-art by Gunwallace
I enter the gym, change into my running shorts, running top, black socks, running shoes, and with towel and water bottle in hand, find the cleanest looking elliptical trainer and begin zoning out while listening to the fast paced music playing on the speaker. No matter how ...

The First Nineteen Minutes
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2016A Nearly Perfect Sunset at the End of an Imperfect Day
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 18, 2016
-image taken by kawaiidaigakusei-
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 ...
Finding My Way to Paradise Falls
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 11, 2016
I was feeling emotional a few nights ago, so I did what I normally do in this situation–I went on YouTube and watched clips from sad children's movies. I picked the intro montage from Disney Pixar's UP as my poison of choice and it did the job ...
Rock the Vote: 2016 DD Awards Voting is Now Open!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 4, 2016
Howdy, Ducks!
The time to vote has now arrived and the ballot can be found in this Google Docs link that Niccea lovingly put together:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qMEInboMdhUmqorQu9PQQeZcx-_A34s6VyhtvwcQzhM/
Here are the basic rules:
Ballot will be open from 7/3/2016 until 7/30/2016.
~One ...
How a "Starving Artist" Mentality has Helped Me Dodge the Money-Centric Bandwagon
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 27, 2016
-Art by Edvard Munch (cover for Hunger by Knut Hamsun)
It is a common phrase that has been repeated time and time again: “(The love of) money is the root of all evil”. At least for me, it was one of the few words to live by that my Latin ...