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i think i just made a new friend today no no promises

and no pressure i just talked to a girl for an hour

and a half and i just i loved it i loved it

so much i know you liked her do you have anything to say

so today i want to finish the hound of the baskerville

which i started yesterday and i'm just

so in love with it i knew i just knew

that i was gonna like it i did put it off

for like two weeks i didn't have it in my august tbr

but i put it off for some reason for

so long the notes

that i'm taking are some some really good ones we have

some philosophy some keeping up with the detective stuff going on

i also have notes from the previous owner of this book

and i think she was trying to keep up with the

mystery as well trying to figure out who the killer is um

and it's really confusing me

but yeah what we're gonna see i love this cover i'm not sure

if these sprayed edges came like this from the publisher or

if the girl that read it before me sprayed the edges herself

which is something that i did do with the night circus i painted the edges black

and it looks so beautiful i made some cookies yesterday let me show them to you they're

so so so good i want to have cookies

and some tea i think yeah i want some tea i

did get a pre -packaged mix it just came out to be cheaper

that way and i didn't really feel like baking anything yesterday but these are so good

60 pages left things are getting pretty heated i have to say i thought

that something was happening

and it was indeed true this is the third book in the sherlock holmes series right

so i think that naturally i'm getting to know the characters

and know what they would do and what they would give

and what they would sacrifice to figure out what the answer is to the mystery

and i also feel like that requires a lot of skill from the writer

if a writer is

so good as to make the characters feel human you also

get to kind of figure out how they would act arthur

conan doyle sir arthur conan doyle is a great great writer

don't sleep on him yeah i'm gonna try to read as much as i can

right now maybe get 30 more pages read right now i have something on my lips i'm just loving it

so much i'm having so much fun

i realized recently

that i haven't been focusing on being present the moment i wake up i just open the laptop

which is something

that i don't want to do this morning though i started it by reading a few pages

that was nice but usually i would have started my morning by writing down the dreams

that i had the night before there's something cathartic in that

and i feel like it brings you in the present

and it just makes you happy to be awake depending on

what kind of dream you had yeah i don't know i

feel like i've been kind of avoiding myself without even meaning to

because i feel like right now this could be the perfect

time to get to know myself in a different light

because i get to stay at home

and i get to read i get to do whatever whatever

i want for the next few months well actually i do

need to look for a job that's also a thing anyway what i'm trying to say is

that i'm in a very privileged position right now

and i don't want to waste it by wasting my time especially my morning time

which by the way you have to listen to this song

it's one of my favorite songs ever my morning time is my time okay nobody gets to take

that away from me

and i feel like i'm starting to take it away from

myself i wrote a little bit in my journal i just

wrote really some very trivial things i think i'm gonna go a little deeper right now

and try to uh figure out what i need from myself

and what i haven't been giving myself

so i'm gonna take maybe 30 minutes to do that

and getting back to the book i have less than 30

pages left to read of this this is heavenly i mean

if you don't like detective novels i don't know what's wrong

with you i do have to write down all the new words

that i found in it and by write down of course i mean screenshot them

and put them in a new folder on my laptop

and i have been neglecting writing about the books

that i've been reading in my reading journal

and i i need to do

that that's the reason why i don't really give reviews on goodreads

because i already write my own reviews in my reading journal

anyway i'm gonna take some time to get a little closer to myself

what i love doing

when i don't have any space in the margins to write

a lot of words i write them on a clear post -it

and put that on the page like this actually i haven't read this page

so i'm gonna i'm gonna put it on this page

I love when I have questions that aren't answered up until the last page.

I showed you before that I wrote this.

This was a question that was not answered at all.

What the hell?

And for me, it did not make any sense.

