Rest in Peace, Maurice Sendak
Having been born in Peru, I’m not familiar with many English children books – hell, I can’t even remember Spanish children books that much. So of course I’m not really familiar with Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and didn’t really give it much thought when the film came out a few years ago.
It is always sad when a well known author dies. Those who have read and remember his work especially. For those who aren’t familiar with the author and/or his work, it brings a different kind of pain and sadness.
Rest in peace Maurice. I didn’t know you, at all, nor Where the Wild Things Are. But I hope that I will, someday. Thanks in advance for everything.
Writing at Uni: Some Thoughts
In a way, taking a Writing course at uni is probably the smartest thing I ever decided to do in the last few years, if not in my life. I wanted to be a writer (like, for real) since year 11, but I always lacked the motivation to sit down and write. And uni is helping with that.
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Happy Birthday Ruben!
It is very rarely that you meet someone that can make you laugh, think about things and learn stuff with one phrase or hell, with a pun.
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Valentine’s Day.
I was going to blog about Valentine’s day and my opinion on it. Then I decided I wouldn’t bother, and just do something else.
And then I found this video decided it sums it up pretty well.
This is why I see this day as more of a friend thing rather than a boyfriend/girlfriend thing.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Today, I was going to write about price tags in books, but then I found this and I cried (in a good way). You can ignore whatever is written below this sentence, but do watch the video, all 15 minutes of it, especially if you love books.
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The Joy of Books
Books. Books. Books everywhere! And ‘dancing’, no less!
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Elections are fun
Nice hat
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Today I was watching Vlogbrothers videos on Youtube from 2008, and a few of them were about the 2008 Presidential elections in the US, and it reminded me of the times I went to vote here in Australia.
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