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TEXTBOOK: AMEONNA, RAIN SPIRIT OF JAPAN →
Dear Fashion Gods,
Give me the courage to mix prints with brilliance and without fear.
Love,
Amy
textbook:
A couple weeks ago I asked for some suggestions of Asian folklore for Textbook and got tons of responses, so thanks for that. The first one up is Ameonna, a Japanese rain spirit. Legend has it that she exists as a cloud in the daytime and rain in the evening. Pretty snazzy. Collection...
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November 2009
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Entitlement
My university cut down the overall print quota of the student and faculty bodies in the name of sustainability, and more believably, budget cuts. They did this over summer without alerting the faculty as well as removing our residential computer lab spaces. The average undergraduate was left with 100 pages of free printing and every page after that for 12 cents. Our previous quota? 500 pages with...
October 2009
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Online Lectures
One of the great things about going to a private university is that I can develop close bonds with my professors. Many of my favorite professors have given me great advice about classes, internships, and some of the best advice I’ve ever received on life. A recent conversation I had with a close friend with professor involved the evolution of coyotes in Northeastern North America versus...
“I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.” - Frederick...”
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Story Time.
A friend of mine is pursuing his doctorate in Early Modern English in England. I being the sole undergrad in our social circle at the time, he always made sure not to complain too much around me about the petty undergrad dramas that interrupt his doctoral life. But he was a consistent complainer, so I finally asked him what exactly it was that made undergrads so irritating. He told me that...