i remember growing up and standing in typhoon rains, watching, frightened, as improbable waves washed up the city streets like fresh, angry gashes, threatening property, limb, and life. i remember ducking for cover on the way to church because yet another ...Read More
rest in peace, cory aquino. Read More
Recently I had the pleasure of reviewing a beautifully-made fountain pen by Pilot, a limited edition M90, for Pen Addict, one of my favorite pen review blogs. You can find the review here. Read More
it's been quiet again, hasn't it? i apologize for that: i've been drawing and sketching and painting and basically doing a lot of other things that have pushed this poor neglected thing for a month. but exciting things are soon ...Read More
i grew up like everybody else: strangely. which probably makes it normal. being the youngest, i was endlessly chasing my (much) older siblings. my brother, the eldest, was my playmate and father figure, and i remember days of sitting with him ...Read More
as anyone who knows me can attest, i am a buyer. i am all sorts of materialistic and acquisitive, and combine that with a near obsessive-compulsive perversity towards anything stationery-related...well, you've got yourself a right sucker. also? i am not ...Read More
so i've lost a few entries on this site after march. there were about two or three entries in april that i've written and have now disappeared into the smoky ether. there's nothing i can do about it, really -- ...Read More