Year of the Dragon, in Red

The Chinese New Year festival started a few days ago, marking the new Year of the Dragon on the Chinese Zodiac calendar.  While the little I know about the Chinese Zodiac comes from fortune-telling books and Fruits Basket, I did learn something interesting in an e-mail from Polyvore: Dragons love rubies, the color red, bigContinue reading “Year of the Dragon, in Red”

[Guest Post] A Keyboard is Mightier…

Back in the old days, you were a tough guy if you knew how to hold a sword. This illusion of sword being the best tool for world conquest only started to shatter when tough guys started to notice that their ladies were fawning over the pale, fragile and sickly type of people who wereContinue reading “[Guest Post] A Keyboard is Mightier…”

Welcome, 2012! Goals for a new year

The new year isn’t even a month old, and I feel as though I’ve already achieved plenty!  There are so many things to look forward to this year, and many more goals I hope to achieve. Some of them are personal or secret, but a lot of them apply to this blog – or myContinue reading “Welcome, 2012! Goals for a new year”

A Story of Giving

About a month ago, the student organization I’m involved with held a used book sale in the Student Union at my university.  The book sale was entirely run by volunteers: the books were all donated by generous sponsors and the table itself was run by volunteers from the UT Writer’s Guild. There were some reallyContinue reading “A Story of Giving”