh well, what books are those?”
Me: “Uhh.. Running With Scissors, Down The Rabbit Hole, and One Moment, One Morning.”
Random Girl: “Ooohh. I don’t know those. Anyway, try the Fifty Shades series. I think they’re way cooler than that. Trust me.”
Me: *Oh hell no* “Uhhh.. no, thank you” *walks off immediately to the counter*
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Well, that was a weird experience, not to mention, irritating. Like, this is a freaking bookstore and there are a whole bunch of various books, why do you think every single person you meet would like the same one you do? I tried so hard not to be rude, but hell, mind your own business, woman.
Anyways, this is, my November Book Haul Part 3, I guess? Hahaha. I know I’m not supposed to buy anymore, but the ever tempting shelves, once again, won over my frail will. And so I got three books (well, should have been more if it wasn’t for that girl) from Powerbooks:
- Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- Down The Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
- One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner
Jeeeeez. I already spent half of my allowance for this week. That jar over there is my savings jar for books or whatever else. And I guess there won’t be any additional deposit this week. I am so bad at this. Hahaha.
November Book Haul Part 2 (Warehouse Sale Mania)
So there was the National Bookstore Warehouse Sale happening at their main branch at Crossings from November 16 to 18. Their merchandise and books were marked up to 80% off, including bestsellers, YA fiction, nonfiction, popular ones, etc.
Of course, as a self-professed book addict, I couldn’t just let something like that pass. That’s why I went with my friend, Jervis, this morning. We arrived there at around 10:30am, half an hour past the opening. I have to say that being shocked was an understatement. The crowd was so huge and we can barely maneuver through the stands and shelves of books. Still, we hunt for good books for about an hour and decided to fall in line for payment. This was the most tiring part of the sale. Due to the large number of customers, we waited for almost 2 hours in line to get to the cashier. Yes. TWO. FREAKING. HOURS. OF. STANDING. But for the sake of my books, I patiently waited, regardless of the ache I felt on my legs and feet.
I have to say that it was so worth it. I got 13 books and 2 writing journals for a total price of Php1195 (roughly $27). And I am telling you, most of the books I bought were hardbound! I was so delighted. Here are the books I got from today’s haul:
- The Chronicles of Narnia (Complete and Unabridged Edition) by C.S. Lewis —from Php820($18) to Php150($4)
- How To Buy A Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson —from Php1089(S24) to Php100($2)
- The Necromancer by Michael Scott —from Php625($14) to Php100($2)
- Lucky by Alice Sebold —from Php499($11) to Php75($1.7)
- The Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen —from Php359($8) to Php75($1.7)
- Cricket Man by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor —from Php575($13) to Php75($1.7)
- After by Amy Efaw —from Php453($10) to Php75($1.7)
- Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond —from Php609($16) to Php75($1.7)
- Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan —from Php615($16) to Php75($1.7)
- Tweak by Nic Sheff —from Php615($16) to Php75($1.7)
- The Great Call of China by Cynthea Liu —from Php339($7) to Php50($1)
- Snakehead by Ann Halam —from Php305($7) to Php30($0.67)
- Worldweavers by Alma Alexander —from Php 315($7) to Php50($1)
As for the two journals:
- Plain Green Blank Journal —from Php260($6) to Php90($2)
- Black with Silver Gothic Borders Ruled Journal —from Php289($6.50) to Php100($2)
All in all, the sale made me happy and I think all the effort I gave was so worth it.
- Me (Brainside 1): Is this how you really want to spend your time? Wasting away in you room, reading, surfing the net, watching movies. An overall bum?
- Me (Brainside 2): Hey, it's my sembreak. Stop it.
- Me (Brainside 1): I know that, but don't you want to do something a little more productive? Spend time with your friends?
- Me (Brainside 2): Wow. Yeah, because I am really a social butterfly like that. My high school friends don't even talk to me, anymore.
- Me (Brainside 1): Don't you think that's your fault? Why they slowly drift away from you?
- Me (Brainside 2): I guess so. But they just couldn't understand that I don't have enough time to go home. I've been spending almost the whole semester in my dorm.
- Me (Brainside 1): You're just making excuses. I know so.
- Me (Brainside 2): Maybe. What the fuck is wrong with you? Why bring this up?
- Me (Brainside 1): Because I think you're sad and more alone than usual.
- Me (Brainside 2): Really? I feel fine, though.
- Me (Brainside 1): Come on, you cannot fool me. I am you, remember?
- Me (Brainside 2): ...
- Me (Brainside 1): Just admit it.
- Me (Brainside 2): If I admit it, would that change anything? Would it make me feel better?
- Me (Brainside 1): ...
- Me (Brainside 2): ...
- Me (Brainside 1): I'm hungry. I want to eat. *goes to check the fridge*
- Me (Brainside 2): Yeah. Me, too.
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- Me: Well, I guess I know why I'm weird.
Book geek dilemma #14: Being afraid of death not because you will cease to exist but because you haven’t finished reading all the books in your to-read pile.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!
AS IN OH MY LORD. THIS MADE MY NIGHT. THIS GUY IS THE CURRENT APPLE OF MY EYE AND HE DOESN’T EVEN NOW ME PERSONALLY, BUT THEN THIS!
HOOOHAAAAH. ALL THE FEELS. MY HEAD IS REELING WAY PAST OVER THE CLOUDS RIGHT NOW. :”>
I am fascinated with the strange looks I get from my friends whenever I finally find the book that I’m looking for in a bookstore. It’s like they are seeing a deranged and crazed person and as if they want to deny even knowing me. They just can’t believe how much happiness and satisfaction a single book can give me.
Leave me alone with these surging emotions
A captive of my head’s boisterous thoughts
Let me bask inside this deranged mind
A slave to my own uncertainties and insecurities..
My friends thought that Rupert Grint was the one who sang “Lego House”.
Apparently, they didn’t understand the video at all. This was what they told me upon hearing the “Lego House” playing on my laptop:
“Wasn’t the one singing the same guy as the one who plays Ron Weasley in those Harry Potter movies?”
OH DAMN. I don’t know what’s wrong with the world. -_-
And so I let the watch the whole video again, and explained Rupert Grint’s role in the said video. I told the that the artist is Ed Sheeran.
I cannot put to words how extremely disappointed I was.
Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why others don’t.
While passing by a religious relic store inside the mall.
- Me: *saw a gray angel statue*
- Me: *gasps*
- Me: *stops dead in track*
- Cousin: What?
- Me: OMG. *staring hardly at the statue*
- Cousin: WHAT??
- Me: This isn't happening..
- Cousin: WHAT???
- Me: WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T MOVE. DON'T TURN AROUND. DON'T EVEN BLINK!
- Cousin: .....
- People inside the store: ....
- People passing by: ....
- Me: It's a WEEPING ANGEL!! WE NEED THE DOCTOR!!!
- Cousin: Oh God, I don't know you. *walks away*
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- HAHAHAHA. Sometimes, I do the most random and craziest of things.
