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Monthly Movies/TV – August 2019

by Athena // September 7, 2019 // No Comments
Avengers: Endgame (04-05 08 2019) – I was thoroughly spoiled, but I haven’t been able to watch it since the release. It was a bit long and it had a bit too much fan service, but it was good for... Continue reading →

Back Online!

by Athena // September 30, 2016 // No Comments
Hello! If you visited this blog and website for the last month, you may have found it unreachable. Now, I have returned and my posts are still here! Yay! I am generously hosted by a friend of mine who has... Continue reading →

Important: Blog Feed and Subscribe

by Athena // February 8, 2016 // No Comments
Hello! It recently came to my attention that my Feedburner RSS feed was no longer updating. It’s been broken for months. I have tried to fix it myself to no avail and learned that Google offers no support for Feedburner.... Continue reading →

Remembrance Day

by Athena // November 11, 2014 // No Comments
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: May Break

by Athena // May 4, 2014 // 2 Comments
Hello, everyone! It’s been awhile since my last post. I have not been blogging or reading very much the last couple of months. In fact, I’ve been trying to read Kipling’s Kim for over a month now. It’s not engaging... Continue reading →

Sunday Salon: Haruki Murakami

by Athena // August 19, 2012 // 8 Comments
Hello! This week, I read Pride and Prejudice & Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, Love & Freindship and The History of England, and Death Combes to Pemberley. I haven’t started anything in the last couple of days as I have been... Continue reading →

2007-2009 Weblog Entries Restored

by Athena // March 19, 2012 // No Comments
From 2007 to 2009, a WordPress weblog existed here at aquatique.net. It was hacked in early 2009 and at the time, I was doing my Masters degree and had no time to fix it. Since then, I’ve put off due... Continue reading →

Back again

by Athena // January 30, 2012 // 4 Comments
I’m back! Three years of hiatus and this domain is back for its 11th anniversary! Been preparing for its return by writing posts so have a backlog of them that will trickle in the weeks to follow. Comment, share, and... Continue reading →

RSC’s 2008/09 Hamlet at the Novello Theatre

by Athena // January 12, 2009 // 3 Comments
Due to the beauty that is the Royal Shakespeare Company’s special student rates where you can see £5, I was able to score two tickets for their 2008/09 London season at The Novello Theatre on the Aldwych. Words can not... Continue reading →

Delay and Hiatus

by Athena // September 27, 2008 // 2 Comments
Due to a personal emergency, I will be delayed from my trip for some time, and even once I get there, I will be very occupied for a few weeks. I am sorry to say that the blog will suffer... Continue reading →

The Times They Are A-Changing

by Athena // September 22, 2008 // 5 Comments
At the end of this week, I will be moving to London, England for at least one year to do my graduate studies. The blog will change as my life does. My life will have less knitting (will be too... Continue reading →

Just another Meme

by Athena // January 25, 2008 // 1 Comment
I got this meme from Chris. What kind of soap is in your shower right now? LUSH Fig N Leaves. Very moisturizing. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator? Not in this cold season. What would you change about... Continue reading →

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