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My name is Carina Santos. I am 22 & I blog over at Nothing Spaces. I like books, music, art, film, grammar, and a lot of things in between. I also enjoy watching television and bad movies. I like getting e-mails. When I grow up, I want to make books.

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  • January 27, 2012 8:10 pm

    Part II of my Mayoyao adventures. In which we stayed inside an Ifugao house (and slept on rice sacks), nearly fell to my death (hyperbole), and walked beside clouds (almost)!

    Hmm, I miss you already, mountains. I feel like a Bilbo, truthfully.

    (via Nothing Spaces » HOBBIT HEART: MAYOYAO, IFUGAO)

  • 6:26 pm
    I made this because I am a cheapskate. View high resolution

    I made this because I am a cheapskate.

  • 5:44 pm
  • 3:47 pm
    Blueberry-banana smoothie for the blues! 😌 (Taken with instagram) View high resolution

    Blueberry-banana smoothie for the blues! 😌 (Taken with instagram)

  • 2:56 pm
    
Throughout the mid to late 1970s and upwards, Hiroshi Sugimoto packed up a folding 4x5 camera & tripod, surreptitiously entered matinees (and, one can only presume, evening film events) and documented the interior of movie theatres across the United States. He would open the shutter just before the ‘first light’ hit the screen and close it after the credits finished rolling and before the house lights came on. Using this method he was able to invert the subject/object relationship of the movie theatre and use the film itself to illuminate the proscenium and interior. This content, largely unaddressed critically, is what lends the images their incredible power — along wtih the natural fascination of being made privy to the photography’s divine birthright — allowing us to see the normally invisible, to experience a finite collapse of time.
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    Throughout the mid to late 1970s and upwards, Hiroshi Sugimoto packed up a folding 4x5 camera & tripod, surreptitiously entered matinees (and, one can only presume, evening film events) and documented the interior of movie theatres across the United States. He would open the shutter just before the ‘first light’ hit the screen and close it after the credits finished rolling and before the house lights came on. Using this method he was able to invert the subject/object relationship of the movie theatre and use the film itself to illuminate the proscenium and interior. This content, largely unaddressed critically, is what lends the images their incredible power — along wtih the natural fascination of being made privy to the photography’s divine birthright — allowing us to see the normally invisible, to experience a finite collapse of time.

    (Source: forestmilk)

  • January 26, 2012 2:49 pm
    [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] 729 plays

    sslyby:

    Here’s a song I wrote with a 3rd grader at a songwriting camp last summer. It’s called Double Wedding and it’s about Harry Potter (@hatp). 

    AFKAHFKAFJAKSLDFJASDAHSF

  • 2:29 pm
    Avalon.ph and Nothing Spaces (me!) are giving away an original 3-pack (ruled paper) and the 2012 18-Month Workstation Calendar to one lucky winner!
FIELD NOTES GIVEAWAY MECHANICSWinner of the Field Notes set (Ruled 3-pack and 18 Month Workstation Calendar) will be picked at random using a randomizer. Do at least one of the following; each counts as an entry for you. Open only to residents of The Philippines.
For Twitter users: Tweet “Dear Nothing Spaces and Avalon.ph, I am joining because I want to remember now. http://bit.ly/ns-fieldnotes #NSGiveaway” You can tweet only once during the contest. Don’t forget to use the hashtag.
For Tumblr users: Follow my tumblr and reblog this entry. Each counts as 1 entry.
For Nothing Spaces readers: comment here with something you want to remember or link http://bit.ly/ns-fieldnotes in a blog entry and comment on this post with the link.
CONTEST ENDS 5 FEBRUARY 2012, SUNDAY. 5PM (GMT +8:00)Winner will be announced shortly after giveaway is closed, and will be notified by email.
Good luck! Comment if you have any questions or clarifications.
EDIT: You can only reblog this post once. Multiple reblogs will still count only as 1 entry. A reblog and a follow each counts as 1. View high resolution

    Avalon.ph and Nothing Spaces (me!) are giving away an original 3-pack (ruled paper) and the 2012 18-Month Workstation Calendar to one lucky winner!