If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not mention, did not allude to this question

or an answer to this question at all for me this would have been weird like a loose thread

but he referred to it just now

and i have only literally one page left this is

so fun okay let's see what's happening i already know who

the killer is of course yeah we just got some more details to uncover i guess i have decided

that tomorrow i'm gonna go thrifting

because we're gonna have a huge sale i mean i'm not

gonna have a huge sale on anything those guys are gonna have a huge sale the guys

that i'm gonna buy clothes from but anyway the thing is

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that tomorrow because i'm going out of the house i want to stop by a coffee shop to read

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so i want us to choose a physical book to read i did already choose some books for september

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that i don't own but i want to read at a cafe

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which means that i want to read a physical book

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and i really don't know what to choose these ones i

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already read i'm trying to find maybe maybe a 300 page book

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or less than 300 pages would be good i was thinking of vonnegut

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but i'm not sure

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that i want to read of vonnegut right now i think

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i need a little bit of a pause from his books

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this is the 39 steps by john buchan booken no actually

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you know what we need to pronounce author's names right john buchan hitchcock made a film after this book

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and the person that had this book before me has watched the film first

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and then read the book and you might wonder how i how i know

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that they left a bunch of notes on the book well actually i don't really know

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that they might have first read the book then watched the film

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and then re -read the book so i should stop making assumptions

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but this is a book

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that i bought very recently i think i bought it this month in august it has 120 something pages

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but the writing is it's a little smaller than usual i

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haven't heard good things about this book i don't know i want to give it a chance

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because i want to watch the film i have read 10

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pages of the 39 steps by john buchan i don't know

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what everybody's talking about with this this book is not

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that great i think the writing is simple

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and beautiful it kind of lost me in the beginning honestly it didn't even have me

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and it lost me i told you that the person

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that read this before me wrote down some stuff about the movie i keep getting spoiled

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and i'm referring to the movie here okay we got a

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little interrupted hey yeah would you give mommy a kiss what i was saying the person

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that read this book before me took many notes in the

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margins well actually not many i think in total we have a maximum of 15 notes maybe

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because they watched the film first

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which at this point i'm absolutely sure of they keep on spoiling me on the movie

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because the movie is kind of different from the book for example there's this one character

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that can't talk properly in the book this person wrote in the margins

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that well you know in the movie this character actually has another defect

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which is the fact that he's missing half of his finger

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or something it's interesting to read i will say i never

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had an experience like this before this is a totally new unique experience to me

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and a very specific situation

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that i am in right now with this book again the

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writing is really good i've only read 10 pages don't get too excited

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but i am kind of kind of getting excited i kind

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of wanted a head start on this before i go to the cafe tomorrow

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because i just wanted to get into it first to get more excited tomorrow

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and to go through it faster actually we didn't even take

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a second to appreciate this cover does this collection have a name actually we are pushing our luck

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and I need to go to sleep

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I am back from the outside world and I can confidently say that was kind of a fail.

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I just got my ass out of the house to just walk my legs around.

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I couldn't find anything at thrift.

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That wasn't the only thrift that I went to.

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I also went to another thrift after that and they didn't have anything.

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Plus, I could barely even stay in there because it just smelled so bad.

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And then I went to a third thrift store that was closed, actually.

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So, no luck today.

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And that's fine.

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I won't go to the thrift for the next two weeks because I don't feel like going through this again.

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And I just want to focus on some other things.

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But it wasn't a complete fail.

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Because I did go to like a natural grocery store.

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And I bought some stuff that I've been really wanting to get.

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I got some soy.

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I'm thinking of making some pasta with this.

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Rice flour.

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And it was very cheap.

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At my usual grocery store, this is maybe like $5 or $6 or $7.

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And this was $2.

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Some ground cardamom, which I will use to make coffee with i first had cardamom coffee

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when i went to amsterdam that was five years ago almost

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when i went to a peach pit concert

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and it was one of the greatest times and i really did enjoy

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that coffee a lot it was as

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if this whole universe opened up to me

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and then i bought this wait let me see what it's

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called in english i forgot i remembered without even having to

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look it up i was starting to look it up

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but then i remembered

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so trust me trust me it is all in here castor oil i used castor oil

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when i was a kid i think on my eyebrows

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but i'm planning to use it in other ways now i just have to do my research

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and last but not least i have been wanting this mist

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thing for a while and this is glass

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which is amazing i do have some leftover from other products

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but i just wanted a clear one

