Evenstarwen is a twenty-something Filipina trying to figure out how to be a grown up. She admits to having an addiction to Tolkien, a supergirl-to-the rescue complex, a touch of insanity and too many cats. She’s a compulsive reader, a self-confessed geek, a kitten rescuer, and a wanna-be-writer rolled into a package that her little brother once said was part kitten, part butterfly, and part ”something else”. That odd, partially undefined combination may account for the delusion that she was born in the wrong world, and that she actually belongs in Middle Earth.
So how should you read this blog?
The bad news is, this is not a very organized place. If you are the kind who likes chronological, consistent posting, you would be very displeased indeed. When I started blogging, I was mostly just doing it to get things out of my head. None of my friends had blogs, and I didn’t tell people. My blog was just one of the many places where I wrote stuff, and it’s been (mostly) alive for six years, so there’s some pretty unevolved writing at the beginning (don’t go there, please). I’d ignore it for months when a notebook was handier, then I’d post again, then ignore. I never felt guilty about this because I didn’t know people were reading (except one or two, and they were close friends).
And then, last year I started posting more regularly. My secret blogging life was discovered, and some very nice people are now coming here habitually to take a peek. Some new and awesome friends or friends-to-be are also stumbling across this and don’t quite know where to start.
Well, the good news is, you can start anywhere! Read this however you like; you’re not missing anything by not doing things in order. There is no order. So yay for lack of organization skills!
Still, if you’d like some suggestions, you might want to check these out:
- Microfiction, nanofiction, drabbles, flash fiction, and whatchamacallits inspired by writing prompts
- Poetry and prose’s confused middle sibling
- This is the only place I can dare to be this open about type 2 bipolar disorder (I promise I’m not this sappy in real life)
- I’m learning to simply let myself be loved (my bumbling journey as a Christian)
- The 30 days, 30 letters blog challenge
- If you are the man I’m going to marry, CLICK HERE.
- When you keep taking one step forward and stumbling ten miles back, sometimes it helps to take a detour. Here is the story of mine.
Get in touch:
- EMAIL ADDRESS: Just leave a comment here if you need my email address.
- TWITTER: evenstarwen
- ASK ME ANYTHING: http://www.formspring.me/Evenstarwen
Acknowledgments:
Header image belongs to Lonesome Aesthetic
Poetry on header is by Lord Byron
Im an avid fan of peyups, and I have read your write-ups..
just wanna invite you om my site… http://www.papersnpen.com it just started on July. If you have your free time maybe you could drop by in my site.
Hi. I’m a volunteer of the USC’s Mass Media Committee (Diliman). The USC is developing a new medium of communication for the resident students, the alumni, the local councils, and the student groups around the university through its current venture: http://theoblation.com . This site requires one’s full name (as validated by the USC) before one can be considered registered. The process subsequently allows one to post articles, comments, and be able to view/comment the forums.
The new website is 80% done (functionally, it’s almost there; as for form, it’s still in the process of being styled professionally). What it really needs now though is core content to fuel the use of the site by the proliferation of ideas, thoughts, and views of the various factions/individuals of the University. This may be in the form of movie/book reviews, idealogical stances, political demagogery, and even academic discussions – in sum, feature articles about anything under the sun that may interest the UP community at large.
I chanced upon your articles on peyups and this site. I personally think that you’re an excellent writer and would like to invite you to be part of the site’s core group. If you’re interested, even in the least bit, kindly get back to me for details. Mars Veloso, the USC Councilor heading this project, will be meeting with the core group (perhaps online or in real life) early this December to discuss how the entire process will work. The site’s launch date will be on January of next year.
At the very least, please do check the site out and register. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Truly,
Keefe dela Cruz
Bachelor of Laws (expected 2011)
University of the Philippines
Hi,
you are very eloquent in your writing style. I am impressed with your skills. I grew up in the PHIL, but i am now in the USA. I wish you could share some of your articles with me. pls respond via email
thanks
Hello “Evenstarwen”!
I am so very proud of you.
I love you everyday,
Ate “Maryell”
sigh. time’s ticking. in less than a month we will part our ways. =s you, enjoying every moment of anonymity in an entirely new world and I, preparing to go back to the place where we caught fireflies and discovered toad island. =p kamarikutan and royal highness will surely be missed. tofu will be served by other chowking branches. botany lessons will be set aside. evening walks will be different. sigh. i’m sad and yet happy as well thinking that we’ll have time to save adventures/misadventures for our next meeting.
and you know what, i think this is part of us being the last two of our kind, to search for the real middle earth, to find our true place. we suffer a lot on earth. agoraphobia. forgetfulness. depression. etc. sigh. these should stop. but before we start our journeys, let me just remind you that september is on every calendar. =p don’t forget that i’m only a paperboat away.
i will definitely miss you. =p
btw, there’s one good thing earth has given us: insanity!=p
hello there!
maganda po yung chronicles of good bye nyu na article, kaya kungpede po sana i print ko po sya.??
Hi there! This is John Cosper, creator and founder of getyoked.net. We discovered you had a link to us through google, and wanted to say thanks. We’re getting ready to add some exciting new stuff on the site. I’d love to let you know what’s coming, and what we’re hoping to do. Email me at mail@getyoked.net if you’re interested!
Hey!
Had my luck stumbling upon this site of yours
Just really wanted to drop by and say good job with keeping up with this site! Had heaps of fun reading your posts.
Keep it up!
Cheers.
Hey Arwen!
Hope you don’t mind me dropping by again. hehe. Anyway, thanks heaps, too for visiting my blog and glad you enjoyed it! Yea, same here, I’ve been pretty lazy, too. And I’m finding it quite hard to find the exact words that could define my emotions lately.
In any case, I didn’t mean to babble on. Just really wanted to say thanks!
Have a great day!
Cheers.
Aww. Yea. Totally agree with your comment on my blog.
It is a scary prospect to change. But isn’t living all about changing? And knowing what it is that we want and becoming that person whoever or whatever that may be? Hehe. But I suppose, it’s safe to say that it can be an adventure. Life, indeed, is one. 
Take care, too, Arwen.
God bless!
Cheers,
Myles
Hi! I have been browsing through blogs when I stumbled upon yours. Ang galing mo.
I think we have one thing in common. I’m a student of UP Manila. How about you?
I wish I could write as good as you can and as frequently as you do.
I used to study in UP Diliman, but that was years ago. Thanks so much for dropping by! I’m always happy to meet fellow Pinoy bloggers.
hi..i love reading your blogs and i’m so impressed.
wish i could write like you too. God bless.
hello tina… =)
Hi Arwen (di ba pde yung real name?)!
Galing naman! Daming Fans! Meron pang gusto i-print.
Keep it up! God Bless!
Allen
Hahaha! Pano ka napunta dito, kuya? Di naman ata secret yung real name, marami na ring nagcomment using it.
Thanks. Ewan ko kung bakit pero bigla akong natawa sa pagcomment mo today. hehe. Salamat ng marami. 
Pano nga ba? i can’t remember. what i can remember is, i was reading one of your blogs and was amazed with how you relay your emotions and thoughts with your words. Nakakainggit!
Wag kang mainggit, marami ka ngang talents na hanggang pangarap lang sa akin. hehe. Teynchu, teynchu! Napa-smile mo ako, sobra.
I always make it a habit to drop by and read your blogs, ang galing, so proud of you,,,
Hi ate… galing mo talaga.. miss you so much..
Email address please! I have a question if you don’t mind!