ahhh it has been a little bit, but I wanted to make sure that this didn’t die towards the end of the semester since I’m working on the paper/presentation, ironing out details, adding things, refining ideas and topics, etc. basically the thesis is on my mind everyday but frankly I’m really excited about and I […]

after talking with Jason and Andres about my raw thesis idea they gave me wonderful feedback. but its all scattered in my notebook, so I’m just going to organize the questions and notes here.
!! Why are you doing this? !!
What is it about these other things, to be involved in or desire another person’s culture? […]

I better have something to show, and too bad I don’t really. Thesis was put on hold for a family matter, I’ve done a lot of thinking over the past week about timing, responsibility, and well my late uncle.
One thing I found out this past weekend was that I did not know much about my […]

I dunno. I really liked this image. Its so WHAAAA yet descriptive.
time to read the article later. I’ll reply to it soon, I have to read it first.
into the schoolgirl inferno

so I took the lights home and played around with what I had, only this time out in the environmental goodness that is southern Maryland. I just wanted to take them away from the similar modern/unnatural that the photos seemed to concentrate on before, so I took the lights and put them in some places […]

So for the longest time I think I’ve had this self induced barrier in not only my work, but how I am when it comes to learning things and becoming skilled in a specific thing. This can be anything from a video game, to language, and sports, activities, just about anything. It usually happens when […]

these are some notes that I took while reading about tea architecture and tea gardens, possibly relate to the aesthetic of my thesis.
Four main styles of tea architecture:
-large drawing room (shoin)
-the rustic hut style (kozashiki) this appealed to merchant tastes
- the samurai class tea hut, also aristocrat’s tea pavilion (sukiya)
-the (soan) can only be considered […]

So my friend and I are having this long conversation over sms/texting while I’m at the desk working and its one that I think I’ve been needing to have to help push this thesis/my identity/being ok with my interest in Japan.
HER: Eww, now I’m ashamed of coming here! Chanto shukudai yatteruno?
ME: Not yet haha. I’m […]

Monkey Majik + Yoshida Kyoudai - Change
This song came out awhile ago, but it still resonates with me as a wonderful example of this idea of remix culture. Here you have an interesting blend of the more modern rock side (monkey majik) and then the more traditional side (Yoshida Kyoudai) paired together to make this […]

As it stands right now, that is the basic form of my identity. I developed it in a sort of hurry for applying for internships and a general feeling of having some sort of “look” however, like most things that I do, I feel it is time for a change. Part of what I want […]