Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). I know you (although not so well as I would like. I want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. Surely this would be paradise enough?). So I do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. I declare it again: I love you.

— Neil Gaiman

• Looking forward to the rest of August! Because GD’s releasing a new album on the 18th! Most of my favourite people are celebrating their birthdays this month (including me!), dearest Carina will be flying in two weeks from now, and more crafts!
• Mesmerising video by Alinka Echeverria, it’s called Lightness of Being. It’s amazing how different we see things if we change our perspective.
• Moving out of your comfort zone. So timely for me!
• Sarah’s giveaway! She’s giving away circus stamps.
• A blog post by Pastor Phil on Transformation.
• 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, I don’t think I can complete this, a quick glance through this list and I don’t think I’ve even read ten!
• The Art of Jordan’s How to Make Art from Retired Materials, part one and part two. Not strictly a how-to, more of a rough guide.
• Debunked, Sarah of Wordsmith Lane gives the lowdown on the myths around  working for a glossy especially with the onslaught of movies about the glamorous side of the job.
• The year that was 1969. Harvard students taking over their school to protest the end of ROTC, John and Yoko’s first Bed-In, Woodstock,  the Brady Bunch, Sesame Street, were just some of the things that happened, check out The New York Times timeline.
• I’m looking for the DVD of Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected, it’s a 2005 film by Satoshi Miki with Ueno Juri in the lead role. My logical reasoning:

Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected stars Juri Ueno.

Juri Ueno stars in awesome movies.

Therefore, Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected is an awesome movie.

Well, that reasoning may not be right, but here’s the trailer:

• I’ve updated my sidebar! I didn’t want it to be cluttered so you can find my favourite blogs here including my tumblr (do drop by), last.fm (where you can find my current music obsessions)and looklet. I’ve also included My Wishlist *hint* and a Quote Archive (which is Neil Gaiman-centric!). I’m also planning to add a 2009 Scrapbook Page!
• Here’s to the weekend!