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public library, my beloved

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ages 10 to 16 i lived at my local public library. that was my second home. it's tiny and old, as every other public space in tiny old cities tend to be. it probably hasn't updated their books since 2010. it grows only when people donate 3 books once every 10 years. but still: one of my favorite places on earth, i only have good memories there. it helped me discover so many worlds and it single-handedly got me into reading.  so you can imagine how happy i was when my little cousin (leader of the iPad kid generation) asked me to please take her there. we made a whole day out of it. it was so much fun and she loved looking around and touching every book. she is now an official member of the library ! !! a proper citizen.  imagine that ! a place full of books and social spaces for free. you can just go there and spend the whole day sitting around, reading, drawing, thinking, studying. for free !! you can even take books home with you ! for. free. we don't have enough save, comf...

new art supplies adventures ✐ᝰ.ᐟ

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i bought one of those weird swirly quill pens with liquid ink. i've been using it for writing mostly and sometimes doodling but only line art. today i decided to try to color with them and it was messy ! but fun. the vibes were great, i had fruit, the gremlins movie in the background and my heater on. (yes i was using ink on my bed, it could've been a disaster),     gremlins is so much fun, they don't make silly movies for the sake of it anymore. just a bunch of crazy little puppets destroying a city, its so violent for no reason too. the one with the gun ?? the mom brutally murdering like 4 of them as soon as they get born ?? when they shoot an old lady out of a window ??? ? when kate explains she hates christmas because her dad broke his neck trying to climb down the chimney as santa ?????? what even is this movie ?  we need more movies without a plot, just 1h 46 mins of pure mischief and a cute romance. anyways, these are the doodles i tried to color in, you can clear...

besar un lagarto

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you are lonely we are so lonely so we imagine the impossible  to caress the sea or to eat a letter  or to kiss a lizard  you guys know gloria fuertes ? she's a spanish poet. i first knew of her when i was a kid and my mom bought me a book she wrote for kids. it was full of silly weird short rhymed stories, like calisto el calamar listo (calisto, the smart squid). i really loved that book, and i thought it was silly because it was for kids but then when i grew up and i got to read her adult poetry i realized it could also get silly, like besar un largarto (to kiss a lizard). 𓆉 ⋆.˚ 𓆝⋆.˚  to make my own home without roof nor hall like a tree  i don't usually enjoy poetry but i like hers, so i figured i would translate part of some of my favorites poems for you. maybe you can share your favorite poem with me ? so i can discover new poets. ༄˖°.πŸ‚.ೃ࿔*:・ we came from the sea, we've been algae. are we even something now ?  

whats on my trinket shelf (2/?): ugly

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one thing everyone knows about me: i love ugly . and i don't mean i like them in despite of. i mean i find ugly things very charming and aesthetically pleasing. so its a very common occurrence that someone would say to me something like "i found this ugly thing and it reminded me of you so i got it for you !", because of that i have a very interesting collection of weird looking trinkets. i am once again gonna badly draw them for you (only my favorites because i have way too many), contrary to my last entry, as bad as my drawing skills are, the doodles are actually doing the trinkets a favor, because believe me they are ugly (some of them borderline scary)   and i'm gonna rank them this time: #8 the cutest of them all : a stress ball my aunt gave to me. its suppose to be a cactus but its so round it just looks weird    #7 the tiniest of my alien collection : a rubber weird little creature a friend gave me when we were kids,  #6 grumpy care bare fuggler : grumpy...

a tarot reading: to whomever may need it

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  think of whats troubling you before we draw the cards. while you think, let me explain to you how the reading is gonna work⋆⋆☆⋆⋆⋆⋆☆⋆⋆ there's gonna be 3 cards in front of us. left to right: your future, your present, your fortune. the cards only work if you have a question in mind and make a conscious effort to relate the meaning of the card to your personal problem. here's my question: should i leave my job (which i hate) even if it gives me financial stability and try for a new one (that would make me happy) risking not ever getting it ? do you have yours ?  lets start with your future : more specifically, your immediate future. these are signs to look out for or elements that will affect the rest of the read. this is the motivation for your journey       5 OF RINGS (hero draw/upwards): you're in a tight spot because you don't have what you need at the moment. unfortunately, the world keeps turning, so you need to think of something- quick ! look...

whats your favorite genre ?

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truth is every time i get asked that, i'm confused. personally, i couldn't care less. i don't like any genre or i like them all ! what i like is a type of story , which could be any genre .  i enjoy character driven stories with lots of dialogues and interactions between characters. i love it when there's at least 4 main characters, to get to know them, to see them interact and grow. i love to re-watch, re-read and find new little details on the body language, the words, the touches, the background interactions. i love to get obsessed over tones, over never spoken words, thoughts, lingering looks, knowing looks, arms brushing, tiny choices like who sat next to who, who did they call first, looked at first, thought of first. what they're wearing. smiles. hands. aaaa (i'm getting giddy just thinking about it), and all that could exist on a thriller like super 8 (2011) or fear street 1994 (2021) but it can also exist on a queer mafia sport indie book like all...

whats on my wallet

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    ☄. *. ⋆ fun fact, ive had this wallet since im 12 !      ✿ emotional support homemade kpop pcs (irene and yeri from red velvet) ✿  cash (five euros and ten cents) ✿  pokemon card a kid left behind (i could do a whole post about all the little trinkets kids forget at the cafe i work at) ✿  a ticket for paying for my monthly train subscription ✿  a ticket for the pants my my mom bought my little brother for christmas ✿  two sylvanian family blind box check lists ✿  homemade castiel espampita (holy card)    you know when you're a little kid and you're being annoying at the family reunion so all your aunts let you look thru their purses to keep you entertained ? i miss that ! dejame curiosear todas tus cositas ...... please 

a frog in the fall (and later on)

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welcome to my master plan to read a lot this year: making a collage about every single book i read, starting the year with a five stars book ! ☆ (checking my first bingo box), this little comic was so cute and weirdly relatable. i tried to include my favorite elements of the story on the collage. tree gossip, the khaki fairy, the melon dogs, the anxiety about stealing and losing the umbrellas, and of course the cute little frog.       ((edit; jan 13th '26)) ゚+..。*゚+☆.。.:*   you know what. no body is ever reading my blog and english is not my main language and sometimes is so hard and it's stopping me from writing long posts, so im gonna start to spanglish all over this blog !   so heres the actual review of this book as it comes to my brain (messy)   this cute little frog !!!!! yall ! this ! cute ! little ! frog ! is so relatable. se aventura a lo desconocido and shes so anxious about so many little things but she keeps going and she gets s...

whats on my trinket shelf (1/?): frogs.

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  * . °•★|•°∵ ∵°•|☆•° . * but instead of pictures, you get badly drawn (by me) versions of them. use your imagination ! !   ← this baby right here and i go way back. my grandpa thrifted this for me when i was like 4 y/o. nobody (not even me) knew i was gonna collect them later. so you could say he was the first of the collection. its one of those hard plastic toys that you can squish and the air goes out of them thru a hole and it makes a squeaky noise. love him ! (and yes he only has 1 nostril thats actually a marker stain someone drew on him)                               °。⋆π“‹Όπ“Š☆π“Šπ“‹Ό⋆。°                           ⋆☆⋆⋆..••°°°°••.. ˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚ my high school besties got me this belros plushie for my 14th birthday (they also got me one's direction first album). shes been with me thru very though times. and yes s...