100
It's here, my 100th post. I've been waiting for a while to write because I wanted it to be a special one, one worthy of triple figures. So, in an attempt to make this space slightly more personal, I decided to introduce myself. Here are some of my most interesting facts...
I live: In Dublin's fair city. Slap bang in the middle. My view looks like this, I'm a lucky lady. But I'm not an Irish lady.
When I'm not reading books: I'm probably reading books. I'm in the thick of a PhD on nineteenth-century Christmas literature.
Do I get sick of Christmas? Certainly not. I spent this summer in Brooklyn, and I have to admit that sitting outside and melting in the hottest temperature I've ever experienced with a trusty Christmas book in hand was peculiar, but I'll always love Christmas sun, rain, snow or shine.
My most recent excursion: was to Berlin. In fact I only got back a couple of days ago. I went to visit to German friends who tried to get me to converse with locals in German for their personal amusement. My mouth really can't do the sounds, the only word I can say convincingly is 'lecker' after an afternoon sipping coffee and munching lebkuchen.
Some of my favourite bookshops: would have to include The Gutter bookshop in Dublin's Temple Bar; Waterstones - the London Piccadilly branch where you can get lost among books; Magma in Manchester, purely for cover design; and in New York I spent a thrilling afternoon in McNally Jackson Books and fell in love with Spoonbill and Sugartown Booksellers in Brooklyn, they also have a black and white resident cat who lounges around on the book tables.
I have no pets: because I don't know how long I'll be in one place for, but I do have a plastic fish called Father Christmas who I keep in a glass of water on my shelf, and share an imaginary puppy called Big Ted with my boyfriend.
This is Father Christmas, I think he's sleeping.
Other than reading and tending to the needs of my fake pets: I like photography, design, travelling, avocados with fresh lemon juice, yoga, ballet, and making lists. I also play the ukulele, am addicted to sticky text markers and enjoy films, lots and lots of films. I'm interested in integrating great design into academia, because critical analysis should be nice to look at.
The last film I saw at the cinema was: Chico and Rita. Tonight I will go to watch a festive screening of It's a Wonderful Life - ho, ho, ho.
I'm passionate about: kindness, keeping things simple and smiling.
One of the first books I loved was: I Capture the Castle by Dodi Smith.
Once: I spent three hours in the bath reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. My skin was so wrinkled afterwards but I smelt amazing and my mind was enriched.
My favourite word in English is: bespoke.
I look like this (the bag fits everything in, even if it is almost as big as me)
And I'm thankful for the internet because of these inspiring people/places
So there it is, post 100, and what a pleasure it was.
Kait
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