During the October season, I wanted to write a horror article about the things that really scare me, but I was sidetracked with deadlines, longer work hours, and lack of sleep. Halloween is now one week behind us and the Winter cold has drawn us closer into his tight embrace ...
Merging, Lane Changes, and Unprotected Turns
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 7, 2016A Nearly Perfect Sunset at the End of an Imperfect Day
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 18, 2016
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I am not a perfectionist in any sense of the word. I have been asked by strangers in passing if I was a perfectionist to which I replied, “The architecture in my university was built under the notion that only ‘God can make something that is ...
Black History Month spotlight: The first black superheroine
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2016
In 1971, five years after in creation of Black Panther and four years before Marvel introduced Storm, the first black female superhero appeared in Hell-Rider #1.
A trained fighter, Butterfly’s super cool costume included a jetpack, suction cups for climbing, and lights that were capable of permanently blinding her ...
A Story to Read Before Bedtime
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 12, 2015
-art by Gunwallace
THE PASSENGER
by kawaiidaigakusei
On a very untypical evening, I found myself driving around the rainy streets of Los Angeles late at night by myself. Somehow I ended up south of Pico Blvd and as I turned the corner onto Venice Blvd around Loyola High School, I ...
Mumblecore in Webcomics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 20, 2015
There is a slightly odd trend in screenwriting for indie films called Mumblecore where the actors are given a very minimal to non-existent script to work from and are forced into creating natural dialogue on the spot. I believe the director has a general story outline of where he or ...
Guest Post by Ironscarf - How To Scupper Your Life
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 17, 2015
It is midsummer, somewhere in the British Midlands and sometime in the mid seventies. It is almost midnight. In a suburban semi-detached house, a teenage girl and her young brother are awaiting the return of their parents. A young man of impressionable age waits with them as they bathe in ...