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Originally made by Lux Alptraum.
(http://luxnightmare.tumblr.com/post/35562227880/oh-hey-this-is-my-thing-that-i-made-someone)
I’m not sure why people insist on converting everything into B&W. And I’m saying this as someone who still shoots film from time to time and primarily works in black and white for photography.
(via theremina)
Severus Snape. 2013 Sakuracon on Flickr.
Perhaps a bit out of place for an anime convention but one of the best Snape cosplayers I’ve ever seen.
Cosplayer. 2013 Sakuracon on Flickr.
I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it.
Now, when I read constantly about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
-Isaac Asimov.
In 1931 my grandfather began college at the age of 16 and went on to receive degrees in social work and chemistry at UCLA despite being born in poverty in the East LA ghetto (back when that meant the place where jews lived). He got to go because it cost him nothing.
My father got his MA at UCLA in 1971 after finishing his Bachelor’s in Architecture (disrupted by getting drafted). Cost him nothing.
In 1993 when I was accepted to UCLA it would have cost me $20,000. Each year. As an in-state student.
Its not just libraries. We’re shutting the door more and more to otherwise bright and curious kids who want to pull themselves up and out of whatever they’re stuck in. Not everyone is going to be able to or even want to make money. But they want something more than a six pack and four hours of prime time TV every night in their lives.
(via nerdyanddirty)
Kneesock. Sakuracon 2013 on Flickr.
Sakuracon on Flickr.
From the 2013 Sakuracon anime convention in Seattle, WA.
Cheshire Cat from American McGee’s Alice. (thank you BabyDoll05).
Vega Sailor, Sakuracon on Flickr.
Vega Sailor as Princess Hinoto at 2013 Sakuracon
From the opening of the 2013 Sakuracon anime convention in Seattle. I will be shooting at the convention Friday, Saturday, and maybe Sunday if I’m still alive.