    FIELD NOTES GIVEAWAY MECHANICS
    Winner of the Field Notes set (Ruled 3-pack and 18 Month Workstation Calendar) will be picked at random using a randomizer. Do at least one of the following; each counts as an entry for you. Open only to residents of The Philippines.

    1. For Twitter users: Tweet “Dear Nothing Spaces and Avalon.ph, I am joining because I want to remember now. http://bit.ly/ns-fieldnotes #NSGiveaway” You can tweet only once during the contest. Don’t forget to use the hashtag.
    2. For Tumblr users: Follow my tumblr and reblog this entry. Each counts as 1 entry.
    3. For Nothing Spaces readers: comment here with something you want to remember or link http://bit.ly/ns-fieldnotes in a blog entry and comment on this post with the link.

    CONTEST ENDS 5 FEBRUARY 2012, SUNDAY. 5PM (GMT +8:00)
    Winner will be announced shortly after giveaway is closed, and will be notified by email.

    Good luck! Comment if you have any questions or clarifications.

    EDIT: You can only reblog this post once. Multiple reblogs will still count only as 1 entry. A reblog and a follow each counts as 1.

  • 3:04 am
    Anonymous:  Hi Carina! Do you own any fountain pen? If you do, where did you buy it? I'm from Cebu and I can't seem to find any :| I want to do calligraphy..

    There should be some in National Bookstores. I would actually just get a calligraphy pen because you can change the nibs. I don’t really use fountain pens.

    I have a quill-type thing and tons of ink tho. Not for calligraphy but more for fountain pen-type of writing assignments. Hehe.

    Sorry I am not much help!

  • January 25, 2012 9:48 pm
    Finally! Currently: “Why We Broke Up,” Tom Robbins on hold. (Taken with instagram) View high resolution

    Finally! Currently: “Why We Broke Up,” Tom Robbins on hold. (Taken with instagram)

  • 11:37 am
    almostwinner:  If you could change just the colors of your physical appearance--iris shade, skin tone, hair color--would you, and what colors would you want them to be?

    I want darker skin and browner hair but that’s about it. I love light-colored eyes, but I don’t know if that looks good on me.

  • 11:27 am
    Anonymous:  hi carina! i always have a hard time picking the right font for my projects especially given the "amount" of fonts to choose from. just wondering if you could give me tips on choosing the right font and if there are good sites where i can check out to learn more about fonts/typo in general. thank you very much! :)

    First, I wouldn’t call it ‘typo’. It might be a personal preference but I shorten it to ‘type’ because that’s how I always knew it as. I think ‘typo’ refers to typographical errors more than typography.

    For body text, I generally don’t use anything narrow (hard to read) or too decorative (distracting, hard to read, tacky).

    Good resources:
    http://ilovetypography.com/
    http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/
     http://www.fontshop.com/education/

    I have a hard time choosing type, too, which is why I generally hand draw a lot of text. Jessica Hische started out that way also. :)

  • 11:18 am
    Anonymous:  You've watched Firefly? How about Dollhouse? Can you get any cooler?

    Firefly is one of my favorite shows of all time. I liked Dollhouse, too. My favorite was Topher. :)

  • 10:49 am
    My favorite baby boy is here! Early weekend :) (Taken with instagram) View high resolution

    My favorite baby boy is here! Early weekend :) (Taken with instagram)

  • January 24, 2012 2:29 pm
    The car kept breaking down on the way up to Mayoyao, Ifugao, so we took pictures at the pit stops.
Luckily, there was a swift sunrise and a beautiful view.
(via Nothing Spaces » ON THE ROAD: MAYOYAO, IFUGAO.) View high resolution

    The car kept breaking down on the way up to Mayoyao, Ifugao, so we took pictures at the pit stops.

    Luckily, there was a swift sunrise and a beautiful view.

    (via Nothing Spaces » ON THE ROAD: MAYOYAO, IFUGAO.)

    (Source: nothingspaces.com)

  • 2:12 pm

    browncoats:

    antarascribes: “I don’t think there’s any cast in the history of television that cares about their show as much as the Firefly cast still does for Firefly.”

    Time for a re-watch!