Book binging and perfumes

It is never cheap to entertain oneself. And the harrowing days that I endured quite recently from a series of unfortunate events (lost phone, heartbreak, almost lost car, etc., etc.) almost caused me my own life. No kidding. I am not as tough as I look. Yup, even the shaved hair is kinda all for show. Not to mention it does save me on hair products (shampoo, gel) and time (out of the shower room straight into my car in five minutes flat) and a whole lot of bother (I can now run my fingers through what’s left of my hair and never get peeved that someone will ruin my hair).

Going back to the topic… So what I did to tide me over my bouts of ever increasing insanity and intensifying suicidal moments (calm down, I’m still here, ain’t I?) is I drowned myself in alcohol (yup and I wont say sorry for that) and the nerd that I am, in books (finished Jonathan Strange and Harry Potter 7 in a week) and bought perfume (three in two weeks). Oh well. On top of that, I also finished two papers which hopefully will be published in the PLJ (please, please) and just the other night, a paper abstract for an international conference in July 2008 in the Philippines. Oh, and over the weekend I finished two other books (one by Samuel Beckett and another by Milan Kundera – love him!) and today I borrowed War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (be rest assured that I wont finish this thick tome in a week). I also started a fresh chapter of my thesis a few days ago – this one’s not too promising but I’m working on it. What else…

Now that I think about it, I should give myself a pat on the back. I’m not doing that bad. I didn’t even think I’ll make it through. I am still in the middle of a life storm but I suppose the worst is over. God knows I can only take so many blows. These days, I’m just hanging on. Hanging on for dear life, even. But I’ll make it through if it takes reading all the books on earth. What a freaky thought. Ciao for now! Love life!