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and i might put rosemary water in here for my hair

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or rice water for my skin i should have bought more maybe

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but i just love it i love the way it looks

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and i love that it is made of glass

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that was my haul unfortunately today we have no thrift haul

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trust me i'm crying about it inside i didn't even get to read i was at the cafe

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and then there was this guy that was talking to me

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and i was trying to tell him that i wanted to read

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but then he kept on talking

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and i was like okay you know what i'm gonna have this cigarette with you

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and then i'm gonna go i didn't want to talk to him at all

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but honestly i was kind of scared to just tell him

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to leave me alone it's very delicate these situations he seemed

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to me like he didn't mean any harm i really just wanted to read

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and i couldn't i think i read a total of maybe seven pages

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because then i stopped at the spark to read

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and i read one or two more pages in there

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but i'm really enjoying the book i want to finish it

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tomorrow i want to finish it by the end of august

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so that i will have read six books this month i really wanted to make those cookies again

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but for that i need to go to the grocery store

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which is a 10 minute walk and i don't really feel like it

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because I just came back from the outside world

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It seems like the theme for today is restlessness i just woke up

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and i don't know i feel like doing so many things

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but i don't really want to do everything

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that i have to do i'm really thinking of picking up um the artist's way

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by julia something julia cameron i heard of this book

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so many times

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and i'm sure you have to probably i just feel like

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i need a lot of inspiration for the amount of energy

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i have in me to do stuff i actually picked up this book this morning

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and i wanted to read a little bit

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but then i realized i don't feel like reading i want to do something

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so then i thought i could help a friend with something

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so i did that for like 15 minutes now i want to want a journal

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but also i have something to do i don't know i

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feel this sense of urgency you know what actually i just realized it's helping me

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so much to talk to the camera because i realized

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that the thing

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that i should do right now is close my laptop i

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think my laptop is a distraction right now i just keep

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going from page to page from browser browser without a goal in mind at all i'm gonna close it

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and i'm gonna write in my journal

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and then i'm gonna see what i'm gonna do oh it's

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just i don't know how to deal with it i feel like i want to do

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so many things and i don't i'm not inspired enough

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but i it's like my body doesn't want to stop

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but my mind is not in

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that creative space you know i feel like my body is

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but my mind isn't i don't know how

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that makes any sense to me

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but that's just exactly how i feel i've been feeling this way for a week at this point maybe

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if i'm feeling the vibe tonight after i finish the 39

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steps i'm actually gonna watch the movie as well with my

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boyfriend it will be i think my first hitchcock movie i've never watched a hitchcock movie before

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i finished the book some more thoughts on it later i

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don't have it near me right now i left it in the kitchen

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but it was good it was better than i expected

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if you want to read it i really recommend it it

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was such a unique experience for me to read a book

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that was annotated by a person

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that watched the movie first now i can't wait to watch the movie i already know 50 of the movie

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because that person already spoiled it for me yeah i'm very happy

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that i finished

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that book six books in august that's amazing i still have two days left of august it's august 29th

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so can we read another book in two days do you think do you think well it is possible

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if i choose a short book.

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We'll see.

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You can see it there that the wind is flowing and I feel so good right now.

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I cleaned Fievel's litter box.

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It took me 30 minutes to clean the whole thing and

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while I was cleaning it he peed in the place his litter box was supposed to be

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and i want to shower because

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after showering i want to watch my own private idaho i want to do my nails in a way

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that i haven't done them for probably 12 years

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but yeah that's what i'm gonna do and then we're making crips

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because i bought this amazing jam it is an apricot jam it's sugar free

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There's been a change of plans, as you saw I already started watching my own private it Idaho

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and I'm not really liking it that much so I'm thinking

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that I should start a book now I'm gonna show you my nails a lot more I'm

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so proud of them

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and they're not gonna last too long I um already fucked this one up anyway

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so I want to start reading a book

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while I'm eating doesn't matter the length something

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that I want to read shut up what about a Sherlock

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Holmes the valley of fear wait what these aren't the valley

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of fear did i buy the valley of fear oh my god okay the valley did i not buy it

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because i bought them in order the adventures of sherlock holmes

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the return of sherlock holmes the memoirs of sherlock holmes i just realized

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that i'm too hungry to look for it i am gonna check my order history to see

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if i did buy it before i go through all these books

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So I am gonna watch my private my own private Idaho while I read because I again I'm too hungry to wait.

