MOC 7.20 - Storytelling (Anatomy of a Professional Bookworm)

Everything with Bella Gypsy's Well Read--font is Typewriter Medium. Journaling reads (231 words):

Ok, so this arrived in my mailbox one day, and I just about died laughing. This is me, at 30--according to my Dad. (This little figurine also happened to clarify a strange conversation I’d had with him a couple of months earlier, where he was actually asking me who my favorite authors were, etc.--and here I thought he didn’t really care!) I'm a bit of a grumpy bear, with a rat tail (see inset). I'm working on my Ph.D., and writing my dissertation on French-language surrealism and science fiction--and spending lots of time on the computer! I was particularly fascinated at the time by a couple of writers: Wildy Petoud, from Switzerland, and Pierre Pelot, from France. Other non-sf favorite writers were Sartre, for his concepts on existentialism and self-responsibility; and Montaigne, who was surprisingly relevant despite having lived in the 16th century. I guess I was re-reading Dune (by Frank Herbert) for the umpteenth time. And I was of course teaching French, hence the dictionary, the beret, and the apple. Not having finished my degree yet, I was pretty seriously impecunious and yet having to start repaying loans--always a rough time in a perpetual student's life (see all the bills and the no-dollars money in the inset). And my cat Josh (more commonly referred to as Joshy Woshy), was my constant companion. Cutest birthday present EVER!