CS Lewis, 21 (1919).Okay. So he might be old... and dead... but that doesn't mean we can't/ couldn't have operated on the same wavelength. Pfft. Of course you can have best friends from a lifetime ago.
Think of the benefits. I won't be obliged to remember his birthday (even when I do) and send him a greeting. He doesn't have email. And nobody has to make an effort to see each other. One, he lived in England and two, he lived at the beginning of the century.
I say we can be best friends because according to his autobiography we have a lot in common. Starting off with a fascination with mythology and Greek literature. How unlikely is it to find someone who enjoyed reading other culture's beliefs and being perpetually amazed with the colorful characters and entertaining plots? It's all so magical. There's our love for writing, too. Just that his is refined, mine is bloggish but whadaheck, mebe I can learn from him.
He's a scholar, so am I (what? Aren't UP peeps 'iskolars?'). And he aced English, Philosophy, Literature and History, erm, I like these subjects.
I may not have gone from being atheist to Christian but I could probably overlook that history. Because now (or then for him) we even share the same belief! And a great friend we have in Jesus!
When I was younger, I wanted to major in Apologetics. Guess what he's good at? Righty-oh.
When he was younger, he was member of a club called the Inklings with JRR Tolkien. Guess what they do? They sit together to discuss story ideas and they have a special habit, something I'm famous for. They "amused themselves by having competitions to see who could read the famously bad prose of Amanda McKittrick Ros for the longest without laughing." Nazi much. Weeee.
Funny how I use the past tense in talking about my NEW best friend. Bow.
PS.
Doesn't he look something like Shia LeBoeuf, my recent ex?
PPS.
Philo much. Right. *shares inside joke with self*
PPPS.
Like him, I would be married out of friendship and not love like that exactly.
Psycho-babbling-girl say whut?! :))
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His book "A Grief Observed" is my most favorite book.
i have those kiddy Narnia books too.
Oh cool. Mine is Screwtape Letters and Chronicles. :)
the Screwtape Letters is in my wishlist. i SHOULD read that book!
strongly recommend that, too. :D
own one. x)
i so like to hit the bookstore, but im sure they dont have a copy.
are you a member of TPON (The Philippine Order Of Narnians)?
http://www.filipinonarnians.org/
i think powerbooks has.
haha, gosh no, I'm Narnian lang. period. :)) but i might check it out, sure. :)
wala dito sa Baguio.
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