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I hope I did get that book.

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Otherwise, I have to buy it now

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And I hope that somebody forgives the people that have swayed your fond thoughts away from me

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this is the one that i would love to get they don't have it in stock anymore

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and by the way of course i checked

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and i did not buy it it's the same collection as the 39 steps

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that i just finished do you see what i'm talking about

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look at the design the class on this cover is immaculate i'm so sad

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and i can't actually find a copy You at all i mean i could buy a new copy

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but i want a used copy with a cool cover it's bugging me

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but you know what i did subscribe to some editions so if they're back in stock They're gonna let me know.

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It's sad.

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I really wanted to read some Sherlock Holmes

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I was just journaling earlier and i realized

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that i would want to end the vlog here i feel like i'm in a limbo

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because i don't have anything to edit

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and i just really want to start editing something

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and i'm gonna start another vlog tomorrow i am going to read the memory police tonight before bed i'm

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so excited i'm gonna make myself some tea

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and i'm gonna have a great time what are you doing

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i have heard many things about this book before i heard

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that it's good i don't believe charlie goffman would get himself

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involved with a bad book i think i was apprehensive about starting it just

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because of the title because it seems to me

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that it's a very childish title in the past few days i've been really getting into reading a lot more

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which is not to say that i wasn't already into reading

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but i i think i'm just starting to enjoy sitting in bed

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and reading for hours and this is something

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that I used to do a lot as a teenager I was always in bed reading

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and I feel like now I'm getting back into that

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and it feels

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so good thank you for being here I hope you did

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enjoy this little vlog of mine I'm not sure how it's gonna go whenever I film a vlog

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and you know just film my days whatever pick up the camera

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and really random moments I sometimes think about the fact

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that i don't have enough footage or my footage is actually trash

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or i don't talk about anything interesting but then

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when i get to editing it feels a little better

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but i think this is why i'm so eager to start editing just

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because i'm eager to see exactly what i'm gonna make of

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this i hope you enjoyed this i hope you have a great day week year

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and i hope you take care of yourselves and yeah have a good one

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “i can't cope if i'm not reading”. Deze video bevat 320 zinnen en 3652 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 22:23. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 163 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
edit werkwoord	/ˈɛdɪt/	bewerken, wijzigen
laptop zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	laptop, notebook
margin zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/	kantlijn, marge
cookie zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkʊki/	koekje
spoil zelfstandig naamwoord	/spɔɪl/	buit
killer zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkɪlɚ/	doder
hungry bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/	hongerig, honger hebben
mystery zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/	mysterie
refer werkwoord	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	verwijzen, doorverwijzen
footage zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/	filmmateriaal
detective zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪˈtɛktɪv/	rechercheur, speurder
nail zelfstandig naamwoord	/neɪl/	nagel
eager bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈiɡɚ/	begerig
litter zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	strooisel
finger zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	vinger

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
figure out werkwoord		uitvogelen, er achter komen
pick up werkwoord		oppakken, optillen
write down werkwoord		opschrijven, neerschrijven
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	hou je kop, kop dicht

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Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

I couldn't find anything at thrift.
That wasn't the only thrift that I went to.
I'm thinking of making some pasta with this.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	haven't been focusing · haven't been giving · have been neglecting
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	i've been · haven't read · have decided
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	aren't answered · was not answered · was closed
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	person that had · guy that was · people that have

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 162 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, gonna, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, thrift /ˈθɹɪft/, cathartic /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: trash /tɹæʃ/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, publisher /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, apprehensive /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, immaculate /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: footage /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/, detective /dɪˈtɛktɪv/, package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/, forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/, trash /tɹæʃ/, sacrifice /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: grocery /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/, eager /ˈiɡɚ/, finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/, forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/

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