{"id":1915,"date":"2018-01-10T16:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T08:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T07:59:13","slug":"ten-things-i-have-used-as-a-bookmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=1915","title":{"rendered":";ten things i have used as a bookmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg\" alt=\"bookworm things\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;besides a bookmark, that is.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s this post I&#8217;ve seen many times &#8211; on Tumblr, sometimes on Twitter, and I&#8217;ve had a friend send it to me over Whatsapp too, saying I&#8217;ve done them all &#8211; of unconventional things people have used as bookmarks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that post is supposed to be a joke.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also pretty sure that my friend is right and I&#8217;ve done them all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2268 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ten-things-i-have-used-as-a-bookmark.jpg\" alt=\"ten things i have used as a bookmark\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ten-things-i-have-used-as-a-bookmark.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ten-things-i-have-used-as-a-bookmark-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An old reciept.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd when I say <em>old<\/em>, I mean it&#8217;s become faded and gone mostly blank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ticket stubs.<\/strong><br \/>\nI collect them, mean to put them in a scrapbook, and wind up using them as bookmarks. Technically, scrapbooking? In a way? Kind of? Don&#8217;t judge me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tissue paper.<\/strong><br \/>\nAlways clean, I promise!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Any scrap bit of paper I can find, to be honest.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd trust me, I have <em>a lot<\/em> of scrap paper hidden everywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2269 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blubear-bookmarks.jpg\" alt=\"blubear bookmarks\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blubear-bookmarks.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blubear-bookmarks-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A pen.<\/strong><br \/>\nCapped and closed, because I don&#8217;t want to dirty my book!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other pieces of stationary.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Or my entire pencil case.<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;ve done that too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Another book.<\/strong><br \/>\nEspecially if you&#8217;re reading both at the same time. It&#8217;s iffy to do it the first time, but it gets easier with practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2270 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spellcaster.jpg\" alt=\"spellcaster\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spellcaster.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/spellcaster-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My hand.<\/strong><br \/>\nFor short breaks in reading only.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alternatively, someone else&#8217;s hand.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe friend in question above has had this happen to her. I&#8217;m not sorry, even if I told her I was. Oops?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list starts off pretty normal, doesn&#8217;t it? But over time I&#8217;ve used a variety of things as bookmarks when I can&#8217;t find my actual bookmarks. It&#8217;s reached a point where I actively want to laminate my ticket stubs just to turn them into actual bookmarks so people will stop judging me. Like I did with my Nutella label. Now that&#8217;s a good bookmark, even if it does make me hungry when I see it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2271 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bookmarks.jpg\" alt=\"bookmarks\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bookmarks.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bookmarks-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What are the most unconventional things you have used as a bookmark?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-686\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/signoff-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"2016-04-12 11:46\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/signoff-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/signoff-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/signoff-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/signoff-1200x592.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;besides a bookmark, that is. There&#8217;s this post I&#8217;ve seen many times &#8211; on Tumblr, sometimes on Twitter, and I&#8217;ve had a friend send it to me over Whatsapp too, saying I&#8217;ve done them all &#8211; of unconventional things people have used as bookmarks. I&#8217;m pretty sure that post is supposed to be a joke. I&#8217;m also pretty sure that my friend is right and I&#8217;ve done them all. An old reciept. And when I say old, I mean it&#8217;s become faded and gone mostly blank. Ticket stubs. I collect them, mean to put them in a scrapbook, and wind up using them as bookmarks. Technically, scrapbooking? In a way? Kind of? Don&#8217;t judge me. Tissue paper. Always clean, I promise! Any scrap bit of paper I can find, to be honest. And trust me, I have a lot of scrap paper hidden everywhere. A pen. Capped and closed, because I don&#8217;t want to dirty my book! Other pieces of stationary. Or my entire pencil case. I&#8217;ve done that too. Another book. Especially if you&#8217;re reading both at the same time. It&#8217;s iffy to do it the first time, but it gets easier with practice. My hand. For short breaks in reading only. Alternatively, someone else&#8217;s hand. The friend in question above has had this happen to her. I&#8217;m not sorry, even if I told her I was. Oops? The list starts off pretty normal, doesn&#8217;t it? But over time I&#8217;ve used a variety of things as bookmarks when I can&#8217;t find my actual bookmarks. It&#8217;s reached a point where I actively want to laminate my ticket stubs just to turn them into actual bookmarks so people will stop judging me. Like I did with my Nutella label. Now that&#8217;s a good bookmark, even if it does make me hungry when I see it. What are the most unconventional things you have used as a bookmark?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[222,59],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-post","tag-ten-things-i-have-used-as-a-bookmark","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions\/2272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}