Dutchess,

the dog named after an ice cream flavor.

 

 
i thought my mom was joking when she said she was going to have a shih tzu as a gift from one of her students.  we already have two big dogs (a labrador retriever and a golden retriever), two aspins, two dachshunds, and a (very pesky) boston terrier.  i wonder how a toy dog her size would fare amidst the ruckus. hahaha.

and of course, we'll also have to see what the felines have to say.

i just can't believe my luck

that, just a few days after winning TAO's Tip-Wic, i win something again.

remember Hairy Harry and his arrival in the mail?  well, i did join four paws & lomography.com's competition and erick alerted me that i won second place!  yipee!  i won a diana mini camera along with other lomography items.

oh my jolly god i actually won something

A few months ago I blogged about writing with pens and notebooks again through the rediscovery of my grandfather's fountain pen.  I have been lurking about the Fountain Pen Network-Philippines' e-group and blog-stalking their members (heehee), and since then, window shopping (and a few successful purchases) for fountain pens and notebooks has been a regular habit when going to the bookstore.

I now look at ballpoints with disdain and scoff at how they would hurt my wrist if I continue to use them, and beam with pride whenever someone needs a pen and I hand over my Lamy cp-1.  How do you use this, the borrower asks me, and I feel the golden glow of self-importance in the presence of the lower creature who knows not how to use the exquisite object that is my fountain pen (I'm kidding--but it does feel good to show off.).

i drew i drew i drew i drew

it's been a while, really.

see the pretty lady at Postcards from Miss Igorota!

it's also my thursday project.  :)

Hairy Harry

is an orangutan from Indonesia.  We're joining a lomographic photo contest in which I take him to places and take photos of him using analog cameras.  I was so lucky to be picked to adopt Harry!